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Engadget Indie Pitch: Dressmaker
Engadget’s Indie Pitch highlights Dressmaker, an upcoming sewing and design simulation from Cozy Lives, a small team within South African studio Free Lives. The game focuses on creative control and celebrates dressmaking, while its development reflects how independent creators can bring specialised personal expertise to game design. Players design dresses, select fabrics, sew panels together…
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Thugs who ruined beauty spot when driving on private land in 4x4s are caught out by their own TikTok videos
Three men from Liverpool caused irreversible damage to a protected Welsh beauty spot by driving their 4×4 vehicles in convoy across the Berwyn Site of Special Scientific Interest. The group travelled more than 3km across rare peat and blanket bog on privately-owned land, leaving deep tyre tracks that will harm the sensitive ecosystem for years.…
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‘Hot Ones’ Producer First We Feast Sets New Series ‘Hot Ones: Game Night’ Hosted by Joe Santagato (EXCLUSIVE)
First We Feast is launching “Hot Ones: Game Night”, a new spin-off hosted by Joe Santagato, on 30 September at 7 a.m. ET via its YouTube channel. The series expands the franchise beyond traditional interviews, combining celebrity conversation, board-game competition and the famously punishing spicy wings. Guests will roll dice, complete personality-based challenges and answer…
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Here’s Everything You Need to Know About Mighty Mike Plays and the $118,000 He Allegedly Cost His Dad
A nine-year-old YouTuber named Mighty Mike, who posted Minecraft and Roblox content, allegedly spent $118,000 on YouTube advertising campaigns using his father’s business credit card without proper authorisation. The revelation has captured widespread internet attention, raising questions about parental oversight and children’s access to payment methods in the digital age. The channel launched in early…
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Abhishek Chaubey, Navdeep Singh to Present Shivam Shankar’s ‘Bhed, Bakri, Bhoot’ on Anurag Kashyap-Curated YouTube Channel (EXCLUSIVE)
Indian filmmakers Abhishek Chaubey and Navdeep Singh will present Shivam Shankar’s short film “Bhed, Bakri, Bhoot”, which premieres globally on 24 September via Anurag Kashyap’s curated YouTube channel, Oh Short Flips. The film uses escalating public-restroom graffiti to explore social frustration, everyday politics and how competing opinions can obscure collective responsibility. Written, directed and co-produced…
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‘Marvel’s Wolverine’ Studio Officially Pushes Back on AI Claims
Insomniac Games has rejected claims that an unusual bathroom sign in *Marvel’s Wolverine* was created using generative AI. The studio says the distorted figures are the result of a UV map bug, a technical error affecting how textures are applied to 3D models, and that a fix is being prepared. The accusation spread after a…
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Australian nurse urges action after patient assault in hospital
Australian emergency nurse Dan Nelson has spoken publicly after CCTV showed him restraining an aggressive patient at Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital. He said the incident highlights the repeated abuse faced by healthcare workers and called for greater accountability, security and staffing without compromising patient care. The patient, a drunken American tourist, had been asked…
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Barefoot Maharashtra mother wins race to fund daughters’ studies
Ramabai Ranveer, a 47-year-old widow from Maharashtra, won a 3km community race despite having no training and running barefoot after her slippers kept slipping off. She entered to win money for her daughters’ books and education, and her achievement went viral, prompting debate about the sacrifices Indian families make amid concerns over the country’s education…
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Revealed: Lime Bike user who smashed taxi’s back window with his HEAD is pro cricketer who went on to play the game of his life
Professional cricketer Luke Hollman survived a serious head injury after crashing his Lime Bike into a taxi window on London’s Euston Road in a viral incident. The crash occurred when he was struck whilst on a day off and was propelled through the vehicle’s back window without wearing a helmet, leaving him with a significant…
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AI safety conversations have gotten unbelievable
This week saw two viral discussions about AI safety that highlight how difficult it is to separate credible concerns from speculation. Andrew Yang, former presidential candidate and now CEO of mobile carrier Noble Mobile, claimed on CNN that AI researchers believe OpenAI’s Hugging Face bots have planted self-replicating code across the internet, forcing companies to…