Nebius raised $775 million in its first secured debt facility, borrowing against deployed GPU infrastructure and contracted cash flows from an investment-grade customer. The facility matures on October 31, 2030, and is priced at SOFR + 2.50%, roughly 6.8% at current rates. Together with the customer agreement’s cash flows, the facility covers more than 100% of the capital expenditure required to deploy the underlying infrastructure. The deal was significantly oversubscribed.

The structure is the story. Nebius is treating GPU clusters the way airlines treat aircraft or telecoms treat spectrum: as collateralisable assets that can be securitised against long-term revenue contracts. Meta committed up to $27 billion to Nebius in March, and Microsoft signed a deal worth up to $19.4 billion. With more than $40 billion in additional contracted revenue from investment-grade customers already in place, Nebius said it expects to raise more capital at similarly attractive terms. The company recently delivered the latest planned capacity tranche to Microsoft and says it remains on schedule.

MUFG led the transaction as structuring agent and sole bookrunner. ABN AMRO, Bank of America, Deutsche Bank, and HSBC acted as mandated lead arrangers. Citi, Crédit Agricole, ING, and Morgan Stanley were senior lead arrangers. Goldman Sachs also participated. The breadth of the syndicate, nine banks across the US, Europe, and Japan, reflects how seriously institutional lenders now take GPU infrastructure as a collateral class.

For Nebius, the facility converts an operational asset into growth capital without diluting shareholders, a meaningful distinction for a company whose stock rose 8% on the news. Nebius launched its AI data centre in Paris in 2024 as part of a $1 billion European buildout and has since expanded to Finland, the UK, and the US. COO Ophir Nave said the financing reinforces a “disciplined, diversified approach” spanning owned data centres and asset-light partnerships. The real test is whether this becomes a repeatable template. With $40 billion in contracts to draw from, Nebius has the raw material. Whether the GPU-as-collateral model scales as smoothly as the press release implies depends on residual value assumptions that nobody in this industry has had to test yet.

Following price increases for Apple Music and two Apple One tiers, Apple One still offers substantial savings for people who regularly use its included services, but the value depends on what they would otherwise buy separately.

The Apple One bundle arrived in 2020 and has become a common option for Apple device owners who subscribe to several of the company’s services. It offers three tiers aimed at individuals, families, and people who want nearly everything included.

However, favorite services can come bundled with subscriptions that receive little or no use. Apple TV viewers might not need Apple Fitness+, while Apple Music subscribers may have no interest in Apple Arcade.

Apple Music prices increased in the United States on July 17, with Individual rising by $1 to $11.99 per month, Student increasing by $1 to $6.99, and Family climbing by $3 to $19.99. Apple One Individual remained at $19.95, while Family increased by $2 to $27.95 and Premier rose by $2 to $39.95.

All three Apple One tiers now offer at least $1 more in maximum monthly savings than before. Whether those savings are real depends on how many of the included services would otherwise be purchased separately.

Is Apple One Individual worth it in summer 2026?

Of the three Apple One bundles, Individual is the most affordable. It’s intended for one subscriber who wants the core Apple Services without the larger storage allowance or added Premier subscriptions.

Apple One Individual costs $19.95 per month. It includes Apple TV, Apple Music, Apple Arcade, and 50GB of iCloud+ storage.

The iCloud+ subscription also includes features such as HomeKit Secure Video support, custom email domains, Hide My Email, and iCloud Private Relay.

Purchased separately, 50GB of iCloud+ costs $0.99 per month, Apple Music costs $11.99, and Apple Arcade costs $6.99. Apple TV+ costs $12.99 following a streaming price increase in August 2025.

Those subscriptions cost $32.96 per month when purchased separately. Apple One Individual costs $19.95, producing maximum savings of $13.01 per month.

The value improved by $1 because Apple Music Individual became more expensive while the Apple One tier stayed unchanged. It’s a strong option for subscribers who already use all four services, but the calculation weakens when one or more goes unused.

Is Apple One Family worth it in summer 2026?

Apple One Family expands the core bundle for households with several Apple users. It increases the storage allowance and lets the subscriber share the bundle with up to five other people, for six people total.

The plan includes 200GB of shared iCloud+ storage rather than 50GB. Storage is divided among the family group instead of being provided separately to each person.

Apple Fitness, a service that’s part of Apple One

The 200GB iCloud+ plan costs $2.99 per month, while Apple TV+ costs $12.99 and Apple Arcade costs $6.99. Apple Music Family now costs $19.99 per month.

Together, those services cost $42.96 per month when purchased separately. Apple One Family costs $27.95, leaving maximum savings of $15.01 per month.

The plan previously cost $25.95, but its $2 increase was smaller than the $3 increase applied to Apple Music Family. Its maximum monthly savings are therefore $1 greater than before.

Apple One Family is strongest when several people use Apple Music and the household needs more than 50GB of iCloud+ storage. Family Sharing already lets some separately purchased services reach the same group.

Compare the bundle with what the household actually pays for before switching.

Is Apple One Premier worth it in summer 2026?

Apple One Premier is the most expensive tier at $39.95 per month. It includes the same shareable services as the Family plan, along with more storage and two additional subscriptions.

The Premier plan includes 2TB of shared iCloud+ storage, Apple Fitness+, and Apple News+. Family Sharing supports the subscriber and up to five other people.

Apple Fitness+ includes guided workouts across several exercise categories, while Apple News+ provides access to participating newspapers and magazines.

‘Severance’ is a massive show on Apple TV+ – Image Credit: Apple

The 2TB iCloud+ plan costs $9.99 per month, Apple Fitness+ costs $9.99, and Apple News+ costs $12.99. Adding those subscriptions to Apple Music Family, Apple TV+, and Apple Arcade produces a separate monthly total of $72.94.

Apple One Premier costs $39.95 per month, producing maximum savings of $32.99. The maximum monthly savings increased by $1 because Apple One Premier rose by $2 while Apple Music Family rose by $3.

Premier offers the largest possible discount, but it also requires the broadest usage to justify the monthly charge. The calculation changes considerably when Apple Fitness+ or Apple News+ receives little use.

Annual Apple TV+ and Apple Fitness+ subscriptions cost less than paying for either service month by month. Subscribers who don’t need Apple Arcade, Apple News+, or the larger shared iCloud+ allowance may save more by choosing services separately.

The annual options make Apple One a weaker deal for people who use only part of the bundle.

Is Apple One still worth it?

Apple One remains worthwhile after the latest price increases, and each tier now offers slightly greater maximum savings than before. The Individual tier gained value without becoming more expensive, while Family and Premier rose by less than Apple Music Family.

Individual is the clearest choice for one person who uses all four core services. Family works best for households that need shared Apple Music and additional iCloud+ storage.

Premier offers the greatest savings for groups who also use Apple Fitness+ and Apple News+.

The advertised discount is only meaningful when the bundle replaces subscriptions that would otherwise be purchased individually. Before switching, total the services the household regularly uses and compare that amount with the relevant Apple One price.

If you’re the kind of person who plans vacations around vintage arcades, hunts down rare pinball machines, or misses that one table you played years ago, there’s now a surprisingly useful tool built just for you.

Called Pinball Map, the free website and mobile app does exactly what its name suggests. It helps players locate public pinball machines almost anywhere in the world, whether they’re tucked away inside dedicated arcades, neighborhood bars, restaurants, museums, breweries, or even campgrounds. Think of it as Google Maps, but instead of helping you find coffee shops, it points you to your next pinball game.

The platform has quietly become one of the internet’s best-kept hobbyist projects, powered not by a tech giant but by a community of volunteers determined to keep the global pinball scene alive.

A community-built map for pinball lovers

Users can either search for nearby venues that host pinball machines or look up a specific table by name to find where it’s currently available. Selecting a location reveals useful information including the venue’s address, contact details, website, and a complete list of machines available on-site.

The service is completely free, requires no account, contains no advertisements, and doesn’t track users’ locations. It’s also open source, allowing anyone to inspect how the platform works or even contribute to its development. Behind the scenes, the database is maintained by roughly 100 volunteer administrators along with thousands of users who continuously update machine locations, report removals, submit new venues, and even log high scores. Recent updates have expanded the platform with better statistics, location photos, performance improvements, and enhanced user profiles.

According to community discussions, the project has been running for nearly two decades and remains entirely donation-supported, with developers deliberately avoiding advertising or commercial partnerships.

Pinball occupies a unique place in gaming.

Unlike classic arcade titles that have largely survived through emulators and digital collections, authentic pinball remains tied to physical machines packed with mechanical components. Unless you own one yourself, the only way to experience a particular table is to find it in the real world.

For enthusiasts, it transforms travel into a scavenger hunt, making it easy to discover hidden machines in unfamiliar cities or revisit favorite tables from years past. The platform also encourages players to support local arcades, bars, and independent venues that continue to invest in maintaining these increasingly rare machines. The timing is particularly interesting as pinball continues enjoying something of a renaissance. Modern manufacturers are producing new licensed machines, while collectors and younger players alike have embraced the hobby, helping sustain a niche that many once assumed would disappear.

As more venues add machines and volunteers continue expanding the database, Pinball Map is becoming more than just a locator app. It’s evolving into a living archive of one of gaming’s oldest and most tactile experiences, ensuring that no matter where you travel, your next game might be just around the corner.

A security researcher using the “Nightmare Eclipse” handle has released a Windows zero-day exploit dubbed LegacyHive that allows attackers to escalate privileges on up-to-date Windows systems.

Nightmare Eclipse published a proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit hours after Microsoft released its July 2026 Patch Tuesday updates, saying that it abuses a security vulnerability in the Windows User Profile Service, which has yet to receive a CVE ID for easier tracking.

However, unlike previous exploits released by NightmwareEclipse, the LegacyHive PoC has been modified to require additional credentials, making it harder for attackers to weaponize the vulnerability.

“The PoC requires another standard user credentials and a third username (which can be an administrator account), if the PoC is successful, it will end up mounting the target user hive in current user classes root,” the researcher said.

“The PoC was stripped down as an attempt to prevent public exploitation, the original PoC did not require additional user credential and was not limited to usrclass.dat hive, any hive could be loaded using this vulnerability but you would need some brain cells to make the PoC do it.”

As Will Dormann, principal vulnerability analyst at Tharros, explained after testing the LegacyHive exploit, successful exploitation would allow non-admin users to modify the classes registry hive and gain automatic code execution when the admin account logs into a compromised system.

“For example, as a novelty, we can associate .txt files to open with calc.exe,” Dormann noted. “Clever attackers or people who want to accomplish something will easily be able to figure out how to do things that are more interesting and/or don’t even require user interaction.

One day after the PoC was released, cybersecurity expert Kevin Beaumont also confirmed that the exploit works and published LegacyHive exploitation detection queries for the Microsoft Defender for Endpoint (MDE) enterprise-grade endpoint security platform.

“Microsoft is aware of the reported vulnerability and is actively investigating the validity and potential applicability of these claims. Microsoft is committed to investigating security issues and updating impacted products to protect customers as soon as possible,” a Microsoft spokesperson told BleepingComputer today when asked for a statement regarding the LegacyHive exploit.

“Importantly, we support coordinated vulnerability disclosure, an industry standard that protects customers and supports the research community by ensuring their findings are thoroughly investigated and addressed before being made public.”

In recent months, Nightmare Eclipse has disclosed zero-day exploits for multiple Windows vulnerabilities in Microsoft Defender, BitLocker, and various Windows components, including RoguePlanet, BlueHammer, RedSun, YellowKey, GreenPlasma, MiniPlasma, and UnDefend.

Microsoft fixed the GreenPlasma, MiniPlasma, and YellowKey flaws last month as part of the June 2026 Patch Tuesday updates and the RoguePlanet vulnerability in the July security updates.

Microsoft responded to Nightmare Eclipse’s disclosures with warnings of legal action against people engaging in “malicious activity causing real harm to our customers,” prompting cybersecurity experts to believe the company was directly threatening the security researcher.

Update July 17, 10:05 EDT: Added Microsoft statement.

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Good morning! Let’s play Connections, the NYT’s clever word game that challenges you to group answers in various categories. It can be tough, so read on if you need Connections hints.

What should you do once you’ve finished? Why, play some more word games of course. I’ve also got daily Strands hints and answers and Quordle hints and answers articles if you need help for those too, while Marc’s Wordle today page covers the original viral word game.

SEGA and Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio just put out the first proper look at head-to-head combat in Virtua Fighter Crossroads, and the footage lands with real weight. The new VS Battle gameplay trailer, released earlier this week, shows two fighters trading blows in arenas that feel grounded and physical. Combos flow cleanly. Grabs snap into close camera angles that emphasize the struggle. Counters land with purpose. Finishers carry a sense of finality without overblown spectacle.

This is the traditional arcade mode that fans have been waiting for, and after months of story-focused announcements, many were wondering if the classic series would still be included. The answer appears to be yes, based on the footage. Crossroads is designed with Unreal Engine 5. It appears in the character faces, which are much more detailed and expressive than in prior games. The lighting reacts naturally to movement, and post-processing does not convert every punch into a flashy exhibition. As a result, the battle appears to be far more authentic than that of most modern fighters. The boxers move with weight, and their footwork is important. You must consider the distance and your position, as simply sidestepping and circling on a level plane will not enough.

Grabs, in which one combatant grabs onto another, receive special attention in Crossroads. When one fighter locks up another, the camera zooms in to show the hold and the other guy’s attempts to squirm free. It’s a minor detail, but it truly conveys the physicality of the fight, and as the bout ends, you get this nice animation that shows off the final strike. It’s not some cheap-sounding super move, because the emphasis is on timing, reads, and executing a flawless move. Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio has always stated that the competitive side is its own entity, and that remains true now. You can’t simply carry over your Story Mode stats into VS Battle because it’s purely a skill thing, and the controls have been designed with normal gamepads in mind, with a focus on simple inputs that nonetheless reward a thorough mastery of each character’s tools. It’s still all about technique, reading your opponent, and understanding your character inside and out.

The rest of the game is built on this basis, with the Story Mode following four new characters who meet in the fictional city of Vilasapara, Southeast Asia. You can explore the city, do side missions, and fight through massive multi-opponent brawls and set pieces. Old characters such as Pai Chan appear in both the tale and the competitive mode, while a new masked fighter known as the Bakunawa Killer is already regarded as a key player. The city itself has the lived-in vibe that Ryu Ga Gotoku is known for, and you can tell they spent a lot of effort making each section feel like a real place.

Crossroads is expected to be released in 2027. Platforms are still unclear, although the presentation suggests that it will be available on modern consoles and PC. There is no information yet on an exact release date. One thing we do know is that the competitive mode has received equal care and attention as the story mode.
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