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Burnham urged to award £2.4bn military satellite contract to Airbus over US rival
Unite’s general secretary, Sharon Graham, has urged the government to award a £2.4bn military satellite contract to Airbus rather than the US defence company Lockheed Martin. She argues that choosing Airbus would protect skilled UK jobs and domestic satellite-building capability, while the decision will test Labour’s pledge to use procurement to support British industry. The…
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“Let’s make a better world”: Denshattack’s developers on counterculture, biker gangs, and the optimism of fighting a mecha with a train
Denshattack is an upbeat train-driving game with a deliberately rebellious spirit, pitting players against a rogue technology corporation responsible for inequality, surveillance, misinformation, police violence and AI-driven loss of craft. Its developers at Undercoders say the game’s politics were not planned as a statement, but emerged naturally from building a near-future Japan inspired by contemporary…
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Facebook launches a dedicated Marketplace app for sellers, adds a free verification system
Facebook is launching a standalone Marketplace app, called Seller, aimed at people who regularly list and sell items. The move reflects Marketplace’s importance to Facebook, particularly among younger users, and is intended to make selling more organised while increasing engagement across the platform. The Seller app lets users manage listings, communicate with buyers and monitor…
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New York Chinatown fears impact of $8bn casino development, calling it ‘predatory project’
Residents and small-business owners in Flushing’s Chinatown are opposing Metropolitan Park, an $8bn casino and entertainment development proposed beside Citi Field in Queens. They argue that it could worsen gambling addiction, especially within Chinese immigrant communities, increase rents and displace vulnerable renters, while developers say it would bring jobs, public space and substantial community investment.…
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‘An anthem for the co-dependent’: Bad Magpie’s corvid carnage with a side of existential angst
Bad Magpie is an upcoming game about a lonely, injured magpie who causes comic chaos while trying to fill the emotional void left by her absent flock. Its developers at Milktooth combine slapstick destruction with themes of abandonment, co-dependency and existential anxiety, aiming to give the game an emotional undercurrent beneath its anarchic premise. The…
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Meta launches a storefront platform through Facebook Marketplace
Meta has launched Seller, a separate app designed to give frequent Facebook Marketplace users more professional selling tools. The move could make it easier for businesses and high-volume sellers to manage listings, while potentially changing Marketplace’s more informal, community-led character and creating further revenue opportunities for Meta. Seller synchronises with existing Marketplace listings, messages and…
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LG kills McAfee pop-up after Windows boss steps in
LG has agreed to remove a McAfee promotional pop-up from its Monitor App Installer after Microsoft’s Windows chief, Pavan Davuluri, intervened publicly. The change addresses a user-experience complaint involving LG monitors, but leaves intact the Windows mechanism that can silently install manufacturer software when devices are first connected. The issue emerged after an LG UltraGear…
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Finn Wolfhard shares update on The Replacements biopic he’s been working on with his dad
Finn Wolfhard says the planned biopic of influential Minnesota post-punk band The Replacements has been sent to its director and that he hopes production can begin soon. The Stranger Things actor is developing the screenplay with his father, Rich, and producer Rich Peete, adapting Bob Mehr’s biography Trouble Boys: The True Story Of The Replacements.…
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Kingdom Come Salvation could be Warhorse’s next medieval history RPG, if this EU trademark filing turns out to be the genuine article
Warhorse Studios may be developing a new medieval role-playing game titled Kingdom Come Salvation, following an EU trademark application for the name. If genuine, it would likely be the previously confirmed new Kingdom Come project and could signal a move beyond the series’ existing protagonist, Henry of Skalitz. The application was filed with the EU…
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What Is Entropy, Really?
Entropy is not simply “messiness” or chaos, but a measure of how many microscopic arrangements can produce the same observable state. The article argues that this makes entropy a bridge between the atomic world and everyday measurements, and explains why systems tend towards more probable states rather than being driven by a mysterious force. Using…