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Tecno unveils bezel-free concept phone ahead of IFA
Tecno, a budget smartphone brand affiliated with Itel and Infinix, has unveiled the Bezelless, a concept phone with no visible screen bezel at all, ahead of its debut at the IFA trade show in Berlin. The Verge’s reviewer was sent a prototype and found that the 6.78-inch, 144Hz OLED display genuinely runs edge-to-edge, with no…
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ChatGPT, Grok, and Claude all went down at the same time
ChatGPT, Grok and Claude all came back online after suffering near-simultaneous outages on Thursday, briefly leaving users of three of the world’s leading AI chatbots unable to access them at once. OpenAI, Anthropic and xAI each resolved their respective issues within a few hours, though it remains unclear whether the disruptions were in any way…
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Man and woman charged over death of boy, 12, ‘murdered by 15-year-old who mowed him down in car and then punched and kicked him on floor after he was caught on private property’
Two more people have been charged in connection with the death of 12-year-old Bobby Bloomfield, who died after being struck by a car in Pilgrims Hatch, near Brentwood, Essex, on 7 June. Essex Police said William Lunnon, 65, has been charged with perverting the course of justice, while Ruth Lunnon, 65, both of Ashwells Road,…
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Poet laureate Armitage examines mortality in New Cemetery audiobook
Poet laureate Simon Armitage’s audiobook New Cemetery reflects on the creation of a burial ground near his Huddersfield home during the Covid lockdown, using the site’s construction as a prompt for meditations on mortality, memory and family. Rather than object like some neighbours, Armitage welcomed the development, reasoning that the dead make quiet and permanent…
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MS NOW adds Lovett or Leave It to Saturday schedule
MS NOW is deepening its partnership with Crooked Media by adding the political comedy programme Lovett or Leave It to its Saturday night television schedule from 12 September. Hosted by former Obama speechwriter and Pod Save America co-host Jon Lovett, the show will air at 11pm, immediately after the channel’s existing Crooked Media podcast block,…
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King Charles voices concern over worsening US-Iran conflict to Pakistani mediator
King Charles was overheard in a hot mic moment expressing private concerns that the US-Iran conflict, now in its seventh month, is worsening. He made the remark to Mohsin Naqvi, chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board and Pakistan’s Interior Minister, who is also leading negotiations between Washington and Tehran, while hosting the Pakistan cricket team…
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Andoni Iraola defends transfer strategy and reveals Liverpool turned down options
Liverpool head coach Andoni Iraola has defended the club’s summer transfer business, insisting the priority was signing the best available players rather than filling every specific positional gap. Liverpool recorded the Premier League’s highest net spend but ended the window without a new right back, defensive midfielder or specialist right-winger, prompting scrutiny of the approach;…
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Loan stars: Premier League youngsters to watch in the EFL
The Guardian profiles nine young Premier League players who have been loaned out to English Football League clubs this season, highlighting their progress and potential. – Stockport’s 18-year-old goalkeeper Whatmuff, tipped for the top after earning promotion with Rochdale and touring with Manchester City’s squad alongside Gianluigi Donnarumma. – Winger Iling-Junior, 22, who has moved…
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‘Uber rapture’ leaves passengers and drivers behind in Nigeria and Uganda
Uber has abruptly shut down its ride-hailing service in Nigeria and Uganda, with some users and drivers reportedly left mid-journey when the app cut out, prompting online jokes about an “Uber rapture.” The company gave notice on 2 September that the service would end that same day, offering little warning to customers, drivers or staff…