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James Bond 007 First Light Sequel All But Confirmed With 4 Million Copies Sold
IO Interactive has revealed that its action-stealth game 007 First Light has sold 4 million copies since launching in May, a strong result that makes a sequel look highly likely even though nothing has been officially confirmed. The news comes amid uncertainty over the future of Bond video games following the franchise’s move to Amazon,…
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Police hunt vandals who ‘beheaded’ beloved Peppa Pig topiary sculpture
Police are investigating an act of vandalism after a topiary sculpture shaped like the children’s television character Peppa Pig was “beheaded” in what has been described as an attack on a much-loved local landmark. The incident has caused upset in the community where the sculpture was located, with officers appealing for information to identify those…
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Apple Music to Add Labels for AI-Generated Music Later This Year
Apple Music has told music industry partners it will begin labelling songs identified as substantially AI-generated later this year, under a new “Made With AI” initiative revealed in an email seen by Billboard. The move relies on record labels, distributors and other content providers to disclose AI use via Apple’s existing “AI Transparency Tags” system,…
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A recent Windows 11 update is causing game crashes and all kinds of other problems
Microsoft is investigating widespread problems caused by a recent mandatory Windows 11 update, which has been linked to game crashes, login errors, display glitches and system crashes on some PCs. The KB5121003 patch, released on 11 August as the month’s major security update, fixed over 400 vulnerabilities but appears to have introduced significant new bugs,…
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Grok keeps sending gibberish responses to users
xAI’s Grok chatbot has been sending nonsensical, garbled text to some users, in what the company describes as a temporary generation glitch. Users on Grok Lite reported the issue as early as Wednesday morning, with the bot producing strings of unrelated words instead of coherent answers, sometimes accompanied by unexplained links to reinforcement learning research…
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US Bank investigates LockBit’s claims as ransomware crims set pay-or-leak deadline
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Nintendo Proved Crucial In Helping Players Understand The Duskbloods
FromSoftware director Hidetaka Miyazaki has credited Nintendo with helping the studio improve player onboarding for its upcoming game The Duskbloods, a departure from the studio’s traditionally cryptic approach to explaining game mechanics. In an interview with IGN, Miyazaki admitted the developer had historically “just dropped players in and hoped they would figure it out,” but…
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The investor’s guide to TechCrunch Disrupt 2026: Everything you need to know
TechCrunch has published an investor-focused guide to its Disrupt 2026 conference, taking place 13–15 October at Moscone West in San Francisco. The guide sets out how investors at different stages, from angels to growth-stage funds, should navigate the event, framing it as a chance to source deals and meet founders before rivals do. The piece…
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WOLVES IN THE THRONE ROOM Announce New Album ‘Estuary’
US black metal band Wolves in the Throne Room have announced their new album “Estuary”, due for release on 23 October via Relapse Records in North America. Described by the group as their most ferocious and genre-bending record to date, the album continues the band’s commitment to analogue production and physical craft, and marks a…
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A third of webpages published since ChatGPT’s launch show signs of AI authorship, study finds
A new Pew Research study has found that over a third of English-language webpages published since ChatGPT’s November 2022 launch show signs of having been written or substantially edited by AI. Released on Thursday, the findings echo other research pointing to the rapid rise of AI-generated content online and follow a recent Cloudflare report showing…