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Discover exceptional live theater close to home

In a time when families can spend hundreds of dollars on a single concert or sporting event, one of the Sacramento region's best entertainment values may be right in its

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Sep 2 • 1:00 PM EDT • Entertainment • villagelife.com
Introducing: The H. Moser & Cie. Streamliner Tourbillon Skeleton Ceramic Alpine Limited Edition

The two brands extend their partnership with a new take on the Streamliner.

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Sep 2 • 12:07 PM EDT • Technology • hodinkee.com
Introducing: H. Moser & Cie. Streamliner Tourbillon Skeleton Ceramic Alpine Limited Edition

The new H. Moser & Cie. x Alpine Motorsports watch comes in anthracite grey ceramic, with a fully openworked movement in Alpine blue.

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Sep 2 • 12:01 PM EDT • Technology • monochrome-watches.com
A Ceramic Makeover For The H. Moser & Cie. Streamliner Tourbillon Skeleton

Learn about the innovative H. Moser & Cie. Ceramic Streamliner Tourbillon Skeleton Alpine Limited Edition and its stunning details.

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Sep 2 • 12:00 PM EDT • Technology • fratellowatches.com
Owen Thiele, Este Haim Join Variety Entertainment & Technology Summit

Leadership from WPP Media, NBCUniversal Entertainment, Netflix, Amazon, Paramount, Hallmark, and more are scheduled to speak.

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Sep 2 • 12:00 PM EDT • Entertainment • variety.com
Nvidia's controversial, face-changing, gen-AI DLSS 5 tech releases tomorrow for one game, and seems to tank frame-rates

If you own a 50-series GeForce graphics card or laptop, or use GeForce Now, you can try Nvidia's controversial new DLSS 5 tech this week.

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Sep 2 • 11:53 AM EDT • Technology • eurogamer.net
Leadership program for first-year business students at Montana State sees continued success

This year, 48 first-year students in the business college are participating in CABLE. More than 250 students have completed the program since it started.

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Sep 2 • 11:33 AM EDT • Business • montana.edu
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First AGACNP graduates build critical care expertise

Four ECU Health team members are among the first graduates from East Carolina University School of Nursing's Adult Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner program.

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Sep 2 • 11:10 AM EDT • Health • ecuhealth.org
Fiesta Sports Foundation opens applications for ‘Wishes for Teachers’ grant program

The Fiesta Sports Foundation has opened applications for its 11th annual Wishes for Teachers program, which will award grants to Arizona teachers.

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Sep 2 • 10:24 AM EDT • Sports • azfamily.com
Berks LaunchBox announces six new 'IMAGINE Your Business' grant recipients

The Berks LaunchBox powered by Penn State has announced six recipients of its ‘IMAGINE Your Business’ grant, designed to help early-stage entrepreneurs accelerate their business growth. The program awards up to $2,000 to assist startups with prototyping, marketing, product development and other essential business expenses. The IMAGINE Your Business grant program is made possible through […]

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Sep 2 • 10:24 AM EDT • Business • berksweekly.com
Samsung Frame Pro review: the art TV that lets you hang a Monet in 4K

The design-forward TV delivers a performance that few in the category can – while attracting compliments as wall decor

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Sep 2 • 10:15 AM EDT • Technology • theguardian.com
Tado’s new thermostat is designed as a Nest killer

But it’s for Europe, only.

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Sep 2 • 10:15 AM EDT • Technology • theverge.com
How will Stan Kroenke impact the Angels? We asked reporters who have covered his other teams

Los Angeles Angels fans rejoiced on Tuesday after news broke that longtime owner Arte Moreno was selling the team for $4 billion to Stan Kroenke, whose Kroenke Sports and Entertainment owns a collection of franchises across multiple leagues. Under the group’s umbrella, Kroenke owns the NFL’s Los Angeles Rams, NBA’s Denver Nuggets, NHL’s Colorado Avalanche and Arsenal in the English Premier League. He also owns MLS’ Colorado Rapids and the National Lacrosse League’s Colorado Mammoth. Each of those teams has won at least one league title during Kroenke’s ownership tenure. So what...

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Sep 2 • 9:29 AM EDT • Sports • nytimes.com
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11 new URochester academic programs to know about

All corners of the University of Rochester have created new and forthcoming programs for students to learn, discover, heal, and create.

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Sep 2 • 8:33 AM EDT • Science • rochester.edu
Rural Internship Teaches CALS Student the Business of Bison

Through the CALS Rural Works! Internship Program, animal science major Lauren Schulte-Hock got firsthand experience in both business operations and animal care at Sunset Ridge Bison Ranch in Roxboro, North Carolina.

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Sep 2 • 8:22 AM EDT • Business • cals.ncsu.edu
WCU political expert explains Rep. Edwards' censure, breaks down overwhelming vote

WLOS News 13 provides local news, weather forecasts, traffic updates, notices of events and items of interest in the community, sports and entertainment programming for Asheville, NC and nearby towns and communities in Western North Carolina and the Upstate of South Carolina, including the counties of Buncombe, Henderson, Rutherford, Haywood, Polk, Transylvania, McDowell, Mitchell, Madison, Yancey, Jackson, Swain, Macon, Graham, Spartanburg, Greenville, Anderson, Union, Pickens, Oconee, Laurens, Greenwood, Abbeville and also Biltmore Forest, Woodfin, Leicester, Black Mountain, Montreat, Arden, Weaverville, Hendersonville, Etowah, Flat Rock, Mills River, Waynesville, Maggie Valley, Canton, Clyde, Franklin, Cullowhee, Sylva, Cherokee, Marion, Old Fort, Forest City, Lake Lure, Bat Cave, Spindale, Spruce Pine, Bakersville, Burnsville, Tryon, Columbus, Marshall, Mars Hill, Brevard, Bryson City, Cashiers, Greer, Landrum, Clemson, Gaffney, and Easley.

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Sep 2 • 8:21 AM EDT • Politics • wlos.com
New Locations for Office of Student Support and Success, Military Science Program

Teams invite the University community to visit and learn more about the benefits available to Royals.

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Sep 2 • 8:00 AM EDT • Science • news.scranton.edu
ATLAS publishes first paper on Public Engagement with Science

You can’t exactly take the ATLAS experiment on tour. At 7,000 tonnes and buried 100 metres underground at CERN, it’s not easy to move. So, for more than a decade, the ATLAS Collaboration has found another way to bring the experiment to people around the world: live, interactive virtual visits with the scientists who work on it. In a recent paper published in the European Physical Journal Plus, the ATLAS Collaboration documents the evolution and impact of its flagship Virtual Visits programme. The paper is the Collaboration’s first publication focused specifically on science education, communication and outreach. It traces the programme from its beginnings as an experimental outreach effort in 2010 through its growth into a global programme – connecting classrooms in the Amazon, schools in the Himalayas and even a research station in Antarctica. Drawing on data collected between 2019 and 2025, the paper examines the programme’s reach and impact. Global reach, local connection Figure 1: World map showing the number of virtual visits across participating countries from 2019 to 2025. Cooler colours (purple and blue) are used for countries with fewer visits, and warmer colours (red and orange) for countries with more visits. (Image: ATLAS Collaboration/CERN) The core mission of the ATLAS Virtual Visit programme is to connect audiences worldwide with particle physicists and engage them in accessible discussions about cutting-edge research. While visiting CERN in person is an unforgettable experience, financial and logistical barriers can make such a trip difficult for many students and public groups. Video conferencing has allowed the Collaboration to break down these barriers: between 2019 and 2025, the Collaboration hosted 698 virtual visits, engaging tens of thousands of participants across nearly 70 countries (see Figure 1). Interactivity is central to the programme. Far from simple one-way broadcasts, Virtual Visit audience members are encouraged to engage in conversation with the scientist(s) hosting the visit. Most hosts are volunteers from the ATLAS Collaboration, who bring their diverse scientific expertise, language skills and cultural backgrounds to each visit. Where possible, audiences are paired with volunteer scientists who share their native language and cultural background, making it easier to engage, ask questions and connect with the hosts. Between 2019 and 2025, Virtual Visits were held in 19 different languages. The core mission of the ATLAS Virtual Visit programme is to connect audiences worldwide with particle physicists and engage them in accessible discussions about cutting-edge research. Constant evolution Figure 2: The number of ATLAS Virtual Visits organised annually since 2019. (Image: ATLAS Collaboration/CERN) The ATLAS Virtual Visit programme has continuously evolved to enhance the visitor experience. Early sessions were hosted directly from the ATLAS Control Room before transitioning in 2014 to a dedicated space in the ATLAS Visitor Centre, equipped with modern videoconferencing technology. In 2019, the ATLAS Collaboration expanded the programme’s reach, introducing live Virtual Visits from the experimental cavern during year-end maintenance stops and long LHC shutdowns. These exclusive sessions take participants beyond the ATLAS visitor platform, offering real-time, up-close views of the towering detector. When the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted in-person gatherings worldwide, demand for virtual engagement surged. The ATLAS Collaboration adapted rapidly by introducing Open Virtual Visits streamed via Zoom and YouTube, allowing individual science enthusiasts and families to join live guided tours. Figure 2 shows that the programme reached a peak of 155 visits in 2021 and has since maintained around 100 visits per year, demonstrating sustained engagement beyond the pandemic-driven increase. More than just a tour Beyond participation numbers, the paper highlights the positive impact on participants and educators. Teachers report successfully integrating Virtual Visits into their physics curricula, sparking sustained curiosity and in many cases inspiring students to pursue STEM studies and careers. Feedback received also highlighted how the direct dialogue with ATLAS scientists has given students an authentic and personal perspective on particle physics, helping them connect what they learn in the classroom with the people behind ATLAS research. Looking ahead, the programme will continue to evolve with new technologies and communication platforms. The goal is simple: to give even more audiences the opportunity to engage directly with particle physics and make fundamental science open to all. Learn more Breaking barriers: the impact of ATLAS Virtual Visits in science communication (Eur. Phys. J. Plus 141, 874 (2026), arXiv:2601.22457, see figures) ATLAS Virtual Visit Dashboard Register for an ATLAS Virtual Visit

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Sep 2 • 8:00 AM EDT • Science • atlas.cern
Indiana football to unveil national championship signage against North Texas

The program will commemorate the 16-0 run to the 2025 national championship with permanent stadium signage.

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Sep 2 • 8:00 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
In standoff with Newsom, California Democrats claw back $450 million for climate projects

Gov. Gavin Newsom’s new carbon market rules threatened money for certain climate programs. He struck a deal to continue funding for transit and water projects.

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Sep 2 • 7:50 AM EDT • Politics • calmatters.org
George Clooney Talks U.S. Politics, Fatherhood

George Clooney Slams Pete Hegseth Over Canadian Cadet Post; Voices Support For Mark Ruffalo & Muses On Paramount-Warner Bros Merger – Venice

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Sep 2 • 7:40 AM EDT • Politics • deadline.com
Third annual Power of Women’s Sports Summit lands stateside

The Power of Women's Sports Summit arrived in the U.S. on Monday, with attendees taking in a full morning of programming and a screening of an upcoming documentary.

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Sep 2 • 7:39 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Acer Swift Blade 14 weighs just 799 grams with Intel Core Series 3 processor

Acer has announced a new 799-gram Swift laptop with Intel Core Series 3 hardware. The 14-inch model includes a 50 Wh battery and up to 1TB of PCIe Gen4 storage.

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Sep 2 • 7:02 AM EDT • Technology • videocardz.com
Scientists Discover Two Superconducting States Hiding as One

A puzzling physics mystery solved.

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Sep 2 • 7:00 AM EDT • Science • sciencealert.com
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Pangram Has Emerged as the Gold Standard of AI Detection. Should You Trust It?

Meet the AI police who can make or break careers—in publishing and beyond.

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Sep 2 • 6:00 AM EDT • Technology • wired.com
New FDNY report details 25 years of 9/11 health impacts

FDNY members in the program are entitled to free testing and treatment.

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Sep 2 • 6:00 AM EDT • Health • ny1.com
Topgolf, Family Entertainment Group team up to create exceptional guest experiences

Family Entertainment Group, a national developer and operator of entertainment experiences, is partnering with Topgolf to create exceptional guest experiences through customized entertainment solutions and operational excellence. The phased rollout follows a successful pilot program at seven Topgolf venues, according to a press release

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Sep 2 • 6:00 AM EDT • Entertainment • retailcustomerexperience.com
Galaxy S27 Ultra and Pro’s dramatic camera redesign appears in leaked case render

Drastic changes are apparently coming to the 2027 Galaxy S series. The Plus version doesn't seem to be going away, as many past rumors wrongly predicted in rece

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Sep 2 • 5:40 AM EDT • Technology • sammobile.com
Here's what to know about Launch Family Entertainment fun center

Launch Family Entertainment is set to open Oct. 16 with trampolines, bowling, dining and so much more fun for the whole family.

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Sep 2 • 5:06 AM EDT • Entertainment • pnj.com
“Ruined Mike Trout’s Entire Career” – Fans React After Angels Star Gives Verdict on Arte Moreno’s $4 Billion Sale To Rams Owner

Three-time AL MVP Mike Trout sounded optimistic about the Angels’ ownership changing hands in a reported deal worth $4 billion. Kroenke Sports and Entertainment has a deal in principle to purchase a controlling majority stake in the ballclub from Arte Moreno.

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Sep 2 • 5:03 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
$50B Rural Health Transformation Program needs more transparency, groups say

States must submit progress reports to the federal government but aren’t required to post those reports or related information publicly.

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Sep 2 • 4:17 AM EDT • Health • northcarolinahealthnews.org
Wellness Briefing: Life Time launches LT Social as gyms enter their entertainment era, plus news

Glossy interviews Life Time's VP of marketing about LT Social, the company's new collection of expansive entertainment programming.

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Sep 2 • 12:00 AM EDT • Entertainment • glossy.co
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Balogun drama ends with Everton transfer falling through

A timeline of the failed transfer as the USMNT international walks away despite an agreement between Everton and Monaco

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Sep 1 • 11:54 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Harlan Hawks sweep Marshall Rams in three sets
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Sep 1 • 11:40 PM EDT • Sports • ksat.com
Brendan Fraser says WW2 drama 'Pressure' offers timely warning against questioning science

Brendan Fraser ​says Anthony Maras' new World War Two drama "Pressure" serves as a cautionary tale that remains relevant today, ‌more than 80 years after the D-Day invasion.

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Sep 1 • 9:12 PM EDT • Science • reuters.com
Acting labor secretary praises Vegas Chamber workforce hub

A government-funded on-the-job training program is helping some Las Vegas businesses cover the cost of training new employees, an effort Acting U.S. Labor Secretary Keith Sonderling highlighted Tue...

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Sep 1 • 9:09 PM EDT • Business • reviewjournal.com
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Deadline day: Enzo Fernandez makes £125m Manchester City move

Manchester City have equalled the British transfer record by signing Chelsea midfielder Enzo Fernandez for £125 million ($169 million) at the end of a dramatic deadline day in the Premier League. From title contenders to relegation candidates, teams across the division spent big to bolster their squads before summer window closed at 11 pm (2200 GMT) on Tuesday.

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Sep 1 • 8:49 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Nick Bosa's availability remains mystery ahead of 49ers' trip to Australia

San Francisco 49ers defensive end Nick Bosa hasn't played since tearing his right ACL last September. Whether he will be ready for the team's Sept. 10 opener versus the Rams in Australia is unclear.

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Sep 1 • 8:48 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Unfinished business: Texas women’s basketball challenges itself early through nonconference schedule

Texas women’s basketball will test its revamped roster from the start after a disappointing exit in the Final Four last season against UCLA. Head coach Vic Schaefer will get a good look at his roster prior to the Longhorns’ daunting nonconference schedule. Texas has set up exhibition games against two of college’s best programs, UConn...

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Sep 1 • 8:40 PM EDT • Business • thedailytexan.com
FDNY Pushing Feds to Add Cardiac, Cognitive Decline to List of 9/11 Illnesses

These diseases have increased over and above what you would expect in aging," said Dr. David Prezant, FDNY WTC Health Program director.

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Sep 1 • 8:00 PM EDT • Health • firehouse.com
Running Back Market Rebounds, Todd Gurley Has Thoughts

Former Rams rusher Todd Gurley is happy to see top running backs Jahmyr Gibbs, Bijan Robinson and Jonathan Taylor land big-money extensions in 2026.

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Sep 1 • 7:23 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Chris McKenna details ‘disappointing’ exit from ‘General Hospital’ after shocking death scene

Chris McKenna admits his departure from ‘General Hospital’ is ‘disappointing’ after his powerful and mysterious character Jack Brennan met a grisly end on Tuesday’s new episode of the daytime drama.

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Sep 1 • 7:11 PM EDT • Entertainment • ew.com
Capped or graduated income tax rate? Colorado voters to decide

The proposal to create income tax tiers — which would replace Colorado’s flat rate — has been certified for the November general election ballot, setting the stage for a major showdown between two competing forces seeking to define the parameters of state revenue. Initiative No. 195, which would raise the tax obligations on higher-income earners, will […]

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Sep 1 • 6:19 PM EDT • Politics • coloradopolitics.com
What Box Office Bomb Crushed Obsession on Streaming?

(Welcome to my weekly streaming ratings report, the single best guide to what’s popular in streaming TV and what isn’t. I’m the Entertainment Strategy Guy, a former streaming executive who now analyzes business strategy in the entertainment industry. If you were forwarded this email, please subscribe to get these insights each week.) Before we get into this week’s issue, let me ask you for some suggestions. At the risk of coining too many names for too many things (hence my dictionary of terms...), I need a name for straight-to-streaming films that are too expensive to justify a straight-to-streaming release, but not big enough to justify a theatrical release. Like some of the films I highlighted in last week’s tally of the biggest film flops of 2026 so far: Hulu’s Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice, Pizza Movie or Never Change! They don’t feel like “made for TV movies” (think Hallmark and Lifetime movies, cheap Netflix romcoms, or Disney Channel Original movies, for example) but they don’t feel big enough for the big screen. They’re not “cinematic” enough, so to speak. As I wrote... “I still need a name for this middle zone of film that’s too expensive to go straight-to-streaming but too small to justify a theatrical release (with all the PR, distribution, marketing and whatnot costs that go along with it), the Goldilocks zone of streaming film death.” Friend of the newsletter Brandon Katz has suggested the “Bermuda Budget Triangle”, “The Platform Gap” and “The Distribution Deadzone”. I love that first one. I’d offer up the much wordier “The Streaming Budget Dead Zone” or “the Goldilocks Zone of streaming film death” but that last one isn’t accurate since, unlike Goldilocks’ porridge, these films are the opposite of “just right”. That’s the problem! Anyway, if you have any suggestions, let me know! On to today’s Streaming Ratings Report. As you can tell by today’s headline, things are going to be spicy! I’m looking at a box office bomb that did really, really well on streaming, somewhat challenging a few different narratives. And another Netflix series declined in its second season. All that, plus Wicked: For Good switching streamers, The Hawk continuing its strong run, _The Bear’_s finale season finally dropping off the charts, the WNBA posting a big viewership number, “shallow libraries”, a sitcom spinoff failing to launch, more big budget IP flopping on Paramount+, all the flops, bombs and misses, and a whole lot more. Let’s dive right in! (Reminder: The streaming ratings report focuses on the U.S. market and compiles data from Nielsen’s weekly top ten viewership ranks, Luminate’s Top Ten Data, JustWatch and Reelgood interest data, Samba TV household viewership, company datecdotes, Netflix hours viewed data, Google Trends, and IMDb to determine the most popular content. While most data points are current, Nielsen’s data covers the weeks of July 20th to July 26th, 2026. You can find a link to my terminology here.) Subscribe Film - The Latest Theatrical Success Story on Streaming In the latest edition of “Flops, Bombs and Misses of the First Half of 2026”, I made a crucial change: I started including theatrical films with the streaming misses. The streamers have collectively—including Netflix, but not to as big of an extent—stopped making a lot of straight-to-streaming films, and the ones they do make aren’t as expensive as in the heyday of the streaming bubble. After the following two films bombed in theaters, you’d guess that they’ll be included in my next collection of flops, bombs and misses six months from now: Masters of the Universe on Prime Video (only $64 million domestic box office) Mortal Kombat II on HBO Max ($79 million domestic) But you’d be wrong! Masters of the Universe, a reboot of the He-Man franchise, a toy from the 1980s, came to streaming on 22-July and did great! This long-gestating project—it’s been at every studio for years, and came close to getting a greenlight at Netflix—then finally came to theaters in June, and showed up on streaming less than two months later. (I don’t love this short theatrical window.) It surprisingly grabbed nearly 20 million hours on its debut: That means, wait for it, Masters of the Universe is currently the eighth biggest film on streaming through two weeks. My rough bar for “hit” is shows or films in the top 15%. Ergo…Masters of the Universe is a legit, streaming hit! (One quick caveat: if it falls out of the top ten next week, it will move to 13th overall, just on the edge of the top 15.) Of course, that’s the data for just 2026. Here’s how it stacks up to Prime Video’s theatrical films: That drop into its second week is typical for Amazon films, but also a worrying sign. I have a feeling interest in this film is front-loaded and we’ll see it drop off after this. As for Mortal Kombat II, in this case, the viewership numbers roughly match the theatrical outing, with only 4.1 million hours in its first week. Here’s how it stacks up to other HBO Max films: The best defense of this number is that, as a relatively violent rated-R film, Mortal Kombat II never had a good chance at breaking out. So now it’s time for a little big of “Entertainment Nuance Guy”: First, yeah, my headline is obviously facetious, since Masters of the Universe besting Obsession says more about horror as a genre than it does that film. Second, I read and listened to quite a few “nobody wanted this IP” takes about Masters of the Universe, and that’s not really true. At least enough people wanted it to power a 20 million+ hour debut! Third, both this film and Mortal Kombat II were considered “average” by viewers, but not great films, with a 6.4 and 6.3 respectively on IMDb. That’s just shy of the level needed to be a word-of-mouth hit. Fourth, in the olden days, strong word of mouth could transform a box office miss into a cable/DVD hit, like Austin Powers or The Shawshank Redemption. We haven’t seen a lot of examples of that on streaming, though. And there are far fewer ways to monetize the post-theatrical life of a film these days. Fifth, Prime Video has shown an ability to push their own titles well, likely because they control the Amazon Fire TV ecosystem. Add it all up, and here’s my nuanced take on Masters of the Universe: it was a box office bomb, but, shockingly, a streaming hit. Unfortunately, while being a theatrical hit saves your film financially, being a streaming hit does not. Both Masters of the Universe and Mortal Kombat II had big budgets and needed to make more money in theaters to justify them. So…Straight-to-Streaming or Theaters? We’ve hit a really fun point in the streaming calendar, since the films that came out in theaters in April, May, and June are now arriving on streaming. So the “Do theatrical releases help streaming performances?” question is gonna get a fresh round of updates nearly every week. No single week will answer the question, but we may get some insights. For example, so far in 2026, it looks like theatrical films are lasting longer on the weekly Nielsen film charts. Here’s a list of films that have made the charts in their fourth or fifth week of release, separated by “for kids” and “general entertainment”: It certainly seems like theatrical films are lasting just a pinch longer on the charts, with Project Hail Mary being the current five-week champion. One Battle After Another did well for HBO Max too, and even The Sheep Detectives made it four weeks. The only exception to this trend? Obsession, which only lasted two weeks on the charts. You might tempted to overreact to this news. Don’t. Obsession is a huge horror hit, but horror just doesn’t do as well on streaming. By the way, here’s the Google Trends for various theatrical and stremaing films: Plus, when it comes to Netflix in four months, Obsession may have another big boost. Quick Notes on Film Note that when I write, “the streamers have pulled back on straight-to-streaming films” that doesn’t mean “abandoned” because Netflix is gonna Netflix. On 24-July, they released 72 Hours, a Kevin Hart comedy. Along with Eddie Murphy, Mark Wahlberg, John Cena and Adam Sandler, Kevin Hart is a streaming film star now. Did this latest one work? Not really. It only garnered two weeks of 13.2 and 12.2 million hours on its debut, well below the 20-million-hour hit threshold. It also was poorly received critically—a 44 on Metacritic—and by customers—a 5.4 on IMDb on 21K IMDb reviews. We’re just getting started with this issue, but the rest is for paid subscribers of the Entertainment Strategy Guy, so if you’d like to find out… The latest Netflix true crime doc to pop on the charts… How The Bear finished its run… Netflix’s latest Western to return to streaming… What Paramount+ animated film flopped… And what sitcom also missed… All the flops, bombs and misses… And a whole lot more… ...please subscribe! We can only keep doing this great work with your support. Coming Soon! I’m behind by a week, so we’ve got two issues coming your way this week, including one in a couple of days or so, then we’ll be all caught up**.** Next issue, inspired by The Super Mario Galaxy Movie coming to Peacock, I’m going to take a look at the workhouse of streaming TV: kids films. Plus The Devil Wears Prada 2 continues theatrical films’ big run on streaming. All that, plus another surprise hit on Hulu, Lioness on CBS, and a whole lot more. Long term, LeBron James is filming his own “Last Dance”-style docu-series, surprising no one. But as I’ve been writing about a lot this summer, this genre is really overrated, so whoever ends up buying it (reportedly ESPN) really shouldn’t pay too much for it.

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Sep 1 • 6:15 PM EDT • Entertainment • entertainment.substack.com
California lawmakers kill wildfire bill after utility complaints

Legislation that would have helped wildfire victims receive compensation more quickly, but that utilities said didn’t do enough to reduce their financial risks, died in Sacramento after the Assembly declined to vote on it.

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Sep 1 • 5:59 PM EDT • Business • latimes.com
‘We're not going to have a business’: Vermont companies say Trump’s renewed trade war with Canada has them scrambling, again

“It becomes almost impossible to manage a budget within the context of this environment,” said the co-founder of cheesemaker Jasper Hill Farm.

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Sep 1 • 5:53 PM EDT • Business • vtdigger.org
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Cook County Department of Public Health Earns 15 NaCO Awards for Public Health Programming and Impact - Cook County Department of Public Health

Cook County Department of Public Health (CCDPH) is proud to announce that 15 of its programs received achievement awards from the National Association of Counties (NACo) during its 2026 Annual Conference and Exposition, held July 17-20 in New Orleans, La.

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Sep 1 • 5:51 PM EDT • Health • cookcountypublichealth.org
Samsung’s Android 17-based One UI 9 beta expands to these Galaxy phones this month

Samsung is expanding its Android 17 / One UI 9 beta program to several new Galaxy smartphones this month, signaling...

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Sep 1 • 5:50 PM EDT • Technology • 9to5google.com
Dark matter surprise has scientists scrambling for explanations

UCLA's Alvine Kamaha and her colleagues on the LUX-ZEPLIN experiment observed an event that could be interpreted as a signal from WIMPs.

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Sep 1 • 5:23 PM EDT • Science • newsroom.ucla.edu
Indiana to discontinue routine hospital diversion

all emergency healthcare partners and Indiana State Health officials are ending the practice referred to as "hospital diversion."That's when an ambulance is rou

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Sep 1 • 5:08 PM EDT • Health • wsbt.com
Samsung Expands One UI 9 Beta Program to More Galaxy Devices

The One UI 9 beta program is expanding to Galaxy Z Fold7, Galaxy Z Flip7, Galaxy S25, Galaxy S25+, Galaxy S25 Ultra and Galaxy S25 FE in select markets. Users can sign up via the Samsung Members app.

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Sep 1 • 5:00 PM EDT • Technology • samsungmobilepress.com
Youth Sports Programs

Let the little ones get their chance to shine! The City of Chino Hills offers fun and engaging youth sports programs designed to introduce children ages 3-8 to the fundamentals of sports in a supporti

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Sep 1 • 4:24 PM EDT • Sports • chinohills.org
Mental health program brings concert, connection to IU Bloomington

Future Friends aims to address the loneliness epidemic on college campuses.

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Sep 1 • 3:54 PM EDT • Health • axios.com
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Voters Are Rejecting Elderly Politicians. So What’s This 80-Year-Old Senator’s Secret?

Tonight’s big Senate primary is scrambling a national trend.

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Sep 1 • 3:38 PM EDT • Politics • slate.com
Kroenke to buy baseball's Los Angeles Angels: statement

US billionaire Stan Kroenke on Tuesday agreed terms to buy the Los Angeles Angels baseball team, adding to his sports franchise empire that already includes the NFL's Los Angeles Rams and the English Premier League's Arsenal.The Angels play in Anaheim, a city near Los Angeles, and were previously owned by the Walt Disney Company.

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Sep 1 • 3:35 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Kroenke Sports & Entertainment Purchases Angels

Stan Kroenke, owner of the Los Angeles Rams, is buying the Los Angeles Angels from owner Arte Moreno in a deal that is expected to be finalized in 2027.

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Sep 1 • 3:24 PM EDT • Entertainment • sports.yahoo.com
City to consider new Entertainment Zones in Sacramento where public drinking is allowed at events

Following the impact of the Rainbow Festival and Terra Madre Americas events, Sacramento City leaders will consider a new round of proposed Entertainment Zones.

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Sep 1 • 3:09 PM EDT • Entertainment • kcra.com
Baltimore Main Streets launches website with new business directory

A newly designed website provides more resources from the Baltimore Main Streets program to better support the communities it serves.

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Sep 1 • 3:04 PM EDT • Business • wbaltv.com
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Rams owner Stan Kroenke agrees to buy the Angels
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Sep 1 • 2:56 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Angels sold by Arte Moreno to Kroenke Sports & Entertainment

Arte Moreno's Los Angeles Angels sold to Stan Kroenke’s company, which owns the Los Angeles Rams, Denver Nuggets and Colorado Avalanche.

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Sep 1 • 2:50 PM EDT • Sports • arizonasports.com
Angels sold by Arte Moreno to Kroenke Sports & Entertainment

Arte Moreno's Los Angeles Angels sold to Stan Kroenke’s company, which owns the Los Angeles Rams, Denver Nuggets and Colorado Avalanche.

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LA Rams owner Kroenke reaches agreement to buy Angels

Kroenke Sports & Entertainment ("KSE") today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire a controlling interest in the Los Angeles Angels Baseball Club from the Moreno family. The transaction is expected to close in the first quarter of 2027, subject to customary closing conditions and approval

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Sep 1 • 2:46 PM EDT • Entertainment • mlb.com
Arte Moreno to sell Los Angeles Angels to Rams owner Stan Kroenke

The deal, announced Tuesday, is expected to close in the first quarter of 2027, pending approval by MLB’s owners.

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Sep 1 • 2:37 PM EDT • Sports • nytimes.com
Rocket boosts bid to woo UWM brokers with new program, referral bonus

UWM pushed back on Rocket’s effort, saying its rival's new program relies on cash incentives rather than technology and service.

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Sep 1 • 2:29 PM EDT • Business • detroitnews.com
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Wisconsin reaches out to its past to recapture its identity as a winning program

How well the Badgers respond could determine whether Fickell’s tenure lasts beyond this season.

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Family Business Symposium to Be Held

The University of Mississippi Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship’s 5th Annual “It’s All Relative” Family Business Symposium is scheduled for Sept. 15-16, 2026 at the Sheraton Flowood Refuge Hotel & Conference Center in Flowood, MS. As a part of the UM CIE Legacy Leadership Program, the “It’s All Relative” Family Business Symposium is an open […]

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Stan Kroenke buys Angels, ending Arte Moreno's troubled tenure

Rams owner Stan Kroenke has purchased the Angels, marking the end of owner Arte Moreno's tenure and Kroenke's first move into Major League Baseball.

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Sep 1 • 2:12 PM EDT • Sports • latimes.com
More Than 170 Jewish Entertainment Figures Sign Letter Defending Mark Ruffalo

More than 170 Jewish artists, writers, religious leaders, and entertainment industry professionals signed an open letter on Tuesday supporting actor Mark Ruffalo, following Paramount’s accusation that...

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Sep 1 • 1:47 PM EDT • Entertainment • yahoo.com
Should California backfill science funding Trump cut? Voters could decide in 2028

This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. A California science bond measure to counter the Trump administration’s research cuts is back from the dead after state lawmakers and Gov. Gavin Newsom reached a deal last week to place the $7.5 billion request to voters on the March 2028 ballot. Senate […]

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Penguins and First National Bank Announce Fourth Annual ‘FNB Small Business Development Camp’ Program for Local Pittsburgh Businesses

The Pittsburgh Penguins and First National Bank, the largest subsidiary of F.N.B. Corporation, will be hosting the fourth annual FNB Small Business Development Camp, designed to assist locally owned small businesses in the Pittsburgh area. Five local businesses will be selected to participate in a six-week training program consisting of

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Quantum Science Researcher Receives Competitive Student Fellowship from UC Noyce

Nathan Gonzalez, a student studying scalable quantum technologies in the College of Engineering, has received a UC Noyce Graduate Student Fellowship for outstanding doctoral research. The program supports doctoral students at the forefront of computational health, quantum information science and cybersecurity.

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College of Public Health Student Serves as Guest Editor for Themed Research Collection

Benjamin Momo Kadia, a doctoral student in the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health epidemiology program, was part of a guest editorial team for a study that focused on youth stunting.

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CHI St. Vincent & CommonSpirit Health opt out of AR Blue Cross Blue Shield networks

CHI St. Vincent has opted out of the healthcare provider networks of Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield and its associated health plans (Arkansas Blue Medicare

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Four-country study brings digital health coaching into everyday maternity care

Researchers at University College Dublin (UCD) have published the full study protocol for Bump2Baby & Me+ (B2B&Me+) in the journal PLOS One. The study tests how a digital health coaching program for ...

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Sonos Ace Ultra, Beam Ultra, Sonos Fabric, and a New App: Everything Sonos Just Announced

Sonos is cramming AI into its software because it’s “very hot these days.” The new features, which include agentic automation, are opt-in.

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Marine Science Career Accelerator Helps Student Careers

New, hands-on program aids students in bridging the gap between the classroom and the workforce by offering professional certifications and field experience

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gamescom 2026’s Steam wishlist winners

gamescom wrapped up last weekend, and it was bloody fantastic. It really felt like the industry had a spring in its step again. The show itself was BUZZING, with 368K attendees (+3% over last year), maxed-out exhibit space, and Opening Night Live pulling over 78M online views (+7.5%). Let’s have a look at the games at the event that brought in the most new Steam wishlists between August 23 and 30. One quick thing before we start, and stop me if you’ve heard this one before, but wishlists are NOT a barometer for launch sales (they’re bookmarks, not baskets is what we always say over here at Alinea). With that aside, wishlists are a nice gauge of hype, so let’s dive in. Witche(r)s and Warlocks take the top two spots The biggest game of the event (by new wishlists, anyways) wasn’t a game at all. It was an expansion. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt’s upcoming expansion, Songs of the Past, nabbed 451K Steam wishlists by the end of the weekend. It’s a big example of something we bang on about constantly: proven IP with built-in fandom is the most powerful force in this market. But said IP can also ripple into other external success stories (more on that later!). Anyway, Songs of the Past debuted at Opening Night Live, and it’s the first Witcher 3 expansion in over a decade, landing next year after a full Witcher 3 remaster (free for existing owners!) arrives next month. The Witcher 3 has sold around 66M copies, and I’ll be one of those owners jumping back in to refresh myself on the core game (like there isn’t enough to play!), then play the expansion next year. This is all part of CDPR’s plan. The studio is clearly whetting everyone’s appetite for The Witcher 4 in 2028 via a classic bridge strategy. Want more free estimates and insights in your inbox twice a week? Subscribe below! Subscribe Releasing a free 4K remaster next month – followed by a proper expansion in 2027 – keeps IP top-of-mind across a huge gap between content (games-wise, anyway). It kind of echoes Capcom’s evergreen catalogue strategy. And outsourcing co-development to Fool’s Theory (a studio led by trusted Witcher 3 veterans) keeps CDPR’s internal headcount focused on The Witcher 4. #2 by wishlists between Aug 23 and 30 went to another giant IP: Warlock: Dungeons & Dragons, published by Wizards of the Coast and developed by Invoke Studios (a team of ex-Far Cry, Watch Dogs, and Splinter Cell devs). It’s due to launch in 2027, and it looks brilliant so far. It’s a dark-fantasy open world with third-person spell-slinging. It’s a very Witcher-ish aesthetic. As you might expect, 48% of Warlock’s Steam wishlisters have played Baldur’s Gate 3, and 46% have played The Witcher 3. One to watch. For sure! Mash-ups: Anime GTA (!?) and a city-builder for kids (and adults) Ananta took #3 with 302K new wishlists. It’s an open-world game that looks like GTA and Persona had a baby. It was published by NetEase, developed by Naked Rain, and got a trailer at Opening Night Live. I got hands-on at the show, and it wears its influences openly; there’s literal web-slinging (very Spider-Man) and a LOAD of mini-games (Like a Dragon). It’s free-to-play and out in January. For Ananta, Naked Rain is taking the free-to-play, cosmetics-only route. That’s certainly a choice for a single-player open-world game. Without gacha mechanics driving high ARPU, Ananta is betting purely on top-of-funnel reach and long-term retention. This puts pressure on skin appeal when there’s no multiplayer lobby to flex in (although, co-op is reportedly coming later). Want more free estimates and insights in your inbox twice a week? Subscribe below! Subscribe Then there’s Lego Skylines (273K wishlists between Aug 23 and 30), which does exactly what it says on the tin. It’s a cosy Lego twist on the city-builder genre, as shallow or as deep as you fancy (five min quick sesh or ten-hour no-lifer session; latter for me). There’s some family-friendly stuff in there like couch co-op, which is only really viable on console. Iceflake Studios, which Paradox acquired back in 2020 is developing this one. So Paradox is probably looking for a family-friendly onramp to its rad Cities: Skylines games. The overlap there is plain, with 33% of Lego Skylines wishlisters having played Cities: Skylines and 16% Skylines II. There’s no doubt plenty of parents here (and uncles, ahem) planning to indoctrinate the next gen of city-builders. I’ll definitely be playing with my youngest nephew. This one could be big and educational. I’m very curious to see more. Want more free estimates and insights in your inbox twice a week? Subscribe below! Subscribe Mature IP, new and old, rounds out the list As for the rest of the list of gamescom games by new wishlists between Aug 23 and 30: Heroes of Might & Magic III Remake got 189K new wishlists. It remakes the iconic 1999 turn-based-strategy classic in full 3D and 4K. It follows this year’s Heroes of Might & Magic: Olden Era (~1.8M copies sold, as per our estimates), and around a quarter of the III Remake wishlisters have played Olden Era, including 7% of them this month. Wardogs – a $40 PvP shooter – added another 146K to an already massive pile (nearly 1.6M total). It’s published by Team17 and made by Bulkhead. It plays somewhere between the tactical squad stuff of … Squad and the all-out-chaos battlefield of … Battlefield. It’s up to 100 players, and it’s out in about 10 days. It’s already pre-sold over 500K copies on Steam ($16.6M), boosted by a pre-order-only beta. It sold another 70K copies during gamescom, too. Afterworld managed 121K new wishlists. It’s a Paradox-made post-apocalyptic grand-strategy game, and it was announced at the show. It’s a departure from Paradox’s usual historical stuff, and the studio’s first new setting in over a decade. The Paradox purists are into it, with over half its wishlisters having played Hearts of Iron IV (19% this month) and 41% Crusader Kings III (17% this month). Metro 2039 got 110K during the show, tunnelling its total past 1.3M. Nearly 40% of wishlisters have played 2020’s Metro Exodus, the previous mainline title in the series. The Metro novels are Russian, dev 4A Games is Ukrainian, and it’s set in Moscow, so it’s unsurprising that – after the US (17.3% of wishlisters) – the next two countries are Russia (12.7%) and Ukraine (10.0%). The Blood of the Dawnwalker drew in (the blood of) 108K new wishlisters, now totalling an impressive 1.7M (at a $70 price point, though). It’s an open-world dark-fantasy action-RPG set in 14th-century Europe (with vampires!), made by some former Witcher devs at Rebel Wolves. Again, it shows. Over half of Blood of the Dawnwalker’s wishlisters have played The Witcher 3, and its #2 market is Poland, home of Rebel Wolves. That’s that hometown-hero effect we keep banging on about again! And Blood of the Dawnwalker plays very well, by the way. While it looks like a Witcher clone on the surface, it actually brings a lot to the table mechanics-wise. I love the whole time-as-a-currency spin on RPG gameplay. It gives the game a different, refreshing pace. Essentially, you start Blood of the Dawnwalker with a pool of 480 action points spread across 30 days and 30 nights. As for how the game performs, we’ll be posting some numbers next week, so hit subscribe below to get that in your inbox when it’s ready. Subscribe The Witcher’s legacy ripples Make no mistake: on a high level, this was The Witcher‘s gamescom. The #1 game by wishlisters was a Witcher 3 DLC. Warlock is clearly Witcher-inspired – as is Blood of the Dawnwalker, which was made by ex-Witcher devs. There was a lot of other cool stuff on the floor that we’ll no doubt be covering in subsequent newsletters, though! As always, wishlists went through the roof for sequels, remakes, DLC, and licensed IP. As always, though, these wishlists will likely convert to about 5% to 10% of launch-day buyers, with the probable exception of The Witcher DLC – the exception that proves the rule. Either way, we’ve got a nice, diverse list here – one that is very Witcher-y, Paradox-y, and – if you’re a fan of great games on Steam – a bloody good list. We even got a bunch of new IP to get excited for. Great gamescom! Even if we are still processing that unfathomable number of mini Kölsch beers! One more thing: GTA 6 broke the internet (again) Move aside, Spider-Man and The Odyssey (I love you both, really). But the decade’s defining entertainment zeitgeist is round the corner. Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ll know that Rockstar dropped an extended look at GTA 6 last week. It was INSANE, the most impressed I’ve ever been by a showcase like this. You can see the budget seeping through every second of the extended look, and this level of game is unobtainable for any other publisher. Everyone’s going nuts, and rightly so. GTA 6 is out in holiday 2026, and it’ll be the biggest entertainment release ever, full stop. For those without a PS5 or Xbox Series console, a $500-$900 console is a big ask in this economy, but GTA will pull a lot of last-generation-console fence sitters over the current-gen fence either way: The autumn timing puts GTA 6 on (digital) shelves for the holidays, meaning a PS5 or Xbox (let’s be honest, mostly the former) will be on many a Christmas and Hanukkah list. Demand will outweigh the struggling supply, though, and PS5 Pros are already sold out and being sold at a markup via scalpers. Every console that isn’t on a shelf is a sale deferred or lost, and worse, it hands scalpers the margin. GTA has cultural clout that reaches everyone. It’s been a mainstream fixture since 2001’s GTA III and its clout has only grown exponentially since then. There’s a touchpoint for every generation alive. The FOMO-word-of-mouth double punch does the rest. Loading... It’ll reactivate the lockdown cohort, the millions who picked up gaming in 2020-21 and churned. GTA 6 will bring them back. Remember when College Football 25 brought a bunch of US gamers to current-gen consoles? GTA will do that globally. Once they’re back (or upgraded), and all GTA’d out, the fresh current-gen-console folks will check out the rest of the current-gen catalogue they missed. GTA Online, if not free to play, will also lead to a boost for PS+ and Xbox Game Pass, another boost for the ecosystem players. Want more free estimates and insights in your inbox twice a week? Subscribe below! Subscribe Even some of the smug PCMR 60FPS crew won’t be able to resist their FOMO and will bite the bullet on a console to play this one early (then double dip). The consoles cost the same as a decent stick of RAM these days anyway lmao… Don’t get me wrong, though. GTA 6 is no silver bullet for the mature console market, but it does prime the current gen for a couple of strong swan-song years. And it’ll also give the consoles more users from which to maximise ARPU. ‘’We are in the latter half of the lifetime cycle of [the PS5],’’ said Sony President and CEO Hiroki Totoki in a Wall Street Journal interview. ‘’That means we do not need to aggressively sell the console today; rather than that, we are focusing on the current revenue from the current user base.’’ The biggest, best premium games always arrive late in a console cycle, so getting more players aboard now, ahead of that content storm (the new current-gen-only Call of Duty included), is a clear win for the platforms. On the Netflix thing, though: let’s all chill out a bit, like. Half my LinkedIn feed was going bonkers treating the reveal debuting on Netflix like it’s the future of entertainment. It wasn’t. It was a six-hour head start, and Netflix left that detail out of the “first-of-its-kind partnership” press release. The extended look hit Netflix at 3pm ET on 27 August, then went up on YouTube and Rockstar’s site for everyone six hours later. And it was all over social immediately, anyways. This reveal was going to reach an untold number of people whether it debuted on Netflix, YouTube, a Times Square screen, or a group chat. The last trailer did nearly half a billion views in a day with no gatekeeper at all. Netflix just stood next to that audience for six hours, borrowing it. It’s was a tidy deal for Netflix, sure. But every outlet on earth was breaking the thing down frame by frame by the evening anyway. Anyway. I’m hype. And we’ll be covering some GTA numbers on the newsletter soon. So hit subscribe below to get that in your inbox when it’s ready! Subscribe The last word Reply to this email – or reach out here – if you have any feedback for the newsletter – or want to request a game for us to cover. [Alinea Analytics boasts the most accurate PC and console estimates in the business. 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LZ Sees Surprising Result in Search for Dark Matter

Key Takeaways Dark matter is the mysterious substance that accounts for the vast majority of matter in our universe. LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) is a world-leading dark matter detector and specializes in searching for WIMPs, or weakly interacting massive particles. A new LZ study found one particle interaction that is difficult to explain with known background processes and could potentially have been caused by a WIMP. LZ continues to run to see if additional data strengthens or weakens the hint of a dark matter interaction. For the better part of a century, people have been trying to understand dark matter. This invisible substance makes up roughly 85% of the mass in the universe but has never been directly detected. Determining exactly what it is remains one of the biggest questions about our world. Now, a new analysis from the LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) experiment has recorded a single particle interaction that researchers have great difficulty explaining with known background signals from normal matter. The result does not yet meet the statistical threshold required to claim a discovery, but is the most compelling hint of dark matter reported by the experiment to date. LZ is an international collaboration of 250 scientists and engineers from 39 institutions. The detector is managed by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) and operates nearly one mile below ground at the Sanford Underground Research Facility (SURF) in South Dakota. The experiment uses 10 tonnes of ultrapure liquid xenon to search for dark matter and is optimized to look for WIMPs, or weakly interacting massive particles. The results were presented in a scientific talk at the 2026 TeV Particle Astrophysics conference in Japan. The paper will be released on the online repository arXiv and submitted to the journal Physical Review Letters. “We’re very intrigued to see this event in the data, in the region where we expect dark matter to show up and the competing backgrounds are very low,” said Rick Gaitskell, a professor at Brown University and the spokesperson for LZ. “With only one event, we don’t want to get ahead of ourselves. We are not claiming to have seen dark matter. But we have seen something interesting that we want to share with the scientific community for their input.” The LZ collaboration studies experimental data in batches. In the new result, researchers analyzed 220 live days of data collected between March 2023 and April 2024. The collaboration had previously searched this dataset for faint signals from the simplest kinds of WIMP interactions. The new analysis searched for a broader range of possible WIMP interactions that could deposit more energy in the detector. LZ is particularly sensitive to such signals while also minimizing false positives. “This was a detailed study in a region we hadn’t explored within this dataset, and we spent months of additional effort to understand all the possible causes of background events,” said Sam Eriksen, a senior research associate at the University of Bristol in the U.K. and lead author of the study. “We understand our detector and the backgrounds so well that even a single outstanding event, like the one we found, is important. We expect dark matter events to be extremely rare, so only a handful could mark the first detection of WIMP dark matter.” If the anomalous event was caused by dark matter, the WIMP that generated it would likely have a mass of at least 200 GeV/c2 (gigaelectronvolts), or more than 200 times the mass of a proton. It would also suggest a specific type of interaction between WIMPs and ordinary matter beyond the simplest model. The LZ results have not reached “5-sigma” significance, the statistical threshold considered a discovery in physics. The new analysis is 2.6 sigma, meaning there is approximately a 0.5% chance that the event could be explained by known backgrounds. With additional data, researchers can test whether the finding continues to grow in significance or fades away. LZ has already accumulated the world’s largest dark matter dataset and will continue to accrue WIMP search data at SURF, substantially improving their search statistics. LZ searches for dark matter by looking for signature flashes of light from energy deposited in the detector. The collaboration leverages multiple methods to prevent or account for particle interactions caused by normal matter. This includes the mile of rock that shields the detector from cosmic rays from space, a water tank and outer detectors that protect the central detector from background neutrons, and a suite of computational tools that disentangle particle interactions and reject dark matter mimics. “Outlier events in the data are not unexpected, but they usually stand out as a background of some kind when you look at them deeper,” said Aaron Manalaysay, a physicist at Berkeley Lab and the chair of LZ’s Institutional Board. “This is the first example in any experiment I’ve worked on of an outlier that appears valid in every way. Of course, we’re still twisting our brains trying to think if there’s a rare background mechanism we could’ve missed, but it’s thrilling to wonder if this could be the first hint of a dark-matter observation.” LZ is supported by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, Office of High Energy and Nuclear Physics, and the National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center, a DOE Office of Science user facility. LZ is also supported by the Science & Technology Facilities Council of the United Kingdom; the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology; the Swiss National Science Foundation; the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Dark Matter Particle Physics; and the Institute for Basic Science, Korea. Thirty-nine institutions of higher education and advanced research provided support to LZ. The LZ collaboration acknowledges the assistance of the Sanford Underground Research Facility. ### Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) is committed to groundbreaking research focused on discovery science and solutions for abundant and reliable energy supplies. The lab’s expertise spans materials, chemistry, physics, biology, earth and environmental science, mathematics, and computing. Researchers from around the world rely on the lab’s world-class scientific facilities for their own pioneering research. Founded in 1931 on the belief that the biggest problems are best addressed by teams, Berkeley Lab and its scientists have been recognized with 17 Nobel Prizes. Berkeley Lab is a multiprogram national laboratory managed by the University of California for the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Science. DOE’s Office of Science is the single largest supporter of basic research in the physical sciences in the United States, and is working to address some of the most pressing challenges of our time. For more information, please visit energy.gov/science.

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Myles Garrett making 'really good progress' with knee injury

Myles Garrett has missed the last several weeks of practice with a knee injury, but Sean McVay says the goal is to be ready for Week 1.

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HHMI Announces Five Competitions for Scientists Across Career Stages

This year’s Gilliam Fellows competition, opening today, is the first of five upcoming HHMI competitions supporting scientists across career stages – from undergraduates to senior faculty. The competitions aim to expand the institutional and geographical reach of the Institute’s programs.

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Alabama Rural Health Transformation Advisory Group digs into $144 million in grants

The administrators behind the Alabama Rural Health Transformation Program provided grant updates to lawmakers who oversee the initiative.

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NVIDIA DLSS 5 Performance Unveiled: 5x Faster Than Original Demo, 50% Perf Penalty on Average, But RTX 50 GPUs Offer “Hundreds of FPS” With MFG Enabled & More Optimizations On the Way

NVIDIA is sharing the first performance figures of its RTX 50 GPUs running DLSS 5, offering next-gen visuals at super-fast frame rates.

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What We Learned from the First Leadership Louisiana Health Fellows Session - Leaders for a Better Louisiana

The strength of Leadership Louisiana has always been its ability to bring together accomplished leaders from different sectors and regions to learn from one another while developing a broader understanding of our state. The Health Fellows program extends that tradition by focusing on one of Louisiana’s most significant opportunities for improvement.

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Venice Film Festival turns to politics as Hollywood retreats

Hollywood is struggling with an industry crisis and has largely withdrawn from this year's Venice Film Festival, making way for a ​programme steeped in global politics and social upheaval, the event's director said on Tuesday.

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Samsung Expands One UI 9 Beta Program to More Galaxy Devices

Samsung is expanding the One UI 9 beta program to additional Galaxy devices.

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Three Ways a Pulmonary Fibrosis Lung Health Navigator Can Support You

In July 2025, the Lung Association, with support from the Feldman Family Foundation, launched the Pulmonary Fibrosis Lung Health Navigator program.

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Home State Health and Centene Foundation Award $750,000 to Missouri Organizations Advancing Community Health

Funding supports community-based programs addressing food security, housing stability, workforce development, foster care and rural health across Missouri ST. LOUIS, Sept. 1, 2026 /PRNewswire/ --...

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Samsung launches cheaper Galaxy Book6 with Intel Wildcat Lake, 8GB RAM from $799

The new Galaxy Book6 keeps the 14-inch 1920×1200 display but drops Core Ultra Series 3 and several ports. Its NPU is rated at up to 15 TOPS.

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House to vote on stopgap funding bill as lawmakers scramble to avoid government shutdown

Speaker Mike Johnson to launch a floor vote designed to prevent any federal shutdown before the November midterms

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New report to shed light on lasting health impact of 9/11 rescue effort

Twenty-five years after the 9/11 attacks, the FDNY is set to release a new report detailing the long-term health effects of the rescue and recovery effort on firefighters, EMTs, paramedics, officers and other responders.

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New report to shed light on lasting health impact of 9/11 rescue effort

Twenty-five years after the 9/11 attacks, the FDNY is set to release a new report detailing the long-term health effects of the rescue and recovery effort on firefighters, EMTs, paramedics, officers and other responders.

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UA Businesses Encouraged to Take the Water Quality Pledge

TAKE THE WATER QUALITY PLEDGE TODAYSince 2014, the Franklin Soil and Water Conservation District’s Water Quality Partner Program has been helping local businesses understand and implement stormw

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Clancy trial sparks need for postpartum mental health care education, expert says

With the spotlight on postpartum mental health amid the Lindsay Clancy trial, the medical director of Allegheny Health Network’s Women’s Behavioral Health Clinic said many people are “suffering in silence” from postpartum depression and psychosis. Dr. Ewurama Sackey, a psychiatrist, is director of the clinic within AHN’s Psychiatry and Behavioral

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LOVB announces CVS Pharmacy as an Official Health & Wellness Partner

CVS Pharmacy and League One Volleyball (LOVB) launch a multi-year partnership featuring health programs, community engagement and a league-wide jersey patch sponsorship.

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Ex-Northwestern Football Captain Gains Prestigious Role With Wildcats Program

A former Northwestern football captain is coming home to work for coach David Braun's program.

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Anthropic tightens training security after Claude agents went rogue

Anthropic tightened its AI security and paused some programs after Claude models accessed three organizations' systems without permission in April.

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Analyst explains why 2026 season will be Sean McVay's toughest

The Rams have the best team in the NFL on paper, but a great roster comes with higher expectations and a bigger spotlight for Sean McVay.

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Fly fishing program aims to curb isolation, boost mental health for disabled veterans

A Northstate nonprofit group is offering a variety of fly fishing programs to benefit disabled veterans.

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The science of sprinting | News | Budapest 26

World Athletics goes inside the numbers behind the disciplines on the Ultimate Championship programme. First up: the 100m.

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810 Entertainment to bring bowling, dining and entertainment to former Punch Bowl Social home

A new food-focused entertainment venue is coming to Sacramento's Downtown Commons, bringing bowling, interactive games and a full-service restaurant to the space that previously housed Punch Bowl Social near the Golden 1 Center.

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