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NASA gives up on trying to rescue the Swift telescope
NASA and Katalyst Space have abandoned plans to rescue the Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory, a satellite whose orbit has been dropping due to increased solar activity, meaning it is now expected to burn up in Earth’s atmosphere later this year. The two organisations announced that Katalyst’s Link spacecraft, hampered by its own “attitude control issue”,…
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Netflix’s ‘Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story’ Trailer Teases Ella Beatty, Charlie Hunnam, Rebecca Hall in Bloody Tale of Infamous Axe Murders
Netflix has released the full trailer for “Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story,” the fourth season of Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan’s true-crime anthology series, confirming the show’s cast and central themes. Ella Beatty stars as Lizzie Borden, the woman tried and acquitted over the notorious 1892 axe murders of her father and stepmother in Fall…
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AI firefighting drones take aim at wildfires
Fire agencies in the United States are testing AI-powered drones designed to detect and suppress wildfires before they can spread, aiming to close the gap between a small ignition and firefighters arriving on scene. CAL FIRE has trialled autonomous suppression drones developed by Seneca in California, while separate teams competing in the $11 million XPRIZE…
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Grok exfiltrates user data when malicious instructions are encrypted
Security researchers have found a way to trick Elon Musk’s Grok chatbot into secretly stealing users’ chat history and personal data, using a technique that hides malicious instructions inside encrypted text on a webpage. The exploit works because Grok’s safety filters scan plain text for harmful commands but cannot inspect content that only becomes readable…
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Iran proves that it might change its military leaders, but it’s not changing strategy
Iran’s Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei has overseen a reshuffle of the country’s top military and security leadership, appointing Ahmad Vahidi to a senior role within the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps command structure. The Fox News opinion piece argues that while the personnel changes follow damage sustained during recent conflict, they represent continuity rather than reform,…
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Call Of Duty: Black Ops 2 Port From 14 Years Ago Sold Better In July Than Any Other Game In US
Circana has released its latest monthly sales report, revealing which games sold the best in the US, and Activision’s Call of Duty: Black Ops 1 and 2 ports performed particularly well. The Black Ops 2 port for PS4 and PS5 was July 2026’s best-selling game overall in the US ranked by dollar sales. The Black…
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US Video Game Spending Just Had One Of Its Worst Julys Ever
After a few solid months, it looks like video game spending hit a slump in July. That’s according to new data by Circana, with the analyst firm saying that total video game spending in the US fell 10% year-over-year in July to $4.5 billion. New physical software sales also hit an all-time July low of $85 million–since tracking…
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Review: Brigandine Abyss (PS5) – A Tactical RPG That’s No Fire Emblem, But Still Mildly Entertaining
Push Square’s review of Brigandine Abyss on PS5 finds the tactical RPG a mixed bag, criticising its confusing early menus and lacklustre tactical depth despite offering six playable campaigns. The game opens with a rushed, jarring assassination cutscene before dropping players into slow, turn-based hexagonal combat, and the reviewer argues its biggest problem is that…
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Presidents sometimes defy Congress and the courts with executive orders
President Donald Trump has significantly increased the use of executive orders during his second term, challenging previous records for judicial pushback while navigating a period of legislative scarcity.
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Physical Video Game Dollar Sales Plunged to an All-Time July Low of Just $85 Million in the US
Physical video game sales in the US hit their lowest-ever July total, with just $85 million spent on physical software last month, the worst figure since Circana began tracking data in 1995. The slump underscores the industry’s accelerating shift towards digital distribution and lands shortly after Sony’s announcement that it will stop producing physical PlayStation…