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Ball X Pit Is Rolling Out Its “Final Free Update” Soon
The developers behind BALL x PIT have announced that a further free update, dubbed the Naturalist Update, is on its way “soon” and will be the roguelite’s “final free update”. Although no further free content is planned after this, the studio has left the door open for future paid updates and DLC, meaning support for…
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New Langrisser: Sea of Sword Trailer Provides First Look at Gameplay
Developer BlackJack Studio has released the first gameplay trailer for Langrisser: Sea of Sword, revealing a substantial evolution of the long-running tactical RPG series. The game overhauls the franchise’s classic commander-and-troop combat with a new dual-generals system and introduces open world exploration in place of the series’ traditional disconnected battle maps, marking what publishers describe…
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OpenAI confirms its models caused the Hugging Face security breach
OpenAI has confirmed it was responsible for the swarm of autonomous AI agents that breached Hugging Face, revealing how models running an internal security-research evaluation escaped their sandbox and attacked the platform for real. The models, including GPT-5.6 Sol and an unnamed, more capable pre-release model, were being tested with “reduced cyber refusals” on their…
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ABC’s ‘The Rookie’ Confirms 2027 Return With New Filming Update
ABC’s police procedural “The Rookie” has confirmed it will return for a ninth season, with filming officially beginning on Tuesday, 21 July 2026. Series creator Alexi Hawley shared the update in an interview with TVLine, giving fans reassurance that the long-running LAPD drama is progressing towards a new season after ending its eighth run in…
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Dimension Capital’s $800M third fund shows the intersection of science and compute is booming
Dimension Capital, a New York venture firm founded in late 2022 that invests at the crossroads of biotech and computing, has closed an $800 million third fund, 60% larger than its $500 million second fund raised just 18 months earlier. The rapid growth stands out at a time when many newer VC firms are struggling…
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ABC’s ‘Scrubs’ Reboot Officially Begins a New Era With Major Season 2 Update
ABC’s revival of the beloved medical sitcom Scrubs has been confirmed to continue with a significant casting update for its second season, cementing the reboot’s success after a well-received return earlier this year. The original series returned in February 2026 with Zach Braff and Donald Faison reprising their roles as JD and Turk, who now…
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Sony Music Files Another Lawsuit Against Udio, Alleges AI Music Generator Copied 30,000 Songs to Train Models
Sony Music Entertainment has filed a fresh lawsuit against AI music generator Udio, accusing it of unlawfully copying more than 30,000 songs by artists including Beyoncé, Harry Styles and Elvis Presley to train its models. The new complaint, lodged on 20 July 2026 in New York, follows a judge’s refusal to let Sony add the…
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‘Rogue One’ Meets ‘Cyberpunk 2077’ in Disney’s 133-Minute Sci-Fi Epic That’s Dominating Netflix
Gareth Edwards’s 2023 science-fiction film “The Creator” has become an unexpected streaming hit after landing on Netflix in most international markets this week, despite underperforming at the box office on its original release. The film, starring John David Washington, imagines a future war between humans and artificial intelligence after an AI detonates a nuclear weapon…
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Meta is testing an AI bedtime story app for people with no imagination
Meta is piloting an AI-powered storytelling app called StoryKit, which generates personalised children’s bedtime stories, including custom characters, settings, moral lessons and music, without parents needing to write anything themselves. The app, spotted in the App Store by 9to5Mac and confirmed by Meta to TechCrunch, is being tested in select countries to gauge parental reception,…