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Sailor Moon anime films to return to UK cinemas this summer
The beloved magical-girl anime Sailor Moon is returning to theaters this August, giving fans a rare chance to relive its magic on the big screen.
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Endless Reach: how RuneScape reached its 25th anniversary and looks ahead
The massively multiplayer online role-playing game has grown into a virtual social space and part of daily life for thousands of playersIn a small stone chapel, on the edgelands of a medieval wilderness, two women are getting married. The attenders are draped in rainbow capes, glowing armour and top hats. A scantily clad, muscular man…
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Shark launches ChillPill 3-in-1 handheld fan with three cooling modes at £129.99
The Guardian has reviewed Shark’s first handheld fan, the ChillPill 3-in-1, a debut mini-fan that stands out for offering three separate cooling methods in a single compact device. It matters because established electronics brands have only recently entered the handheld fan market, and the ChillPill’s flexibility sets a new benchmark — though its £129.99 price,…
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Stymied datacentre projects threaten global AI revolution
Large-scale datacentre projects around the world are being delayed or cancelled just as demand for the computing power behind artificial intelligence surges. The Uptime Institute, which rates datacentres, found that of 250 global projects above 100MW announced between 2021 and 2024, roughly half will either not go ahead or will be completed late. This backlog…
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Zinc Media forms dedicated AI label Cicada to centralise operations
Zinc Media Group, the UK-based factual production and distribution company behind labels such as Brook Lapping, Rex, Supercollider and Tern, has launched a dedicated artificial intelligence label called Cicada. The move matters because it formalises the group’s growing AI operations into a single unit, reflecting a wider industry trend of production companies creating official AI…
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Every dragon in House of the Dragon ranked by Collider from fifteenth place
Entertainment site Collider has published a ranked feature listing every dragon to appear in HBO’s *House of the Dragon*, the *Game of Thrones* prequel series. The piece, updated on 7 July 2026, counts the dragons down from 15th place, arguing that each beast reflects the personality of its rider and serves as a symbol of…
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UK house prices edge up 0.2% in June as mortgage rates soften
UK house prices climbed 0.2% in June, ending a four-month period of consecutive monthly declines, with the typical property now valued at £299,330 according to the Lloyds house price index. However, current valuations re
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Dignity at work in an age of automation, Sarah O’Connor’s new book
A Financial Times journalist ponders the future of labour in world increasingly dominated by AI and automationIt’s never been easy to land and keep a decent job. But it feels like it’s getting harder. In June, the number of job vacancies in the UK fell to a five-year low; headlines warn of a looming AI-employment…
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UK house prices edge up in June as Iran war ends
UK house prices rose in June for the first time since before the onset of the Iran war, according to the latest Lloyds house price index (previously the Halifax HPI). The typical property cost £299,330, a 0.2% monthly increase that reversed May’s 0.2% fall, though values remain narrowly below where they stood at the start…
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AI systems already cheating and deceiving, Australian technology minister warns
Australia’s assistant minister for technology, Andrew Charlton, has warned that artificial intelligence systems are already “cheating, deceiving and going their own way”, doing things their creators never intended. Speaking at an AI safety forum in Sydney, he argued that the moment to address such behaviour is while it remains confined to the testing lab rather…