Silent Hill producer believes shaking up the series was necessary to win over players because 'at best, only about half of the original users will return with a remake'

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One of the most magical parts of Silent Hill f was that never in a hundred years did I think it would be something that Konami would greenlight. Not because it's outlandish or a poor idea, I absolutely loved it, but because I just thought Konami had kind of set aside doing anything new with the franchise.

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Snapchat no longer rewards fully AI-generated Spotlight content

Snapchat is the latest company to strengthen its stance against AI slop. The social network platform will no longer reward fully AI-generated videos, as it seeks to prioritize human-made content. 

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Brent Lang Named Editor-in-Chief of IndieWire

Variety‘s Brent Lang has been named the new editor-in-chief of IndieWire, effective August 17.

Based in New York City, Lang will report to Jerry Ruiz, senior vice president, operations & finance, PMC. A widely respected journalist and editor, Lang brings a distinctive combination of editorial leadership, industry expertise, and a deep commitment to ambitious, high-quality storytelling to IndieWire.

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I made a hyper organised plant shop in Leafy Corner because the people want order not whimsy

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I am lucky enough to live close to some of the best plant shops I've ever had the pleasure to stumble into. I love taking my sweet time strolling around each one, looking at all the plants, succulents, seeds, and pots—all of which I could never dream of fitting into my small apartment. The best part of all of them is just how jumbled they all are, brimming with all sorts of strange plants for customers to discover. So, with that in mind you'd think I'd also create a maze-oasis of foliage right? Wrong.

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We thought a small town outside the suburbs would be perfect for our family — but ended up in a walkable city instead

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We didn't plan on moving to a city, but we're so glad we did.

John Serbell

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Elon Musk Reportedly Wants A Tesla-SpaceX Merger, And Selling Tesla China Could Be The First Step Toward Making That Happen - Jalopnik

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SpaceX already owns xAI, which Elon Musk previously merged with Twitter, but why stop there? Why not squish all of Elon's companies together and have SpaceX swallow up Tesla, too? The rumor's been floating around for a while, but it seems Tesla's operations in China could get in the way of Elon's dream of his no-longer-a-car-company and his rocket/CSAM company joining together in unholy matrimony. According to the Wall Street Journal, though, Musk has a solution — just get rid of the China business.

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Mahershala Ali Calls Out Marvel for Not Making ‘Blade’: ‘You Had Me Under Contract. They Have Billions of Dollars. If They Wanted to Do It, We Would’ve Done It’

As most Marvel fans know by now, Mahershala Ali was announced to star in a “Blade” movie during a flashy, surprise Comic-Con appearance in 2019, but the movie didn’t get made. The two-time Oscar winner never appeared in live-action as the popular vampire-hunting anti-hero, despite Marvel Studios hiring director Bassam Tariq, and later Yann Demange, to helm the film.

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New method flags hurricane rapid intensification up to five days ahead

New method flags hurricane rapid intensification up to five days ahead
Mexico Beach in the Florida Panhandle was devastated after Hurricane Michael rapidly intensified and made landfall with 160mph winds in 2018. Credit: U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Colin Hunt.

The rapid intensification of a hurricane ranks among the most dangerous weather events on Earth. Storms such as Hurricane Michael, which crashed ashore in the Florida Panhandle with winds of 160 mph (about 257 km/h), and Hurricane Otis, the costliest hurricane to strike Mexico's Pacific coast, caught communities unawares when they intensified at a rate that computer models failed to anticipate.

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'Quality Is Extremely Important to Us' — Square Enix Says Controversial Kingdom Hearts Collection Art Was the Result of 'Human Error,' Not Generative AI

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: Jul 31, 2026 3:53pm UTC

The controversial key art for Kingdom Hearts Collection 1-3 did not contain any AI-generated materials and was actually the result of "human error," according to a new statement from Square Enix.

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Climate change may help eliminate malaria from West and Central Africa | New Scientist

Malari-prevention strategies like bed nets are crucial in the fight against the infection

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By the end of this century, malaria could be eradicated in West and Central Africa, two of the worst-affected regions. A modelling study suggests cases will plummet in these areas if the extreme heat caused by climate change makes them uninhabitable for mosquitoes. But this also means malaria is expected to become more pronounced in the cooler regions of Africa.

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