๐ฎ Eight asterisks and a lot of hoping
Bethesda has been building The Elder Scrolls 6 for over eight years โ since the 2018 announcement, the game has existed roughly like Atlantis: known to all, seen by none.
First crack in the silence: Xbox CEO Asha Sharma watched a live playthrough and posted to X that "The Elder Scrolls VI: ****" has "incredible scale and grandeur." Eight asterisks. Exactly eight. The internet has already grabbed a ruler.
That Bethesda is showing the game outside the studio means there's something to show. A CEO walking out of a demo and tweeting "felt mid, honestly" was never really on the table though โ so adjust accordingly.
One question left hanging: with Xbox pivoting back to exclusives, does TES 6 ever reach PlayStation at all?
IGN
Bethesda has been building The Elder Scrolls 6 for over eight years โ since the 2018 announcement, the game has existed roughly like Atlantis: known to all, seen by none.
First crack in the silence: Xbox CEO Asha Sharma watched a live playthrough and posted to X that "The Elder Scrolls VI: ****" has "incredible scale and grandeur." Eight asterisks. Exactly eight. The internet has already grabbed a ruler.
That Bethesda is showing the game outside the studio means there's something to show. A CEO walking out of a demo and tweeting "felt mid, honestly" was never really on the table though โ so adjust accordingly.
One question left hanging: with Xbox pivoting back to exclusives, does TES 6 ever reach PlayStation at all?
IGN
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๐ A guy just wants to live long enough for GTA 6
Jerry is 25, a gamer who's been living with interstitial lung disease since he was 17. A few days ago he posted from the hospital โ oxygen tube, text on screen saying "I just want to play GTA VI." A risky surgery is ahead, but he's holding on.
The video hit 1.9 million likes and people started donating. His goal was $15,000 โ they've already passed $53,000, per IGN. In a follow-up video, a teary Jerry said he didn't expect anything like this. And he made one promise: if he makes it through, he's streaming GTA 6 with his community.
Game drops November 19, 2026. Hoping he's there for it.
Jerry is 25, a gamer who's been living with interstitial lung disease since he was 17. A few days ago he posted from the hospital โ oxygen tube, text on screen saying "I just want to play GTA VI." A risky surgery is ahead, but he's holding on.
The video hit 1.9 million likes and people started donating. His goal was $15,000 โ they've already passed $53,000, per IGN. In a follow-up video, a teary Jerry said he didn't expect anything like this. And he made one promise: if he makes it through, he's streaming GTA 6 with his community.
Game drops November 19, 2026. Hoping he's there for it.
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๐ฎ Forty years, and here's your golden Triforce
The Legend of Zelda launched in 1986 โ and Nintendo is apparently finally ready to mark the occasion.
Leaked images show an unannounced Switch 2 limited edition: black console, teal Joy-Con with Triforce patterns, gold dock trim, and a Pro Controller with gold shoulder buttons. Universo Nintendo's Necro Felipe posted the photos and vouches for their authenticity.
What's telling is the timing: Nintendo let the actual anniversary date pass in silence โ and now everything leaks at once: an Ocarina of Time remake, a live-action film cast, and this console. Maybe Nintendo wasn't holding the announcements back. It just can't hold back the leaks.
IGN
The Legend of Zelda launched in 1986 โ and Nintendo is apparently finally ready to mark the occasion.
Leaked images show an unannounced Switch 2 limited edition: black console, teal Joy-Con with Triforce patterns, gold dock trim, and a Pro Controller with gold shoulder buttons. Universo Nintendo's Necro Felipe posted the photos and vouches for their authenticity.
What's telling is the timing: Nintendo let the actual anniversary date pass in silence โ and now everything leaks at once: an Ocarina of Time remake, a live-action film cast, and this console. Maybe Nintendo wasn't holding the announcements back. It just can't hold back the leaks.
IGN
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๐ต๏ธ How to catch a North Korean IT worker: build a fake startup
Researchers Mauro Eldritch and Heiner Garcรญa set up a fictitious crypto startup called Ballena Azul and spent five weeks watching suspected DPRK developers work inside a controlled environment โ none the wiser.
Three "developers," recruited via a contact linked to Famous Chollima, were given assignments and deliberate disruptions: network outages, vanishing cursors. The key find was their external servers โ some already tied to malware families like BeaverTail and InvisibleFerret, others unknown to any threat feed, the kind that gets recycled across operations for years.
Cointelegraph joined one Zoom as a fake VC from the invented Definitive Communications. The suspects pitched earnestly for funding. Someone on that call was telling the truth โ just not who they thought.
Researchers Mauro Eldritch and Heiner Garcรญa set up a fictitious crypto startup called Ballena Azul and spent five weeks watching suspected DPRK developers work inside a controlled environment โ none the wiser.
Three "developers," recruited via a contact linked to Famous Chollima, were given assignments and deliberate disruptions: network outages, vanishing cursors. The key find was their external servers โ some already tied to malware families like BeaverTail and InvisibleFerret, others unknown to any threat feed, the kind that gets recycled across operations for years.
Cointelegraph joined one Zoom as a fake VC from the invented Definitive Communications. The suspects pitched earnestly for funding. Someone on that call was telling the truth โ just not who they thought.
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๐ Daily Recap ยท Aug 14
๐ง Criminals skip crypto and just grab it physically
๐ฐ Elder Scrolls 6 spotted alive after eight silent years
๐ Gamer facing surgery just wants to live for GTA 6
๐ก Zelda turns 40 and gets a gorgeous Switch 2 edition
๐ต๏ธ Researchers built a fake startup to trap North Korean devs
Someone in your life spent today offline โ their loss, your forward button
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๐ง Criminals skip crypto and just grab it physically
๐ฐ Elder Scrolls 6 spotted alive after eight silent years
๐ Gamer facing surgery just wants to live for GTA 6
๐ก Zelda turns 40 and gets a gorgeous Switch 2 edition
๐ต๏ธ Researchers built a fake startup to trap North Korean devs
Someone in your life spent today offline โ their loss, your forward button
CHEATKOTT - Your Daily News
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๐ธ Bitcoin ETFs just had their best week since April โ with an unlikely tailwind
Spot Bitcoin ETFs hold actual BTC and trade like stocks โ crypto without the custody headaches. Inflows had been choppy for months, then this week they snapped back: $1 billion net, the strongest showing since April, per Bloomberg's Eric Balchunas.
The timing is hard to ignore. A firmware flaw in popular hardware wallet Coldcard let attackers compromise keys at the source โ ~$116M in BTC gone. Balchunas stopped short of claiming causation, but noted it's hard to imagine no one migrated from cold storage to ETFs as a result.
The best advertisement for institutional custody is sometimes someone else's bad day.
Cointelegraph
Spot Bitcoin ETFs hold actual BTC and trade like stocks โ crypto without the custody headaches. Inflows had been choppy for months, then this week they snapped back: $1 billion net, the strongest showing since April, per Bloomberg's Eric Balchunas.
The timing is hard to ignore. A firmware flaw in popular hardware wallet Coldcard let attackers compromise keys at the source โ ~$116M in BTC gone. Balchunas stopped short of claiming causation, but noted it's hard to imagine no one migrated from cold storage to ETFs as a result.
The best advertisement for institutional custody is sometimes someone else's bad day.
Cointelegraph
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๐ฑ Foxconn's AI business just overtook Apple
For the first time, Foxconn's AI server division generated 51% of quarterly revenue โ while the iPhone segment dropped to 29%. The company calls the shift permanent, TNW reports.
9to5Mac
For the first time, Foxconn's AI server division generated 51% of quarterly revenue โ while the iPhone segment dropped to 29%. The company calls the shift permanent, TNW reports.
9to5Mac
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โฝ Travis Kelce calls his wedding to Taylor Swift the best night of his life
Back at practice ahead of his 14th NFL season, Kelce spoke to reporters about the summer. He and Swift married on July 3 at Madison Square Garden โ Adam Sandler officiated, Jason Kelce was best man, and over 1,000 guests attended. Paul McCartney and Stevie Nicks performed at the reception.
Kelce also said visiting MSG had been a childhood dream. He got there by getting married in it.
Variety reports.
Back at practice ahead of his 14th NFL season, Kelce spoke to reporters about the summer. He and Swift married on July 3 at Madison Square Garden โ Adam Sandler officiated, Jason Kelce was best man, and over 1,000 guests attended. Paul McCartney and Stevie Nicks performed at the reception.
Kelce also said visiting MSG had been a childhood dream. He got there by getting married in it.
Variety reports.
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๐ค AI found a Zoom vulnerability before any human did
So researchers from A Security just disclosed some pretty serious Zoom flaws โ and the wild part is how they found them. Using publicly available AI models, fewer than 20 prompts, they had a working exploit. Their cofounder told WIRED that the same work would've taken a five-person team about six months before.
The bug was in the annotation protocol used during screen sharing. Anyone on a call โ host, participants, didn't matter โ could've been silently compromised with zero interaction from their side. All major platforms: Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, Android.
Zoom's already rolling out fixes. But the barrier-to-entry thing is what's actually unsettling here โ that's not going back up.
Ars Technica
So researchers from A Security just disclosed some pretty serious Zoom flaws โ and the wild part is how they found them. Using publicly available AI models, fewer than 20 prompts, they had a working exploit. Their cofounder told WIRED that the same work would've taken a five-person team about six months before.
The bug was in the annotation protocol used during screen sharing. Anyone on a call โ host, participants, didn't matter โ could've been silently compromised with zero interaction from their side. All major platforms: Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, Android.
Zoom's already rolling out fixes. But the barrier-to-entry thing is what's actually unsettling here โ that's not going back up.
Ars Technica
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๐ฟ Steam Machine faceplates cut from the same marble Michelangelo used
Reddit user /u/GinoWT, a stonemason, has made custom faceplates for Valve's Steam Machine mini PC from natural stone. One is Statuario from Carrara โ the same quarry basin Michelangelo sourced his marble from. Two other variants: Sahara Noir with a gold vein and Roman Travertine.
Each slab is 5โ6mm thick, bonded to a 3D-printed base to manage weight. The creator reports no thermal issues running it daily. A small batch is being prepared for sale via the creator's website, per IGN.
Reddit user /u/GinoWT, a stonemason, has made custom faceplates for Valve's Steam Machine mini PC from natural stone. One is Statuario from Carrara โ the same quarry basin Michelangelo sourced his marble from. Two other variants: Sahara Noir with a gold vein and Roman Travertine.
Each slab is 5โ6mm thick, bonded to a 3D-printed base to manage weight. The creator reports no thermal issues running it daily. A small batch is being prepared for sale via the creator's website, per IGN.
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๐ Daily Recap ยท Aug 15
๐ธ Bitcoin ETFs just posted their best week since April
๐ฑ Foxconn's AI arm quietly ate Apple's lunch this quarter
โฝ Travis Kelce says marrying Taylor Swift was peak life
๐ค AI cracked a Zoom exploit in under 20 prompts
๐ฟ A stonemason built Steam Machine faceplates from Michelangelo's marble
Someone in your group chat was heads-down all day and missed every single one of these โ do them a favor
CHEATKOTT - Your Daily News
๐ธ Bitcoin ETFs just posted their best week since April
๐ฑ Foxconn's AI arm quietly ate Apple's lunch this quarter
โฝ Travis Kelce says marrying Taylor Swift was peak life
๐ค AI cracked a Zoom exploit in under 20 prompts
๐ฟ A stonemason built Steam Machine faceplates from Michelangelo's marble
Someone in your group chat was heads-down all day and missed every single one of these โ do them a favor
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๐ฎ Marvel's Wolverine drops September 15 โ from Insomniac, the studio behind the Spider-Man series.
After a 90-minute hands-on, Variety calls the combat, visuals and story equal to โ if not above โ what Spider-Man achieved.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJrqHyojaa4
After a 90-minute hands-on, Variety calls the combat, visuals and story equal to โ if not above โ what Spider-Man achieved.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJrqHyojaa4
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Marvelโs Wolverine - Ainโt No Hero Trailer I PS5 Games
https://www.playstation.com/en-us/games/marvels-wolverine/
Unleash the rage, confront the past. With the fate of humans and mutants hanging in the balance, Logan knows the world needs a hero; however, theyโll have to settle for Wolverine.
Experience thrillingโฆ
Unleash the rage, confront the past. With the fate of humans and mutants hanging in the balance, Logan knows the world needs a hero; however, theyโll have to settle for Wolverine.
Experience thrillingโฆ
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๐งช A radiation vest flew to the Moon and back โ and it worked
Solar storms are real enough to plan around. The 1972 burst hit between Apollo 16 and 17 โ a crew in transit would have been in serious trouble. The Moon and Mars have none of Earth's atmospheric cover, and no spacecraft shields well enough on its own.
Israeli-American startup StemRad tried a different approach: shield the astronaut, not the ship. Their AstroRad vest rode NASA's uncrewed Artemis I to the Moon and back in 2022. Modelled against a real solar storm, it performs on par with the dedicated shelter inside the Orion capsule.
Decades of spacecraft shielding research kept hitting the same wall: mass. A vest puts that mass exactly where it matters.
It's seen the Moon already. Mars is next.
Ars Technica
Solar storms are real enough to plan around. The 1972 burst hit between Apollo 16 and 17 โ a crew in transit would have been in serious trouble. The Moon and Mars have none of Earth's atmospheric cover, and no spacecraft shields well enough on its own.
Israeli-American startup StemRad tried a different approach: shield the astronaut, not the ship. Their AstroRad vest rode NASA's uncrewed Artemis I to the Moon and back in 2022. Modelled against a real solar storm, it performs on par with the dedicated shelter inside the Orion capsule.
Decades of spacecraft shielding research kept hitting the same wall: mass. A vest puts that mass exactly where it matters.
It's seen the Moon already. Mars is next.
Ars Technica
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๐ธ Crypto grew up and asked for a license
In the first half of 2026, crypto raised $11.2 billion โ and none of it went to the permissionless projects the industry was supposedly built on.
Dubai lawyer Irina Heaver of NeosLegal tracked 377 rounds. Top sectors: payments and stablecoins (
Kalshi pulled
Cointelegraph reports Heaver's conclusion: the license is the asset now.
CoinDesk
In the first half of 2026, crypto raised $11.2 billion โ and none of it went to the permissionless projects the industry was supposedly built on.
Dubai lawyer Irina Heaver of NeosLegal tracked 377 rounds. Top sectors: payments and stablecoins (
$3.7B), prediction markets ($2B), exchanges ($1.7B) โ all requiring licenses.Kalshi pulled
$1B from Sequoia and Morgan Stanley, Polymarket took $600M from the NYSE's parent, Mastercard bought BVNK for $1.8B. The logic, per one investor: code gets forked over a weekend, a VARA license takes 18โ24 months and millions. The market isn't buying the product anymore โ it's buying the head start.Cointelegraph reports Heaver's conclusion: the license is the asset now.
CoinDesk
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๐ธ Bezos buys into Liverpool
Jeff Bezos โ Amazon founder, third-richest person alive, worth around $272 billion โ has never invested in a sports team before. That changes now: he's taking a minority stake in Liverpool FC.
Fenway Sports Group sold roughly a third of the club across several deals, valuing Liverpool at just over $7 billion per the New York Times. Bezos came in through a consortium called K5 Sports; also buying in are a group led by UK investor Amit Bhatia and EE Capital, tied to Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin. FSG keeps majority control.
Same week: Bob Iger and Josh Kushner announced a deal to buy the LA Lakers for $12.5 billion. Variety reports the Liverpool deal still needs regulatory approval.
Jeff Bezos โ Amazon founder, third-richest person alive, worth around $272 billion โ has never invested in a sports team before. That changes now: he's taking a minority stake in Liverpool FC.
Fenway Sports Group sold roughly a third of the club across several deals, valuing Liverpool at just over $7 billion per the New York Times. Bezos came in through a consortium called K5 Sports; also buying in are a group led by UK investor Amit Bhatia and EE Capital, tied to Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin. FSG keeps majority control.
Same week: Bob Iger and Josh Kushner announced a deal to buy the LA Lakers for $12.5 billion. Variety reports the Liverpool deal still needs regulatory approval.
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๐ฎ Wolverine on PS5 โ not a tradeoff anymore
Insomniac confirmed that 60 FPS with ray tracing is the default mode on base PS5 for Marvel's Wolverine. Not PS5 Pro, not a buried setting โ just on by default. First time the studio has shipped it that way.
Mike Fitzgerald, head of tech, said the old pattern was always ray tracing getting squeezed into performance mode last minute. This time they built the whole game around that target from day one.
Also โ this isn't Spider-Man's Manhattan. Canada wilderness, Madripoor, reactive foliage, and most props are fully destructible. Logan's kind of a lot.
IGN has more from their full interview ahead of the September launch.
Insomniac confirmed that 60 FPS with ray tracing is the default mode on base PS5 for Marvel's Wolverine. Not PS5 Pro, not a buried setting โ just on by default. First time the studio has shipped it that way.
Mike Fitzgerald, head of tech, said the old pattern was always ray tracing getting squeezed into performance mode last minute. This time they built the whole game around that target from day one.
Also โ this isn't Spider-Man's Manhattan. Canada wilderness, Madripoor, reactive foliage, and most props are fully destructible. Logan's kind of a lot.
IGN has more from their full interview ahead of the September launch.
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๐ Daily Recap ยท Aug 17
๐งช Radiation vest survived lunar trip, astronauts take notes
๐ธ Crypto raised $11B but forgot its rebellious roots
โฝ Bezos makes his first ever sports bet โ Liverpool
๐ฎ Wolverine runs 60 FPS ray tracing on base PS5
Someone was heads-down today and missed all of this โ you know who to send it to
CHEATKOTT - Your Daily News
๐งช Radiation vest survived lunar trip, astronauts take notes
๐ธ Crypto raised $11B but forgot its rebellious roots
โฝ Bezos makes his first ever sports bet โ Liverpool
๐ฎ Wolverine runs 60 FPS ray tracing on base PS5
Someone was heads-down today and missed all of this โ you know who to send it to
CHEATKOTT - Your Daily News
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