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OpenAI Cut Off a Billion-Dollar Customer to Avoid Elon Musk
OpenAI has ended its partnership with Cursor, the AI coding editor, after Elon Musk’s SpaceX acquired the company, choosing to sacrifice significant revenue rather than continue supplying its models to a Musk-controlled business. The move highlights the depth of OpenAI’s distrust of Musk, with the firm citing past instances of “Elon Musk’s companies violating contracts”…
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NASA wires up Dragonfly and names the landing area
NASA has fitted a wiring harness to its Dragonfly rotorcraft and secured official naming of its intended landing site on Titan, marking two milestones as the mission progresses towards a planned July 2028 launch. Saturn’s largest moon has long fascinated scientists for its thick atmosphere and organic chemistry, and Dragonfly is designed to spend years…
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The plastic waste overtaking New York – and the people trying to curb it
Photographer Bryan Anselm has spent months documenting how plastic waste dominates New York City’s streets, workplaces and public spaces, alongside the individuals and groups working to curb it. The project highlights how plastic packaging, once a niche material, has become an inescapable feature of everyday urban life, with lightweight wrappers, bags and bottles spilling from…
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Nvidia acquires Hugging Face in $12.93bn deal
Nvidia has confirmed a $12.93 billion (roughly £10.2bn) deal to acquire Hugging Face, the widely used open-source platform for AI models, datasets and developer tools, bringing weeks of speculation about its future ownership to a close. Chief executive Jensen Huang said Hugging Face would “remain an open platform for the entire AI ecosystem”, stressing that…
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“We can get any IP” – Saber CCO on why reviving dormant franchises is the big, obvious secret the the publisher’s success, and why Xbox could learn from it
Saber Interactive’s chief creative officer Tim Willits has attributed the studio’s recent success to its willingness to revive dormant video game franchises, telling Eurogamer at Gamescom that “we can get any IP”. This approach has powered a string of releases including Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2, alongside new entries in older series such as Turok…
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Anker brings its AI chip to the Soundcore Space 2 Pro headphones
Anker unveiled a broad lineup of audio products at IFA 2026, all built around its new “Thus” AI chip, which powers improved noise cancellation, voice separation and other smart features across headphones, earbuds and hearing aids. The launch signals Anker’s push to embed on-device AI more deeply into everyday audio hardware, spanning everything from premium…
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Frank Marshall and Nigel Sinclair Reveal and Discuss Their New Doc ‘Pete Townshend: Behind Blue Eyes’ (Exclusive)
Filmmakers Frank Marshall and Nigel Sinclair have made a documentary, “Pete Townshend: Behind Blue Eyes,” about The Who guitarist’s turbulent attempt to follow up “Tommy” with an ambitious science-fiction rock opera called “Lifehouse,” a project that nearly broke him and the band in 1971. Townshend cooperated fully with the film, which the directors say resonates…
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Airlink drops stadium flypast, Range Rover goes electric, Galliano pulls out of Met Gala
Also: Nick Searcy quits LA for Nashville, Olivia Rodrigo launches Daisy Chain Fields, Hackett and Rothery release an album, and Diane Warren adopts viral piglet Wilbur.
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Marshals returns for second series on 4 October
CBS has released the first trailer for the second series of Marshals, its Yellowstone spin-off starring Luke Grimes, confirming a return date of 4 October. The footage resolves several cliffhangers left by the first series finale and previews new characters, giving fans a clearer picture of where the show is headed after its shoot-out ending.…
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FAA seeks permanent airspace restrictions near Trump’s Mar-a-Lago as expert warns rules are ‘not good enough’
The Federal Aviation Administration has proposed permanent flight restrictions around Donald J. Trump International Airport in Palm Beach, Florida, to bolster security near President Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate. The move, requested by the US Secret Service on national security grounds, comes amid growing concern over unauthorised aircraft and drones, and follows several threats against the president,…