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The GAO evaluated $110 billion of savings DOGE claimed on a website with its "Wall of Receipts" from cuts including federal contracts, grants and leases. The GAO said it found multiple "issues limiting the transparency and reliability of these reported savings." Including additional categories beyond contracts, grants, and leases, DOGE tallied $215 billion in cuts, the GAO said.

The findings further undercut claims by Musk and President Donald Trump that they have made meaningful cuts in government spending and call into question the effects of the DOGE effort that slashed federal spending with little notice to agencies and slashed hundreds of thousands of government jobs.

The GAO found that of the 13,476 contracts DOGE claimed it terminated, "no termination action" was taken on 2,503 of them. The report also noted DOGE had claimed $113 million in savings from cuts to 264 leases, but GAO found that information overstated the savings. The leases cut and referenced on DOGE's website "actually summed to $53.5 million" in savings, the report found. Of the 264 leases, about 108 were already in the termination process before DOGE was formed after Trump began his second term as president, the GAO report also said.

The report was requested last year by Sens. Gary Peters (D-Mich.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) who are, respectively, ranking members of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, and of the panel's investigations subcommittee.

The GAO is recommending that the DOGE website should prominently caution readers that the site has data-quality problems and other limitations and is therefore not a reliable source of information.

In their review, the GAO said it checked DOGE's Wall of Receipts claims about cut contracts, grants, and leases from Jan. 20, 2025, when Trump took office, through July 7, 2026, three days after DOGE announced on social media it had wound down. The GAO said it compared DOGE reporting to official data from publicly available federal databases.

The GAO said DOGE did not respond to the its requests for information and interviews.

"Everyone supports rooting out waste, fraud, and abuse in the federal government, but DOGE was a slapdash and deceptive effort that misled the American people while doing real damage to the government's ability to serve them," Peters said in a statement.

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The 19 new levels, which join two previous MachineGames expansions, see Quake's protagonist trapped in "a dimension of endless illusion." I'm most curious about some promised new weapon variants: "the Super Axe—unleashing lightning on successive strikes—and the Laser Cannon, firing ricocheting projectiles that tear through enemies from every angle."

The update also adds a gallery of archival material from Quake's development, including a handful of playable levels that were created early in development and never finished.

The creative process on display is decidedly relatable, with level names like "Tim" "Tim10A," and "Tim14," and notes like, "Lots of tight hallways make navigation tough, and similarly there are many dead ends that were not completed, so it is not entirely clear what the idea was."

The update was revealed at QuakeCon today in a panel which included id Software co-founder John Romero, who noted with laughter that the announcement was occurring not on the 30th anniversary of Quake, which released in June of 1996, but on the 30th anniversary of the day he left id Software.

Quake famously marked the end of an era for id: Romero, American McGee, Michael Abrash, Sandy Petersen and others left the company after its development. Petersen said recently that "Quake ruined id Software."

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But ruined or not, the studio carried on and released two of my favorite games, Quake 2 and 3, and everything else that came after, including the much lauded run of modern Doom games.

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Id now faces a new kind of adversity following substantial layoffs imposed by Microsoft as part of its plan to "reset" the Xbox business.

"This is certainly going to dampen the mood of the founder reunion at QuakeCon next month," id Software co-founder John Carmack said in reaction to the news.

Romero, John Carmack, Adrian Carmack, and Tom Hall are all scheduled to appear at a founders reunion panel on Saturday for "a rare conversation about the company's earliest days, and the friendships, challenges, and innovations that have forever changed gaming."

Tyler grew up in Silicon Valley during the '80s and '90s, playing games like Zork and Arkanoid on early PCs. He was later captivated by Myst, SimCity, Civilization, Command & Conquer, all the shooters they call "boomer shooters" now, and PS1 classic Bushido Blade (that's right: he had Bleem!). Tyler joined PC Gamer in 2011, and today he's focused on the site's news coverage. His hobbies include amateur boxing and adding to his 1,200-plus hours in Rocket League. %!s()

MotoGP is headed to Silverstone this weekend for the 2026 British Grand Prix. This will be the iconic English raceway’s 26th time hosting MotoGP.

At a Glance: How to Watch the British MotoGP

• Stream: DirecTV, YouTube TV, Fubo, Fox One
• TV channel: FS1
• Dates: Aug. 7-9, race on Sunday at 8 a.m. ET

Heading into the race, Aprilia’s Jorge Martín leads the championship with a 14-point edge over Trackhouse’s Ai Ogura and Ducati’s Marc Márquez, who extended his record with a 10th premier-class win at the German GP. Marco Bezzecchi is expected back after a collarbone fracture, while Fermín Aldeguer will be absent from the Gresini side, so it’s shaping up as a pivotal weekend in a tight title fight.

If you’re located in the U.S., read on for everything you need to know about where to stream the British MotoGP online.

How to Watch the British MotoGP Online for Free In the U.S.

MotoGP’s 2026 British Grand Prix will be broadcast in the U.S. on Fox Sports (FS1). If you don’t have a cable subscription, you’ll want to tune in using one of the streaming services listed below.

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DirecTV

➤ Five-day free trial
➤ $64.99/month
➤ Up to 185+ channels

FS1 is available in DirecTV’s MySports Genre Pack and all of its larger Signature Packages. These plans all start with a five-day free trial that you can use to get a free British MotoGP livestream. These packages start at $64.99 a month, but you’ll also get a discount on your first month after the free trial.

YouTube TV

➤ 7-21-day free trial
➤ $64.99/month
➤ Up to 100+ channels

Both of YouTube TV’s plans carry FS1 for a British MotoGP livestream. YouTube TV also offers a free trial between seven and 21 days — one of the most generous free trials of any streamer. After the trial, packages start at $54.99 for your first month and $64.99 a month thereafter.

Fubo

➤ Five-day free trial
➤ $64.99/month (First month)
➤ Up to 300+ channels

Fubo carries FS1 in all of its plans (except the Latino package), and you get a five-day free trial to start. After the trial, pricing starts at $64.99 a month, but you’ll also get a discount on your first month.

Fox One

➤ $19.99/month
➤ Free trial
➤ Includes FS1 and Fox Deportes

Fans can also livestream the British MotoGP on Fox One. The Fox streaming service starts with a three-day free trial and costs $19.99 a month after the trial ends.

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The 2026 British MotoGP will run Friday, Aug. 7 through Sunday, Aug. 9. Sunday’s race will take place at 8 a.m. ET. %!s()

"Put your phone down," one of the members bellows. Piercing screams erupt. A sea of illuminated screens flickers back.

"I told you, put your phone down," he repeats, louder this time.

Some fans do just that, but the packed stadium vibrates harder with cheers as thousands of phones stay in the air.

It's hard to say how serious this theatrical command is.

"Put your phone down" is also the name of Cortis's ongoing concert tour, which started in Incheon on 18 July and will head to cities like New York and Los Angeles before returning to Seoul later this month.

The refrain reflects a message the band has long pushed: that fans should stop watching concerts through six-inch screens and engage with their performances in real life.

It's drawn mixed reactions from their fandom: fan-filmed content is a valuable social currency in K-pop.

Park Ji-yeon, for one, could not bring herself to stop recording Cortis's performances. The 22-year-old had specially rented a new, top-tier smartphone for both days of the Cortis concert just so she could film in the highest quality.

"I was standing right at the front, and I couldn't bring myself to put my phone down because I don't know if I'll ever get this opportunity again," she tells the BBC.

"I usually film concerts because I know a lot of those memories will fade as soon as I leave the venue."

While fans like Park continued to film, some heeded the band's call. Kim Ga-eun, 25, who was seated in the amphitheatre-style venue, saw it all.

"People in the back of the standing section were having a great time dancing together. I thought that really reflected the intention behind the concert," she says.

Cortis has had a whirlwind year since debuting last year under record label BigHit Music - part of the company that created pop sensation BTS. Most of its members are teenagers. The oldest of the group, James, is just 20 years old.

Their music videos have each amassed millions of views. Over the weekend they performed at Lollapalooza, the famed music festival in Chicago.

The band's name, Cortis, is derived from the phrase "colour outside the lines", which according to their record label is meant to encapsulate the band's free spirit and refusal to conform to societal rules - which, in this case, appears to include telling fans to resist the temptation of the phone camera.

They join a prominent wave of artists around the world who have been advocating the same.

Singers like Phoebe Bridgers and Alicia Keys have required their concert attendees to use lock pouches - sealed bags that allow people to hold on to their phones without being able to access them.

Few have gone as far as British rock group Suede, whose frontman Brett Anderson leapt over a barricade during a 2023 performance in Singapore to grab at fans' phones.

Billie Eilish, who has defended filming as a way for fans to relive precious memories after a show, gently cooed to her front row audience during a performance in Amsterdam: "Put your phone down, I'm right here."

Even BTS, K-pop's golden boys, have made similar requests. "Stop looking at your phone screen. Just look at me," BTS member Jungkook teased the audience at one concert.

"From the artists' perspective, interacting with fans is a really important part of performing, so I think they want people to focus more on that than on their phones," Park says of Cortis's anti-mobile rallying cry.

After all, fancams - zoomed-in videos focusing on a single celebrity - are a prized currency in K-pop communities. Once shared online, people meticulously study the choreography in them and delight in catching subtle movements and expressions by their favourite band members. These clips live on as fodder for collective swooning and fan-made montages.

And this is why Cortis's incessant calls to for people to put their phones down have rubbed some the wrong way - in a fan culture that's obsessed with capturing every moment. After the first day of their concert, disgruntled comments emerged online among fans.

"I spent over one million won ($700; £520) attending both days," Park says, referring to the sum of not just concert tickets but also additional expenses like transport and accommodation.

"I think a lot of fans spent similar amounts of money, so constantly hearing them asking us to put our phones down made some fans even more frustrated."

These murmurs appear to have reached Cortis, who fans say dialled down their message on the second day of the concert.

"On the first day, the message felt more like, 'Let's put our phones down and have fun together.' On the second day, it changed slightly to, 'We understand why you want to film, so let's just make sure we enjoy ourselves together,'" Kim recalls.

"They said filming was okay, but they wanted us to enjoy the concert together, and that 'Put Your Phone Down' was more of a mindset." %!s()

The 23-year-old wing struck twice before the interval and once after the break as Hull snapped a seven-match losing streak in Super League.

The defeat leaves injury-depleted Saints, who have never failed to qualify for the Super League play-offs, looking like missing out in seventh place with five games remaining.

After last week's loss at York Knights, a home defeat against the league's second bottom side - in which they missed 49 tackles - was little short of calamitous.

It was only Hull's second away win in Super League this season and moved them above Bradford Bulls into 12th place. It was fully deserved after a dominant second half that blew a fragile Saints away.

St Helens, whose chairman Eamonn McManus confirmed before kick-off that the search for a successor to head coach Paul Rowley had been narrowed down to a "four- or five-man" shortlist, took the lead inside two minutes through left wing Lewis Murphy.

But Hull, without the injured Davy Litten, who has been linked with a move to Wakefield Trinity, hit back with Barron's first try.

The visitors went close twice through the power of Herman Ese'ese but there was no denying wing Lewis Martin, back from a concussion issue that sidelined him for four weeks, who stepped inside Jack Welsby in the 25th minute to give the visitors the lead.

Welsby scorched in from George Whitby's inside pass in the 33rd minute, but Barron went over for his second try with the last play of the half from a chip by Aidan Sezer to tie the scores at the break. And the wing completed his hat-trick seven minutes after the break from Zak Hardaker's pass to give Hull the lead.

Three minutes later Cade Cust went over from dummy half to leave the ten-times Super League champions reeling.

Harry Robertson's try for Saints was chalked off for obstruction and Hardaker's converted penalty following a high tackle by Daniel Suluka-Fifita on Cust put Hull out of range.

Robertson did win a chip and chase to score with eight minutes left but former Saint James Bell picked off an interception try at the death to rub salt into the home side's wounds.

To add to their woes, Saints lost Whitby, who was returning from knee surgery, to a separate knee problem in the second half.

St Helens interim head coach Eamon O'Carroll told BBC Radio Merseyside:

"There were far too many times when we were shooting ourselves in the foot and putting some pressure on ourselves. We're clearly not at that level at the moment where we seem to handle that the way we'd like to or how we have in the past.

"We've got some young boys in there who may have got exposed at times. They will be better for this experience - I'm really proud of the young lads - but at the minute we seem to be swapping one of our younger lads for another younger lad.

"We're then automatically asking a lot of some of our senior boys.

"I think you can see where we are at with that at the minute."

[On play-off qualification] "It's going to be a difficult one for us to achieve, but it's not unachievable."

Hull FC interim head coach Andy Last told Sky Sports:

'It feels absolutely fantastic. I just want to dedicate that to the supporters who have stuck by us and turned up in big numbers. It was great to get a win for them.

"There were some parts of the performance I was really pleased with and some parts of the game we still need to improve [such as] individuals' decision-making, but I'm not going to take anything away from tonight.

"To get a win at St Helens, I'm really, really pleased.'

St Helens: Welsby; Douglas, Sailor, Davies, Murphy; Robertson, Hastings; Suluka-Fifita, Humphreys, Walmsley, Keeley, Wright, Shorrocks.

Interchanges: Host, Whitby, Evans, Matagi.

Hull FC: Moy; Barron, Hardaker, Briscoe, Martin; Arthur, Sezer; Ese'ese, Bourouh, Hill, Batchelor, O'Neill, Bell.

Interchanges: Cust, Aydin, Romano, Wood.

Referee: Liam Rush. %!s()