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Apple’s new CEO unveils foldable iPhone Ultra in September
Apple is set to hold its “Surprise and shine” launch event on 9 September, led for the first time by new chief executive John Ternus, with the iPhone Ultra – rumoured to be the company’s first foldable phone – expected to be the headline reveal. The event marks a notable moment for Apple, coming just…
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Wife of top ex-Biden advisor easily advances to House showdown in November
Rep. Maggie Goodlander, a New Hampshire Democrat married to former Biden national security adviser Jake Sullivan, comfortably won her primary and will now face a Republican challenger in November’s general election. The result sets up a contest in a district that has reliably backed Democrats for over a decade, in a state where Republicans have…
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The iconic 1984 movie Charlie Sheen wishes he hadn’t turned down: “I’ve never been more wrong”
Charlie Sheen has revealed his biggest career regret: turning down the lead male role in Wes Craven’s 1984 horror classic A Nightmare on Elm Street. He rejected the part after meeting Craven, telling him he didn’t believe audiences would take to the character of Freddy Krueger, a decision Sheen now admits was badly wrong given…
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Tiafoe consoles tearful Michelsen after remarkable US Open comeback
Frances Tiafoe fought back from two sets down to beat fellow American Alex Michelsen in a dramatic five-set quarter-final, sealing his place in the US Open semi-finals. The eleventh seed’s turnaround was particularly remarkable given Michelsen served for the match in the third set, and the emotional aftermath saw Tiafoe consoling his tearful opponent at…
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Caroline Bienstock, Former President/CEO of Carlin Music, Dies at 68
Caroline Bienstock, the former president and CEO of independent music publisher Carlin Music, has died in New York on 1 September after a long illness, aged 68. She led the company for decades, including through its roughly $250 million sale to Round Hill Music in 2017, and was a prominent figure in the American music…
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US bans Canadian dairy, alcohol and motorcycles as trade war with longtime ally escalates
The White House announced a ban on Canadian dairy products, most alcoholic beverages and motorcycles, escalating the trade war between the United States and Canada. The move came after Canada imposed retaliatory tariffs worth $20bn on US imports, and Donald Trump also barred Canadian products from large, long-term US government contracts until Canada offers “full…
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Glamorous mom walked down aisle with doting restaurateur son at his lavish Lake Como wedding… months later, she bled out on his apartment floor as he clenched the murder weapon, police say
A Miami restaurant manager has been arrested on suspicion of murdering his mother, whom he had walked down the aisle at his lavish wedding on Italy’s Lake Como only months earlier. Stefano Cremasco Cicero, 36, is accused of fatally stabbing his mother, Isabel Cicero Chavez, inside his 47th-floor Miami apartment, before being found in the…
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SteelSeries Aeon Pro Review So Far
IGN’s ongoing review of the SteelSeries Aeon Pro highlights it as one of the most advanced game controllers on the market, headlined by an “infinite battery” system borrowed from SteelSeries’s Arctis Nova Pro headsets. Rather than charging via cable, the controller uses two swappable batteries, allowing users to pop out a depleted one and replace…
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OpenAI admits it cannot exclude rivals’ research from Navier-Stokes proof
OpenAI has claimed a solution to the Navier-Stokes problem, one of the seven unsolved Millennium Prize Problems, but has been unable to fully dispel concerns that its work drew on unpublished research from a rival team. The dispute centres on New York University mathematician Tristan Buckmaster and Anthropic researcher Levent Alpöge, who published their own…
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Affleck’s gothic Company receives rapturous reception at Venice premiere
Casey Affleck’s gothic thriller “Company” received a four-minute standing ovation at its Venice Film Festival premiere on Tuesday night, marking a triumphant showing for a director whose career had largely stalled following past misconduct allegations. Affleck wrote and directed the film, which was produced by his brother Ben Affleck’s company Artist Equity and is now…