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Bodegas revolt over Mamdani’s $70M government owned supermarkets even as other blue cities eye copycats
New York City’s independent grocery stores and bodegas are suing Mayor Zohran Mamdani over his plan for city-backed, government-owned supermarkets, arguing the scheme unfairly undercuts small businesses he had earlier pledged to support. The Multicultural Business Coalition, representing immigrant-owned grocers and bodegas, filed suit in New York County Supreme Court claiming the plan breaches state…
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What are the downsides of a mini PC?
Engadget has published a guide to the drawbacks of mini PCs, the compact desktop machines from brands such as Geekom, Beelink and Minisforum that have grown popular as alternatives to full-size towers and laptops. While their small footprint and surprisingly strong performance are the main selling points, that same compactness creates two lasting problems: very…
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Mother, 31, and one of her toddler twin daughters both killed after being struck by lightning during Florida thunderstorm
A 31-year-old mother, Kenya Glasgow, and her two-year-old daughter Kennedi died after being struck by lightning while walking in Margate, near Fort Lauderdale, Florida, during a thunderstorm on Sunday. The tragedy has devastated the family, with Kenya’s husband Kam Glasgow publicly mourning the loss of his “best friend” and noting that their surviving twin daughter,…
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Apple’s four-pack of second-gen AirTags is $20 off
Apple’s four-pack of second-generation AirTags has dropped to $79 (from $99) at Amazon and Target, marking the bundle’s lowest price yet. This makes it cheaper per unit than buying individually, where a single AirTag currently costs $24, and comes as a surprise given that discounts of this size typically took longer to reach the first-generation…
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Nato missile boost for Ukraine, US financial offensive against Iran, Fed chair faces Jackson Hole test
Andy Burnham has pledged British support for Ukraine’s missile ambitions in Kyiv, whilst Washington threatens Iran’s trading partners and new Fed chair Kevin Warsh braces for a critical Jackson Hole address amid inflation fears.
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The biggest downsides to using a digital car key
Digital car keys, which let drivers lock, unlock and sometimes start a vehicle using a smartphone, are becoming increasingly common but carry risks alongside their convenience. As with any connected technology, users face potential issues such as a dead or lost phone, app malfunctions or server outages, though manufacturers have built in safeguards to address…
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AI vendors are turning to custom hardware as Microsoft winds back the clock on Windows
A Register podcast episode discusses two parallel shifts: AI vendors increasingly moving beyond Nvidia’s GPUs towards alternative datacentre silicon, and Microsoft finally loosening long-standing restrictions in Windows 11. Register Systems Editor Tobias Mann explains why companies are turning to chipmakers such as Cerebras and Marvell to handle inference workloads, and why Waymo is developing custom…
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Marching in the Dark review – rural Indian widows show stunning resilience as they battle poverty and taboos
Kinshuk Surjan’s documentary Marching in the Dark examines the plight of widowed women in rural Maharashtra, India’s state with the highest rate of farmer suicides, where more than 400,000 farmers have taken their own lives over the past two decades amid crippling debt and poor crop prices. The film focuses on how bereavement compounds these…
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Fears over surge in ‘garden grabbing’ as Angela Rayner waters down rules on building new homes on existing plots
Housing Secretary Angela Rayner has relaxed English planning rules to make it easier to build new homes on existing plots, including in private gardens, prompting warnings from critics of a surge in so-called “garden grabbing”. The change forms part of Labour’s drive to hit its target of 1.5 million new homes by 2029, but opponents…