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Apple adds AI listening to new Watch, promises privacy safeguards
Apple has set out how its new Audio Intelligence features on the Apple Watch Series 12 and Ultra 4 are designed to protect user privacy, following concerns about the “ambient listening” capabilities unveiled at its iPhone Duo launch event. The company says raw microphone audio is processed entirely within a hardware-isolated “Secure Exclave” on the…
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Champions League roundup: Raphinha shines as Barcelona thrash Feyenoord
Raphinha responded to his Ballon d’Or shortlist snub by scoring twice as Barcelona routed Feyenoord 5-1 in the Champions League at a rain-soaked Camp Nou, while Paris Saint-Germain thrashed Slovan Bratislava 6-1 thanks to a Ferran Torres hat-trick, with both results keeping their European campaigns on track early in the league phase. Elsewhere in the…
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Wanderburg, a bullet heaven where you drive around a Frankensteinian hybrid of a castle and a tank, is out in early access today
Wanderburg, a roguelike “bullet heaven” game from developer Randwerk, has launched into early access on Steam. Its distinguishing feature is a modular vehicle that combines a medieval castle with a tank, which players customise and upgrade as they progress, offering a fresh spin on a genre popularised by Vampire Survivors. Players start with a basic…
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The forgotten 1950s genre the Grateful Dead wanted to bring back: “Their style was fading”
An article traces the origins of the Grateful Dead’s genre-blending style to the influences Bob Weir and Jerry Garcia bonded over before the band existed, most notably 1950s jug band music and the harmony-driven rock of the Everly Brothers. Weir has said the pair deliberately modelled themselves on the Everly Brothers, whose gentler, harmony-rich take…
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Verge staffers react to the iPhone Duo: What we love and don’t love
Apple has unveiled its first foldable phone, the iPhone Duo, prompting The Verge’s staff to share their first impressions. The device features a 5.4-inch outer screen and a 7.6-inch inner screen, dual rear cameras, Touch ID, an IP68 water-resistance rating, and software tweaks designed to adapt iOS to the folding form factor. Preorders open on…
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Reform backer quits, Nats fault grounds flights, McLaren adds 1,000 jobs
Tim Montgomerie’s resignation piles pressure on Farage and Yusuf, while a Nats technical fault disrupts UK airports and McLaren unveils £450m Woking investment. Also: grooming survivors accuse police, Eiffel Tower row, AI extinction warning, Old Firm build-up and a BAFTA Fellowship for Duncan Kenworthy.
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‘A Good Little Soldier’ Review: A Tense French Workplace Drama About a Woman Caught Between Motherhood and Corporate Hell
Stéphane Brizé’s “A Good Little Soldier” continues the French director’s ongoing critique of corporate culture, this time following Carla (Alba Rohrwacher), an HR manager caught between her demanding boss and the impossible pressures of modern management. Where Brizé’s earlier films focused on blue-collar workers or a tormented factory boss, this one shifts to a woman…
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September Showdown! SCOTUS Orders Blue State AGs To Respond To ParaBros Merger Antitrust Suit Objection From Iowa & Montana
The US Supreme Court has ordered California and 11 other Democratic-led states to respond by 25 September 2026 to a challenge from Iowa and Montana over their attempt to block Paramount Skydance’s $111 billion (£87 billion) merger with Warner Bros Discovery. The order does not confirm that the Court will take up the Republican-led states’…
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Cabin on Delta flight fills with fumes as pilots make emergency landing in Chicago
A Delta Air Lines flight made an emergency landing at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport on Tuesday afternoon after fumes were detected in the cabin. The crew of Flight 1390, travelling from New York, declared an emergency to secure priority handling from air traffic control, and all passengers and crew disembarked safely once the aircraft landed.…