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Mysterious Compound Detected on Pluto and Titan
The James Webb Space Telescope has detected an unexplained chemical signature on the surfaces of both Pluto, the dwarf planet, and Titan, Saturn’s largest moon, which does not match any compound recorded in existing spectroscopic databases. Researchers have ruled out an instrument fault, suggesting instead that the signal comes from a material never studied in…
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My first 40 days in Moonlight Peaks started off with juicy feuds, but its anemic character writing is starting to show through
A PC Gamer writer reports on their first 40 days playing Moonlight Peaks, a paranormal life-sim game. Their early impressions were positive, with the game’s dramatic rivalries and feuds providing genuine entertainment, but over time they found the underlying character writing to be thin and unconvincing, which is beginning to undermine the experience. The piece…
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Major health update on Mitch McConnell, 84, as ‘brain dead’ rumor grips DC
Reports indicate that US Senator Mitch McConnell, 84, is alert and conversing about political matters, contradicting an unverified rumour circulating in Washington that he is “brain dead” following his hospitalisation three weeks ago. The update matters because McConnell remains a serving senator at a time when the Republican Party is defending a very narrow Senate…
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Round Up: Ridiculously Positive Dawnwalker Previews Claim It’s a Game of the Year Candidate
A fresh wave of hands-on previews for The Blood of Dawnwalker, the RPG led by former CD Projekt Red developers, has gone live and the reaction is overwhelmingly positive, with several outlets branding it a genuine Game of the Year candidate. This matters because expectations for the game, while cautiously high, had not necessarily anticipated…
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The X app for iOS now has a built-in video editor
X has added a built-in video editor and recorder to its iOS app in a bid to encourage users to post more original video content rather than reposting clips from elsewhere. The move is the latest sign that the platform, formerly Twitter, is trying to compete directly with video-centric rivals such as TikTok. According to…
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Meta launches Pocket, an app for making games with generative AI
Meta has released Pocket, a Google Play Store app that lets users create and share small interactive games and mini-programs using generative AI, simply by describing what they want in a prompt. The launch matters because it signals a strategic pivot at Meta towards AI-generated content and away from the traditional, human-made virtual reality games…
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US airman accused of exposing himself to five females including a 16-year-old girl escaped British justice by being allowed to face a court martial at his base
A US airman stationed in Britain, Staff Sergeant Hannes Marschalek, avoided prosecution in the UK courts after Cambridgeshire Police ceded jurisdiction to the US military, allowing him to face a court martial on his base instead. He was accused of exposing himself to five females, including a 16-year-old girl, over a two-month period in 2022,…
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Rocket test flight could be attempted from Shetland in August
SaxaVord Spaceport has announced a five-week “window” for possible attempts.
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This free software aims to turn Sony headphones into a head tracker for ‘200+ PC games’
Your audio device may have just gotten much more useful.