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Tilly Norwood, AI-generated performer, lands feature film role amid SAG-AFTRA anger
The AI-generated “actor” Tilly Norwood will debut in the feature film Misaligned about an AI’s existensial crisis.
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Bryan Johnson reveals autoimmune gastritis diagnosis in longevity quest
Longevity entrepreneur Bryan Johnson says he has been diagnosed with autoimmune gastritis, an autoimmune disorder that damages the stomach's parietal cells and can interfere with the body's ability to absorb vitamin B12 and iron.
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Katalyst launches mission to service NASA’s ageing Swift telescope
It will take several weeks for the Link spacecraft to rendezvous with NASA’s Swift observatory.
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Xbox restructuring axes 3,200 jobs and cuts four studios loose
Microsoft’s Xbox division carried out a sweeping restructuring that eliminated 3,200 jobs and separated four studios—Compulsion Games, Double Fine Productions, Ninja Theory and Undead Labs—into independent operations. The scale of the cuts and the loss of established studios marks one of the most significant shake-ups in Xbox’s history, raising questions about the future direction of…
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Google trains its AI on your search activity — how to opt out
PSA: A change to Google’s privacy settings let it train its AI on more of your data. Here’s how to opt out.
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Billboard Hot 100 top 10 singles ranked for 11 July 2026
Bruno Mars’ “I Just Might” returns to the top 10 of the Hot 100, while “Dracula” scales its way higher into the top 10, and Olivia Dean returns to the top five. Will Ella Langley hit a 12th week at No. 1, or will Taylor Swift take over? Tetris Kelly: This is the Billboard Hot…
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Microsoft axes 4,800 roles in fresh cuts alongside Xbox overhaul
Thousands of gaming jobs will be shed over the coming fiscal year as Microsoft continues to invest heavily in AIMicrosoft said on Monday it was eliminating about 4,800 jobs – roughly 2% of its global workforce – in a cost-cutting move that will deliver a sweeping restructuring of its struggling Xbox gaming division.The cuts include…
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Secret Anthropic tracker in Claude alarms privacy-conscious users
Anthropic accused of spying on users; engineer says “experiment” is over.
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Every day evolves from gratitude into something more emotionally complex
Nicholas Gay, the musician who records swirly acoustic-electronic music under the name Lockimara, is currently living in New York, pursuing a master’s degree in music production, after stints in Vancouver and Toronto. Later this month, he’ll release his sophomore album Only Sun, Only Moon, and he caught our attention with the single “Tastes Like.” Today,…
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Elder Scrolls Online loses roughly half its content team to Microsoft cuts
A grim outcome from Xbox’s latest round of reaping.