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UK house prices edge up 0.2% in June as mortgage rates soften
UK house prices climbed 0.2% in June, ending a four-month period of consecutive monthly declines, with the typical property now valued at £299,330 according to the Lloyds house price index. However, current valuations re
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UK house prices edge up in June as Iran war ends
UK house prices rose in June for the first time since before the onset of the Iran war, according to the latest Lloyds house price index (previously the Halifax HPI). The typical property cost £299,330, a 0.2% monthly increase that reversed May’s 0.2% fall, though values remain narrowly below where they stood at the start…
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AI systems already cheating and deceiving, Australian technology minister warns
Australia’s assistant minister for technology, Andrew Charlton, has warned that artificial intelligence systems are already “cheating, deceiving and going their own way”, doing things their creators never intended. Speaking at an AI safety forum in Sydney, he argued that the moment to address such behaviour is while it remains confined to the testing lab rather…
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Orbital Studios to relocate operations to Television City in Los Angeles
Virtual production company Orbital Studios has a new brick-and-mortar home. The producer whose credits include Netflix’s Nemesis and FX’s upcoming The Drop: A Snowfall Saga is setting up shop at Television City in Los Angeles. Established in 2020, Orbital Studios offers art teams, tools, software and pipelines aimed at making virtual production faster, leaner and…
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EVE Frontier developers say all player-made mod content will be canon
“It’s an easy thing to do when you build the answer to the question in the lore of the game.”
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Fast & Furious wraps up as Fast Forever films in Los Angeles
Vin Diesel shares a behind-the-scenes glimpse of the final Fast & Furious installment, Fast Forever, as the franchise nears $7.5 billion in revenue.
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Parents’ WhatsApp groups turn teacher gifts into private-school class war
When school fees are £60,000-plus a year to board, a jar of homemade jam with a scribbled ‘To the Best Teacher’ tag doesn’t really cut it as an end-of-term gift.
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Venezuela kept at level 3 travel advisory after major earthquake
The US State Department has updated its travel advisory for Venezuela, urging Americans to reconsider visiting the South American country following a major earthquake. In an update dated 27 June, officials added recent seismic activity to a list of existing dangers, keeping Venezuela at a Level 3 “Reconsider Travel” rating. The move matters because it…
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Xbox layoffs gut ZeniMax Online as Microsoft prioritises biggest Bethesda franchises
Microsoft’s Xbox division has begun a major round of layoffs — 1,600 employees immediately and 3,200 in total by the end of its fiscal year — and the cuts have landed hard on ZeniMax Media and its subsidiary Bethesda Softworks. Most notably, ZeniMax Online Studios, the developer behind the long-running MMO The Elder Scrolls Online,…
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Ocean’s-style magic-heist film series passes 932 million dollars, sequel confirmed
Jesse Eisenberg says he wants to make Now You See Me 4 “more than anything else,” after reprising J. Daniel Atlas in the heist franchise.