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The House Has Passed a $390 Billion Farm Bill. Now America's Farmers Wait to See if the Senate Will Follow.

The US House passed the $390 billion Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2026 on April 30 with historic bipartisan support — but the bill now heads to a Senate where 60 votes are needed, and farm groups are watching closely as the planting season clock ticks.

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PGA Championship Round 2: Scheffler Battles Back as McIlroy Cards 74 and Matsuyama Charges at Aronimink

Round 2 of the PGA Championship at Aronimink is under way with Scottie Scheffler recovering from a three-bogey start, Rory McIlroy carding a damaging 74, and Hideki Matsuyama charging with a 67 to share the lead at three under par.

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The House Has Passed a $390 Billion Farm Bill. Now America's Farmers Wait to See if the Senate Will Follow.

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PGA Championship Round 2: Scheffler Battles Back as McIlroy Cards 74 and Matsuyama Charges at Aronimink

The $650 Billion Bet: How Amazon, Google, Meta, and Microsoft Are Reshaping the Global Economy With Their 2026 AI Spending

Amazon, Alphabet, Meta, and Microsoft are collectively on track to spend $650 billion on AI infrastructure in 2026 — a 67% jump from 2025 and a level of corporate capital expenditure without parallel this century, as all four race to lock in compute, customers, and capability before the AI market consolidates.

Welcome to Wrexham Season 5 Launches on FX and Hulu: Reynolds and McElhenney's Club Takes on the Championship for the First Time Since 1982

Welcome to Wrexham Season 5 has launched on FX and Hulu with two episodes, following the club's historic debut in the EFL Championship — their highest level since 1982 — while the women's team simultaneously chases their first-ever Welsh League title.

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Wall Street Falls Sharply as Yields Spike, China Deals Disappoint, and Investors Enter the Warsh Era With Caution

US stocks reversed Thursday's record highs on Friday, with the Dow falling 475 points and Nvidia down 3.6%, as Treasury yields hit a one-year high, China trade deals disappointed relative to expectations, and investors began the new Kevin Warsh era at the Fed with caution.

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Amazon Cancels Its Lord of the Rings MMO — the Second Time the Company Has Abandoned a Middle-earth Online Game

Amazon Games has confirmed the cancellation of its Lord of the Rings MMO — its second failed attempt at a Middle-earth online game — while stating it still intends to develop a different game using the Tolkien licence.

Welcome to Wrexham Season 5 Launches on FX and Hulu: Reynolds and McElhenney's Club Takes on the Championship for the First Time Since 1982

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Wall Street Falls Sharply as Yields Spike, China Deals Disappoint, and Investors Enter the Warsh Era With Caution

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Amazon Cancels Its Lord of the Rings MMO — the Second Time the Company Has Abandoned a Middle-earth Online Game

Apple Is Working to Allow Autonomous AI Agents Into the App Store — and It Could Change the iPhone Forever

Apple is working on a framework to allow autonomous AI agents into the App Store while preserving its privacy and security standards — a move that could unlock a new category of iPhone software ahead of WWDC in June.

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Summer 2026's Most Significant New Airline Routes: From the First US-Saudi Nonstop to Seattle-Rome and 50 Routes Launching This Month

Delta launches the first-ever US-Saudi Arabia nonstop, Alaska adds its first transatlantic service from Seattle to Rome, and 50 new routes are opening in May alone — summer 2026 is one of the most expansive route-building seasons in recent aviation history.

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27 Days to the World Cup: Everything You Need to Know About Football's Biggest-Ever Tournament

The 2026 FIFA World Cup kicks off in 27 days on June 11, with Mexico vs South Africa at the Azteca. The first 48-team World Cup runs until July 19 across 16 cities in the USA, Canada, and Mexico — featuring 104 matches, 40 more than any previous edition.

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SpaceXAI Has Been Bleeding Staff Since Its $1.25 Trillion Merger, With Half of xAI's Co-Founders Gone

SpaceXAI — formed when SpaceX acquired xAI in February 2026 at a combined $1.25 trillion valuation — has been losing staff since the merger, with roughly half of xAI's co-founders already departed.

Summer 2026's Most Significant New Airline Routes: From the First US-Saudi Nonstop to Seattle-Rome and 50 Routes Launching This Month

27 Days to the World Cup: Everything You Need to Know About Football's Biggest-Ever Tournament

SpaceXAI Has Been Bleeding Staff Since Its $1.25 Trillion Merger, With Half of xAI's Co-Founders Gone

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Outlander Ends After 12 Years and 101 Episodes: Jamie Survives King's Mountain in a Shocking Series Finale

Outlander aired its series finale on Starz today, ending 12 years and 101 episodes with a shocking conclusion: Jamie survives King's Mountain but is shot, and Claire uses her healing powers to bring him back — turning her hair white — before the series closes with Diana Gabaldon herself in a post-credits cameo.

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Giant Squid Detected in Western Australian Deep-Sea Canyons for First Time in 25 Years, Using Environmental DNA

Researchers from the Western Australian Museum and Curtin University detected giant squid DNA in deep submarine canyons off Western Australia — the first record in the region in 25 years — alongside 226 species and 83 possible new range records in the same survey.

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Mindtrip Launches AI-Powered Flight Booking With Sabre and PayPal — But Only 2% of Leisure Travellers Will Let AI Book for Them

Mindtrip has launched conversational AI flight booking powered by Sabre and PayPal — but industry research shows only 2% of leisure travellers are willing to let AI book entirely on their behalf, with business travel leading adoption at 52% of under-35s.

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007 First Light Goes Gold Ahead of May 27 Launch — IO Interactive's James Bond Game Is Ready

IO Interactive's 007 First Light has gone gold and will launch on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, and PC on May 27 — putting the Hitman studio's James Bond origin story just two weeks from release.

Giant Squid Detected in Western Australian Deep-Sea Canyons for First Time in 25 Years, Using Environmental DNA

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Mindtrip Launches AI-Powered Flight Booking With Sabre and PayPal — But Only 2% of Leisure Travellers Will Let AI Book for Them

007 First Light Goes Gold Ahead of May 27 Launch — IO Interactive's James Bond Game Is Ready

US 10-Year Treasury Yield Hits One-Year High of 4.59% as April CPI Comes in Above Forecast at 3.8%

The US 10-year Treasury yield climbed to 4.597% — a one-year high — after April CPI printed at 3.8%, above forecasts, while markets now price a 38% probability of a rate hike by December as the new Fed Chair inherits a persistently hot inflation picture.

The Evidence Against Ultra-Processed Food Keeps Growing: Dementia, Heart Disease, Diabetes — A 2026 Research Roundup

A series of major studies published in early 2026 has strengthened the case against ultra-processed food, linking it to a 47% higher risk of heart attack, a 64% higher prediabetes risk in young adults, elevated dementia risk even in otherwise healthy eaters, and a 20% higher risk of depression.

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OpenAI Launches $4 Billion Deployment Company to Embed Engineers Inside Enterprises — Backed by Goldman Sachs, TPG, and McKinsey

OpenAI has launched the OpenAI Deployment Company — a $4 billion subsidiary that embeds specialist engineers inside enterprises to handle AI implementation, modelled on Palantir's forward deployed engineer approach and backed by Goldman Sachs, TPG, and McKinsey.

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Oklahoma City Thunder Sweep the Lakers 4-0 to Start Playoffs 8-0 — Shai Drops 35 as Haaland Dunk Seals Historic Win

Oklahoma City swept the Lakers 4-0 on May 11 to go 8-0 in the 2026 playoffs — a franchise first — with Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scoring 35 and Chet Holmgren's dunk sealing the series in the final minute.

The Evidence Against Ultra-Processed Food Keeps Growing: Dementia, Heart Disease, Diabetes — A 2026 Research Roundup

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OpenAI Launches $4 Billion Deployment Company to Embed Engineers Inside Enterprises — Backed by Goldman Sachs, TPG, and McKinsey

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Oklahoma City Thunder Sweep the Lakers 4-0 to Start Playoffs 8-0 — Shai Drops 35 as Haaland Dunk Seals Historic Win

Dutton Ranch Premieres on Paramount+ Today: Beth and Rip Head to South Texas in Taylor Sheridan's New Yellowstone Spinoff

Dutton Ranch — the new Yellowstone spinoff starring Kelly Reilly and Cole Hauser as Beth and Rip — premieres today on Paramount+ and Paramount Network, following the couple to a South Texas ranch with Annette Bening and Ed Harris joining the cast.

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FIFA World Cup 2026 Kicks Off in Three Weeks — But the International Tourism Surge Is More Complicated Than Expected

FIFA World Cup 2026 opens in three weeks across 16 US, Canadian, and Mexican host cities — but international bookings are running 14% below 2025 levels, with visa friction, high airfares, and expensive tickets tempering the expected tourism wave.

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Oil Tops $109 as US-Iran Conflict Keeps the Strait of Hormuz on Edge — Brent Hits Highest Level in Weeks

Brent crude climbed above $109 per barrel today as US-Iran tensions keep the Strait of Hormuz under threat, with oil having oscillated between $126 and $100 since hostilities began — driving US petrol above $4.50 a gallon and complicating the Federal Reserve's fight against inflation.

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Colorado Rewrites Its Landmark AI Law, Scaling Back Disclosure Mandates and Pushing Enforcement to 2027

Colorado's legislature passed a rewrite of its landmark 2024 AI Act, replacing detailed disclosure mandates with simpler consumer notification requirements and delaying enforcement until January 2027.

FIFA World Cup 2026 Kicks Off in Three Weeks — But the International Tourism Surge Is More Complicated Than Expected

Oil Tops $109 as US-Iran Conflict Keeps the Strait of Hormuz on Edge — Brent Hits Highest Level in Weeks

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Colorado Rewrites Its Landmark AI Law, Scaling Back Disclosure Mandates and Pushing Enforcement to 2027

iOS 27 Will Let You Replace ChatGPT With Gemini or Claude Across the Entire iPhone — Expected at WWDC on 8 June

Apple is reportedly preparing to launch an Extensions framework in iOS 27 that lets users choose Gemini, Claude, or ChatGPT as the system-wide AI provider for Siri, Writing Tools, and Image Playground — with WWDC on 8 June expected as the announcement venue.

Nintendo Switch 2 Reaches 19.86 Million Units Sold — Ahead of Every Console at the Same Stage, Including PS5

Nintendo's Switch 2 reached 19.86 million units sold as of March 2026, outpacing the original Switch, the PS4, and the PS5 at the same stage — while Mario Kart World has sold 14.7 million copies on its own.

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Scientists Discover the Molecular Switch That Activates Brown Fat's Hidden Calorie-Burning Pathway — Published in Nature

McGill University researchers have identified the molecular switch that activates a secondary heat-producing pathway in brown fat — an enzyme called TNAP triggered by glycerol — in findings published in Nature that open new possibilities for obesity and bone disease treatment.

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How GLP-1 Weight-Loss Drugs Are Quietly Reshaping What America Eats — and Forcing the Food Industry to Reinvent Itself

Around one in eight American adults is now taking a GLP-1 drug like Ozempic, and the cumulative effect on dining, snacking, and grocery shopping is becoming a measurable structural force — with dinner traffic down 6% among regular users and food companies scrambling to adapt their products.

Nintendo Switch 2 Reaches 19.86 Million Units Sold — Ahead of Every Console at the Same Stage, Including PS5

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Scientists Discover the Molecular Switch That Activates Brown Fat's Hidden Calorie-Burning Pathway — Published in Nature

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How GLP-1 Weight-Loss Drugs Are Quietly Reshaping What America Eats — and Forcing the Food Industry to Reinvent Itself

Whole-Genome Study of 3,256 Japanese People Uncovers a Hidden Third Ancestral Group Linked to the Ancient Emishi

A whole-genome study of 3,256 people across Japan has identified a hidden third ancestral group with links to the ancient Emishi people of the northeast, overturning the long-established dual-origins model of Japanese ancestry.

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USDA Shocks Grain Markets: US Wheat Crop Projected at 54-Year Low as May WASDE Rattles Commodity Traders

The USDA's May WASDE report projected US wheat production at 1.561 billion bushels — the smallest crop since 1972 — sending wheat futures to their daily limit and raising concern about food price pressures across bread, pasta, and baked goods in the months ahead.

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Two NBA Elimination Games Tonight as Cavaliers and Spurs Both Eye Conference Finals Berths

Two NBA Conference Semifinal Game 6s tip off tonight — Cleveland hosting Detroit at 7pm ET and Minnesota hosting San Antonio at 9:30pm ET — with both home sides facing elimination and a place in the Conference Finals on the line.

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Cannes 2026: Peter Jackson Gets an Honorary Palme d'Or, Na Hong-jin's Hope Generates Buzz, and Park Chan-wook Leads the Jury

The 79th Cannes Film Festival is running 12–23 May 2026, with Peter Jackson receiving an Honorary Palme d'Or, South Korean director Park Chan-wook leading a 22-film jury competition, and Na Hong-jin's Hope generating significant early buzz.

USDA Shocks Grain Markets: US Wheat Crop Projected at 54-Year Low as May WASDE Rattles Commodity Traders

Two NBA Elimination Games Tonight as Cavaliers and Spurs Both Eye Conference Finals Berths

Cannes 2026: Peter Jackson Gets an Honorary Palme d'Or, Na Hong-jin's Hope Generates Buzz, and Park Chan-wook Leads the Jury

Agoda Launches Single-Checkout Booking Engine Combining Hotels, Flights, and Activities in One Transaction

Agoda has launched a single-checkout booking engine that combines hotels, flights, and activities in one transaction — drawing on more than six million properties, 130,000 flight routes, and 300,000 activities to simplify multi-component trip planning.

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Cisco Posts Record Revenue as AI Infrastructure Orders Reach $5.3 Billion, Raises Full-Year Forecast to $9 Billion

Cisco posted record Q3 revenue of $15.84 billion and raised its full-year AI order forecast to $9 billion as AI infrastructure demand accelerates — though it is simultaneously cutting nearly 4,000 jobs.

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Subnautica 2 Sells One Million Copies on Its First Day in Early Access, Tops Steam Global Revenue Charts

Subnautica 2 sold over one million copies on its Steam Early Access launch day, topping the platform's global revenue chart with its alien ocean survival sequel that adds four-player co-op for the first time in the series.

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Trump Leaves China With Boeing Orders, Oil Deals, and a 'Strategic Stability' Framework — But Markets Were Hoping for More

President Trump left Beijing after a two-day summit with Xi Jinping carrying commitments to buy 200 Boeing jets, US oil, and agricultural goods — but markets fell as the deals came in below the most bullish pre-summit expectations, with no breakthrough on tariffs or chip exports.

Cisco Posts Record Revenue as AI Infrastructure Orders Reach $5.3 Billion, Raises Full-Year Forecast to $9 Billion

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Subnautica 2 Sells One Million Copies on Its First Day in Early Access, Tops Steam Global Revenue Charts

Trump Leaves China With Boeing Orders, Oil Deals, and a 'Strategic Stability' Framework — But Markets Were Hoping for More

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Google Detects First Known AI-Built Zero-Day Exploit, Used by Criminals to Plan Mass 2FA Bypass Attack

Google's Threat Intelligence Group has identified the first known case of criminal hackers using AI to discover and build a zero-day exploit — a 2FA bypass targeting a popular open-source system — as part of a planned mass attack that Google says it disrupted.

Kevin Warsh Is Now Chair of the Federal Reserve as Powell's Term Ends Today — Inheriting Inflation Above Target and a Rate Hike on the Table

Kevin Warsh became the 17th chair of the Federal Reserve today as Jerome Powell's term expired, confirmed 54-45 by the Senate — but instead of the rate cuts Trump allies expected, Warsh now faces inflation at 3.8% and a growing market probability of a hike before any cuts.

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James Webb Telescope Maps 164,000 Galaxies to Reveal the Cosmic Web Across 13.7 Billion Years of History

A team at UC Riverside used NASA's James Webb Space Telescope to catalogue 164,000 galaxies and produce the most detailed map ever made of the universe's cosmic web — tracing the invisible filamentary structure of matter across 13.7 billion years.

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Drake Drops 43 Songs Across Three Albums at Once — Iceman, Habibti, and Maid of Honour Arrive at Midnight

Drake dropped 43 songs across three simultaneous albums — Iceman, Habibti, and Maid of Honour — at midnight on 15 May 2026, following a spectacular Toronto livestream in which he revealed his father's cancer diagnosis and reignited apparent feuds with Kendrick Lamar, LeBron James, and others.

Kevin Warsh Is Now Chair of the Federal Reserve as Powell's Term Ends Today — Inheriting Inflation Above Target and a Rate Hike on the Table

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James Webb Telescope Maps 164,000 Galaxies to Reveal the Cosmic Web Across 13.7 Billion Years of History

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Drake Drops 43 Songs Across Three Albums at Once — Iceman, Habibti, and Maid of Honour Arrive at Midnight

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Chelsea vs Manchester City: FA Cup Final Preview — A Broken Club Against an Unstoppable Force at Wembley

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Manchester City and Chelsea meet at Wembley tomorrow in the 145th FA Cup final — the first between the two clubs — with City chasing a domestic cup double and Chelsea seeking a rare high point from a disastrous season.

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Meta Launches Incognito Chat for Meta AI: Conversations Processed in Hardware Enclaves Even Meta Cannot Access

Meta has launched Incognito Chat for Meta AI on WhatsApp and the Meta AI app, using Trusted Execution Environments to process conversations in hardware enclaves that even Meta's own engineers and advertising systems cannot access.

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53,000 Chefs and Operators Descend on Chicago as the National Restaurant Association Show Opens Tomorrow

The 105th National Restaurant Association Show opens tomorrow in Chicago with 53,000 professionals and 2,000 vendors — and this year's FABI Awards signal a clear industry pivot toward protein, global flavours, and textural innovation, with plant-based alternatives no longer leading the conversation.

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Anthropic Launches Claude for Small Business, Embedding AI Into QuickBooks, PayPal, and HubSpot

Anthropic has launched Claude for Small Business, embedding 15 AI workflows directly into QuickBooks, PayPal, HubSpot, and four other tools small businesses already use — with no extra charge beyond existing subscriptions.

Meta Launches Incognito Chat for Meta AI: Conversations Processed in Hardware Enclaves Even Meta Cannot Access

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Anthropic Launches Claude for Small Business, Embedding AI Into QuickBooks, PayPal, and HubSpot

GTA 6 Delayed Again to November 19, 2026 — Rockstar Apologises as Fans Flood It With Bad Reviews

Rockstar Games has delayed Grand Theft Auto VI from May 26 to November 19, 2026, apologising to fans for the extended wait while Take-Two's CEO reaffirmed ambitions to release the most extraordinary title in entertainment history.

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American Airlines Prepares for the Biggest Summer in Its 100-Year History: 75 Million Passengers, 750,000 Flights

American Airlines is planning its biggest-ever summer, targeting 75 million passengers across 750,000 flights between Memorial Day and early September — with a record 6,995 flights planned on a single day in July.

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NASA's Psyche Spacecraft Swings Past Mars Today at 12,333 mph in Rare Gravity-Assist Manoeuvre

NASA's Psyche spacecraft completed a gravity-assist flyby of Mars today, swinging past at 12,333 mph just 4,500 kilometres from the surface to gain speed on its way to a metal-rich asteroid that may be an exposed planetary core.

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CRISPR Gene Editing Clears HIV From Cells in Human Trial — A First

Amsterdam researchers removed HIV from infected cells in a living patient using CRISPR for the first time — though full proof of cure remains years away.

American Airlines Prepares for the Biggest Summer in Its 100-Year History: 75 Million Passengers, 750,000 Flights

NASA's Psyche Spacecraft Swings Past Mars Today at 12,333 mph in Rare Gravity-Assist Manoeuvre

CRISPR Gene Editing Clears HIV From Cells in Human Trial — A First

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Japan Introduces a Tourist Tax on Mount Fuji Climbers — and It Is Already Working

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Japan's access fees for Mount Fuji cut summit attempts by 40% and cut litter — a model now spreading to Kyoto, Tokyo and Osaka.

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GTA VI Has a Release Date — and Rockstar Is Not Budging

Rockstar confirms GTA VI launches 26 September 2025 on consoles, featuring dual protagonists and a return to Vice City.

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Physicists Detect a Second Gravitational Wave from a Neutron Star Merger

LIGO and Virgo have captured gravitational waves from a second neutron star merger, offering new data on extreme matter and the Hubble constant.

GTA VI Has a Release Date — and Rockstar Is Not Budging

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Physicists Detect a Second Gravitational Wave from a Neutron Star Merger