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The heartbreaking reason why missing mum’s family fear foul play after she vanished following the birth of her beloved baby boy: ‘She wouldn’t abandon her sister’

  • New mum Jana Armstrong, 30, missing in Toowoomba since 7 July.
  • Family reject mental-health claims, fearing foul play instead.
  • Her car was found nearby; forensics searched her home.

New mother Jana Armstrong, 30, has gone missing in Queensland, Australia, and her friends and family have publicly rejected suggestions that she may have harmed herself while suffering from post-natal depression. They insist she would never willingly abandon her family, pointing in particular to her devotion to her…

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Xbox CEO Joins Fed’s Task Force To Help With Price Stability And Employment After She Raised Xbox Prices And Laid Of Staff

  • Xbox CEO Sarah Bond reportedly joins a Federal Reserve task force.
  • The role concerns price stability and employment.
  • Article body was inaccessible; summary drawn from the headline only.

Xbox chief executive Sarah Bond has reportedly been appointed to a US Federal Reserve task force focused on price stability and employment, according to the article's headline. The move has drawn attention because it comes after she oversaw price increases on Xbox hardware and a round of staff…

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“The Baphomet statue from The Number Of The Beast is huge – you can sit on its lap like it’s Christmas and he’s Santa Claus!”: Iron Maiden have thrown open their archives for their Eddfest museum – and it looks incredible

Iron Maiden are staging Eddfest, and alongside the music the event features the Infinite Dreams Experience, an on-site display of props and memorabilia drawn from the band's 50-year history. The exhibition matters because it gives fans a rare chance to see stage items up close, many of which…

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Prepare for GTA 6 by Robbing an Art Gallery in GTA Online on PS5 Next Week

  • GTA Online's Kortz Center Heist arrives 14th July on PS5 and PS4.
  • Requires a Mansion upgraded with the new Art Studio extension.
  • Discounts and bonus cash on offer for early log-ins.

Rockstar Games is set to release a new major update for GTA Online titled the Kortz Center Heist, arriving as early as 14th July on PS5 and PS4, with free next-gen upgrades already available. Positioned as a way for players to occupy themselves ahead of GTA 6's release…

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Is Microsoft Teams really going to start tracking employee locations?

  • Microsoft Teams' new Workplace Check-in auto-detects staff location via Wi-Fi.
  • It is opt-in, but critics doubt consent is truly voluntary.
  • Privacy fears grow amid strict return-to-office mandates.

Microsoft has officially rolled out a new "Workplace Check-in" feature for Teams that can automatically update an employee's work location using Wi-Fi networks or desk peripheral connections. Although the feature is off by default and requires both admin enablement and employee consent, the article argues that "voluntary" opt-in…

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The bulging in-tray of challenges Andy Burnham faces upon entering No 10

  • Burnham is set to become PM within two weeks, inheriting Starmer's unfinished agenda.
  • Welfare, defence funding, tax and immigration top his crowded in-tray.
  • A high-stakes first meeting with Trump looms, possibly at November's G20.

Andy Burnham is expected to become prime minister within a fortnight, having promised to reshape Labour's agenda and deliver improvements across the whole of the UK. However, this Guardian analysis argues he will inherit a daunting set of unresolved problems from his predecessor Keir Starmer, spanning welfare, defence,…

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Xbox confirms there isn’t just “1 person left in Texas” working on id Software’s engine following mass layoffs, but “dozens” across “multiple locations”

Xbox has moved to reassure fans over the future of id Software's technology following a wave of mass layoffs across Microsoft's gaming division. The company confirmed that development of id Tech, the engine behind franchises such as Doom, is not being left to a skeleton crew, directly rebutting…

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The Batman Part II rumours hint he’s flying into even darker and weirder territory

  • The Batman Part II may go darker with the Court of Owls.
  • Sebastian Stan rumoured to play killer Victor Zsasz, not Two-Face.
  • Barry Keoghan's Joker could appear, mostly confined to Arkham.

Fresh rumours around Matt Reeves' The Batman Part II suggest the sequel may lean further into the strange, grim tone of the 2022 original rather than settling into a more conventional Gotham of mobsters and crooked lawyers. Industry commentator Jeff Sneider reports that the main antagonist could be…

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Garfield Kart slams Nintendo over Mario Kart Tour shutdown, jokingly takes its place as the “better” racing game: “We will not randomly kill your game license”

The developer of Garfield Kart has publicly needled Nintendo following the news that Mario Kart Tour is being wound down, cheekily positioning its own feline-themed racer as the "better" alternative that will always remain playable. The jab plays on a wider frustration among gamers about publishers pulling the…

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