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“A kick in the teeth for the fired workers”: Unionised former MindsEye devs protest alleged fan playtest at Build A Rocket Boy
The IWGB union have held a protest with former Build a Rocket Boy (BARB) staff outside of the MindsEye studio’s offices. The union accused the company of hosting an expenses-paid fan playtest event following layoffs, with IWGB chair Spring McParlin-Jones dubbing it “a kick in the teeth for the fired workers who are seeing fans…
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Ed Sheeran inspires government-backed ‘music in libraries’ scheme
The pop star will help design a programme to put rehearsal spaces and studios into local libraries.
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Games Done Quick announces and then quickly cancels SNK-sponsored stream because of company’s Saudi ownership
Summer Games Done Quick 2026 is now over, and while it’s been a grand time as usual, one of the group’s post-event streams – dedicated to celebrating Metal Slug’s 30th anniversary – was ended early after many viewers expressed disappointment due to developer-publisher SNK’s ties to the Saudi-owned Electronic Gaming Development Company. Read more
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As TV-tracking app TV Time shuts down, its founder builds Bingers, a new home for fans
The creator of TV Time is building a successor app that will let users import their watch histories and preserve the community that formed around discussing their favorite shows.
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The Witcher lead isn’t “ashamed” of the RPG’s infamous sex cards, but admits they “did not work”
Developers needed a way to incorporate love “productively”
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‘Future of ticketing’ trialled on passengers on Sheffield to Doncaster railway route via mobile phones
New technology is run on mobile phone app
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Anthropic starts localizing Claude pricing for India, its biggest market after the US
Claude users in India are starting to see Indian rupee-denominated subscription plans.
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AI did a surprisingly good job with designing a rack for three Framework mainboards
Great, I’ll take one. With the Framework mainboards, of course.
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You can easily scan QR codes that are already on your phone
Android and iOS both have built-in tools to easily open QR codes from screenshots.
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Now, defenders are embracing the prompt injection, too
“Context bombing” tricks hacking agents into shutting down before they can do harm.