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Gamescom unveils Gears of War and Final Fantasy previews
Gamescom’s Opening Night Live, hosted by Geoff Keighley, wrapped up a two-hour showcase featuring major reveals across gaming’s biggest franchises, including Gears of War: E-Day, Silent Hill: Townfall, and a Final Fantasy VII Revelation trailer spotlighting the game’s giant “Weapons” bosses. The Witcher 3 also featured prominently, with CD Projekt Red confirming a free Remastered…
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Windows XP was released to manufacturing a quarter of a century ago
Microsoft’s Windows XP reached its 25th anniversary of being released to manufacturing on 24 August 2001, marking the moment the company finally merged its consumer and business operating system lines under the Windows NT codebase. XP replaced Windows ME for home users and Windows 2000 for professionals, offering far greater stability than its predecessors along…
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Fox News host explodes at Michigan’s Democrat sweetheart as he asks shockingly personal question during debate over trans surgeries for children
Fox News host Jesse Watters was left visibly stunned live on air after Michigan Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed asked him whether he was circumcised, during a heated clash over whether children should be able to access gender transition surgery. The remark came as Watters pressed El-Sayed, a Detroit-born doctor and former public health official,…
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Where to preorder the updated Mac Mini and Mac Studio
Apple has unveiled new M6 and M5 Ultra processors alongside updated Mac Mini and Mac Studio desktops, now available for preorder ahead of most configurations shipping from 22 September 2026. The refreshed line-up focuses on AI performance and improved connectivity, arriving just weeks before Apple’s usual autumn iPhone event, and represents the first processor upgrade…
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Pie adds community hubs to expand beyond event planning
Pie, the social app founded by Bonobos co-founder Andy Dunn, has launched a new “communities” feature that shifts the platform away from being purely an events app and towards a fuller social network. The update, called Community Homes, gives users permanent digital spaces for their social groups, positioning Pie as an alternative to group texts…
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Stalker with ‘sexual interest’ in Billie Piper who bombarded her with messages after meeting her 20 years ago is jailed again for breaching restraining order
Philip Jerome, a 49-year-old man from Winchester with an “obsessive” and “sexual interest” in actress Billie Piper, has been jailed for 12 months at Basingstoke Magistrates’ Court for breaching a restraining order by posting AI-generated images of her online. He made 11 posts on X over the course of a month in December 2025, including…
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Moment ‘machete brawl’ erupts in broad daylight – as two men arrested and three are injured
Two men have been arrested after a fight involving a machete broke out in broad daylight in Truro, Cornwall, leaving three people injured. Armed police were called to Calenick Street at around 1.45pm on Monday, and bystander footage appeared to show a man wielding a long-bladed weapon attacking another before a second man was seen…
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Chinese artist Gao Zhen jailed over Mao sculptures
Gao Zhen, a Chinese artist known for provocative sculptures of Mao Zedong, has been sentenced to three years in prison in China after being convicted of slandering the country’s “heroes and martyrs”. The verdict, handed down two years after his detention, has drawn international condemnation because the artworks in question were created more than a…
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DR MARTIN SCURR: Why this apparent ‘epidemic’ of depression is so worrying
Writing in the Daily Mail, GP columnist Dr Martin Scurr responds to new figures showing that as many as one in seven people in England are now taking antidepressants, a sharp rise he says he has witnessed first-hand since starting out as a doctor. He argues this apparent “epidemic” of depression is concerning for two…