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Astral Realm: An Alternative Roundup #28
Clash Magazine’s latest alternative roundup focuses on South London rapper Jadasea and his new album, ‘Holly Grove’. The feature presents the record as a reflective, experimental portrait of Peckham’s changing communities, blending ambient rap, chill-out grime and memories of friendship, nightlife and loss. Jadasea says his development has been rooted in community, including his early…
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Space Marine 2 Maker Saber Interactive Denies Writer’s Claim They Were Replaced by ChatGPT, but Admits Rideshare Stimulator Will Feature AI ‘By Necessity’
Saber Interactive, the company behind Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2, has denied it replaced a writer with ChatGPT, but admitted its new taxi game Rideshare Stimulator uses AI “by necessity.”
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Man City sign goalkeeper Rulli from Marseille
Manchester City have signed Argentina goalkeeper Geronimo Rulli from Marseille on a two-year contract. The 34-year-old returns to the club after a 2016-17 spell without a first-team appearance, providing experienced cover for first-choice goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma following James Trafford’s move to Leeds. City reportedly paid £1.7m for Rulli, while Trafford left in a deal worth…
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If the markets reject OpenAI and Anthropic, the US should nationalize them | Bruce Schneier and Nathan E Sanders
Bruce Schneier and Nathan E Sanders argue that, if OpenAI and Anthropic fail to meet investors’ expectations, the US government should nationalise them and operate them as democratically controlled national laboratories. They say this could restore the firms’ original public-interest aims and prevent powerful AI systems from being governed chiefly by corporate profit motives. The…
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Carcass Clad: stifling tank combat promises tension, terror and surprising laughs
Wrong Organ’s next game, Carcass Clad, shifts from the scripted space horror of Mouthwashing to a gameplay-led co-operative tank survival experience. Three players must operate different roles inside a cramped armoured vehicle while escaping a ruined city, combining intense pressure, body horror and the potential for accidental comedy. Players act as gunner, driver or commander,…
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Chinese rocket explodes shortly after take-off as Beijing races to compete with SpaceX
A Chinese Long March 7A rocket exploded roughly 85 seconds after lifting off from the Wenchang Space Launch Site in Hainan on Monday, destroying the launcher and its satellite payload. The failure, confirmed by state news agency Xinhua as a “flight anomaly,” is now under investigation and comes as China invests heavily in expanding its…
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Nailed it: Toolstation gives its store IT an ASUS NUC refurb
Toolstation has begun replacing ageing Linux-based point-of-sale terminals in its UK branches with compact ASUS NUC devices running ChromeOS Flex. The retailer says the older systems had become slow, difficult to patch and costly to support as the business expanded, creating operational inefficiencies and security concerns; the change is intended to improve reliability at tills…
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Spaceship bullet heaven Seven Suns of Orion has what Vampire Survivors lacks: semi-Newtonian physics and railguns
Seven Suns Of Orion is presented as a space-based “bullet heaven” game that adapts the survival formula popularised by Vampire Survivors. Players fend off an invading drone army using automatically firing weapons while concentrating on manoeuvring a spacecraft, with the game distinguished by inertia-based movement, gravity wells and weapons such as railguns. Each mission lasts…
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How to look at the eclipse if you don’t have solar glasses
The BBC video explains how people can view an eclipse safely when they do not have certified solar-viewing glasses. It matters because looking directly at the Sun without suitable protection can cause serious and permanent eye damage. Viewers should use only approved solar filters or indirect methods, such as projecting the Sun’s image through a…
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Iconic Henderson’s Relish factory to be turned into event and retail space
The building has been unused for more than a decasde