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Naked DoorDash driver delivers food to Texas home in shocking security camera video
A Houston DoorDash customer was left shocked after his Ring doorbell camera captured the delivery driver dropping off his food while completely naked. Kiante Matlock said he initially mistook the driver’s appearance for a onesie before realising he was undressed, and criticised the incident as inappropriate given that children or other vulnerable people could have…
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Democrats’ generational battle erupts as 80-year-old senator faces younger challenger
Massachusetts held Democratic primary elections on Tuesday featuring a closely watched Senate contest between 80-year-old incumbent Sen. Ed Markey and 47-year-old Rep. Seth Moulton, reflecting a wider generational struggle within the party. Unusually, progressive figures are backing the older incumbent rather than the younger challenger, reversing the pattern seen elsewhere as Democrats grapple with age…
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Inside the Perimenopause Industrial Complex
Wired examines the surge in demand for perimenopause and menopause hormone therapy in the US, following years in which the treatment was under-prescribed due to overstated cancer fears. The piece opens with the story of Schrenk, a federal IT specialist whose treatment-resistant depression and suicidal thoughts in her early forties were repeatedly dismissed by doctors,…
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‘It’s been a horrendous weekend’: Locals rage as travellers defy council orders to push on with setting up illegal camp site over the bank holiday
Residents in Rochford, Essex, have reacted with fury after a group of travellers continued unauthorised work on greenbelt land near Greensward Lane throughout the Bank Holiday weekend, defying a council stop notice. The group arrived on the privately-owned site on Friday, shortly after the local council closed for the long weekend, and began digging up…
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Dyson made a camera-equipped toothbrush that flosses for you
Dyson has launched the CameraJet, a $499 electric toothbrush that becomes the first to build a camera into the brush head, letting users livestream footage of the inside of their mouth via Wi-Fi while an AI feature called Gap Optical Targeting fires mouthwash into gaps between teeth as they brush, effectively flossing automatically. It is…
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SND Swoops on Toronto-Bound Bérénice Bejo Starrer ‘Alice: Pioneer of Cinema’ Ahead of Unifrance Rendez-Vous in Le Havre (EXCLUSIVE)
Paris-based studio SND, part of French media group M6, has acquired world sales rights to “Alice: Pioneer of Cinema”, a high-end period drama starring Oscar nominee Bérénice Bejo as Alice Guy, the first female fiction filmmaker. The six-part series, commissioned by HBO Max and France Télévisions, will premiere in Toronto Film Festival’s Primetime section before…
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Orbitals is the Best Co-op Game Since It Takes Two and the Best Platformer Since Astro Bot
Polygon’s review of Orbitals, a Nintendo Switch 2 exclusive from Tokyo-based studio Shapefarm, hails it as the best pure co-op game since It Takes Two and the best platformer since Astro Bot. The game requires two players and offers no single-player mode, placing it in a niche largely dominated by Swedish studio Hazelight, whose creative…
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‘I feel like I’m grieving’: staff on the devastating fallout of widespread layoffs at Xbox
On 6 July, Xbox chief executive Asha Sharma emailed staff at Microsoft’s gaming division to announce the largest restructuring in the console business’s history: 3,200 job losses across the 2027 financial year, with 1,600 roles cut immediately. Affected employees describe an abrupt process – short, camera-off Teams calls with a studio manager followed swiftly by…
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From milk to sausage rolls: how vending machines could help tackle UK ‘food deserts’
A Herefordshire dairy farming family, the Jameses, are using vending machines to sell fresh milk and locally made food such as scotch eggs, sausage rolls and brownies directly to rural communities, aiming to give farmers more control over prices and to improve food access in areas at risk of becoming “food deserts”. Mark James and…
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Football transfer rumours: Manchester United and Liverpool eye Kroupi? Vardy to Wrexham?
With the summer transfer window closing, English football clubs are racing to complete deals before the deadline. Manchester United remain without a new left-back despite months of interest, with several options still in play, while other Premier League and Championship clubs are chasing late loan moves, free transfers and swaps to strengthen their squads before…