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Everything New in Hell Clock 2.0 and the Cursed War DLC
Hell Clock’s free 2.0 update and the paid Cursed War DLC launched on 9 July, alongside the game’s console editions, bringing substantial new content and systems to the roguelike ARPG. IGN’s report focuses on the accompanying Maxroll update, which adds new guides, database updates and quality-of-life improvements to its build planner, including the ability to…
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Best Air Purifiers (2026): Coway, AirDoctor, IQAir, and More
WIRED has published its updated 2026 buying guide to the best air purifiers, drawing on hands-on testing across a range of budgets, room sizes and pollutant types. The reviewer, who has lived through severe wildfire smoke in California and now contends with pet dander, gas-stove fumes and urban pollution in New York, frames air purifiers…
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Lana Del Rey teases second new album, ‘Spyda’, amid update on delayed album ‘Stove’
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Uber to buy Germany’s Delivery Hero in $14.8bn global deal
Uber has agreed to acquire Germany’s Delivery Hero for $14.8bn (£10.7bn/€12.6bn), a deal that would create one of the world’s largest food delivery groups by combining Uber Eats with Delivery Hero’s brands across 99 countries. The tie-up reflects a wider consolidation trend in the takeaway delivery sector, as companies chase the scale needed to cover…
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Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced’s latest update stops unexpected mutinies triggered by ship shopping trips and forces skies to be sunnier
Ubisoft has released title update 1.0.4 for Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced, fixing a bug that caused players’ ships to vanish entirely if they upgraded the Jackdaw while docked. The glitch could effectively strand players and prevent them from progressing through the game, making it one of the more disruptive issues addressed since launch. The…
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Zenimax Online Studios loses senior leaders in fresh Xbox layoffs
Zenimax Online Studios lost several senior leaders as part of a fresh round of Xbox layoffs, deepening concerns about the long-term future of The Elder Scrolls Online. Studio head Joe Burba, executive producer Susan Kath, game director Rich Lambert and production director Ala Diaz all departed, with Microsoft’s cuts removing over 200 jobs from the…
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OnePlus confirms withdrawal from US and European markets
OnePlus has confirmed it is withdrawing from the US and European markets, ending future product launches in both regions after months of speculation about its retreat. The move marks a significant contraction for parent company Oppo’s OnePlus brand, which is reportedly set to exit India and every other market except China within the next year,…
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Ocado chief says he won’t be a ‘puppet master’ amid apparent succession row
Ocado’s co-founder and chief executive, Tim Steiner, has denied any intention of acting as a “puppet master” behind the scenes, following an apparent boardroom dispute over succession plans at the online grocery technology firm. His comments came as shares in the company fell nearly 15% to their lowest level in more than a decade, after…
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Renzo Piano’s giant glass cube towers over the rest of the Stirling prize’s samey brick-built shortlist
Renzo Piano’s 18-storey glass office block, Paddington Square, has been shortlisted for the 2026 Stirling prize, Britain’s leading architecture award, standing out as the only non-brick scheme among six finalists otherwise dominated by tasteful, brick-built projects. The building, developed by the late Irvine Sellar (also behind the Shard), was originally conceived as a 72-storey residential…
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Miracle update after tradesman, 25, is nearly killed by his robot vacuum cleaner… but there’s a devastating toll as his home is destroyed
A 25-year-old tradesman in Brabham, Perth, is recovering after narrowly surviving an explosion caused by his robot vacuum cleaner, though the blast destroyed his home. The incident highlights the fire risks posed by lithium-ion batteries in household devices, which can ignite or explode if damaged or faulty, and adds to a growing list of similar…