Finance Minister Nicola Willis appointed Rebecca Williams to the Reserve Bank of New Zealand’s Monetary Policy Committee for a one-year term starting October 2026, citing her institutional expertise in monetary policy.
A PC Gamer editor humorously notes a Tokyo barbershop named after Mario and Luigi, playfully linking it to Nintendo’s franchise.
LOVE alt delete, a 2027 horror visual novel, explores AI romance without generative AI, using chatbots Basel and Liste in a transgressive narrative blending Y2K aesthetics and psychological tension.
Call of Duty introduces a cosmetic toggle to reduce Warzone’s exaggerated crossover skins, offering temporary visual cohesion until future collaborations override it.
A free demo for the upcoming cyberpunk shopkeeper sim Probably Stolen is now available on Steam, offering a hands-on preview of its black-market economy before launch next month.
Meta unveiled AI-powered glasses, including Muse integration, advanced VR glasses, and new Ray-Ban models, alongside hearing enhancement and expanded global availability.
NASA announced the crew assignments for SpaceX’s Crew-14 mission to the International Space Station, targeting spring 2027 for launch.
Five PC Gamer editors debate the strengths and weaknesses of The Elder Scrolls series after logging over 2,500 hours across its games.
A roundup of Valheim mods introduces portable blueprints, expanded locations, and streamlined inventory management after the 1.0 release.
A PC Gamer editor urges Nightdive to label its upcoming Thief 2 remaster as "Thief 2 Gold," referencing archival plans for a definitive edition with five new missions.
PC Gamer’s UK online editor Fraser Brown recounts his long history with MMOs, from early characters to his current Guild Wars 2 alter ego.
GitHub introduces canvases in its Copilot app, replacing chat interfaces with customizable, full-stack tools for AI-driven tasks like games or package management.
Bungie unveils a year-long plan to revamp Marathon, adding its first permanent PvE mode, team deathmatch, and improved onboarding to broaden the game’s appeal beyond its original PvEvP focus.
The Federal Reserve seeks public input on two proposals to regulate payment stablecoin issuers under the GENIUS Act, including reserve backing and capital requirements.
AWS Lambda durable functions are now accessible in the AWS European Sovereign Cloud, enabling reliable multi-step workflows and AI processes while meeting compliance needs.
GitHub Security Lab introduces an AI-driven fuzzing pipeline that automates vulnerability discovery in C/C++ projects without constant human oversight.
NASA awarded $650,000 to five teams in the Mars to Table Challenge for innovative space food systems, aiming to sustain astronauts on long-duration missions to Mars.
Microsoft expands Azure Foundry with new model choices, voice agents, and continuous optimization to help businesses deploy and refine AI agents faster without rebuilding infrastructure.
XBOX Insiders can now preview the Chicken Invaders Collection, a compilation of the series’ arcade shooters, ahead of its full release.
The Reserve Bank of India directed regulated financial entities to comply with a government order designating a new terrorist organization under the UAPA, 1967, requiring strict adherence and reporting obligations.
Snowflake integrates Moonshot AI’s open-weight Kimi K3 model into Cortex AI for private preview, expanding model options for complex workflows without separate infrastructure.
The UK endorses a UN declaration addressing sea-level rise as an immediate threat, pledging continued statehood recognition for affected nations and new funding to support vulnerable states.
Google Photos introduces five new features to enhance summer memory organization and sharing, available to eligible subscribers in select regions.
Google’s Health Guardian tools launch in the Google Health app, offering Pixel Watch users new wellness tracking features including blood pressure, insulin resistance, and sleep breathing metrics starting this week.
Databricks enables running open-weight decision models like SemIf-OpenJev directly on governed data via SQL and serverless GPUs, simplifying enterprise applications.
Databricks launches Unity Gateway CLI to let teams adopt the best AI coding models while centrally managing costs, security, and policies across thousands of developers.
Eight nations urge immediate implementation of UN Resolution 2803 to restore Gaza’s health system and humanitarian access, citing severe shortages and restricted aid entry.
UK Foreign Secretary urges urgent action to preserve the two-state solution amid growing obstacles, citing illegal settlements and Gaza’s humanitarian crisis.
Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL now supports post-quantum TLS key exchange, enhancing encryption for data in transit via updated ssl_groups parameter in versions 18 and higher.
Amazon RDS now offers PostgreSQL 19 Beta 4 in its preview environment for testing, featuring performance and stability improvements before general release.