Amazon Continues To Abandon Gaming By Dropping MMOs 'Lost Ark' And 'Throne And Liberty'

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Published Aug 12, 2026, 1:05 PM EDT

Within the next year, Lost Ark and Throne and Liberty will no longer be published by Amazon Game Studios

‘Seinfeld’ to Stay on Netflix for Another Five Years

“Seinfeld” has renewed its licensing agreement with Netflix and will stay on the streamer for another five years.

The beloved sitcom has also re-upped its deal with Paramount, extending the studio’s exclusive basic cable rights in the U.S. for three years across Comedy Central, TV Land and other Paramount cable networks. Financial terms were not disclosed, yada yada yada.

Does shapewear make us less prone to taking risks? Weirdly, maybe yes | New Scientist

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One of society’s more intractable problems is unnecessary risk-taking behaviour. People do all kinds of silly things, like gambling on horses/prediction markets (delete according to age), or yelling “I love Coldplay” in a crowded biker bar.

How ‘The Shards’ Blew Up at HBO — and Ended Up in Ryan Murphy’s Hands

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If you happen to be a fan of Bret Easton Ellis’ novel The Shards, then the first two episodes of Ryan Murphy‘s adaptation for FX will be reassuringly familiar. Like the book, the TV show is told in first-person narration by a character named Bret Ellis, who looks back to Sherman Oaks in 1981 and his senior year at Buckley. Like the book, Bret is living a double life, dating a girl in public while secretly sleeping with a boy. Like the book, there’s a fateful meeting with the mysterious Robert Mallory at a movie theater in Westwood. And, yes, like the book, the serial killer known as the Trawler is stalking teenagers across Los Angeles.

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OpenAI and its competitors want to dictate the role that artificial intelligence will play in our society – it's time to take back control of the narrative

The Hundred 2026 results: Ellyse Perry fifty takes Birmingham Phoenix to victory over MI London

The Hundred women's competition, Edgbaston

MI London 120-6 (100 balls): Henry 42 (33); Gray 2-29

Birmingham Phoenix 121-5 (94 balls): Perry 62* (39); Gordon 2-20

Birmingham Phoenix won by five wickets

Xbox Announces New Hardware for Gears of War Game

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Published Aug 12, 2026, 12:55 PM EDT

Commemorate Sera's fallen soldiers with a sick controller, I guess

Gears of War's new limited-edition Xbox hardware revealed

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Ritchie Blackmore Set to Play With Deep Purple After 33 Year-Estrangement

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"It'll be good to see the old guys again," Blackmore told fans on Instagram about their one-off reunion plan. "But it's kind of frightening. I've been playing acoustic guitar for 25 years" 

YouTube star Cliff Tan apologizes to angry fans after promoting AI for interior design