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Best Microsoft Surface Laptop (2026): Which Model to Buy or Avoid
With pricing in flux and new models available, here’s which Surface Laptop and Surface Pro to buy.
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Influencers Are Promoting $50 Straws They Claim Will Protect Against Electromagnetic Radiation
“EMF straws” and similar products are being sold as a way to block electromagnetic frequencies that come from common electronic devices, even without scientific evidence that they work.
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Doom studio id Software pitched new Perfect Dark and gun-fu game before layoffs
Following Microsoft’s mass layoffs that hit Doom developer id Software this week, a new report claims the studio had been weighing up several ideas for their next project before the cuts landed. According to Gamesbeat, the pitches under consideration included a new entry in the Perfect Dark series and an original “gun fu” game inspired…
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Self-Driving Cars Are Interfering With First Responders. Feds Aren’t Happy
The head of the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), Jonathan Morrison, has written to autonomous vehicle developers warning of an “unacceptable” pattern of driverless cars interfering with police, ambulance and fire crews. Describing the letter as a “call to action”, he said such vehicles pose “a danger to the general public” and directed…
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Revealed: The top baby names in England and Wales as Muhammad takes top spot for boys for third year running and Olivia is most popular girls name
The Office for National Statistics has released its annual list of the most popular baby names in England and Wales, with Muhammad topping the boys’ rankings for the third consecutive year and Olivia leading the girls’ list for a fourth year. The figures reflect wider demographic and cultural shifts, and the persistence of Muhammad at…
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The 4 Best Home Air Conditioners to Buy Right Now
As Europe endured a severe late-June heat wave that pushed temperatures to 42°C and was linked by the World Health Organization to around 1,300 deaths, WIRED has published its pick of the best home cooling devices to buy. The piece matters because health bodies say air conditioning is the safest response to extreme heat: the…
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PlayStation says it will stop making physical games – and that should worry us all
Sony has quietly announced that it will end production of physical PlayStation games in 2028, a move the article argues signals a troubling shift in the games industry towards a download-only model. The decision matters because it removes consumer choice — the ability to buy discounted, secondhand or shareable games — and because it lands…
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The $28 Million Mistake That Inspired Estonia’s AI “Fuckup Finder”
A drafting error in Estonia’s Gambling Tax Act, passed by parliament in December, accidentally excluded online casinos from taxation for a full year, costing the government an estimated €24 million ($27.4 million) in lost revenue. The mistake — the law referred only to “skill games” rather than games of chance or remote gambling — was…
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Meta Faces Privacy Backlash Over Opt-Out Consent Model for AI Content Generation Tools
Meta has launched Muse Photo and Muse Video, generative AI tools developed by its Superintelligence Labs that enable users to create photorealistic images and video content. The platform operates by allowing creators to