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MrBeast marries Thea Booysen on Necker Island

MrBeast, real name Jimmy Donaldson, married Thea Booysen in a private ceremony and shared a first look on July 21, keeping most of the celebrations off camera. The couple, who began dating in 2022 and got engaged in late 2024, marked the occasion with a weeklong island wedding on Richard Branson’s Necker Island and intimate festivities with close friends and family.

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X-Files LEGO Set Unveiled, Mulder Scully Minifigs

LEGO has unveiled The X-Files (21369), a 1,478-piece set priced at $199.99 that recreates Mulder’s office, a forest scene and a hovering UFO, includes eight minifigures such as Mulder, Scully and The Flukeman, and will launch with LEGO Insiders early access on August 1 and general release August 4, 2026, with a Scully’s Lab gift-with-purchase available alongside the set. Gillian Anderson appears in a promo film for the launch and called the minifigure homage surreal, while fan designer Brent Waller—whose Nostalgia Challenge submission inspired the set—expresses excitement to see it realized for fans.

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Ant International secures $1.2B for global payments expansion

Ant International raised about $1.2 billion in a Series A, with participation from Ant Group and Alibaba as it pursues global expansion in merchant payments, account management and other financial services, while integrating AI across its infrastructure. The Singapore-based unit, spun out in 2024, operates four units—Alipay+, Antom, WorldFirst and Bettr—across Asia, Europe, the Middle East and Latin America, serving roughly 150 million merchants and 2 billion user accounts and was valued at about $10 billion prior to the funding.

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Anthropic $1.5 Billion Copyright Settlement Approved

A San Francisco federal judge approved a $1.5 billion settlement with authors over Anthropic's use of pirated books to train Claude, marking the largest U.S. copyright settlement and covering roughly 480,000 works at about $3,000 per title. The deal ends the case but leaves questions about outputs, requires destruction of pirated files, and drew objections from some authors who say it may not fully compensate or preclude further claims.

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Pixel 6, 6 Pro reach end of life

Google has confirmed the Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro are at end of life with Android 17 QPR1 as their final major update, while security patches will continue through October 2026; Android 17 QPR2 Beta 1 will not include these devices. After launching in 2021, the phones received extended support but are now on borrowed time as updates wind down this fall.

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