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Cities: Skylines new replacement is about to become the best strategy game in years
Transport Fever 3, the latest simulation game from Urban Games, looks like it has all the quality-of-life improvements I want from Cities: Skylines Source: https://www.polygon.com/transport-fever-3-trailer-preview/
Hands-on with Google’s new Pixel lineup
Check out this video from CNN: "Hands-on with Google’s new Pixel lineup" Watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBNsNC3wZ6o
Halting the march of the African armyworm: a natural cure offers hope to farmers
South African scientist’s breakthrough research shows soil fungus could be used in fight against devastating crop pest Hearing about fields full of dead caterpillars enveloped in a mysterious white substance intrigued the South African scientist Letodi Luki Mathulwe. Something was killing off the African armyworm – one of the most devastating pests for farmers in east and southern Africa. The white substance was a naturally occurring fungus and it was wiping out the caterpillar, which gained its name from its march-like advance through fields of crops. Continue reading... Source: https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/aug/12/african-armyworm-crop-pest-discovery-fungus-science-hope-farmers
Genetics triggers male black widows to blackflip into death, study finds
A wild cannibalistic sexual behavior in spiders has a simple genetic explanation, new study finds. Source: https://www.livescience.com/animals/spiders-arachnids/genetics-triggers-male-black-widows-to-blackflip-into-death-study-finds
The Download: the next big thing in LLMs and how AI academic research is shifting
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. These startups are chasing the next big thing in LLMs Nine years after Google researchers introduced the transformer, this family of neural networks has become the engine inside every major large… Source: https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/08/11/1141610/the-download-next-big-thing-llms-ai-academic-research-shifting/
Geely EX5: Why pay double for a Porsche?
Check out this video from Out of Spec Reviews: "Geely EX5: Why pay double for a Porsche?" Watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjmW3mGn8HU
NASA Astronaut Chris Williams Postflight News Conference (Aug. 4, 2026)
Check out this video from NASA: "NASA Astronaut Chris Williams Postflight News Conference (Aug. 4, 2026)" Watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpWTcLv72oE
Grand Theft Auto 5 averages more copies sold per year than most megahits manage in their entire lifetime, with a total of 230 million since 2013
The people yearn for Los Santos. Source: https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/grand-theft-auto-5-averages-more-copies-sold-per-year-than-most-megahits-manage-in-their-entire-lifetime-with-a-total-of-230-million-since-2013/
James Carville HITS BACK at far-left Dems
Check out this video from Fox News: "James Carville HITS BACK at far-left Dems" Watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1B2Q2ZoqdCs
OpenAI says it slowed Astra model development over security concerns
OpenAI said this model, which is still in development, reached its "critical cybersecurity threshold," meaning it could independently identify and carry out cyberattacks against traditionally well-protected real-world systems. Source: https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/07/openai-says-it-slowed-astra-model-development-over-security-concerns/