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Apple has rolled out several updates to Apple Card ahead of its seventh anniversary, including a new 'Recurring' transactions view coming with iOS 27's Wallet app. The company also partnered with Booking.com to grant Apple Card holders automatic Genius Level 2 status plus 3% Daily Cash, building on an earlier Hertz partnership offering discounts, free roadside assistance and extra drivers for car rentals.
A $1 auto insurance fee approved by Texas lawmakers in 2023 to fight catalytic converter theft has instead financed a massive expansion of Flock license-plate cameras across the state. The Motor Vehicle Crime Prevention Authority, chaired by Laredo Police Chief Miguel Rodriguez, has issued 95 grants and partnered with the Department of Public Safety to fund roughly 3,200 cameras, with hundreds more planned along tollways. Following inquiries from The Texas Tribune, Gov. Greg Abbott's office announced it is pausing state funding for local Flock camera grants.
The Lion Man, a mammoth-ivory figurine combining human and feline features found in fragments at Germany's Hohlenstein-Stadel cave in 1939, has been reassembled and dated as the oldest confirmed statue ever discovered. Excavation and reconstruction spanned decades, interrupted by World War II, with major restorations in 1987 and 2012 using newly recovered fragments and virtual simulations to piece together the roughly 40,000-year-old figure.
Gamescom, the world's largest in-person gaming expo, took place this week in Cologne, Germany, with attendance expected to surpass last year's 350,000 visitors. Major publishers like Xbox and Sega showcased upcoming titles alongside small indie teams, with highlights including a new Witcher 3 expansion and Alien: Isolation 2.
Sony Music, Warner Music and other major publishers filed suit against Anthropic, accusing the AI company of illegally torrenting and scraping tens of thousands of copyrighted compositions to train its Claude models. The 48-page complaint claims Anthropic co-founder Benjamin Mann personally downloaded millions of pirated books via BitTorrent and that the company also lifted lyrics from licensed sites like MusixMatch and LyricFind.
Mobile virtual network operators such as Mint Mobile don't own towers or spectrum; instead they lease network capacity from major carriers like T-Mobile and resell it at lower prices. Because they run leaner operations—often prepaid, with no retail stores, no bundled streaming perks, and third-party device financing—MVNOs can undercut the big carriers on cost, though subscribers may face slower speeds during network congestion since direct carrier customers get priority.
Court documents and industry estimates show major games like The Last of Us Part II and Horizon Forbidden West cost over $200 million each, while Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War topped $700 million across its life cycle. GTA VI, in development for nearly a decade, is expected to surpass all of these figures even before factoring in its eventual online mode.
Ridley Scott is releasing a post-apocalyptic survival film called 'The Dog Stars,' adapted from Peter Heller's novel about life after a devastating flu pandemic. At the same time, he's developing a new take on 'Treasure Island' starring Hugh Jackman and considering turning one of his earlier films into a musical, though he won't say which one.
Amazon has quietly equipped every Kindle released since 2016 with Bluetooth, even though the devices lack built-in speakers or headphone jacks. The wireless connection lets users pair headphones or speakers to listen to audiobooks or have text read aloud, rather than for downloading books, which still relies on Wi-Fi or USB.
Apple's long-rumored Health app revamp, internally known as Project Mulberry, missed its expected debut in iOS 26.4 and again at WWDC27. Speculation now points to a possible unveiling alongside the Apple Watch Series 12 and Ultra 4 next month, given Apple's history of introducing health features outside its June keynote.
Aptera has entered a $44 million agreement with Launch Technologies to handle production of its solar-powered electric vehicle. As part of the arrangement, Launch is becoming an early investor in Aptera and receiving stock warrants, giving it a financial stake in the company's success while providing Aptera access to volume discounts and mass-production capacity.
An updated study published in the New England Journal of Medicine shows that a one-time CRISPR-Cas9 gene-editing infusion kept LDL cholesterol and triglycerides roughly 50% lower a full year after treatment in patients who received the highest dose. The follow-up builds on a small November 2025 pilot trial of 15 patients with medication-resistant high cholesterol, testing five dosage levels for safety, with researchers now confirming the effect appears durable rather than temporary.