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Back in 2009, Ars wrote about what was being reported as a leaked trailer for the then-upcoming Left 4 Dead 2, saying the footage “looks like it’s straight from a high-gloss action movie.” Today, we need to offer an important update to this crucial, 17-year-old story: The trailer “leak” was orchestrated by Valve itself. That news comes courtesy of former Valve writer Chet Faliszek, who said in a newly posted video about cut lines in the game that “for Left 4 Dead 2 with the ESRB… we leaked our trailer ahead of time because they wouldn’t let us release the…

At least 10 people were killed and around 60 wounded in central Mexico when fireworks detonated during a religious festival. Residents had been honouring the patron saint of Temascalcingo, a municipality in central Mexico, when tragedy struck.Published On 7 Sep 20267 Sep 2026Share Ten killed and dozens injured in Mexico fireworks blast on social mediashare-nodesSharegoogleAdd Al Jazeera on Googleinfo

Sugar substitutes are often marketed as a better choice than foods loaded with refined sugar (glucose). Common examples include aspartame, the sweetener used in Equal packets, sucralose (Splenda), and sugar alcohols such as sorbitol. But growing research is complicating the idea that these alternatives are automatically healthier. A new study suggests that sorbitol, in particular, may have metabolic effects that make it less harmless than many people assume. Sorbitol May Be One Step Away From Fructose The research, published recently in Science Signaling, builds on a line of research from Gary Patti’s laboratory at Washington University in St. Louis examining…

The Shadwell-owned Raaheeb returns to the racetrack this afternoon, live on Sky Sports Racing.4.15 Windsor – Classy Raaheeb aims to resume his progressionThe classy Raaheeb aims to resume his progression in the Weatherbys Global Stallions App Winter Hill Stakes. A brother to top class performers Baaeed and Hukum, Raaheeb began his career perfectly with a nice success at two, before taking the Classic Trial at Sandown in terrific fashion. He then ran creditably when fourth in the Irish Derby, travelling up like a genuine challenger before tiring late under Rossa Ryan. The time given to help Raaheeb develop physically and…

The North Sea, as even its greatest admirers will concede, often glowers an unappetising grey or brown. And we assume that its dull exterior is matched by sediment-filled waters where little life dwells. For years, the friends and family of Peter van Rodijnen wondered why the Dutch cinematographer and diving fanatic spent so much time exploring “this murky bowl of soup”. But, inspired by a childhood of watching Jacques Cousteau’s adventures in rather more enticingly temperate waters, Van Rodijnen’s dedication to North Sea diving gradually revealed its hidden wonders.Over 20 years, as camera technology improved, Van Rodijnen obtained more and…

FRANK TIETIE commends EFCC and its leadership Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has been trending recently in the Nigerian media for good reasons. Even die-hard critics of President Bola Tinubu and opposition figures have been unable to fault the Commission’s unprecedented achievements in just three and a half years. Under the Tinubu administration, between October 2023 and June 2026, the EFCC, led by its Chairman, Ola Olukayode, a lawyer, has recovered stolen public funds and criminal assets totaling ₦1.23 trillion, $684.48 million, and substantial sums in other foreign currencies. It also secured forfeiture orders covering more than 10,000…

Professional designers should not feel “threatened” by the rapid growth of generative AI, according to business leaders, despite fears over job losses in the sector.With design and film production companies and manufacturers all adopting AI at an accelerating pace, industry bodies said the technology would be used to enhance the work of designers rather than replace them.Mat Hunter, the chief executive of the Design Council – a charity which champions the industry – said that while AI was increasingly being used by designers, “they are using it to add value”.He said: “We are aware that technology always displaces people with…

When I first wrote about artificial intelligence agents staging a cyberattack in July on a company called Hugging Face, it felt like a big moment. These A.I. agents had acted on their own. No human had instructed them to hack into another company.Turns out, it was an even bigger moment than we realized at the time. Two new reports make clear the agents didn’t just go rogue. They did so in an incredibly systematic and collaborative way. We now know they coalesced into a kind of renegade A.I. army — distributing tasks in a hierarchical chain of command, grabbing resources…

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Welcome to the first edition of Power Play! From now until the midterms, senior writer Molly Taft will be sharing their thoughts every Sunday on this political season’s hottest issue: data centers. We welcome reader comments, and will be answering questions from the comments section in future editions.Be sure to catch WIRED’s first livestream on data centers this Thursday, September 10, featuring Molly, senior politics correspondent Hugo Lowell, and senior business writer Max Zeff! You can submit questions here.It’s been a rough summer for data center boosters. Polling is getting even more dismal—as many as 75 percent of Americans now…