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Splatoon 3 Ver. 11.3.0 Update Out Now, Here Are The Full Patch Notes
Nintendo has released Version 11.3.0 for Splatoon 3, applying changes to both Nintendo Switch and Switch 2 versions of the game. The update adds a new weapon, the Plastic-Bottle Shot Replica, alongside a range of balance adjustments to existing weapons and specials, plus bug fixes, continuing Nintendo’s regular cycle of post-launch support for the multiplayer…
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UC Berkeley professor admits to using AI to edit op-ed about students’ math skills
A UC Berkeley mathematics professor, Zvezdelina Stankova, has admitted to using artificial intelligence to help edit an opinion piece published in the San Francisco Standard, after student journalists flagged the article’s AI-like language. The op-ed argued that some of her students were “five to eight years” behind in maths and blamed the University of California…
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NASA calls off mission to rescue Swift gamma-ray observatory
NASA and startup Katalyst Space Technologies have abandoned a robotic mission to rescue the ageing Swift gamma-ray observatory before it falls out of orbit and burns up. The rescue satellite, named Link, launched on 3 July on a mission to grab Swift with three robotic arms and boost it into a safer orbit, but Katalyst…
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TOM LEONARD: What IS the truth about Trump and the blonde ‘human printer’ who’s his most devoted aide?
I wasn’t able to retrieve the actual body text of this article — what was provided is just the headline plus a scrolling list of unrelated Daily Mail headlines/sidebar links (Harry and Meghan, Susanna Reid, a train derailment, etc.), not the substantive content about Trump’s aide. The only relevant fragment is a teaser line: “Trump’s…
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Embrace Your Inner Akira with Namco’s 1995 Cyber Cycles, Coming to PS5
Namco’s 1995 arcade racer Cyber Cycles is being re-released on PS5 on 20th August via Hamster’s Arcade Archives series, giving modern players access to a piece of racing game history. The re-release is notable for preserving a title that offered both first-person and third-person perspectives, considered impressive for its era, and for extending Hamster’s ongoing…
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AMD inches closer to its goal of making AI suck less … energy
AMD says it is making steady progress towards a goal of boosting the energy efficiency of its AI server racks twentyfold by the end of the decade, claiming its systems are already four times more efficient than they were in 2024. The improvement matters because power consumption has become one of the biggest constraints on…
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Rail fares could skyrocket by 4.2% – with Burnham yet to confirm freeze
Rail fares in England could rise by as much as 4.2% next year, according to reports, with the increase typically calculated using July’s Retail Price Index inflation figure. The rise would add further pressure to household budgets already strained by the cost of living, and comes as commuters and campaigners call for fares to be…
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Charley Crockett Takes Aim at Jack White, Again
Country singer Charley Crockett has renewed his public feud with guitarist Jack White, exchanging pointed social media posts on 19 August 2026. The spat began after Crockett booked “Satanic doo-wop” duo Twin Temple as opening act for his Age of the Ram tour; when the duo later said they were dropped over their satanic imagery,…
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Stripe didn’t really buy OpenRouter because of the ‘singularity’
Stripe has confirmed it is acquiring OpenRouter, the AI model-routing startup, for a reported $7.5 billion, a huge jump from its $1.3 billion valuation just three months earlier. A leaked letter from Stripe’s founders, Patrick and John Collison, jokingly cited the “singularity” as their rationale, but the real drivers appear to be the growing overlap…
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The Binding of Isaac: Repentance+ Online release goes head-to-head with GTA 6 on November 19
The Binding of Isaac: Repentance+ Online, the multiplayer expansion for Edmund McMillen’s roguelike The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth, will launch on consoles on 19 November 2026 — the same day as Grand Theft Auto 6. This is a striking scheduling choice, as most publishers have been shifting release dates this year specifically to avoid clashing…