Amelia Dimoldenberg’s YouTube show, Chicken Shop Date, has grown from struggling to book guests to becoming a top choice for celebrities. This rise shows how YouTube has changed the media world, attracting viewers and talent away from traditional TV shows.
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Chicken Shop Date started in 2014, initially focusing on UK rap and grime artists.
Early on, publicists refused to let their clients appear on YouTube shows.
Now, many celebrities see appearing on Chicken Shop Date as important as being on popular TV or radio shows.
Guests have included Ed Sheeran, Charli XCX, Jennifer Lawrence, and Paul McCartney.
YouTube has become a powerful platform, threatening traditional TV’s dominance.
More established media figures are starting YouTube channels, like Holly Willoughby and Amol Rajan.
Dimoldenberg is now working on writing for traditional TV and film, including a teen drama and a Hollywood romantic comedy.
YouTube’s influence in the entertainment industry was highlighted at the Edinburgh TV festival by YouTube’s regional head.
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NASA launched a new space telescope named after astronomer Nancy Grace Roman. It reached orbit quickly and is designed to help scientists learn more about dark matter and dark energy, two big mysteries in physics.
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The telescope was launched from Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
It reached orbit ten minutes after liftoff.
It is named after Nancy Grace Roman, a pioneering astronomer.
Scientists call it a "discovery machine" for its potential to find new information.
The telescope aims to improve understanding of dark matter and dark energy.
Dark matter and dark energy are major unsolved questions about space and physics.
The launch happened in August 2026.
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Meta launched a new app called Pocket that lets people create simple games by just typing ideas into a text box. The app uses artificial intelligence (AI) to quickly turn these ideas into playable game prototypes that can be shared like social media posts.
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Pocket launched in the US on August 21.
Meta acquired the team from the vibe-coding app Gizmo in March.
Users create games in Pocket by typing prompts, without needing to write any code.
The app produces interactive games that work right away based on users’ descriptions.
Games made in Pocket can be shared on a feed similar to TikTok, with likes and comments.
One example is a “sling shot” game made by the author with many AI-generated features.
The app adds extra game elements automatically, like score counters and targets.
Games created are limited to Meta’s platform without easy ways to export them.
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On August 5, a piece of an old SpaceX rocket hit the moon at high speed and created a new crater near Einstein Crater. This event highlights ongoing issues with space debris, as the rocket stage was left in orbit and eventually crashed into the moon, showing a pattern of careless disposal of space junk by the space industry.
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A derelict Falcon 9 rocket upper stage struck the moon near Einstein Crater on August 5.
The rocket was launched in 2025 and left in an orbit that crossed the moon’s path after delivering lunar landers.
The collision was unintentional but could have been prevented with current technology.
Previous rocket parts have also hit the moon but were treated as isolated events.
Earth’s low orbit is already cluttered with tens of thousands of pieces of space debris from past launches.
The space industry often abandons rockets in orbit instead of properly disposing of them.
Debris left on the moon remains permanently since the moon has no atmosphere or tides to remove it.
The problem continues partly due to a sense of entitlement rather than lack of knowledge or means to fix it.
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Leading AI companies are focusing on health care to improve their public image and attract investors. They are using artificial intelligence to speed up drug development and medical research, but major breakthroughs may take years and there are concerns about safety and costs.
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AI companies like Anthropic, Nvidia, Eli Lilly, and Google's Isomorphic Labs are investing heavily in health care and drug discovery.
Anthropic aims to show progress in biology and medicine soon to support its upcoming public stock offering.
Nvidia and Eli Lilly are building a $1 billion lab that pairs AI experts with life science researchers.
AI helps doctors analyze scans and diagnose conditions faster but can also raise health care costs.
There are worries that AI tools could be misused, for example, to create biological weapons.
The Trump administration is cautious, balancing a light regulatory touch with safety and privacy oversight.
Public skepticism remains due to distrust of big drug companies and concerns over data centers.
AI firms need to demonstrate clear benefits to patients to gain trust beyond pleasing investors.
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The British Museum hosted tech billionaire Peter Thiel for a private viewing of the Bayeux tapestry before it opened to the public. Thiel is the founder of Palantir, a software company with controversial government contracts, including a large deal with the NHS in the UK.
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Peter Thiel visited the British Museum for a special preview of the Bayeux tapestry on August 18.
The museum’s director of development, Charlotte Appleyard, hosted the viewing, and museum chair George Osborne knew about it but did not attend.
Some museum staff worried about giving special access to Thiel due to his ties to Jeffrey Epstein and Palantir’s controversial role in public contracts.
The museum uses a system called “lux hours” to limit light exposure and protect the tapestry; no public viewing hours were taken away for this private event.
Thiel is not a donor to the British Museum and no money was received from him or his companies.
Public ticket sales for the Bayeux tapestry had long online queues, with tens of thousands waiting for a chance to visit.
Palantir has multiple contracts with UK public agencies, including a £330 million NHS deal that has drawn criticism.
London’s mayor blocked a £50 million Palantir contract with the Metropolitan Police, and the company is challenging the decision in court.
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Several major video games are scheduled for release in autumn 2026, including new titles from popular series like Onimusha, Marvel’s Wolverine, and Grand Theft Auto VI. These games offer a variety of gameplay styles, from action adventures and tactical role-playing to horror and innovative puzzle mechanics.
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Onimusha: Way of the Sword releases on 4 September for PC, PS5, Switch 2, and Xbox.
Screenbound, described as a 5D platformer with intertwined 3D and 2D gameplay, comes out on 10 September for PC, PS5, and Xbox.
Marvel’s Wolverine launches on 15 September exclusively for PS5 with a globe-trotting story.
Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave releases on 17 September for Switch 2, featuring tactical combat and a competition for a wish.
Silent Hill: Townfall, a horror game set in Scotland, is available on 24 September for PC and PS5.
Control Resonant, a sequel with a new main character, releases on 24 September for PC, PS5, and Xbox.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 arrives on 23 October for PC, PS5, Switch 2, and Xbox with action set in Korea.
Grand Theft Auto VI, following two criminals in Vice City, launches on 19 November for PS5 and Xbox after a long development.
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NASA launched the Roman Space Telescope on a SpaceX rocket from Kennedy Space Center. The $4.3 billion telescope will study distant stars and galaxies to help scientists learn more about the universe.
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The Roman Space Telescope is NASA’s new, advanced space telescope.
It launched on a SpaceX rocket from Kennedy Space Center.
The telescope cost $4.3 billion to build and launch.
It will observe faraway stars and galaxies in deep space.
Scientists hope it will help discover new things about the universe.
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Google Maps now shows Lake Ontario as "Lake America" for users in the United States after President Donald Trump ordered the name change. In Canada, the lake is still called Lake Ontario, and outside these two countries, both names appear on the map.
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President Trump ordered the renaming of Lake Ontario to "Lake America" amid a trade dispute with Canada.
Google updated its US version of Maps to reflect this change, following rules from the U.S. Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
In Canada, the lake's name remains Lake Ontario on Google Maps.
Outside the US and Canada, both "Lake Ontario" and "Lake America" are shown on Google Maps.
The change is part of Google's policy to display names based on local government decisions.
A similar renaming happened in 2025 when President Trump renamed the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America on Google Maps.
The renaming order has been met with little support and some mockery in Canada and the US.
Ontario Premier Doug Ford responded with a large sign on the Canadian shore saying "Lake Ontario. Now and forever."
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Google Maps changed the name of Lake Ontario to "Lake America" for users in the United States after President Donald Trump ordered the renaming. The change follows the U.S. Geographic Names Information System's naming and affects only U.S. users, while Canadians still see "Lake Ontario."
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President Donald Trump ordered the renaming of Lake Ontario to "Lake America."
Google Maps updated its app to show "Lake America" for users in the U.S.
In Canada, the lake name remains "Lake Ontario."
Users outside the U.S. and Canada see both names on Google Maps.
Google bases the naming on the U.S. Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
The renaming order comes amid a trade dispute between the U.S. and Canada.
This is similar to a past renaming where the Gulf of Mexico became the Gulf of America on U.S. Google Maps.
Ontario Premier Doug Ford displayed a billboard saying "Lake Ontario. Now and forever." on the Canadian shore.
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A huge leak of more than 12 terabytes of data from Steam's old servers has appeared online. This leak includes almost every game found on Steam from 2003 to 2013, with many versions, including early and test builds. The leaked files come from the Steam2 system, which Valve replaced in 2013 with a newer distribution method.
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The leak contains over 12 terabytes of data related to Steam games from 2003 to 2013.
It includes thousands of game versions, such as public releases and unreleased prototypes.
The data comes from Steam’s old “Steam2” server system, replaced by SteamPipe in 2013.
The leak was found on a BitTorrent tracker, making it widely accessible.
Experts say the data was available through an unprotected public API before being leaked.
It is unclear if the data was recently accessed or collected quietly over many years.
Some people in the gaming community had privately saved parts of this data before.
The leak encourages sharing and mirroring to keep the files available to the public.
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NASA launched the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope on Sunday using a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket. This new telescope will study the universe with a much larger view than Hubble, aiming to find planets, galaxies, and other cosmic phenomena over a five-year mission.
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The telescope cost $4.3 billion and is named after Nancy Grace Roman, NASA’s first chief astronomer.
Nancy Grace Roman helped create NASA’s astronomy program and supported putting telescopes in space.
The telescope has a field of view more than 100 times larger than Hubble’s.
It will travel to a stable point in space about 1 million miles from Earth, near where the James Webb Telescope is located.
The mission will last five years and focus on discovering planets, galaxies, black holes, dark energy, and dark matter.
Scientists hope the telescope’s wide view will help find new objects and better understand how the universe has changed over time.
Nancy Grace Roman was known as the “Mother of Hubble” for her role in developing the Hubble Space Telescope.
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The article discusses the most searched slang words in 2026. It highlights how staying updated with new language used by younger generations like Gen Z and Gen Alpha can be challenging for many people.
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The article focuses on slang words popular in 2026.
Slang terms often come from online communities and younger generations.
Gen Z refers to people born roughly between 1997 and 2012.
Gen Alpha includes those born after 2012.
Many people who are not active online may not know current slang.
Understanding slang can help people communicate better with younger groups.
The article implies language is always changing, especially with social media influence.
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NASA launched the $4.3 billion Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope to study planets outside our solar system, dark energy, and the structure of the universe. The telescope will orbit 1.6 million kilometers from Earth and is expected to operate for at least five years, with potential for longer missions if refueled.
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The Roman Telescope was launched by SpaceX on a Falcon Heavy rocket from Florida.
It will travel to Lagrange Point 2, orbiting the sun about 1 million miles from Earth.
The mission aims to study dark energy, dark matter, and exoplanets (planets outside our solar system).
Roman’s field of view is over 100 times wider than the Hubble Space Telescope’s.
The telescope may discover thousands of new exoplanets and survey over 2 billion galaxies.
It is NASA’s first space telescope named after a woman, Nancy Grace Roman, NASA’s first chief astronomer.
Roman’s mission could last 5 years, with extra years possible if refueled by robotic tankers in the future.
The telescope will complement other space telescopes like Hubble and Webb to better understand the universe.
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NASA launched the Roman Space Telescope on a mission to take very wide and sharp pictures of space. The telescope uses a special mirror that was first made for a spy satellite.
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The Roman Space Telescope launched on Sunday.
It cost $4.3 billion to build and launch.
The telescope uses a mirror originally made for a spy satellite.
The mirror is similar in quality to the Hubble Space Telescope's mirror.
The telescope can take wide-angle images that are extremely clear.
To display one image fully, it would take about 500,000 4K TV screens.
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Nasa has launched the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope to study dark energy, black holes, and planets outside our solar system. The telescope has a much larger view than the Hubble Space Telescope and will travel about one million miles from Earth to begin its mission.
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The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope launched from Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
It has a field of vision 100 times larger than the Hubble Space Telescope.
The telescope will take about 100 days to reach its orbit about one million miles from Earth.
It aims to discover tens of thousands of exoplanets and study dark energy and dark matter.
The telescope is named after Nancy Grace Roman, Nasa’s first female chief astronomer.
Its primary mission is planned to last five years, with a goal of 10 years of operation.
Dark matter and dark energy are invisible forces that make up about 95% of the Universe.
President Donald Trump congratulated the Nasa team during the launch event.
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NASA launched a new space telescope designed to search for planets outside our solar system, study dark energy, and take detailed surveys of space. The launch happened on Sunday from Cape Canaveral, Florida.
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NASA launched a new space telescope on Sunday.
The telescope aims to find planets orbiting other stars, called exoplanets.
It will study dark energy, a mysterious force causing the universe to expand faster.
The telescope will survey the cosmos with improved detail.
The launch site was Cape Canaveral in Florida.
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Australia’s online safety regulator has asked smartglasses companies to add features that blur people’s faces automatically and show clearly when filming is happening. The regulator warns these glasses, which have cameras, can invade privacy and cause harm by recording people without permission.
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Smartglasses with cameras, like Meta’s Ray-Ban, can help people with low vision but also raise privacy concerns.
There are reports of women being filmed without consent, sometimes called “pervert glasses.”
The eSafety commissioner says companies should not just rely on users to be responsible but must build safer designs into the glasses.
Suggested safety features include clear indicators when recording and automatic face blurring for people who have not agreed to be filmed.
Current laws do not give the eSafety commissioner power to force companies to make these changes.
The Australian government is considering privacy law changes related to smartglasses but is not planning to ban them outright yet.
Some local councils want to ban recording devices, including smartglasses, in certain public places.
A temporary ban has been proposed by some lawmakers while privacy laws are updated to better cover these devices.
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NASA launched a new space telescope named after Nancy Grace Roman from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The telescope reached orbit 10 minutes after liftoff and will start studying important questions about the universe.
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The telescope was launched by NASA.
Launch location was the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
It reached orbit 10 minutes after liftoff.
The telescope is named after astronomer Nancy Grace Roman.
Scientists call it a “discovery machine.”
Its mission is to study big unsolved mysteries in space.
The launch took place on August 30, 2026.
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Google Maps changed the name of Lake Ontario to "Lake America" for users in the United States. The name remains Lake Ontario for Canadian users, and international users see both names. This change follows an executive order by President Donald Trump.
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Google Maps renamed Lake Ontario to "Lake America" for people using U.S. phones.
Canadian users still see the lake called Lake Ontario.
Users outside the U.S. and Canada see both "Lake America" and "Lake Ontario."
The change follows an executive order by President Donald Trump.
Google said the name change followed guidance from the U.S. Geographic Names Information.
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