The natural history of every U.S. state is on display at a new D.C. exhibit
The Smithsonian Natural History Museum’s latest exhibit, “From These Lands,” connects visitors with America’s natural history.
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Sony clarifies that it will still make PlayStation discs after 2028, just not for new games
The clarification comes from a private message sent to PlayStation developers and publishers, first reported by Game File. Sony told partners they will still be able to place re-orders for existing disc games after the January 2028 deadline.Read Entire Article
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What’s changing in UK gaming as we move further into 2026?
As we move further into 2026, UK gaming looks more like a connected ecosystem than a set of separate markets. Console, PC and mobile are still distinct, but they increasingly overlap through cross-platform play, shared accounts, synced progression and subscription services. At the same time, the wider UK games industry is becoming more economically visible…
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Report: iPhone Ultra to have incredibly limited availability at launch, may ship slightly later
According to supply chain analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, Apple is likely to have very limited supply for iPhone Ultra at its time of announcement in September. This means it’s plausible that the company may delay shipping it for another month or two, similar to iPhone X. Apple’s long-awaited first foldable iPhone (rumored to be called iPhone…
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Stripe challenges Circle with bank-backed Open USD stablecoin
Stripe is bidding to overturn the dominance of Tether and Circle via the launch of Open USD, a new stablecoin backed by 150 companies including major banks, amid growing friction with Circle generated by the payment company’s burgeoning digital assets business. The new dollar-backed stablecoin is set to launch later this year under the auspices…
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AI tools can quietly shift your opinions when they “clean up” your social media posts, study finds
If you’ve asked an AI tool to help you write a social media post lately, you may have gotten more than a grammar fix. New research from the Oxford Internet Institute and the Hasso Plattner Institute found that AI models can push the tone of a post toward one side of a debate, even when…
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Claude Fable 5 isn’t permanently leaving subscriptions, Anthropic says
Anthropic says Claude Fable 5 won’t be accessible via Claude subscriptions after July 7, but it’s not a permanent change, and the company expects the model to return outside the usage-based plan soon. Fable 5 was recently restored after the US government lifted export controls on Anthropic’s most powerful models, Fable 5 and Mythos 5….
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Rumour: Xbox Still Evaluating Whether Project Helix Will Support Physical Discs
It reportedly hasn’t been “fully finalised” yet. There’s obviously been a lot of talk over the past few days about Sony’s decision to cease physical discs for PlayStation consoles as of 2028, and some people have been urging Xbox to not make the same “mistake” in the process. It’s been a belief for a while…
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China’s AI companion rules: what Beijing is really banning
An AI companion sounds dystopian, but it has become a common thread in the wider conversation about the perils of generative AI. What it refers to is essentially a conversational agent built to sustain an ongoing, personal relationship with a user, with the memory and steady persona that keep it consistent from one session to…
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Don’t Be Afraid of Self-Improving AI, Says a16z-Backed Startup Mirendil
According to many true-believers, the biggest promise of AI is its potential to accelerate scientific discovery; once-in-a-generation breakthroughs could one day become routine, thanks to algorithms. By extracting patterns from troves of data far too vast for any human mind to fathom, so the thinking goes, AI scientists could eventually help solve some of humanity’s…
