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GTA 6 completely “re-engineered” Rockstar’s weather systems to “achieve a sense of scale we haven’t felt before,” adding hurricanes, rainbows and heavy rain
Rockstar Games has substantially redesigned GTA 6’s weather systems to create a more immersive and expansive open world. The VP of art for lighting and rendering revealed that the game now features dynamic hurricanes, rainbows, and improved cloud systems that make the environment feel significantly more realistic and large-scale than previous iterations. The weather system…
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Stock trading ban DIES as Republican ‘poison pill’ with Trump loophole crashes and burns
The US Senate rejected the Stop Insider Trading Act, which would have prohibited members of Congress from trading stocks, in a 53-47 vote that prevented it from reaching President Trump’s desk. Although the bill had already passed the House with some Democratic support, Senate Republicans attached voter identification requirements that Democrats denounced as a “poison…
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Russia advances tests for its long-delayed PTK NP crew spacecraft
Russia’s state space corporation Roscosmos is advancing development of a new crewed spacecraft now officially called PTK NP (previously known as “Eagle”), after nearly two decades of delays and name changes. Under new CEO Dmitry Bakanov, the project is moving into testing phases, with parachute system trials planned for autumn and emergency rescue mode tests…
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Asus won’t say how it escaped the US router ban
Asus has received a US exemption from a ban on future foreign-made consumer routers, allowing it to sell new models, including early Wi-Fi 8 routers. The exemption matters because it covers all of Asus’s future routers through March 2028, though the company has not clarified whether it submitted a plan to manufacture in the United…
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Millie Mackintosh’s new man revealed: She was devastated after her shock break-up with husband Hugo Taylor… but now we reveal the fitness fanatic putting a smile back on her face
Millie Mackintosh, the 37-year-old former Made in Chelsea star, has moved on following her separation from husband Hugo Taylor in early 2026 after seven years of marriage. The Daily Mail has revealed that she is now dating Matthew Tanner, a 38-year-old Welsh fitness enthusiast who works as a Global Solutions Director at Robert Walters Consultancy,…
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Three teenagers die after car plunges into River Wear in Sunderland
Three teenagers were killed when a car broke through a barrier and plunged into the River Wear in Sunderland. A fourth teenager, who escaped from the car, was arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving; police say the circumstances of the crash are still under investigation. The victims were named as Jackson Duke,…
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FBI suspects missing ex-firefighter faked death to evade abuse material charges
The FBI says former Bay Area firefighter-paramedic Charles Johnathen Harris may have faked his death to evade federal charges of possessing child sexual abuse material. Harris was reported drowned in a boating accident in Suisun Bay in April 2023, but disappeared shortly before a scheduled court appearance; the FBI has now placed him on its…
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CPS permits male pronouns for transgender women defendants in sex offence cases
The Crown Prosecution Service has updated its guidance to permit prosecutors and barristers to refer to transgender women defendants as men when they are accused of sexual offences. The change follows a legal challenge brought by the gender-critical campaign group Sex Matters, which argued that previous CPS guidance incorrectly conflated sex and gender in relation…