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Lenovo confirms Legion Go issues after gamers report bricked devices
Lenovo has issued its first official statement addressing weeks of reports that a faulty BIOS update bricked Legion Go handheld gaming PCs, after users described blank screens and repair bills approaching $300. The company confirmed that BIOS version V42 could cause devices to go blank during installation and said it has removed the update from…
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Major Aussie property market in danger of plunging into a painful correction as auction rates tumble: ‘Steak knives on the table’
Brisbane’s property market is showing signs of a sharp slowdown, with the city’s auction clearance rate tumbling to just 21 per cent, down from 49 per cent a year earlier. Buyers’ agents say this mirrors the pattern seen in Sydney and Melbourne before their own price corrections following the 2022 interest rate rises, suggesting Brisbane’s…
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UK to use Ukrainian intelligence for AI military training
Britain is to receive a substantial trove of intelligence from Ukraine, covering Kremlin tactics and secrets gathered since Russia’s invasion, under a landmark military and AI partnership agreed in Kyiv. The deal was struck as new Prime Minister Andy Burnham met President Volodymyr Zelensky on his first overseas trip since taking office, with the data…
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Gavin Newsom’s unrelenting attack dog turns on Pete Buttigieg as the Democratic knife fight starts two years early
A row has broken out within the Democratic Party more than two years before the 2028 presidential race, after Gavin Newsom’s communications director, Izzy Gardon, mocked Pete Buttigieg for visiting South Carolina for what he sarcastically called the “first time in three years”. The jibe, aimed at the former transportation secretary’s trip to Orangeburg, drew…
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Defiant Democrat files fresh impeachment push against Trump as his own party ducks for cover
Congressman Al Green has revived his solo campaign to impeach President Donald Trump, filing fresh articles on Monday that accuse the administration of trampling constitutional rights through its immigration crackdown. The Texas Democrat’s push again put his party in an awkward position, with Democratic leaders repeatedly distancing themselves from his efforts on the grounds that…
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Art dealer stunned after $50,000 Picasso print stolen from his gallery years ago found on wall of Midwestern apartment after tenant evicted
A rare Picasso print stolen from a Milwaukee art dealer’s gallery in 2018 has been recovered after a landlord found it hanging, dust-covered, on the wall of a vacant flat while clearing it out following a tenant’s eviction. Bill DeLind, owner of DeLind Fine Art Appraisals, had reported the theft to police at the time,…
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Female school worker called child UGLY then held them upside down by their feet, prosecutors say
A former education aide in Marshall, Texas, has been indicted after allegedly calling a young child “ugly” and holding them upside down by their feet while swinging them around. Rachel Kirspel, 37, worked at the Marshall Early Childhood Learning Center, which serves three- and four-year-olds, and was reported by a colleague who heard screaming and…
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Spencer Pratt posts disturbing Lindsay Clancy reenactment cartoon as post partum murder trial divides America
Reality TV personality Spencer Pratt drew widespread condemnation after posting a graphic, Tim Burton-style cartoon reenactment of Lindsay Clancy killing her three children, accompanied by an extended tirade describing the deaths in explicit detail and branding Clancy’s online sympathisers “hollowed-out, depraved crazies”. His intervention placed him at the centre of a bitter public row over…
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Moment ‘mini tsunamis’ hit Ibiza – flooding streets and restaurants
“Mini tsunamis”, known locally as rissagues, struck the Balearic island of Ibiza on Monday morning, sending seawater surging through streets and restaurants at the popular Platja de s’Arenal beach in Sant Antoni de Portmany. Holidaymakers and locals fled as the sudden change in sea level flooded the promenade, and San Antonio Town Hall cancelled a…