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Star Wars The Mandalorian and Grogu Gets Disney Plus Streaming Date

• The Mandalorian and Grogu streams on Disney Plus from 2 September.
• The film earned $345 million worldwide after its May cinema release.
• Physical editions arrive on 25 August.

The Mandalorian and Grogu will begin streaming on Disney Plus on 2 September, bringing the Star Wars film to the platform where the characters first found a wide audience. The release will make the film available to subscribers after its cinema run and paid home-entertainment launch. The film…

Trump asks Supreme Court to allow ballroom work to continue

• Trump seeks Supreme Court permission to continue ballroom construction.
• Courts say Congress must approve the project first.
• The $400m scheme is reportedly 65% complete.

Donald Trump has asked the US Supreme Court to let construction continue on a proposed $400m White House ballroom while his administration appeals a lower-court order to halt the work. The dispute matters because it concerns whether a president can make major changes to the White House complex…

How many people actually have cyclosporiasis? Why it’s so hard to track

The current outbreak has been attributed to contaminated iceberg lettuce from central Mexico.

How The Righteous Brothers Snuck a B-Side Past Their Producer Into Pop History Back in 1965

• A B-side became the Righteous Brothers’ defining hit.
• Bill Medley produced the recording without Phil Spector’s direct involvement.
• DJs promoted “Unchained Melody” over its intended A-side.

The Righteous Brothers’ 1965 recording of “Unchained Melody” became an enduring hit despite being issued as the B-side to “Hung On You”. The article says the duo used the less closely supervised B-side process to work outside producer Phil Spector’s control, with Bill Medley producing and Bobby Hatfield…

Troye Sivan announces fourth album featuring Nicole Kidman video

• Troye Sivan’s fourth album arrives on 9 October.
• Nicole Kidman and Sasha Colby feature in the title-track video.
• The album explores femininity, longing and recent personal highs.

Troye Sivan has announced his fourth studio album, She’s The Best, due for release on 9 October via Tokky’s/Interscope. He has also released its title track and a video featuring Nicole Kidman and drag performer Sasha Colby, reuniting Sivan and Kidman after their work together on the 2018…

FDA assigns highest-risk Class I status for recall of nearly 1.6 million cartons of eggs

A Class I recall indicates “a situation in which there is a reasonable probability that the use of or exposure to a violative product will cause serious adverse health consequences or death," according to the FDA.

Kog is going deeper to squeeze more inference out of GPUs

• Kog aims to accelerate AI inference on existing data-centre GPUs.
• Its early results use a small model, not large commercial LLMs.
• Faster inference could lower costs and improve AI workflow responsiveness.

French startup Kog is developing software intended to make existing data-centre GPUs run AI inference much faster, arguing that better low-level optimisation can reduce a major cost and speed bottleneck without requiring specialised chips. Its early demonstration attracted significant business interest, particularly from companies using AI for professional…

Roblox Is Now The Target Of A Congressional Investigation: “Children Are Hurting”

US Senators Josh Hawley and Dick Durbin have announced that Roblox will be the subject of a congressional investigation amid claims that the gaming platform is a threat to child safety. "You trumpet Roblox as a safe digital playground for children as young as five," the pair wrote…

Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 Beta Will Do Something No Previous CoD Beta Has

Activision has announced that the upcoming Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 beta will have more than just multiplayer content. The MW4 beta will also include access to the campaign mission, Entrenched, along with the upcoming Warzone mode, Resurgence Zodiac. Activision will show off some of this content…