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Rep. Zach Nunn touts bipartisan approach, results in Soapbox speech

Republican U.S. Rep. Zach Nunn highlighted his bipartisan approach to lawmaking, military credentials and legislative results in his Soapbox speech.

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Aug 17 • 9:24 PM EDT • Politics • desmoinesregister.com
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See Zach Nunn speak at the Des Moines Register Political Soapbox

Zach Nunn, the Republican candidate for Iowa's 3rd congressional district, takes the stage at the 2026 Des Moines Register Political Soapbox.

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Aug 17 • 9:24 PM EDT • Politics • desmoinesregister.com
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Brenna Bird touts record, knocks Willems at Iowa State Fair Soapbox

Attorney General Brenna Bird touted her record on cold cases and fraud while criticizing rival Nate Willems at the 2026 Iowa State Fair.

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Aug 17 • 8:01 PM EDT • Politics • desmoinesregister.com
Candidate Chris McGowan urges 'prudent use of arms' at Register's Soapbox

Republican Iowa 4th Congressional District candidate Chris McGowan spoke to voters during the Des Moines Register's Political Soapbox Aug. 17.

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Aug 17 • 5:17 PM EDT • Politics • desmoinesregister.com
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Lamborghini's most extreme car just sold out its future

Scarcity is the oldest pricing trick in luxury, and it only works when the scarcity is real. Anyone can print “limited edition” on a box. Very few companies can cap production at a hard number, refuse to move it, and still watch buyers pay a premium for the privilege of waiting a year to take ...

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Aug 17 • 4:23 PM EDT • Technology • sg.finance.yahoo.com
Bethesda Warns Skyrim & Fallout 4 Players of Mod-breaking Update

Steam players on PC will be especially affected once Bethesda releases the patches for its RPGs on August 18.

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Aug 17 • 3:23 PM EDT • Technology • polygon.com
Police, Gambling Control Unit conduct raid at Lisbon, Maine, business

Police from Gardiner, working with the Maine Gambling Control Office, conducted a raid at a business in Lisbon on Monday morning. Crews were seen using a forklift to remove boxes.

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Aug 17 • 2:27 PM EDT • Business • wmtw.com
Roundup: The First Reviews Have Arrived For Mortal Shell 2

A significant improvement over the original?

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Aug 17 • 9:30 AM EDT • Technology • purexbox.com
Mafia: Definitive Edition gets Xbox Series X|S stack and The Old Country reveals DLC achievements

Mafia: Definitive Edition has received a new stack of Xbox Series X|S achievements to earn, and Mafia: The Old Country has just dropped some new DLC Gamerscore.

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Aug 17 • 8:53 AM EDT • Technology • trueachievements.com
The most important NFL QB this season, plus questions on the Lakers sale

The Pulse Newsletter 📣 | This is The Athletic’s daily sports newsletter. Sign up here to receive The Pulse directly in your inbox. Good morning. RIP, Tommy John. Coming up: 🫪 Jones’ incredible recovery 😶‍🌫️ Questions on Lakers sale 🏅 Taurasi’s big day So many things happen during the course of an NFL season that it’s easy to forget specifics. A lot can happen in 272 regular-season games. So forgive me if I read this story and immediately thought: Remember when Philip Rivers came out of retirement last year? After four years away? That was wild. It’s...

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Aug 17 • 7:15 AM EDT • Sports • nytimes.com
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Whisker’s AI-powered litter robot thinks my cats swapped bodies

$900 for an AI-powered litter box and I can’t even watch my cat poop?

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Aug 17 • 7:00 AM EDT • Technology • theverge.com
Halo, Forza and World of Warcraft In-Game Rewards Coming to McDonald's, Celebrating Xbox 25th Anniversary

McDonald's is partnering with Xbox to offer in-game rewards for the console brand's six most recognizable gaming franchises, including Halo, Fallout, Forza and World of Warcraft.

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Aug 17 • 6:51 AM EDT • Technology • ign.com
TCG Card Shop Simulator gets full 1.0 launch next month

Xbox Game Pass' addictively good TCG Card Shop Simulator is getting its full 1.0 launch next month, adding a highly requested feature.

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Aug 17 • 6:35 AM EDT • Technology • trueachievements.com
‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ leads domestic box office to stunning return to pre-pandemic form

‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ is leading the charge, along with ‘The Odyssey,’ in boosting 2026’s summer box office to historic new heights, with grosses 5.7 percent ahead of the summer 2019 box office.

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Aug 16 • 8:07 PM EDT • Entertainment • ew.com
Box Office: ‘Spider-Man’ stays on top while two dino movies battle for third

Two dinosaur movies made a modest impact at the North American box office this weekend. “Paw Patrol: The Dino Movie” and “The End of Oak Street” battled for third place,

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Aug 16 • 1:09 PM EDT • Entertainment • lancasteronline.com
Box Office: ‘Spider-Man’ stays on top while two dino movies battle for third

Two dinosaur movies made a modest impact at the North American box office this weekend.

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Aug 16 • 12:35 PM EDT • Entertainment • seattletimes.com
Box Office: ‘Spider-Man’ stays on top while two dino movies battle for third

Two dinosaur movies made a modest impact at the North American box office this weekend.

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Aug 16 • 12:34 PM EDT • Entertainment • news4jax.com
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Seniors who box reap physical and emotional health benefits

Seniors in the class range from their 70s into their 90s.

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Aug 16 • 5:00 AM EDT • Health • newsday.com
Xbox gets 26 new games next week, including The Sinking City 2

Next week's new Xbox games lineup features 26 releases across consoles and PC, including the sequel to The Sinking City and a new WW1 first-person shooter.

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Aug 16 • 4:59 AM EDT • Technology • trueachievements.com
Commentary: When it comes to linemen, it's never enough

How much is enough? Can I stop after two Little Debbie oatmeal crème pies? Or will I eat the whole box of Double Stuffied pies?

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Aug 15 • 11:18 PM EDT • Sports • wholehogsports.com
Dave Bushaw calls for building political independent 'movement' in Iowa

Independent Dave Bushaw told Iowa State Fairgoers that he wanted to build an infrastructure for more independent candidates to run in Iowa.

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Aug 15 • 6:46 PM EDT • Politics • iowacapitaldispatch.com
Independent candidate Dave Bushaw fires up the crowd at Soapbox

On Saturday, Aug. 15, Bushaw took the stage at the Political Soapbox, where he spoke to the Iowans who feel jilted by what he called \

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Aug 15 • 6:44 PM EDT • Politics • desmoinesregister.com
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I freed up 10GB of Gmail space in 5 minutes without deleting important emails

It's about time I audited my inbox

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Aug 15 • 1:00 PM EDT • Technology • androidpolice.com
These 30+ Games Are Coming To Xbox Next Week (August 17-21)

Including two big single-player releases!

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Aug 15 • 8:00 AM EDT • Technology • purexbox.com
I was drowning in 50,000 photos until these Google Photos features saved me

A few setting tweaks declutter the chaos in my gallery

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Aug 15 • 7:00 AM EDT • Technology • androidpolice.com
Broward business owner seeks help identifying man caught on video breaking into mailbox
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Aug 14 • 7:53 PM EDT • Business • cbsnews.com
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Three takeaways from Joe Mitchell at the Register Political Soapbox

Republican Iowa 2nd Congressional District candidate Joe Mitchell laid out his anti-corruption platform during the Register's political Soapbox.

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Aug 14 • 7:07 PM EDT • Politics • desmoinesregister.com
Josh Turek talks costs, corruption at Iowa State Fair Political Soapbox

Democratic U.S. Senate nominee Josh Turek kicked off the Des Moines Register's Political Soapbox talking about taking on high costs and corruption.

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Aug 14 • 3:36 PM EDT • Politics • desmoinesregister.com
Matthew McConaughey Says This 2003 Movie Still Brings Him The Best ‘Mailbox Money’

He added that it’s “probably my favorite rom-com that I’ve ever done.”

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Aug 14 • 3:03 PM EDT • Entertainment • huffpost.com
Dell’s more-affordable Snapdragon X Plus Googlebook lineup comes into focus

Over the last few weeks, the initial Googlebook leaks have centered heavily on what will likely turn out being higher-end, more expensive hardware. From Intel Panther Lake in the ASUS CX9406 and...

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Aug 14 • 12:45 PM EDT • Technology • chromeunboxed.com
Xbox Confirms Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 Beta Will Feature Single-Player Campaign Mission for the First Time

Xbox is trying something new with the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 beta, as the company has announced this month's pre-release tests will include a single-player campaign mission for the first time.

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Aug 14 • 11:52 AM EDT • Technology • ign.com
Gary Vaynerchuk on the rise of alternative sports, surging sports team valuations

Gary Vaynerchuk, VaynerMedia CEO and VaynerX chairman, joins 'Squawk Box' to discuss the rise of alternative sports, surging sports team valuations, and more.

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Aug 14 • 8:29 AM EDT • Sports • cnbc.com
Prediction markets are turning politics into a game, says Frank Luntz

Frank Luntz, FIL Inc. pollster and political strategist, joins 'Squawk Box' to discuss the 2026 midterm elections, takeaways from primary elections, when polls miss the mark, future of the Democratic Party, and more.

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Aug 14 • 7:13 AM EDT • Politics • cnbc.com
Matthew McConaughey's got buzz with 'The Rivals of Amziah King'

Love movies? Live for TV? USA TODAY's Watch Party newsletter has all the best recommendations, delivered right to your inbox. Sign up now and be one of the cool kids.

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Aug 13 • 7:52 PM EDT • Entertainment • centraloregondaily.com
NEO BERLIN 2087 launches in 2028

Action RPG NEO BERLIN 2087 will launch for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, and PC via Steam in 2028, publisher ByteRockers’ Games and developer ELysium Game Studio announced.

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Aug 13 • 4:05 PM EDT • Technology • gematsu.com
6 New Features Added To Your Xbox In The August 2026 Update

Microsoft is making it easier to game even with required software updates, while also improving cloud saves, wishlists, and Xbox 360 compatibility.

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Aug 13 • 3:34 PM EDT • Technology • bgr.com
There Is No Reason Not To Play South Of Midnight Anymore

With Compulsion Games now newly independent, their BAFTA-winning game is now free from Xbox and anything else that might have kept you from trying it

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Aug 13 • 12:00 PM EDT • Technology • kotaku.com
Free Play Days – Gears of War: E-Day Open Beta, Sunderfolk and Asdivine Cross

This weekend, XBOX Game Pass members can hop into the Gears of War: E-Day Open Beta, Sunderfolk and Asdivine Cross.

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Aug 13 • 11:00 AM EDT • Technology • news.xbox.com
Gears of War: E-Day updates drop ahead of today's Open Beta launch

Gears of War: E-Day's hotly anticipated Open Beta starts today for all Xbox and Steam players, and it'll feature some improvements over last week's test run.

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Aug 13 • 7:50 AM EDT • Technology • trueachievements.com
Bethesda finally "looking into" patching Oblivion Remastered on PC, PS5 and Xbox amid praise for Switch 2 release

The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion Remastered is seemingly getting a second life on PC, PS5 and Xbox well over a year after release.

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Aug 13 • 6:50 AM EDT • Technology • eurogamer.net
State Dept axes Biden-era DEI scheme pushing woke politics across the globe and more top headlines

Get all the stories you need-to-know from the most powerful name in news delivered first thing every morning to your inbox.

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Aug 12 • 7:24 PM EDT • Politics • foxnews.com
Top Aides Shut Down Trump Health Questions With Foul-Mouthed Attacks

The White House doesn’t like to talk about the president’s health—instead, it deflects questions and attacks the people who ask them.

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Aug 12 • 4:30 PM EDT • Health • thedailybeast.com
Kinetic Publishing Showcase Recap: Every Reveal, Including the New Sam Barlow Game

Kinetic Publishing just held its first ever showcase - here are all the details on the five games included.

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Aug 12 • 3:30 PM EDT • Technology • news.xbox.com
Fans Try To Decipher The Elder Scrolls VI’s Censored Subtitle

Xbox CEO Asha Sharma just played 'The Elder Scrols VI' and both she and Bethesda are censoring its subtitle with a specific number of letters.

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Aug 12 • 12:34 PM EDT • Technology • forbes.com
Xbox officially reveals its limited edition Gears of War E-Day controller, plus new Design Lab options

The controller and Design Lab update will both launch on September 30…

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Aug 12 • 11:04 AM EDT • Technology • videogameschronicle.com
Oblivion Remastered Is Fine On Switch 2, But Fans Want A PS5 Patch

Many players want Bethesda to update the RPG on PS5 and Xbox following the release of the new port

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Aug 12 • 10:45 AM EDT • Technology • kotaku.com
Xbox Reveals Stunning 3D-Moulded Gears of War: E-Day Limited Edition Controllers

Microsoft has announced a pair of highly-detailed Gears of War: E-Day Limited Edition Xbox controllers, which look just as gruff and grizzled as you'd expect.

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Aug 12 • 10:37 AM EDT • Technology • ign.com
Xbox unveils two awesome limited-edition Gears of War: E-Day controllers

With the launch of Gears of War: E-Day ebbing ever closer, Microsoft has now announced two limited-edition Xbox controllers to celebrate the shooter.

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Aug 12 • 10:33 AM EDT • Technology • trueachievements.com
Scooters are canceled, plus a sports agent and an unsolved murder

The Pulse Newsletter 📣 | This is The Athletic’s daily sports newsletter. Sign up here to receive The Pulse directly in your inbox. Good morning! Hide your best player today. Coming up: 🛴 In MLB, scooter angst 🔍 An unsolved murder 🏈 Minny’s new QB I need to express an old-man sentiment, one that’s festered within me for years: I loathe electric scooters. I recoil every time I travel to a city where they are popular, with sidewalks and plant beds awash in discarded lanky little vehicles. Also, as a new-ish dad, I always think about how dangerous they can be. Anyone,...

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Aug 12 • 6:19 AM EDT • Sports • nytimes.com
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Six ways Minnesota’s primary upended political assumptions

Progressives gained momentum, Republican voters bucked party leaders and Trump and Minnesota set up a historic race for governor. Here are six takeaways from Tuesday’s primary.

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Aug 12 • 6:00 AM EDT • Politics • startribune.com
Xbox CEO Asha Sharma's internal playthrough of The Elder Scrolls 6 disrupted by a giant inflatable rat, as Bethesda union protests cuts

The CWA video games union brought a giant inflatable rat as well as red flags marking each laid off employee.

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Aug 12 • 5:16 AM EDT • Technology • eurogamer.net
Union members stage massive protest for Xbox boss Asha Sharma

It would be hard to miss the giant inflatable rat on the lawn.

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Aug 12 • 4:45 AM EDT • Technology • gamedeveloper.com
Google Is Now Sending Out Emails With Discount Codes For The Pixel 11

You may want to keep a close eye on your Gmail inbox if you’re looking to get a Pixel 11.

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Aug 12 • 4:23 AM EDT • Technology • engadget.com
Xbox Elite 3 prototype pad leaks with tiny built-in screen

Not a screen for your games, though.

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Aug 11 • 6:36 PM EDT • Technology • theverge.com
Xbox CEO Asha Sharma Gushes About Elder Scrolls VI, Does Not Seem To Notice Giant Rat On Bethesda Office Lawn

Please clap (instead of talking about layoffs)

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Aug 11 • 5:36 PM EDT • Technology • aftermath.site
Purported Xbox Elite Series 3 Controller Prototype Somehow Ends Up in a Customer's Hands

The Xbox Elite Series 3 Wireless Controller hasn't even been officially announced yet, but a purported prototype has seemingly found its way into the hands of someone who thought they were buying an Elite Series 2 controller on the retail website OfferUp.

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Aug 11 • 5:02 PM EDT • Technology • ign.com
Xbox Boss Praises Elder Scrolls 6 As Bethesda Devs Protest Outside

The newly appointed Xbox CEO posted on social media that the upcoming RPG looks 'incredible'

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Aug 11 • 4:21 PM EDT • Technology • kotaku.com
Police looking for individuals accused of taking mail from Clay Township business

Police in Lancaster County are asking the public to help identify individuals who were seen on video reportedly removing items from the mailbox of a business in

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Aug 11 • 3:43 PM EDT • Business • local21news.com
Xbox CEO Gets Elder Scrolls 6 Demo, Teases the Subtitle

Xbox CEO Asha Sharma got to see a "live playthrough" of The Elder Scrolls 6, and she posted her reactions on social media afterwards. She also teased – in the vaguest of ways – the subtitle for the upcoming RPG.

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Aug 11 • 3:30 PM EDT • Technology • ign.com
In Protest Of Mass Layoffs, Bethesda Devs Greet Xbox Leadership With A Giant Inflatable Rat

'We heard that Microsoft leadership was coming to our office this week, and decided to make our presence visible'

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Aug 11 • 2:45 PM EDT • Technology • kotaku.com
Lord Of The Rings Xbox 360 Game Gets Surprise Shadow Drop For Modern Platforms

"Step into a darker, grittier Middle-earth."

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Aug 11 • 1:07 PM EDT • Technology • purexbox.com
Dive Beneath the Surface in Grounded 2's Biggest Update Yet: Into the Abyss

Take the plunge today as Grounded 2's largest content update yet, Into the Abyss, opens an expansive new underwater adventure.

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Aug 11 • 1:00 PM EDT • Technology • news.xbox.com
The Lord of the Rings: War in the North – Legacy Edition now available for PS5, Xbox Series, Switch 2, Switch, and PC

Aspyr ha announced and released The Lord of the Rings: War in the North – Legacy Edition, a remastered version of Snowblind Studios’ 2011-released action RPG, for PlayStation 5, Xbox Se…

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Aug 11 • 12:42 PM EDT • Technology • gematsu.com
Snyder's Soapbox: Yes, the Dodgers are a villain, and that's good for MLB

Any form of entertainment is more fun when there's a bad guy

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Aug 11 • 9:44 AM EDT • Sports • cbssports.com
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Oblivion Remastered on Switch 2 Outshines Xbox Series S, as NVIDIA DLSS Becomes The System’s Secret Weapon Again

The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered on Switch 2 tops Xbox Series S image quality via NVIDIA DLSS upscaling

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Aug 11 • 6:25 AM EDT • Technology • wccftech.com
5 Laptops More Powerful Than The Xbox Series X

Some of the laptops that outperform an Xbox Series X include the MSI Thin 15, Acer Nitro V 16, Lenovo LOQ 15, Maingear Super 16, and Maingear Ultima 18.

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Aug 10 • 6:17 PM EDT • Technology • bgr.com
Saber's newest game trailer takes a shot at Gearbox's CEO, if you look closely

The first hint that something might be up with the recent debut trailer for Saber Interactive’s Rideshare Stimulator is an unusual choice of words—aside from that second one in the game’s title. “Don’t take your passengers too seriously,” the trailer’s narrator says, as he describes this upcoming game. It a car game about the gig work of driving eccentric people to their destinations, a riff on Crazy Taxi. And then, he says: “When I think I’ve met the randiest of passengers, someone even stranger gets in.” “Randiest”? That suggests “randy,” which usually means having strong sexual desire. Yet none of the oddball backseat occupants featured in the trailer seem particularly lustful. One is an old man who considers his grandson a failure, another shares the theory that birds might control traffic lights, another says he’s banned from an aquarium. A little later, there’s a license plate, shown 63 seconds into the trailer, on the front of an SUV: USB DRV It’s a Texas plate. The symbol between those letters is a cog wheel. If you know, you know. That’s a reference to Texas-based Borderlands game development studio Gearbox Software (their logo features a cog wheel). More specifically, it’s a reference to Gearbox’s CEO Randy Pitchford, who in 2018 found himself explaining the nature of video he’d saved on a USB drive that was found at a Medieval Times restaurant before being returned to the studio: “It was ‘barely legal’ porn. This girl’s handle was ‘Only 18.’” The “girl” in the video had committed a solo sex act that Pitchford, an avid practitioner of magic, found remarkable. “I realized, this is not a sex worker…This is a fucking magician.” Back then, the USB drive was central to competing lawsuits against Gearbox by the studio’s former lawyer and by Gearbox against him. A settlement in late 2019 “exonerated” Pitchford, per the Hollywood Reporter. The USB story has resurfaced at times, now in a trailer from a company that not long ago was corporate brethren with Gearbox. Saber vs. Gearbox The head of Saber told Game File that the reference is payback. “The dig is because Randy took shots at Embracer in Borderlands 4,” Saber CEO Matt Karch told me when I asked him about the license plate. “Without Embracer, Randy is performing magic tricks at birthday parties for a living.” Having interviewed Karch during a cross-country flight in late 2024, I can confirm that Karch was unimpressed with Pitchford during their time both working in the Embracer group. I’d approached him not out of surprise that there was animosity but that it was manifesting publicly now. Gearbox was founded in 1999, worked on a port of Halo early on, and developed hit series such as the loot-based sci-fi shooter Borderlands before it was purchased by The Embracer Group in early 2021 for $363 million (with a possible earn-out of over $1 billion, if certain targets were hit by 2027). Saber was founded in 2001, worked on a remaster of Halo early on, had a big hit with zombie shooter World War Z and was purchased by Embracer in early 2020 for $150 million, with a potential earn-out of up to $375 million. For a few years, the Embracer group was a voracious acquirer of game studios. Then, as investment dried up, it choked. In March 2024, Embracer sold Saber to an investment company controlled by Saber CEO Matt Karch, and it sold Gearbox in an all-stock deal to long-time Borderlands publisher Take Two Interactive. Other studios were shut down. Hundreds of developers were laid off. Gearbox didn’t say much about their Embracer experience, nothing too direct, at least. In the summer 2024, Pitchford told reporter and occasional Game File contributor Nicole Carpenter that Borderlands 4’s story was in some way thematically connected to Gearbox’s experience at Embracer: “There’s this cultural and emotional shift in me, personally, and at the studio. What does it mean to trade some autonomy for organization?” When Borderlands 4 came out, there was something stranger: the matter of “Embracer’s Bluff,” a location in the game featuring an AI-powered toilet and a large trash dump, according to a detailed Kotaku account of the place. Gearbox never commented on it; Take Two never got back to me about it when I asked them last year. By contrast, since Saber exited Embracer, Karch has been one of Embracer’s biggest defenders, casting their management as well-meaning and supportive despite the layoffs and studio closures that resulted from their excessive expansion. Like others, Saber’s Karch saw Embracer’s as a shot. With Rideshare Stimulator’s trailer, he’s returned fire. “It’s amazing to me how fast people forget those who went above and beyond for them,” Karch told Game File. A rep for Gearbox did not comment by press time. Game File is a reader-supported publication. Your backing makes my reporting—including any coverage of trailer-based beefs—possible. Good news! I’m currently running Game File’s first big sale of 2026. You can get a one-year subscription for 23% off. Click here to take advantage of the limited-time offer. And thank you for your support! Item 2: In brief… 🚫 Wal-Mart has laid off the staff of Restart, a games media outlet launched in 2024, Aftermath reports. 🟥 A GTA VI preview is on the way, at last, via an “extended look” that will premiere, unusually, on Netflix at 3pm ET on August 27, then officially go live elsewhere six hours later. Last week, Game File noted that Take Two label Rockstar Games is overdue for showing off GTA VI, based on the timing of the initial hands-off previews of GTA V and Red Dead Redemption 2. During a call with investors, Take Two CEO Strauss Zelnick said pre-orders for GTA VI were “unprecedented and astonishing,” but added the company can’t predict how many of those pre-orders represent bonus sales vs. sales that otherwise would have been made at launch. During the same call, Zelnick was noticeably bullish on the future of playing games over streaming cloud connections (predicting wider adoption in three or so years). He sounded unbothered by Sony’s plans to stop making discs for new games (he said the business is 90% digital already and predicted that there could still be limited edition physical editions of games “in the same way there’s still vinyl in the recorded music business.”) 👀 Take Two wrote off $43 million in their spring quarter after deciding “not to proceed with further development of an unannounced title in its pipeline from a third-party developer.” 🤔 Some rare age-demographics from a big publisher: Capcom recently told investors that “users in their 20s account for approximately half of the users of both Pragamata and Resident Evil Requiem.” Item 3: The week ahead Tuesday, August 11 Game releases: The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered (Switch 2; already out for PC, PS5, Xbox) continues the Bethesda strategy of putting Elder Scrolls games on everything; Royalty Free-For-All is a Smash Bros.-style fighting game featuring public domain characters such as Mother Goose brawling with Oliver Twist in a stage based on the original Little Shop of Horrors movie. Wednesday, August 12 Game release: Pro Jank Footy (PC, console) is an arcade-style Australian Rules Football game with increasingly ridiculous rules, the more you play (I enjoyed the Steam demo) Thursday, August 13 Game release: Super Mario Sunshine (Switch 2, originally released in 2002 on the GameCube) is released for Switch 2’s Nintendo Switch Online service. This game is the black sheep of 3D Mario games. It’s the successor to the breakthrough Super Mario 64 and the rare Mario game built around a single (vacation resort) theme. Mario’s got a water-spraying backpack, a Yoshi pal and a lot of blue coins to collect.

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Aug 10 • 4:27 PM EDT • Technology • gamefile.news
After 41 Years, Super Mario Bros. Players Are Close to Achieving a Perfect Playthrough

Speedrunners have nearly pulled off the impossible

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Aug 10 • 3:30 PM EDT • Technology • polygon.com
TBD vs. TBD - Boxscore - Live Score

View the TBD vs. TBD game played on October 19, 2026. Box score, stats, play-by-play timeline, highlights, odds & more

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Aug 10 • 2:05 PM EDT • Sports • foxsports.com
"They don't understand art" - id Software lead slams Xbox, says it's "impossible" to make games like 2016's Doom now

id's lead services provider Chris Hayes spoke to the Well Played podcast about the studio, and the problems he has with the company post-layoffs.

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Aug 10 • 11:27 AM EDT • Technology • eurogamer.net
Xbox PC and Game Pass games are being worked on for Linux

PC Game Pass still does not work locally on Linux, but Xodus has completed several parts of the download and licensing process and is now tackling Xbox game services.

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Aug 10 • 9:30 AM EDT • Technology • videocardz.com
No Man’s Sky Celebrates Its 10th Anniversary

No Man’s Sky celebrates 10 years of space adventures!

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Aug 10 • 9:00 AM EDT • Technology • news.xbox.com
AbCellera women’s health data top ‘most aggressive upside scenario,’ putting Astellas and Bayer on notice

AbCellera has reported phase 2 results “beyond even the most aggressive upside scenario” that its CEO dared to consider, boosting the biotech’s chances of challenging Astellas and Bayer for a women’s health market. The phase 2 clinical trial compared ABCL635, an antibody targeting NK3R, to placebo in patients with hot flashes caused by menopause. Investigators enrolled 92 postmenopausal women experiencing a mean of about 10 moderate or severe hot flashes per day. By Week 4, the number of moderate or severe hot flashes had fallen by a mean of 8.8 on ABCL635 and by 3.5 on placebo. That statistically significant, placebo-adjusted reduction of 5.3 hit the trial’s primary endpoint. The level of efficacy also cleared the bar set by existing drugs. While cross-trial comparisons can be misleading, AbCellera CEO Carl Hansen, Ph.D., had seen enough to start hyping the program. “We now view ABCL635 as a potential best-in-class non-hormonal therapy with strong differentiation against approved NK3R competitors across all important dimensions, including efficacy, safety, dosing and convenience,” Hansen said on a Monday morning conference call with investors to discuss the data. “We believe ABCL635 is now a highly de-risked program.” Last week, Hansen used AbCellera’s earnings call to set expectations for readout, with the CEO defining success as a clean safety profile and efficacy comparable to the two approved small molecules. The data vaulted over that bar. Astellas linked (PDF) one of the small molecules, Veozah, to placebo-adjusted reductions in hot flash frequency of 2.1 and 2.6 at Week 4 of its two phase 3 trials. Bayer reported (PDF) placebo-adjusted reductions of 3.04 and 3.29 at Week 4 of pivotal studies for its small molecule, Lynkuet. At 5.3, the placebo-adjusted reduction in AbCellera’s trial comfortably cleared the standard set by the incumbents. Veozah and Lynkuet came to market based on evidence of their ability to reduce the frequency and severity of hot flashes. AbCellera’s phase 2 study covered both endpoints, with the Canadian biotech reporting a mean reduction in severity of 1.4 points at Week 4 on ABCL635, compared to 0.3 points for placebo. Again, the placebo-adjusted result compares favorably to data on Veozah and Lynkuet. Analysts shared Hansen’s enthusiasm for the data. The phase 2 results “firmly validate ABCL635 as a potentially best-in-class treatment,” BMO Capital Markets analysts said in a note to investors Monday. ABCL635’s apparent efficacy edge “is likely attributable to the higher dosing/target engagement the asset is able to reach vs. the oral agents due to its wider therapeutic index,” the analysts added. The analysts, who model $2.3 billion in unadjusted peak sales for ABCL635, flagged the safety profile as another positive of the phase 2 readout. While Veozah carries a boxed warning for liver damage, nobody on ABCL635 in the phase 2 trial had elevated liver enzymes or bilirubin values. If replicated in phase 3, the lack of a liver signal could allow approval without the monitoring requirements imposed on Veozah. Investors appeared equally enthused, sending AbCellera's stock up 32% to $9.21 in premarket trading Monday from a Friday closing price of $6.93. Next, AbCellera will collect the Week 12 data and talk to its advisors about further development. The results open up “a wide variety of possibilities of how we might take this forward into phase 3 studies to truly maximize the value of the asset and make sure that ABCL635 is able to demonstrate its differentiation potential,” Sarah Noonberg, M.D., Ph.D., AbCellera’s chief medical officer, told investors.

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Aug 10 • 8:24 AM EDT • Health • fiercebiotech.com
SanDisk Announces Three New Expansion Cards For Xbox Series X|S

"Introducing the SANDISK Optimus GX C50 Storage Expansion Card for XBOX"

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Aug 10 • 6:00 AM EDT • Technology • purexbox.com
China Box Office: 'Spider-Man: Brand New Day' Retains Crown

Sony's 'Spider-Man: Brand New Day' held onto the top spot at the mainland China box office during the Aug. 7–9 weekend, pulling in $28.9 million.

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Aug 10 • 1:44 AM EDT • Entertainment • variety.com
Box of rare Nintendo games found in Waukesha could be worth millions

A box of old Nintendo games discovered in Waukesha could be worth millions of dollars.

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Aug 9 • 9:33 PM EDT • Technology • weau.com
id Software's Chris Hays Says Morale Has Never Been Lower

id Software's Chris Hays reflects on recent XBOX layoffs, calling them inhumane and demoralizing while arguing executives are disconnected from game development.

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Aug 9 • 6:15 PM EDT • Technology • insider-gaming.com
Week-long Black-owned business celebration kicks off in Madison

Sunday the annual Madison Black Restaurant Week kicked off with a $5 food jamboree. Events will continue on Park Street throughout the week.

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Aug 9 • 5:09 PM EDT • Business • wmtv15news.com
Blizzard Reportedly Leads Xbox as 'Top-Performing' Studio Thanks to Overwatch and Diablo

Blizzard Entertainment is reportedly Microsoft's golden child after Overwatch and Diablo 4: Lord of Hatred helped it become the "top-performing" Xbox studio.

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Aug 9 • 4:29 PM EDT • Technology • ign.com
Rumored, Never-to-Be-Released Apple Feature May Have Been Too Much Truth for Most Consumers

You know Apple has all your data, but do you really want to be made aware of it?

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Aug 9 • 3:46 PM EDT • Technology • gizmodo.com
California Prop 44 would force health clinics to spend 90% on patient care

A measure aimed at changing how community health clinics spend taxpayer dollars is heading to the ballot box this November. Voters will decide the fate of Proposition 44. Supporters say it will increase accountability, but opponents warn it could threaten services patients rely on.

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Aug 9 • 11:20 AM EDT • Health • kcra.com
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Greensburg’s Ian Kintigh claims 2 International Sport Kickboxing Association world titles

Ian Kintigh has gone from feeling pain from the slightest touch to kicking through boards. After finishing second in the world two consecutive years, Kintigh broke through in 2026, taking home two International Sport Kickboxing Association world championship titles in July at Disney’s Coronado Springs in Orlando. More than 9,000

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Aug 9 • 11:00 AM EDT • Sports • triblive.com
Rare Nintendo cartridges found in storage could be worth millions

A box of Nintendo games could be worth millions. It had nearly 100 copies of a previously unknown version of Super Mario Bros. and Duck Hunt.

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Aug 9 • 9:54 AM EDT • Technology • abc7chicago.com
Blizzard is now the "top performing" Xbox studio, says internal emails — as the Overwatch-maker ends FY26 over-delivering on Microsoft's projections

In leaked emails verified by Windows Central, Blizzard President Johanna Faries celebrated the Xbox division's stunning growth, over-delivering on expectations.

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Aug 9 • 6:42 AM EDT • Technology • windowscentral.com
Where are the Ugandan boxers? Four are latest athletes to vanish after UK sports events

Team manager has ‘no idea’ why they disappeared, after reports one of Commonwealth Games athletes said they intended to claim asylum

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Aug 9 • 5:00 AM EDT • Sports • theguardian.com
'They Fundamentally Don't Understand Art' — Doom Dev Blasts Xbox After Microsoft 'Gutted' id Software With Layoffs

After layoffs ripped through Doom developer id Software in July, id Software lead services programmer Chris Hays has taken aim at Xbox: "They fundamentally don't understand art."

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Aug 8 • 4:03 PM EDT • Technology • ign.com
Carbondale hands out hundreds of fresh food boxes

CARBONDALE — Around 500 food boxes were given out on Friday between resident pickups, deliveries and donations from the Carbondale city government.

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Aug 7 • 8:16 PM EDT • Entertainment • thesouthern.com
Id Software Vet Claims Xbox Doesn't Understand Art Or Games

id Software vet Chris Hays says entire departments have been 'gutted'

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Aug 7 • 4:29 PM EDT • Technology • kotaku.com
THQ Nordic Showcase 2026 — All Xbox reveals and announcements

The THQ Nordic Showcase 2026 gave us updates on Wreckfest 2, Reanimal, and more. Here is everything coming to Xbox that was shown.

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Aug 7 • 3:49 PM EDT • Technology • trueachievements.com
THQ Nordic Showcase 2026: New Worlds, New Stories, New Games, and New Discounts

The 2026 instalment of the THQ Nordic Digital Showcase took place today, offering gamers first and fresh looks at many upcoming titles. During the showcase, we released the highly anticipated, first chapter in the REANIMAL DLC campaign and kicked off the pre-order campaign for Way of the Hunter 2! In addition, we showed off new […]

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Aug 7 • 3:30 PM EDT • Technology • news.xbox.com
New official 30th anniversary Quake mission pack adds new maps and mechanics

19 new maps continue the story from MachineGames' other campaign additions.

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Aug 7 • 2:00 PM EDT • Technology • arstechnica.com
A new survey shows the scale of Xbox's fall vs. PlayStation — and the scale of Asha Sharma's opportunity

New data from Statista Research shows how much Xbox has fallen against PlayStation in the U.S., but also the scale of the opportunity.

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Aug 7 • 1:42 PM EDT • Technology • windowscentral.com
Climate change created conditions for Canada fires, scientists say, as Trump blames mismanagement

Human-caused climate change doubled the likelihood of the tinderbox weather conditions that sparked Canada’s massive summer wildfires and in turn angered U.S. President Donald Trump, according to a study released Thursday.

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Aug 7 • 1:08 PM EDT • Science • pbs.org
Jack Haven’s Little Death Is the Bloody, Beating Heart of ‘Camp Miasma’

​The actor’s silent performance is the glue that binds Jane Schoenbrun’s meta slasher romance together.

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Aug 7 • 12:34 PM EDT • Entertainment • them.us
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High-res ASUS Googlebook renders have leaked, and this thing looks gorgeous

Earlier this week, we covered the initial leaks surrounding the ASUS Googlebook CX9406 - a 2.2-pound ceramic-alloy beast packing Intel's next-gen Panther Lake (Core Ultra Series) silicon, up to...

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Aug 7 • 11:58 AM EDT • Technology • chromeunboxed.com
Madden NFL 27 trial now available on Xbox Game Pass

Along with recently revealing its Xbox achievements, a 10-hour EA Sports Madden NFL 27 trial is available to Game Pass players via EA Play.

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Aug 7 • 8:21 AM EDT • Technology • trueachievements.com
DSA socialism is Peter Pan politics for sandbox revolutionaries

If everyone with bills to pay is socialism’s priority, what is not socialism?

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Aug 7 • 7:00 AM EDT • Politics • washingtonpost.com
Fading Echo coming to Switch 2

Fast-paced desert punk action adventure game Fading Echo will launch for Switch 2 alongside its PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series versions in 2026, publisher New Tales and development subsidiary Emeter…

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Aug 6 • 3:30 PM EDT • Technology • gematsu.com
Today’s Best Deals: AirPods Pro 3, MTG x Marvel Booster Box, and Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 for PC

Plus, save on LEGO, a JBL portable speaker, and more.

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Aug 6 • 1:09 PM EDT • Technology • ign.com
Ball x Pit's final free Xbox update adds new balls, characters, and abilities

Developer Kenny Sun has rolled out the final free update for Ball x Pit, which Xbox Game Pass subscribers can check out now.

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Aug 6 • 12:40 PM EDT • Technology • trueachievements.com