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Harry Styles has been given a gold Blue Peter badge
Harry Styles has been awarded a gold Blue Peter badge by the long-running BBC children’s programme in recognition of his record-breaking run of concerts at Wembley Stadium. The ‘As It Was’ singer broke the record for the longest residency by a musician at the venue with his 12th show on 4 July, and presenter Shini…
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Microsoft Layoffs Cut id Software’s Game Pitches, Including Perfect Dark Reboot and John Wick-Inspired Cyberpunk Title
Microsoft’s recent mass layoffs impacted id Software with approximately 136 job cuts, affecting the Doom developer as the team was finalising downloadable content for Doom: The Dark Ages. Prior to the redundancies, the s
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Bonnie Tyler, only Welsh artist to top the US charts, dies aged 75
Bonnie Tyler, the Welsh singer celebrated for her gravelly voice and the 1983 power ballad “Total Eclipse of the Heart,” has died at the age of 75. Her death marks the loss of one of the defining vocalists of 1980s pop and a figure of particular note in Welsh music, as she remains the only…
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‘Thank you again rural Walmart’: Redditor picks up 32 GB of memory for $50, twice
A Reddit user has claimed to buy 32 GB of computer memory for around $50 at a rural Walmart store, and then repeated the feat a second time, prompting an article celebrating the unexpected bargain. The story matters because RAM prices have been climbing sharply, so finding sizeable, cheap memory in an unlikely place —…
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What a clusterpuck! Race to parody hockey hit Heated Rivalry results in multiple musicals
The Canadian-set “horny hockey” TV series Heated Rivalry, adapted by Jacob Tierney from Rachel Reid’s Game Changers novels, has become such a hit that it has inspired an unusual glut of comedy stage spoofs — four musical parodies are appearing this summer, with three of them heading to the Edinburgh fringe. The rush reflects both…
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Payloads used to dictate the terms of launch. That’s finally changing.
For decades, rocket designers built their vehicles to match whatever the satellite industry needed, but that relationship is now reversing as SpaceX’s Starship — capable of lifting more than 100 metric tons (220,000 pounds) to low-Earth orbit — comes into view. The article argues that the arrival of abundant super-heavy-lift launch capacity in 2026 is…
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Dr Oz links obesity to chronic disease surge, says GLP-1s can ‘jumpstart’ better health
Dr Mehmet Oz, administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), has publicly endorsed the use of GLP-1 weight-loss drugs such as Ozempic as a way to tackle obesity and the chronic illnesses it drives. Speaking to Fox News Digital at the Great American State Fair in Washington DC on 6 July, he…
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Nigel Farage to trigger Clacton by-election with Count Binface as main rival
The Daily Mail’s “Poll of the Day” invites readers to vote on whether Nigel Farage will beat the novelty candidate Count Binface in a forthcoming Clacton by-election, framing the contest as a light-hearted test of the Reform UK leader’s standing in his own constituency. The article suggests the by-election is set to be triggered and…