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“Hayden sadly lost her way, and I wish it were different,” Lesley Vogel said. “I wish she had stayed true to herself because she had many incredible attributes”
A pair of clips purportedly showing Grand Theft Auto 6 gameplay footage have appeared online, along with several images of an in-game map of Leonida, the Florida-inspired state where GTA 6 takes place.
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Published Aug 18, 2026, 3:52 PM EDT
Development hell is a vicious cycle
Image: UbisoftDeveloping a competent video game is tough. Some games are such masterpieces that it's a wonder how they ever got made at all. There are so many moving parts, especially since studio sizes are often in the triple digits, that kudos needs to go to the games that are released despite going through various trials and tribulations.
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: Aug 18, 2026 7:22pm UTC
HBO announced new additions to the cast of Industry for the fifth and final season of its finance drama yesterday. I have not been able to dislodge one particular character name from my head when I first read the news: Skip Binksy. Stunning, no notes!
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Over the past few years, the term “synthetic data” has come up a lot, as planners think about how to source inputs for AI engines. But in reality, there’s no substitute for the real thing.
Emmy’s music branch continues to welcome newcomers. Eighteen of this year’s 54 nominees, or one-third of the total in seven categories, are first-timers to the competition. And only 12 are previous winners of TV’s highest honor.
How today's NYT Connections answers and red herrings fit together.
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Note: Make sure to complete today’s NYT Connections before reading further! We’ll be getting into spoilers for today’s game pretty quickly. If you need some help to complete the grid, you can find my NYT Connections hints and answers column right here:
Prosecutors claim Duane Davis was the ‘on-site commander’ in the murder of Shakur, who died after a drive-by shooting in 1996.
Rapper Tupac Shakur was killed in an act of revenge ordered by a gang leader, a prosecutor has told jurors, as one of the United States’ most anticipated trials gets under way in Las Vegas, Nevada.
UN peacekeeping force recorded an average of 137 projectiles fired daily into region in the last two weeks.
Civilians in southern Lebanon are bearing the brunt of a significant increase in Israeli military activity over the past fortnight or so, according to United Nations peacekeepers.