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As of a few days ago, Anthropic deployed its Claude Fable 5 AI model after the US temporarily restricted access. Now it has already been used to port the 2003 video game Command & Conquer: Generals – Zero Hour to iOS. It seemingly needed the source code, previous ports, and some human tweaking to get running.

This is according to the lead of product and design at Google AI Studio, Ammaar Reshi, who announced the port on X on July 4. Reshi says this specific port "had a chain of giants to stand on" because it used previous port efforts and modernisations. It is a direct fork of The Super Hackers' Linux and macOS build of the game .

I used Fable 5 to port Command & Conquer: Generals Zero Hour to the iPhone and iPad!This is the actual 2003 engine compiled for ARM64 natively, no emulator.Campaign, skirmish, Generals Challenge all work with touch controls built for an RTS.Open sourcing it all below! pic.twitter.com/Vi9SbKyVPI July 4, 2026

What is unique about this specific port is that it gets the game running on iOS specifically, and even comes with unique touch controls like tap to select, drag to create boxes, and long press to deselect. Even though it uses plenty of work by other teams, it seems like an impressive effort in itself.

If you're looking to play the game for yourself on iPhone or iPad, you can do so with the GitHub page now. You will need your own copy of the game, though. Notably, it runs in the real engine and runs natively on Apple devices, so it's not a glorified emulator.

Reshi talks about the porting process on GitHub. He argues that this is a human + AI collaboration, and not simply someone pointing an AI model at something and saying 'go'. He says the code and debugging were done by Claude, but the playtesting was human. Reshi described problems like 'the minimap is black' and 'I hear chirping,' and the model would fix them. Reshi says, "Neither half ships this alone: one of us can't write C++, and the other can't hear the chirping."

So how replicable is this for other games? As of right now, we don't know. Reshi seems sceptical of being able to port Red Alert 2 , as EA appears to have lost the source code for that game, so that's already a pretty big hurdle to jump over. Even if companies manage to find their source code, many won't willingly give it up to vibe coders to create ports, especially if that makes it less likely that gamers will buy future remasters or remakes.

And that's before mentioning that AI models can scrape any information fed to them, and some game developers may not want to give that information away for free.

Reshi also claims to have fully exhausted a Claude Max sub in just 2 days , which means this project seems to have cost somewhere between $100 and $200 in tokens alone. And it seems like Fable 5 is the only model Reshi thinks can do the work. He reportedly tried it with Opus 4.8 and, even using Ultra Code, it couldn't do the task. Perhaps tellingly, they made no mention of whether it had even been attempted on Google's own AI vibe coding platform.

So if you have a few hundred burning a hole in your pocket, the source code for a game, and previous porting efforts to look at, it might only take a weekend to get the game running on your iPad. Simple, ey?

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Damd built two new body kits for the tiny Suzuki XBee crossover.

Little D. package gives the XBee a boxy Land Rover Defender face.

Bemore takes the other route with a round, retro Alto Lapin look.

The Suzuki XBee has always tried to be two things at once, rugged and cute, and mostly gotten away with it. Now Japanese tuner Damd has pulled those two impulses apart and handed each one its own styling kit. The Little.D package borrows the upright, squared-off attitude of the Land Rover Defender, while the Bemore package heads in the opposite direction toward soft retro charm.

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The XBee Little.D follows the example of similar kits for other Japanese models including the Jimny and the Every, all borrowing from the iconic British off-roader.

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The highlight is the boxier grille and hood with Little.D lettering, combined with black garnish for the LED headlights. The rugged treatment also includes a redesigned front bumper with a heavier dose of plastic cladding, side decals, and darker trim for the taillights and the tailgate. The pictured model is fitted with an optional roof carrier and rides on beadlock-style alloy wheels wrapped in grippy tires.

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Suzuki XBee Little.D by Damd

The XBee Bemore takes a different route, drawing on the round lines of the Suzuki Alto Lapin kei car . It gets a bespoke bumper with a larger intake, three slits replacing the grille, and a pronounced body-colored chin. Damd also added vintage side decals with a checkered pattern and matching quarter window decals.

Those looking for the ultimate vintage flair can also opt for the wood-infused roof basket and the chrome wheels. As for the interior, the tuner is offering special covers for the front and rear seats that look like brown leather with checkered inserts.

The Suzuki XBee might look like a kei car, but it is actually larger, measuring 3,760 mm (148 in) long. Under the skin lies the Heartect platform, which also underpins the Swift hatchback and the Ignis crossover, among other Suzuki models.

Suzuki XBee Bemore by Damd

Damd doesn’t offer any performance upgrades for the standard mild-hybrid 1.2-liter engine which is good for 81 hp (60 kW / 82 PS) and 109 Nm (80 lb-ft) of torque. Depending on the trim, power is transmitted to either the front (2WD) or all four wheels (4WD) via a CVT gearbox.

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Sales of the Damd kits for the Suzuki XBee will start on July 10. The company does not accept reservations and will only ship the packages to body shops or dealers in Japan .

As for pricing, the Little.D retails for ¥299,200 ($1,850) not including installation. The Bemore kit costs ¥154,000 ($950) for the face swap and ¥65,780 ($400) for the decal set. Finally, the seat covers cost ¥66,550 ($410). Buyers who want the full treatment will need to pay extra for the alloy wheels, the grippy tires and the roof rack.

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NatWest boss depicted in a deepfake image shared widely online

The image was "designed to defraud people", according to Natwest

Deepfake images and videos of banking figures are becoming increasingly common

NatWest boss Paul Thwaite is the latest in a string of top banking figures to become the subject of an AI social media scam.

Thwaite, the chief executive of NatWest, was shown in a deepfake picture with journalist Emily Maitlis in an image designed to imitate a BBC radio interview.

The deepfake was shared widely on X, with one caption attempting to legitimise the image with the caption, “On air, Emily Maitlis raised the NatWest CEO’s salary, causing a strong reaction.”

Natwest boss Paul Thwaite depicted in an AI deepfake alongside journalist Emily Maitlis. (Image credit: CityAM) Natwest boss among other banking figures targeted

The deepfake refers to Thwaite’s 33% increase in pay since 2024, with the NatWest boss securing a £6.6m pay package in the last year. A NatWest spokesperson told CityAM , “We’re working closely with social media platforms to remove these false images.”

“They are another reminder of criminal activity designed to defraud people – especially the vulnerable – and we encourage members of the public to stay vigilant and report any suspicious activity.”

Deepfakes are fast becoming a serious problem in the financial sector with fake videos, images, and voice recreations being used to trick employees into handing over funds and trick vulnerable people online with fake investment scams.

Vyntra’s 2026 report found that the deepfake industry has exploded into a $400 billion per year industry , with increases in AI capabilities and computing power allowing scammers to generate highly convincing deepfakes at scale.

The Bank of England governor Andrew Bailey was recently featured in a deepfake video alongside Reform UK leader Nigel Farage, with the pair depicted engaging in a fight before police pull them apart.

Bailey commented on the video, stating, “These scams are designed to criminally exploit the public, especially the vulnerable, when they are online. I would urge everyone to stay vigilant and report these scams. That way authorities can better root out digital deception like this and permanently remove the fraudsters responsible for what is a truly online scourge.”

How to stay safe

Scammers aren't just targeting banking bosses. They're also using the voices of the friends and family of victims in order to obtain financial information and funds from unsuspecting people.

Here is how to keep yourself safe from deepfakes on social media, phone calls, and images:

Always be wary of emergency phone calls from friends and family, and consider establishing a safe word to be used in emergencies to verify the authenticity of a phone call

When receiving calls from people claiming to be your bank, or any other service you use, look up the official number of the organisation and ask to be transferred to the representative who contacted you. Usually, banks or other services will never ask you to provide payment information, your passwords, or other sensitive information over the phone

If you see an investment opportunity online, especially those that are too good to be true or offer a 'get rich quick' pitch, verify the authenticity of the company using the FCA register and check the details and directors of the organisation on Companies House

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Astronomers have reconstructed the "skeleton" of the cosmos in unprecedented detail, thanks to the largest-ever survey conducted by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). The resulting map reveals how galaxies have evolved since the universe's infancy around 13 billion years ago and how they fall together in a vast structure called the cosmic web.

The cosmic web is the largest known structure in existence, home to countless galaxy clusters and clusters of clusters. It is the framework of the universe, a scaffolding of gas filaments, stars, voids and sheets of dark matter that trace the entire large-scale organization of the cosmos.

In a paper published May 6 in The Astrophysical Journal , an international team of astronomers, led by researchers from the University of California, Riverside (UCR), utilized a treasure trove of JWST data to reveal how the universe has evolved.

How to sculpt a universe from scratch

The new research shows how intrinsic and extrinsic factors influence the formation and death of stars — and, therefore, galaxies and galactic clusters — throughout vast swathes of cosmic time.

Yet in what may seem like a wistful twist, the peak era of star formation is many billions of years behind us . The new research offers additional evidence of how the universe's structural framework facilitated this transition.

"We show how the cosmic web helped shape galaxy growth before, during, and after that peak era," study co-author and UCR astronomer Hossein Hatamnia told Live Science via email. "At earlier times, dense regions appear to be sites of rapid galaxy growth, while at later times dense environments are associated with the shutdown of star formation."

Such revelations come courtesy of COSMOS-Web , the grandest JWST survey yet: a 255-hour program spanning a contiguous area of the sky about the size of three full moons .

Compared with the previous COSMOS2020 survey, shared in 2021 and conducted by the Hubble Space Telescope and other facilities, the JWST-derived COSMOS-Web boasts better redshift precision and includes more galaxies — including fainter, lower-mass and more-distant objects. (Redshift is a measure of cosmic distance and time based on how light shifts to redder wavelengths as it crosses the universe.)

Compared with the JWST-derived image below, which shows a slice of the cosmos as it appeared 11.5 billion years ago, previous cosmic maps were sparser, more diffuse, and lacking in cosmic structures.

Data from the new COSMOS-Web survey (left) compared to the previous iteration (right). JWST's sensitivity and depth has allowed scientists to map the cosmic web in unprecedented detail. (Image credit: Hatamnia et al., The Astrophysical Journal, 2026) Additionally, the older COSMOS2020 survey tended to overestimate the depth in especially dense cosmic regions, where galaxies grow earlier and larger, and underestimate the depth of the least-dense spatial regions, the researchers said.

Revealing celestial birth and death

Yet JWST's cosmic map preserves the relative contrast across cosmic regions. It also shows that "massive galaxies in dense environments are more likely to be quiescent" — dying and quenched of their star-forming potential.

This may be because those galaxies are too massive, the team theorized. Once the dark matter halos that anchor galaxies grow to 1 trillion solar masses, they energize gas and prevent it from forming new stars. Additionally, active supermassive black holes quench star formation by energizing gas with their lethal, near-light-speed jets .

Such "mass-related" star-killing mechanisms dominated up to around 7 billion years ago — around half the age of the universe, the team found.

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In the more recent universe, star formation is dominantly quenched by the environment around galaxies, which may strip them of material or prevent cold gas from accumulating and coalescing into stars.

Thanks to JWST's capabilities, the large-scale structure and evolution of the universe have been made clearer than ever, resolving blurry blobs into dim, ancient galaxies.

"The jump in depth and resolution is truly significant, and we can now see the cosmic web at a time when the universe was only a few hundred million years old, an era that was essentially out of reach before JWST," co-author Bahram Mobasher , a distinguished professor of physics and astronomy at UCR, concluded in a statement .

The catalog of 164,000 galaxies used to build the map of the cosmic web is publicly available.

This article was first published May 18, 2026.

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House of the Dragon season 3, episode 3 entirely revolves around the newly ascended Queen Rhaenyra attempting to rule the Seven Kingdoms, though she's faced with a myriad of problems, from the big (the treasury is empty), to the small (the Red Keep is overrun with rats).

Across the runtime, we see the queen's grip on her composure slackening as the reality of ruling sets in – especially when, in one moment, she mistakes a servant for her son Jacaerys, who perished in the Battle of the Gullet .

While this is a standout episode of House of the Dragon season 3 , some fans think we should have seen something like it earlier in Game of Thrones season 8.

"Great episode. My biggest problem with the character arc of Daenerys in the final season of GoT was how abrupt and poorly paced it was, and I couldn't help thinking that an episode just like this one tonight (S3E3) is exactly what Daenerys needed," says one fan on Reddit . "The pans and flashes to rats roaming around unchecked, the music playing all through the episode with small sharp violin/piano notes, all awesome small details to convey sanity and good decision making eroding. If an episode focusing on all the things weighing on Daenerys' mind in the final season of GoT had aired, I think the conclusion to her arc would have felt much better executed"

One of the biggest criticisms of Game of Thrones season 8 is that Daenerys's Mad Queen arc was incredibly rushed, culminating in the Mother of Dragons burning down King's Landing for no real reason at all.

"Daenerys needs this and much, much more in that final season," agrees another person. "Her character felt so well and truly fucked over it broke my heart."

"Daenerys should have overthrown Cersei in the season 7 finale so that the entire season 8 could be dedicated to the White Walker conflict and her Mad Queen arc. Would've been so much better," says another person.

"Yes absolutely this is what she needed in Mereen," agrees another fan. "The whole point is that Rhaenyra is slowly descending into madness. We needed more of an arc for Dany to do that. People point to moments of 'madness' in earlier seasons but she didn’t do any worse than any other male ruler," says someone else.

Not everyone agrees, however. "I'm not sure why people think Rhaenyra is descending into madness. You can be stressed out without going mad," points out one person.

"I don't think the story should have ended with Daenerys losing her mind at all… it means the only female rulers of Westeros were 'mad queens,' which is an unfortunate implication," says another fan.

Emma D'Arcy, who plays Rhaenyra in the show, has previously teased that a downfall might be on the cards , explaining that they and showrunner Ryan Condal were interested in exploring "a movement towards tyranny," adding, "but in particular making that journey legible."

House of the Dragon continues weekly on HBO in the US and HBO Max, Sky, and NOW in the UK. Keep up to date with our House of the Dragon season 3 release schedule .

For even more, check out our House of the Dragon season 3 review or our guide to all the upcoming Game of Thrones movies and TV shows .