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The 5 Best Laptop Power Banks I’ve Personally Tested (2026)
WIRED recommends high-capacity laptop power banks, based on the author’s testing of more than 100 portable chargers. The guide prioritises models of 20,000 mAh or more, which can generally charge most laptops up to twice, and highlights fast charging, multiple USB-C ports and flight-compliant capacities. – EcoFlow Rapid Pro X: WIRED’s top pick, with 27,650…
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CANCER BATS Share Music Video For ‘Give Me Dirt’ Title Track
Canadian hardcore punk band Cancer Bats have released a music video for “Give Me Dirt”, the title track from their eighth studio album, released on 7 August. The video, directed by Mitch Barnes, accompanies an album that the band says reflects a reconnection with nature, personal loss and environmental damage. The album follows 2022’s Juno-nominated…
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POLL OF THE DAY: Are new rules on single-sex spaces ‘harmful to the rights of trans people’?
The article presents a Daily Mail poll asking readers whether new rules governing single-sex spaces are harmful to the rights of trans people. It raises a politically and socially contested issue involving the balance between sex-based protections and transgender equality. No substantive article body, policy details, evidence or poll results are included in the supplied…
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Why does Apple keep banning Telegram, but never X?
Apple briefly removed Telegram from the App Store after finding child sexual abuse material, restoring it once the content was taken down. The Verge argues that the episode has renewed questions over Apple’s apparently uneven enforcement, since X remained available despite a surge of sexualised, non-consensual Grok-generated images involving children. The article suggests the distinction…
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Beijing may be adapting its influence playbook for America’s infrastructure debate
The article’s full text was unavailable, so its specific claims and evidence cannot be summarised reliably. Its headline suggests it examines whether Beijing is adjusting influence efforts around US infrastructure and artificial-intelligence policy debates. No further details, figures or context were provided beyond an access-denied notice. Any account of alleged tactics, actors or policy implications…
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Splatoon Raiders’ August Update Introduces the Change Most Requested by Players
Nintendo has released update v1.1.1 for Splatoon Raiders, addressing several bugs and simplifying a control option players had found unclear. The most notable change means players can now release a tank’s limiter with a single press of the A button, rather than holding it down, making the action more intuitive. The patch follows the game’s…
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Nintendo Says Physical Games Still Account for 38.5% of Its Software Sales, Following Sony’s Decision to Kill PS5 Discs
Nintendo says physical copies still made up 38.5% of its software sales in its latest financial results, indicating it is unlikely to abandon boxed games soon. This contrasts with Sony’s plan to stop releasing new PlayStation 5 games on disc from January 2028, and highlights Nintendo’s continued reliance on customers who value sharing, resale and…