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Well, Professor Pippin Barr, you’ve done it again: you’ve ruined chess
Back in 2019, experimental game developer and actual university professor Pippin Barr released a browser game consisting of eight, very silly variations on chess – a flagrant assault on the dignity of a strategy experience whose roots go back a thousand years, which Barr justified as an effort to “allow non-players of chess to get…
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The 5 Best Songs Of The Week
Every week the Stereogum staff chooses the five best new songs of the week. The eligibility period begins and ends Thursdays right before midnight. You can hear this week’s picks below and on Stereogum’s Favorite New Music Spotify playlist, which is updated weekly. (An expanded playlist of our new music picks is available to subscribers on Spotify and Apple…
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Parents warned over posting pictures of children online amid rise in AI sexual abuse images
The National Crime Agency and the Internet Watch Foundation have released new guidelines about posting pictures of children online to reduce AI turning images into child sexual abuse content.
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After line judges are axed in favour of AI, could Wimbledon eventually replace Rufus the hawk with AI drones?
As artificial intelligence transforms everything from umpiring to security, handler Donna Davis refused to rule out whether Rufus could be replaced by a high-tech successor.
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How to watch Summer Games Done Quick 2026
The latest week-long speedrunning marathon starts on July 5.
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Parents warned not to publicly share children’s images amid AI abuse risks
The NCA says there is a growing threat of children’s images being used to create child abuse material.
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‘Minions & Monsters’ Taking On The World With $62M+ WW Cume To Date – Box Office Update
FRIDAY AM: Illumination/Universal’s Minions & Monsters has already scared up $62.6M at the global box office after two days of release in the U.S. and additional territories going Wednesday. Yesterday, in U.S. and Canada, Minions & Monsters grossed $10.8M following its Wednesday opening (sans previews) with $14.23M and an A- CinemaScore. The running cume domestic…
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Laura Woods’s fiancé Adam Collard ‘had his shirt ripped and was grabbed by his millionaire property tycoon father in row over cottage’
William ‘Billy’ Collard, a multi-millionaire property developer, will go on trial in August over a confrontation last September.
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Zoox robotaxi redesign brings big rider upgrades
Zoox unveils its updated robotaxi with comfort upgrades, no steering wheel and bidirectional driving as it awaits NHTSA regulatory approval.