Free Play Days – NBA 2K26, Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Breakpoint, Wax Heads, and More
Xbox announced Free Play Days from August 6–14, offering free trials of NBA 2K26, Ghost Recon titles, Wax Heads, and Sports Renovations for members and non-members.
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Source-linked briefings published in August 2026.
Environment Agency stops waste operation at Wolverhampton site
The Environment Agency has revoked the environmental permit of DS Environmental Services in Wolverhampton, citing persistent non-compliance and regulatory interventions. The revocation, effective 30 June 2026, halts all...
MHRA approves remibrutinib for adults with chronic spontaneous urticaria
The UK’s MHRA has authorised remibrutinib for adults with chronic spontaneous urticaria unresponsive to antihistamines, following assessment of two clinical trials involving 925 patients.
RPC statement: impact of the Immigration and Asylum Bill
The Regulatory Policy Committee is independently reviewing the Home Office’s impact assessment for the Immigration and Asylum Bill, published on 30 June 2026, to assess the evidence and analysis supporting the proposed...
Partner Spotlight IAC
Colombia-based IAC partners with Bentley Systems to drive digital transformation in Latin America’s engineering sector, focusing on BIM, PLM, and AI to enhance efficiency and global competitiveness.
FCA applying increased scrutiny to Annex 1 firms
The UK Financial Conduct Authority is increasing scrutiny of Annex 1 firms, citing risks of financial crime facilitation and inadequate controls. Firms must demonstrate compliance with anti-money laundering regulations...
Partner Spotlight ItresE
ItresE and EDEMSA completed Argentina’s first fully digital substation in Mendoza using Bentley’s OpenUtilities Substation and ProjectWise, reducing costs and fostering collaboration across teams.
Building Better Prediction Models for Consumer Choices
Caltech and MIT researchers have addressed a long-standing gap in consumer choice modeling by refining the random utility model (RUM) to work with incomplete datasets, potentially improving demand predictions across...
Our WeatherNext 2 AI model demonstrated a massive leap forward in predicting cyclones.
Google’s WeatherNext 2 AI model, detailed in a Nature paper, delivers a decade of cyclone prediction improvements in one system and is now open-sourced for global research use.
UNC6671 Rebrands: Multi-Brand Vishing Extortion Targets Financial Services and Enterprise Cloud Environments
A threat group tracked as UNC6671 has rebranded from BlackFile to multiple extortion brands while continuing vishing attacks on financial and enterprise cloud targets, using AiTM phishing and MFA token theft to steal...
MON staking is live globally at up to 12% APY
Kraken has launched global MON staking with up to 12% APY, allowing users to earn rewards without technical setup or maintenance.
Lenovo Signs Industry Letter Supporting Open-Weight AI
Lenovo has joined over 200 companies in signing an industry letter advocating for open-weight AI models, emphasizing secure access to compute, datasets, and tools to foster innovation and competition.
War games: how we built Kraken to handle 10x the load
Kraken introduced automated load testing to handle extreme trading spikes after failures during Bitcoin’s July 2025 rally and a token sale in October 2025.
GeForce NOW Shakes Up August With 26 New Games
NVIDIA’s GeForce NOW service adds 26 new games in August, including World of Warships: Legends, expanding its cloud library. Ultimate tier demos are on display at QuakeCon with 5K 120fps visuals.
Cloudflare AI Search: give your agents a search engine for your data
Cloudflare launches AI Search to automate retrieval for agents, replacing manual integration of multiple AI tools. Early pricing preview emphasizes predictable costs, with free embedding and reranking for default models.
The next generation of MCP
Cloudflare and the Model Context Protocol (MCP) team released MCP 2026-07-28, a stateless protocol update that removes session management requirements, simplifying server deployment and reducing operational overhead for...
BigQuery to Databricks: A Strategic Framework for Modern Migration
Databricks outlines a phased migration framework for enterprises moving workloads from BigQuery to its Lakehouse platform, emphasizing assessment, wave-based migration, and dual-operation validation to minimize risk and...
Step into the world of tango on Google Arts & Culture
Google Arts & Culture launched a digital collection on tango, created with Argentine cultural institutions, featuring over 50 stories about its history, musicians, dancers, and artisans.
IBM Introduces Apptio AI Value & ROI to Close the Gap Between AI Spend and Business Results
IBM’s Apptio AI Value & ROI tool launches in public preview to help enterprises track AI spending and link investments to measurable business outcomes, addressing a documented gap in ROI measurement.
Into the Omniverse: How Open World Models Push the Frontier of Physical AI
NVIDIA introduces Cosmos 3, an open family of world foundation models for physical AI, enabling developers to generate synthetic data, simulate environments, and specialize systems for robotics, autonomous vehicles, and...
Why Lenovo Is Joining the Open Secure AI Alliance
Lenovo has joined the Open Secure AI Alliance to promote secure, responsible AI development through industry collaboration, emphasizing hybrid AI systems and open-weight models.
Change of His Majesty’s Ambassador to Bahrain
The UK Foreign Office announced the appointment of Thomas Allan as the new British Ambassador to Bahrain, succeeding Alastair Long. Allan will assume the role in January 2027, following Long’s transfer to another...
Diversity Summer Scheme 2026: Shaping the next generation of government lawyers
The UK Government announced the Diversity Summer Scheme 2026, offering 500+ underrepresented students practical legal experience and networking opportunities to encourage careers in public service law.
Ask Maps gets more helpful with food ordering and more
Google Maps’ Ask Maps now supports food ordering, hotel discovery, and real-time transit updates, with AI-driven personalization from connected Gmail and broader rollouts across multiple countries.
Under Pressure: Record plasma for UK flagship machine
UKAEA’s MAST Upgrade fusion experiments achieved record plasma pressure while addressing key stability challenges, advancing practical fusion energy research.
Company director who avoided court by claiming to be in a coma is jailed for hiding behind others to run football magazine business while banned
A disqualified director who falsely claimed to be in a coma to avoid court was jailed for 18.5 months for running a football magazine business while banned from directorships.
‘A clear violation’: Guterres deplores deadliest attack on Kyiv this year
UN Secretary-General António Guterres condemned the deadliest Russian strikes on Kyiv this year, which killed 17 people, as a violation of international humanitarian law amid escalating civilian casualties in Ukraine.
Cuba: Independent experts condemn new US sanctions as humanitarian crisis deepens
UN human rights experts warn US sanctions on Cuba deepen a humanitarian crisis, risking severe shortages in fuel, food, and healthcare, and urge Washington to revoke measures violating international law.
Ebola virus reaches displacement camps in DR Congo
Ebola Bundibugyo has infected 19 internally displaced people in five camps in Ituri province, killing five, as the outbreak nears 4,000 cases and 1,800 deaths since May, according to UNHCR and WHO.
Gaza: 300 children killed in 300 days of Israeli-Hamas ‘ceasefire’
UNICEF reports at least 300 children killed in Gaza since a ceasefire took effect in October 2025, amid ongoing hostilities and severe humanitarian conditions despite a proposed U.S.-led peace plan.