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Pokémon TCG: Pitch Black Booster Bundle Preorders Are Back in Stock, and Under Market Price
Amazon has restocked preorders of the Pokémon TCG Booster Bundle for the upcoming Mega Evolution expansion, Pitch Black, priced at $57.92 — below the roughly $70 market price seen on resale sites such as TCGplayer and eBay. The set releases on 17 July 2026, and IGN’s commerce editor flags the deal as a good chance…
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Ministers plan legally binding debt targets for England’s water companies
Ministers are drawing up plans to impose legally binding debt targets on England’s water companies for the first time, in an effort to prevent further corporate failures of the kind facing Thames Water. The environment secretary, Emma Reynolds, is developing proposals that would compel firms to keep their borrowing below set levels or face legal…
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Microsoft cuts 136 of id Software’s 185 staff as Carmack voices regret
Microsoft has reportedly cut a large share of the workforce at id Software, the storied studio behind franchises such as Doom and Quake, eliminating 136 of its 185 staff. The scale of the reduction — roughly three-quarters of the team — marks a dramatic contraction for one of the most influential names in video game…
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French billionaire becomes Vodafone’s largest shareholder with £4.4bn stake
French telecoms billionaire Xavier Niel has become Vodafone’s largest shareholder after buying a 16% stake for £4.4bn through his family investment vehicle, Vega. The shares were acquired from the Emirati group e&, which sold its entire holding at 112.5p a share, and Niel paid a 15% premium to Vodafone’s Thursday closing price. The move matters…
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Like a cheat code for your car: We investigate ECU tuning
Ars Technica investigates the evolution of aftermarket ECU (electronic control unit) tuning, drawing on interviews with engineers at Alabama-based Audi Performance & Racing (APR). The piece charts how extracting extra horsepower and torque from an engine — once a hands-on mechanical craft — became a rapid software operation, while paradoxically growing harder as manufacturers make…
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Arsenal hail signing of ‘winner’ Ona Batlle after Barcelona summer exodus
Arsenal Women have confirmed the free-transfer signing of Spain full-back Ona Batlle following her departure from Barcelona, marking their fourth acquisition of a busy summer window. The 27-year-old, who can play at either right-back or left-back, joins a club that is understood to have prioritised concluding much of its transfer business early, having already brought…
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Polestar owners left ‘holding the bag’ after EV brand pulls out of the US
Polestar has announced it will stop selling its electric vehicles in the United States from the 2027 model year, leaving thousands of existing owners and dozens of dealers uncertain about servicing, software updates, warranties and resale values. The withdrawal follows the federal government’s refusal to authorise continued sales under a rule banning vehicles with connected-vehicle…
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Nike Releases New Limited-Edition Air Jordan 7 Retro ‘Miró’ Sneakers: Here’s Where To Buy a Pair Online
Nike is re-releasing its limited-edition Air Jordan 7 Retro “Miró” sneakers, a shoe that traces its heritage to Michael Jordan’s appearance with the US “Dream Team” at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Olympics. The design nods to the Spanish painter and sculptor Joan Miró i Ferrà, having first appeared as a colourway in 2008 to mark…
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Bethesda union staff to march outside studios over Xbox layoffs: ‘The company wants us to accept this as a done deal and quietly disappear’
“We need to show management right now that we mean business.”
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The Week: Graham Platner’s Downfall