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Social media is full of weird video game mashups. Where are they all coming from?
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Social media is full of weird video game mashups. Where are they all coming from?

After a week of researching this (thanks especially to Replay Mode on YouTube for this informative video, which set me down this track) I now understand that these mashup mods are not just AI-generated videos, but AI-assisted coding. Basically, as of a few weeks ago, Anthropic’s Claude has become extremely good at decompiling video game code.

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Castle Walls review – Prime’s first fully AI-generated show is here, and it’s a Vaseline-smeared mess
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Castle Walls review – Prime’s first fully AI-generated show is here, and it’s a Vaseline-smeared mess

Billed as the first end-to-end AI-created series on a major streaming service, this Turkish show looks like the result of the prompt ‘make it cinematic’ Just as the world reels from Elon Musk’s AI-powered The Odyssey remake – though “remake” feels rather generous for a seven-minute splat of synthetic sludge – another bucket of AI gunk is dropped on to our faces. For Prime Video’s AI-generated TV series Castle Walls, produced by Turkish production studio Ay Yapım using a melange of generative video tools, has arrived, billed as the first end-to-end AI-created series to premiere on a major…

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Asenso-Boakye commends new TESCON coordinator over digital membership platform
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Asenso-Boakye commends new TESCON coordinator over digital membership platform

Former Roads and Highways Minister Francis Asenso-Boakye has commended the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) newly appointed National TESCON Coordinator, Ebenezer Kojo Amoah, for introducing a digital application to connect members and alumni of the organisation nationwide. The application was presented to the Bantama MP during a courtesy visit by the NPP National Youth Organiser, Abanga Fuseni, and the newly appointed national TESCON leadership.

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Meet 5 Nigerians in the diaspora appointed to global positions in 2026
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Meet 5 Nigerians in the diaspora appointed to global positions in 2026

3. Ibironke Odumosu-Ayanu — Dean, University of Saskatchewan College of Law Nigerian-born legal scholar Ibironke Odumosu-Ayanu was appointed Dean of the University of Saskatchewan College of Law in Canada, effective October 1, 2026. Born and raised in Lagos, Odumosu-Ayanu obtained her law degree from the University of Lagos before moving to Canada for postgraduate studies.

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Absa Bank spotlights Ezra Appiah’s solo exhibition at L’Atelier event
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Absa Bank spotlights Ezra Appiah’s solo exhibition at L’Atelier event

A new exhibition by Ghanaian artist Ezra Appiah will invite audiences to revisit the memories and stories held in family photographs, as Ghanaian photographer and environmental activist Reginald Boateng joins the 2026 Absa Bank L’Atelier Art Ambassador Award winners. Appiah, a 2024 Absa L’Atelier Art Ambassador Award winner, is presenting his first solo exhibition with Absa L’Atelier Art in Ghana following a two-month residency at the Kromdraai Creativity and Impact Hub in South Africa.

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‘Elonville’: Mississippi residents say Musk’s xAI is buying up homes if they don’t sue over noise
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‘Elonville’: Mississippi residents say Musk’s xAI is buying up homes if they don’t sue over noise

Several homes have been purchased near datacenters and one resident said realtor outlined target to buy more than 400 People in a Mississippi neighborhood, many of whom dislike a nearby power plant central to Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence ambitions, have received a stark offer – to sell their houses to his company and make way. Real estate agents have been going door to door in Southaven, Mississippi, on behalf of xAI, Musk’s AI company that was folded into the SpaceX entity in February, touting a deal to purchase houses as long as the owners agree to not join a lawsuit against the compa

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US Visa Bond: Full list of countries, including Nigeria, required to pay up to $20,000
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US Visa Bond: Full list of countries, including Nigeria, required to pay up to $20,000

The United States has listed 50 countries whose citizens must pay a visa bond of up to $20,000 when applying for certain visitor visas, including Nigeria, according to the US Department of State. Full list of countries subject to US visa bonds The 50 countries listed by the US Department of State, alongside their implementation dates, are: Algeria — January 21, 2026 Angola — January 21, 2026 Antigua and Barbuda — January 21, 2026 Bangladesh — January 21, 2026 Benin — January 21, 2026 Bhutan — January 1, 2026 Botswana — January 1, 2026 Burundi — January 21, 2026

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