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Play Assassin's Creed, Aliens and More on Xbox Game Pass Soon

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-12-11 14:30:49

The Assassin's Creed franchise is one of the biggest series in gaming today. Ubisoft, the series' publisher, said in 2023 that it has sold over 155 million copies of Assassin's Creed games, making it one of the bestselling franchises in history. Xbox Game Pass subscribers can play one of the most recent entries in the series, Assassin's Creed: Mirage, on Aug. 7. Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, a CNET Editors' Choice award pick, offers hundreds of games you can play on your Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S

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Google's Pixel Watch 4, Fold Pro 10 and Buds 2a are rumored to launch later than the rest of its new gear

engadget.com Unknown 2025-12-12 05:50:20

Google has an event lined up for August 20 and has promised to reveal "new Pixel phones, watches, buds" and more. However, rumors have been swirling that the company won't have many of these products ready to go after being unveiled. Winfuture has reported that the Pixel Watch 4, Fold Pro 10 and Buds 2a will be announced at the Made by Google event, but won't be available until October . The Pixel 10 line of smartphones will reportedly be available on August 28, which is just around a week afte

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Beyond Retrieval: The Expanding Universe of Augmented Generation in AI

computer.org Laurel Tweed 2025-12-12 08:00:01

Introduction Standard large language models (LLMs) possess vast knowledge but struggle with limitations like hallucinations and accessing real-time information due to their static training data. This has spurred the development of dynamic AI architectures. Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) has emerged as a key solution, integrating external knowledge into the generation process. However, the field is rapidly evolving beyond basic RAG. Newer models like RASG (Retrieval-Augmented Self-Generate

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Xbox Game Pass additions for August include Assassin’s Creed Mirage

engadget.com Unknown 2025-12-12 15:44:28

Microsoft has revealed the first batch of Xbox Game Pass additions for August, and there are several tasty options in store over the next couple of weeks. The first one lands today on Game Pass Ultimate, PC Game Pass and Game Pass Standard in the form of Rain World , a difficult survival platform game. In case that’s not your tempo, though, you won’t have to wait long for other things to play. On August 7, Assassin’s Creed Mirage will hit Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass. I enjoyed this tigh

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The Next Planet Parade Is Coming Soon: Here's How to See Six Planets Line Up

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-12-13 09:00:09

Fresh off the excitement of the Perseids meteor shower is a chance to see six planets lined up in the sky at once. These events, colloquially known as planet parades, only occur about once or twice a year, with the most recent one in February showing off all seven planets in our solar system at once. The next one will feature six of our closest celestial neighbors, and the event starts on Aug. 20. The six planets sharing the sky will be Mercury, Venus, Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune and Uranus. Mars

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Battlefield 6 Open Beta Start Time, Maps, Modes and Pre-Load

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-12-14 00:31:00

EA's DICE studio has blown the lid off the multiplayer for its upcoming military shooter Battlefield 6, and players will soon get to join the fray. A Battlefield 6 public beta is coming on two consecutive weekends starting Aug. 9 -- and if you're lucky enough to get Early Access, to play starting Aug. 7 -- and here's how to join. The Battlefield 6 open betas will be the first chances for players to experience the game's multiplayer before its full release on Oct. 10. The first open beta weekend

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How to Watch One of the Most Dazzling Meteor Showers of the Year

gizmodo.com Ellyn Lapointe 2025-12-15 05:09:36

Skywatchers are in for a treat: The Perseid meteor shower—one of the brightest and most active of the year—is about to hit its peak, according to the American Meteor Society. The Perseids are an annual meteor shower that started in July, but astronomers expect the light show to be at its best between the evening hours of August 12 through to August 13. Famous for its typically high volume of swift, bright meteors, these burning space rocks leave long streaks of colorful light across the night s

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The Films and Shows You Should Be Streaming in August 2025

gizmodo.com Germain Lussier 2025-12-16 09:30:36

A new era of streaming selections is here. For the past several years, our monthly column, the Nerd’s Watch, has been the place to find out all the best genre titles coming to the biggest streaming services. It wasn’t a complete list. We just posted the titles we think you’d care about, but it was still long, and frankly, it was hard to pick out the best of the best. Anaconda (August 1 on Netflix) Months before the new remake with Jack Black and Paul Rudd, revisit the iconic camp classic with

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Google shifts goo.gl policy: Inactive links deactivated, active links preserved

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-16 17:43:02

While we previously announced discontinuing support for all goo.gl URLs after August 25, 2025, we've adjusted our approach in order to preserve actively used links. We understand these links are embedded in countless documents, videos, posts and more, and we appreciate the input received. Nine months ago, we redirected URLs that showed no activity in late 2024 to a message specifying that the link would be deactivated in August, and these are the only links targeted to be deactivated. If you g

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80 New Sci-Fi, Fantasy, and Horror Books Arriving in August

gizmodo.com Cheryl Eddy 2025-12-17 00:00:01

If you’re looking for some new books to get you through the dog days of summer, io9’s got you covered with 80 to choose from: sci-fi epics, fantasy sagas, short-story collections, myths, legends, monsters, and so much more. August 5 Accomplice to the Villain by Hannah Nicole Maehrer The Assistant to the Villain rom-com fantasy series continues following the misadventures of Evie, an office worker who falls for her boss despite his status as “the kingdom’s most terrifying villain.” (August 5)

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What to Stream This Weekend: 'My Oxford Year,' 'Twisted Metal,' 'Chief of War' and two Happy Gilmore flicks

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-12-17 00:00:03

Sofia Carson has established herself as one of Netflix's most reliable stars, and this week, her newest film drops on streaming: My Oxford Year. It co-stars Carson and Corey Mylchreest and might just be the romance of the summer but it's just one of several great titles arriving this week. If you're in the mood for a movie, Final Destination Bloodlines arrives on HBO Max and Adam Sandler's 1996 classic Happy Gilmore drops on Starz, so you can catch the original and the sequel, which is out now

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Google backtracks on plans to deactivate shortened goo.gl links

theverge.com Jay Peters 2025-12-17 00:41:09

is a news editor covering technology, gaming, and more. He joined The Verge in 2019 after nearly two years at Techmeme. Google is largely reversing course on its plans to discontinue support for all shortened goo.gl URLs on August 25th. Goo.gl URLS that already show a message saying that they will be deactivated in August will still stop working — the company started showing the deactivation message nine months ago on URLs that “showed no activity in late 2024” — but otherwise, “all other goo.g

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Google Shifts goo.gl Policy: Inactive Links Deactivated, Active Links Preserved

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-17 05:43:02

While we previously announced discontinuing support for all goo.gl URLs after August 25, 2025, we've adjusted our approach in order to preserve actively used links. We understand these links are embedded in countless documents, videos, posts and more, and we appreciate the input received. Nine months ago, we redirected URLs that showed no activity in late 2024 to a message specifying that the link would be deactivated in August, and these are the only links targeted to be deactivated. If you g

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The Next Planet Parade Takes Place at the End of This Month. Here's How to See the Planets Line Up

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-12-17 23:00:14

Fresh off the excitement of the Perseids meteor shower is a chance to see six planets lined up in the sky at once. These events, colloquially known as planet parades, only occur about once or twice a year, with the most recent one in February showing off all seven planets in our solar system at once. The next one will feature six of our closest celestial neighbors, and the event starts on Aug. 20. The six planets sharing the sky will be Mercury, Venus, Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune and Uranus. Mars

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Retroid’s wild Dual Screen add-on just got pushed back

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-12-18 12:39:57

TL;DR Retroid has announced that its Dual Screen add-on for its gaming handhelds has received a small delay. Official shipments are now scheduled to ship from August 15 instead of August 5. This accessory should make for a better experience if you want to emulate Nintendo DS and 3DS games. Retroid announced a Dual Screen add-on for its gaming handhelds back in June. This should make for a more immersive experience if you’d like to emulate your old Nintendo DS and 3DS games. However, you’ll ne

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How to Join the Battlefield 6 Open Beta: Early Access Sign Up and Weekend Dates

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-12-18 22:49:00

EA's DICE studio has blown the lid off the multiplayer for its upcoming military shooter Battlefield 6, and players will soon get to join the fray themselves. A Battlefield 6 public beta is coming on two consecutive weekends starting Aug. 9 -- and if you're lucky enough to get in Early Access, to play starting Aug. 7 -- and here's how to join. The Battlefield 6 open betas will be the first chances for players to get to experience the game's multiplayer before its full release Oct. 10. The first

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August's Full Sturgeon Moon Lines Up With Perseids, Saturn, Venus and Jupiter

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-12-19 14:07:36

As long as you're looking at the night sky, August has a ton of cool stuff going on this year. Among those is the full moon, also known as the Sturgeon Moon. It's the last full moon of the summer, and it's coming on Aug. 9. Per The Farmer's Almanac, the full moon will reach its peak brightness at 3:55 a.m. ET on Saturday, Aug. 9. Thus, if you want to see the moon at its brightest, you'll want to look up the evening of Aug. 8 and on into the next morning. It's not a big deal if you miss it, as t

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'The Thursday Murder Club,' 'My Oxford Year' and More New Netflix Movies You Shouldn't Miss in August

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-12-20 14:00:00

As we enter the dog days of summer, Netflix's August slate of movies is giving us something to look forward to. This month, the platform is dropping dozens of new films, including some great originals like the romance My Oxford Year, starring Sofia Carson, and the ensemble mystery The Thursday Murder Club. The streamer is also premiering a few exciting new documentaries this month, including The Truth About Jussie Smollett?, in which the actor speaks out about the assault he's accused of stagin

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Lies of P leads August’s lineup of PS Plus games

engadget.com Unknown 2025-12-25 20:56:00

After kicking off its PS Plus 15th anniversary celebrations last month , Sony has announced the PS Plus Monthly games for August. From August 5, members of all of the service’s tiers will be able to add Lies of P (PS5, PS4), DayZ (PS4) and My Hero One’s Justice 2 (PS4) to their libraries. The headliner is undoubtedly Lies of P , the surprisingly great Pinocchio-flavored soulslike from 2023. South Korea-based studio Neowiz’s twisted take on the oft-reimagined children’s novel stood out in what i

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Here’s everything new Apple TV+ has coming in August

9to5mac.com Ryan Christoffel 2025-12-31 15:17:09

Apple TV+ is enjoying its biggest year ever, and has a strong fall lineup around the corner. Before summer ends, though, August will bring new seasons of high-profile shows like sci-fi drama Invasion and comedy Platonic, alongside brand new series like Chief of War. Here’s everything new coming to Apple TV+ in August. Chief of War When: August 1 What: TV Show Genre: Drama “Chief of War” is based on true events. With Hawaii’s four kingdoms divided by war, the ferocious warrior Kaʻiana (Jason

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The Next Planet Parade Takes Place at the End of August. Here's How to See It

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-01-04 02:44:36

Fresh off the excitement of the Perseids meteor shower is a chance to see six planets in the sky at the same time. These events, colloquially known as planet parades, only occur about once or twice a year, with the most recent one in February showing off all seven planets at once. The next one will feature six of our closest celestial neighbors, and the event starts on Aug. 20. The six planets sharing the sky will be Mercury, Venus, Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune and Uranus. Mars will technically be

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Analogue’s 4K N64 has been delayed again, but only by a month

theverge.com Andrew Webster 2026-01-21 15:00:39

The Analogue 3D has been hit with another delay, but should still be launching this summer. In an update on its preorder website, Analogue explained that it’s modern take on the Nintendo 64 “is now shipping in late August 2025,” after previously aiming for July. The company said in a separate statement that the decision was made due to the ever-changing situation around US tariffs. “Following last week’s sudden tariff changes, Analogue 3D will now begin shipping next month,” the company explain

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I can't believe they found another way to make me replay The Last of Us Part II

engadget.com Unknown 2026-02-04 15:45:13

Somehow, Naughty Dog has found yet another way to get me to play The Last of Us Part II again. The developer just released a rather unexpected update to the remastered version of the game for PS5 and PC: you can now play the game in chronological order. Part II was infamous for the its big perspective shift from Ellie to Abby, but now players can go through their adventures side-by-side as they progress. Naturally, Naughty Dog notes that the non-linear structure is crucial to the way it envisio

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Trump’s next tariffs will target South Korea and Japan

theverge.com Emma Roth 2026-02-06 20:07:21

is a news writer who covers the streaming wars, consumer tech, crypto, social media, and much more. Previously, she was a writer and editor at MUO. President Donald Trump plans to impose a 25 percent tariff on goods imported from South Korea and Japan. The levy will go into effect on August 1st, which is when the Trump administration will begin enforcing sweeping tariffs on a wider swath of countries that fail to reach a trade agreement with the US. The US was set to begin imposing its “Libera

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On Mexico’s Caribbean Coast, There’s Lobster for the Tourists and Microplastics for Everyone Else

wired.com Ricardo Hernández 2026-02-08 15:42:39

The fishermen of Puerto Morelos, on Mexico’s Caribbean coast, risk their lives every time they head out to sea to fish or dive for lobsters. Their bounty is dependent on luck, as the weather often makes it impossible to go out, while on other days the hooks they cast come back empty. These workers set out every day to find the best lobsters possible for the affluent vacationers who come to the region, while they and their families, cut off from many of the benefits of tourism development, get by

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Trump inaugural impersonators scammed donors out of crypto, feds say

cnbc.com Salvador Rodriguez 2026-02-09 03:04:39

Scammers impersonating the President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance Inaugural Committee fraudulently stole hundreds of thousands of dollars in cryptocurrency, according to a new complaint filed by federal prosecutors. The perpetrators used phony email addresses made to look like they belonged to the inaugural committee to " trick or coerce victims into providing them money," according to the civil complaint filed Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C. Using email addres

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PlayStation needs Neil Druckmann more than HBO does

engadget.com Unknown 2026-02-12 20:49:51

I really wanted to love season two of HBO’s The Last of Us. For the most part, I did — but it was also impossible to ignore the online masses saying that showrunners Craig Mazin and Neil Druckmann had lost the thread in season two. Some of that comes from creative choices the pair made in adapting the first half of the PlayStation game The Last of Us Part II to TV; it’s a story with a sprawling plot that asks a lot of the player and, as it turns out, even more of a passive audience. The season t

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‘Jaws’ Is Coming to 4DX for the First Time as Part of Its 50th Anniversary Re-Release

gizmodo.com Cheryl Eddy 2026-02-14 20:45:21

As you’ve no doubt heard by now, Jaws is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. While the traditional time to do a rewatch is the Fourth of July weekend, if you want to see the film bigger, sharper, and possibly louder than ever before, you’ll need to hold out until the end of August to catch Universal Pictures’ celebratory 4K re-release screenings in IMAX, RealD 3D, 4DX, and D-Box. Any of those formats would be a treat, bringing Steven Spielberg’s groundbreaking blockbuster to giant scree

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Nintendo is increasing the price of the original Switch in Canada

engadget.com Unknown 2026-02-19 20:01:45

Nintendo of Canada has announced that the pricing of the Switch, its accessories, its games and even Amiibo figures, will all be changing in Canada come August. The pricing adjustment is being made "based on market conditions," according to the the announcement. It's not clear how much the price of the Switch family of products will be changing — Nintendo said new prices will be posted on its Canadian website on August 1 — but presumably they'll be going up. The company currently sells the Swit

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CarPlay Ultra hands-on reveals its standout best new feature

9to5mac.com Ryan Christoffel 2026-02-21 00:30:18

iOS 26 is one of CarPlay’s biggest updates in years, but we shouldn’t forget that Apple has another major CarPlay launch this year. CarPlay Ultra has officially arrived, and a hands-on published today identifies its strengths. Customization is the biggest strength of CarPlay Ultra Bradley Iger at The Verge got to spend some time with CarPlay Ultra in the Aston Martin DBX707. It’s currently one of the only vehicles that offers CarPlay Ultra—and it took years to get to this point. Aston Martin

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Play Assassin's Creed, Aliens and More on Xbox Game Pass Soon

Google's Pixel Watch 4, Fold Pro 10 and Buds 2a are rumored to launch later than the rest of its new gear

Beyond Retrieval: The Expanding Universe of Augmented Generation in AI

Xbox Game Pass additions for August include Assassin’s Creed Mirage

The Next Planet Parade Is Coming Soon: Here's How to See Six Planets Line Up

Battlefield 6 Open Beta Start Time, Maps, Modes and Pre-Load

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The Films and Shows You Should Be Streaming in August 2025

Google shifts goo.gl policy: Inactive links deactivated, active links preserved

80 New Sci-Fi, Fantasy, and Horror Books Arriving in August

What to Stream This Weekend: 'My Oxford Year,' 'Twisted Metal,' 'Chief of War' and two Happy Gilmore flicks

Google backtracks on plans to deactivate shortened goo.gl links

Google Shifts goo.gl Policy: Inactive Links Deactivated, Active Links Preserved

The Next Planet Parade Takes Place at the End of This Month. Here's How to See the Planets Line Up

Retroid’s wild Dual Screen add-on just got pushed back

How to Join the Battlefield 6 Open Beta: Early Access Sign Up and Weekend Dates

August's Full Sturgeon Moon Lines Up With Perseids, Saturn, Venus and Jupiter

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Analogue’s 4K N64 has been delayed again, but only by a month

I can't believe they found another way to make me replay The Last of Us Part II

Trump’s next tariffs will target South Korea and Japan

On Mexico’s Caribbean Coast, There’s Lobster for the Tourists and Microplastics for Everyone Else

Trump inaugural impersonators scammed donors out of crypto, feds say

PlayStation needs Neil Druckmann more than HBO does

‘Jaws’ Is Coming to 4DX for the First Time as Part of Its 50th Anniversary Re-Release

Nintendo is increasing the price of the original Switch in Canada

CarPlay Ultra hands-on reveals its standout best new feature

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