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‘I need to think like a CEO’: Weezer on the shifting sands of success, ugly feelings and the joy of spreadsheets
Weezer frontman Rivers Cuomo has described taking a more calculated, business-minded approach to songwriting on the band’s 20th album, telling the Guardian he needed to “think less like a mad scientist… and more like a CEO.” The shift followed the poor reception of SZNZ, a four-part concept project released across 2022, whose streaming figures showed…
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The Duskbloods: the best of FromSoftware fights in a frantic multiplayer battleground
FromSoftware, the studio behind Elden Ring and Bloodborne, is departing from its usual formula of single-player RPGs with light multiplayer elements to create The Duskbloods, a Nintendo Switch 2 exclusive built entirely around frantic multiplayer combat. Having spent two days playing the game in Tokyo, the writer describes a battle royale-style structure in which eight…
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All of Us Atoms by Holly Dawson audiobook review – an extraordinary self-portrait
Helena Bonham Carter narrates the playwright’s impressionistic memoir, written as she was experiencing the loss of her memory Playwright Holly Dawson’s memoir tells of memory lapses and a series of seizures that signal something isn’t right. Before visiting a doctor, she had been muddling up words, forgetting people’s names and flooding the bathroom. The book…
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PS5 Beats Switch 2’s US Dollar Sales in Aftermath of Physical Disc Backlash
Sony’s PS5 has overtaken Nintendo’s Switch 2 in US dollar sales for the first time in months, according to Circana data covering 5th July to 1st August 2026. This is a notable reversal, as the newer Switch 2 had consistently outsold the PS5 in both units and revenue up to this point, and the shift…
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The Duskbloods Is Inspired By One Of Tabletop Gaming’s Most Famous Vampire RPGs
From Software has been an industry trendsetter with its souls-like games over the years, but what inspires the studio when it crafts new experiences like The Duskbloods? The brief amounts of gameplay we’ve seen so far certainly suggest it includes plenty of From Software DNA, with its elegant art direction and hard-hitting action, and game…
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The Duskbloods Preview: FromSoftware’s Multiplayer Switch 2 Exclusive Is Special, Here’s How It Plays
With tabletop rules and Souls-style gameplay, The Duskbloods, a Nintendo Switch 2 exclusive, is ambitious even for FromSoftware.
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Apollo Atomics wants to make nuclear power cheaper by shrinking an overlooked part
Apollo Atomics, a startup founded by Assil Halimi and Drew Walker, aims to cut nuclear power costs not by redesigning the reactor itself but by dramatically shrinking the steam generator, a large and often overlooked component that converts reactor heat into electricity. The founders argue that rival advanced-reactor startups are unlikely to make nuclear cost-competitive…
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Trump shows off White House construction projects: ‘We get the best stuff’
President Trump on Wednesday showed reporters a closer look at the White House’s various construction projects, including the ballroom and new helipad, touting that “we get the best stuff.” Trump led an uninterrupted, 30-minute tour of the new White House helipad designed for Marine One, which, when completed, will be 100-feet-wide and made of granite,…
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LA mayoral race descends into vicious catfight as incumbent Karen Bass calls rival Nithya Raman lazy to her FACE
Los Angeles’s mayoral race turned openly hostile during a debate on Wednesday night in Sherman Oaks, with incumbent Karen Bass accusing city councilmember Nithya Raman of being lazy and failing to show up for work. The exchange, which came less than two months before early voting begins, underscores how bitter the contest between the two…