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Chaos abroad, controversy at home: Laos poisoning fury, Rohingya boats missing, Trump’s China voter claim
Australia has summoned Laos’s ambassador after minor charges over methanol deaths, hundreds of Rohingya refugees are missing at sea, and Pauline Hanson and Donald Trump have made fresh controversial claims; also India’s cinema boom, Taco Bell’s lettuce recall, Sienna Spiro’s chart triumph and Jerry Rice’s golf-cours…
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Even Microsoft couldn’t make Windows 11 work well on 8GB of RAM
Last year, Microsoft’s 13-inch Surface Laptop quickly became one of my favorite thin-and-light Windows notebooks. At $900, it was easy to recommend to anyone wanting MacBook Air-like build quality and battery life on Windows – I even convinced my sister to buy one on sale. But that was last year. This year, thanks to RAMageddon,…
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Villanelle talk new music and huge plans for 2027: “Some might say we are locked in”
Grunge four-piece Villanelle have told NME they feel more “locked in” as a band than ever, with new music on the way and big ambitions for 2027. Speaking backstage at Mad Cool 2026, frontman Gene Gallagher and bandmates described a breakout year of festival slots and touring that has left them feeling part of a…
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State Department fires back after Walz doubles down on pardon of convicted child rapist
The US State Department has publicly criticised Minnesota Governor Tim Walz after he defended his pardon of a convicted child rapist who was also an illegal immigrant, reigniting controversy over the decision. The dispute highlights ongoing tensions between the Trump administration and Democratic officials over immigration enforcement and criminal justice, with critics accusing Walz of…
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Netflix Says Part Of Its Games Business Is Up 600%, But It’s Still Early Days
Netflix says its games division is showing early signs of growth, particularly in cloud-based television games and children’s mobile titles. The results matter because they suggest the streaming company’s gaming strategy may be gaining traction after earlier uncertainty, although Netflix stresses that the business remains small and experimental relative to its wider content spending. The…
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Claims about GTA 6 pre-orders are incorrect and “absurd”, analyst firm says, but it’s still had the “strongest pre-order campaign ever recorded”
Analyst firm Newzoo has pushed back on viral social media claims that GTA 6 pre-orders have already exceeded $1bn, calling the figure “absurd” and impossible given typical pre-order patterns some 21 weeks before launch. The clarification matters because it corrects an inflated narrative while still confirming that Rockstar’s forthcoming sandbox game is on track to…
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The Hunt for Gollum is being criticised for its all-white cast. Blaming Tolkien is the wrong answer
The Lord of the Rings author’s debt to Norse mythology is simply irrelevant when it comes to the appearance of hobbits and elves on screen today Casting has come a long way since the early 1980s when it was somehow still acceptable to sign up Max von Sydow to play Ming the Merciless in Flash…
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A24 Is Reportedly Copyright-Striking Backrooms Content It Doesn’t Own
A24 has reportedly been issuing copyright strikes against independent artists and developers who have created content inspired by the “Backrooms”, the eerie liminal-space internet phenomenon that the studio adapted into a film. Because the Backrooms originated as collaborative online folklore rather than a piece of owned intellectual property, many affected creators and observers have questioned…
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Is wind power partly to blame for near-blackouts? Experts say increasing reliance on Net Zero energy could leave UK’s energy security at risk
The article’s headline raises the question of whether the UK’s growing reliance on wind power and other Net Zero energy sources could be contributing to recent near-blackout incidents, citing unnamed experts who warn this shift may pose risks to national energy security. However, the article text supplied does not contain the actual body content of…