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Archives for August 2026

Terrence O'Brien
Terrence O'Brien
Tyga is the first artist to get a 0.0 from Pitchfork in 20 years for his AI synth-slop album.

The rapper admitted to using AI on his ’80s-tinged $TARFACE project and received a rare zero. Jet was the last to receive the dishonor in 2006 for Shine On. Pitchfork pulls no punches, saying:

$TARFACE is smug and complacent, an amalgam of ’80s synth-pop and disco slapped together by someone who’s seemingly never cared to listen to one synth-pop or disco record in his life … Stream it out of morbid curiosity if you must, but know that even a single listen runs the risk of making it profitable and therefore encouraging the music industry to commit such atrocities again.

$TARFACE

[Pitchfork]

Jay Peters
Jay Peters
More Ghost of Yōtei.

As part of a $14.99 upgrade or a new Complete Edition, the game will be getting a new narrative expansion, Echoes of Sekigahara, and a “spin” on a roguelike mode, called Most Wanted. With a free 2.0 patch, the game will also get some quality of life upgrades, including a transmog feature.

All of it will launch on October 1st, nearly a year after Ghost of Yōtei’s original release.

Charles Pulliam-Moore
Charles Pulliam-Moore
Streets saying Coyote vs. Acme might have the heat.

It remains to be seen whether people will actually flock to theaters to see Coyote vs. Acme when it hits theaters on August 28th, but this early wave of mostly positive reviews makes it sound like David Zaslav really tried (and failed) to deprive us of a banger.

Richard Lawler
Richard Lawler
Bob Iger is reportedly buying the Los Angeles Lakers.

ESPN and other outlets report that Josh Kushner, the brother of Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner and founder of Thrive Capital, and former Disney boss Bob Iger made the deal for $12.5 billion, a record-breaking price.

The pair had interest in a possible Las Vegas expansion team, but according to ESPN, “pivoted to make an aggressive offer to buy the Lakers from Mark Walter,” who became the team’s majority owner one year ago and is under federal investigation for alleged tax fraud.

Charles Pulliam-Moore
Charles Pulliam-Moore
Seedance: now with less copyright infringement.

Seedance 2.5’s ability to generate longer clips that can be carefully edited without starting over scratch are two of the model’s biggest improvements over Seedance 2.0. But Deadline reports, that the new model also much better at detecting and refusing to comply when it’s been prompted to generate outputs based on copyrighted material.

Thomas Ricker
Thomas Ricker
Wahoo takes on Garmin and Strava.

Wahoo is revamping its app to expand beyond its core cycling hardware to become a “connected training ecosystem.” And that means subscriptions. Under its new three-tier model, basic Wahoo device support is still free; $4.99/month adds performance analytics, insights, and training load tracking for self-guided athletes; and $17.99/month adds structured training guidance.

<em>I hope the app can calculate the drag coefficient of that moustache. </em>
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I hope the app can calculate the drag coefficient of that moustache.
Image: Wahoo
Jay Peters
Jay Peters
Suno has struck a “global alliance” with the music company BMG.

“Together, the companies will develop entirely new music experiences that reimagine how artists and fans can connect,” according to a press release. “The agreement ensures that BMG artists and songwriters who choose to participate have their rights protected and are compensated for their music, while also settling prior use of BMG recordings and publishing works.”

The two companies are also signing the deal ahead of the launch of Suno’s planned music model developed “in partnership with the music industry.”

Stevie Bonifield
Stevie Bonifield
Gundam director says his new post-apocalyptic series was inspired by AI.

Kamiyama Kenji said in an interview with Variety that Mobile Suit Gundam RG XARX-ZERO, releasing next year, is a metaphor for tech humanity is “already beginning to struggle to handle.”

Can we truly master a technology we did not create ourselves, or will we end up being used by it? It is a metaphor for technologies that humanity is already beginning to struggle to handle in reality, such as AI.

Jay Peters
Jay Peters
Reigns is getting a 10th anniversary update today.

The update adds 190 new cards, some new deaths, and even a new secret ending to Nerial and Devolver Digital’s Tinder-like adventure game.

Since launching in 2016, the original game has been followed up by sequels and even themed spinoffs based on Game of Thrones and The Witcher.