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The Best Labor Day Mattress Deals On Beds We’ve Tried In Our Homes
WIRED has rounded up its recommended Labor Day mattress and bedding deals for 2026, drawing on beds and accessories the outlet’s reviewers have tested in their own homes. The roundup highlights discounted hybrid, memory foam and firm mattresses aimed at different sleep needs, from hot sleepers to those with back pain, alongside deals on sheets,…
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Gal Gadot Defends Starring in Movie With AI Sets and Lighting Because ‘You’re Going to Work With It or Be Out of the Game’; Lawyers Spent 6 Months Ensuring AI Would Not Alter Actors
Gal Gadot has defended her decision to star in Doug Liman’s “Bitcoin”, a film that used AI to generate its sets and lighting, arguing that actors must engage with AI technology or risk being left behind. Speaking on the “Happy Sad Confused” podcast to promote her new Prime Video film “The Runner”, Gadot said her…
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The Slate Truck is affordable because you have to ‘bring your own tech’
The Slate Truck, a new electric pickup backed by Jeff Bezos, achieves its low price by omitting a built-in infotainment system entirely, instead relying on owners to use their own smartphones or tablets as the centre console screen. The “bring your own tech” approach strips out what the startup calls a “bulky, distracting, and quickly…
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Godzilla Director’s ‘80s Action Reboot Officially Gets Update After 5 Year Delay
Director Adam Wingard has confirmed his long-delayed live-action ThunderCats film is still moving forward, five years after it was first announced. In a new interview promoting his upcoming film Onslaught, Wingard revealed the project remains active despite the lack of public updates, addressing fan concerns that the adaptation of the beloved 1980s animated series had…
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After the debacle of Cyberpunk 2077, CD Projekt says The Witcher 4 is already running on PC and consoles, promises ‘it’s going to run’ on all target platforms
CD Projekt Red has said that The Witcher 4 is already running on PC and consoles, seeking to reassure players after the troubled launch of Cyberpunk 2077 in 2020, which was plagued by severe performance issues on last-generation consoles. The studio’s comments are an attempt to signal that it has learned from that experience and…
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From Bruno Mars & Number_i to The Weeknd: How Live Nation H.I.P.’s Kaori Hayashi Keeps Japan on the Global Touring Map
Kaori Hayashi, president of Live Nation H.I.P., has been named to Billboard’s Global Power Players list for the fourth consecutive year, making her the only Japanese woman on the roster. In an interview with Billboard Japan, she discussed how the company continues to bring major international acts to Japan while helping domestic artists such as…
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Rare pistol ‘similar to the type used to kill a British family in the French Alps’ is found at the bottom of a nearby lake – 14 years on
A rare Luger pistol of the same type used to kill a British family in the French Alps in 2012 has been recovered by police divers from the bottom of Lake Annecy, close to where the killings took place. Saad Al-Hilli, his wife Iqbal, her mother Suhaila, and French cyclist Sylvain Mollier were all shot…
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Amazon rigged billions in ad pricing, lawsuit from states and US watchdog alleges
The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and 22 states have sued Amazon, alleging it secretly manipulated its online advertising auctions to overcharge more than a million advertisers, netting the company roughly $20bn since 2019. The complaint, filed in Washington state, claims Amazon overrode genuine auction outcomes with higher, company-set prices to boost profits, and argues…
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Fast & Furious Ride Opening Date Finally Set At Universal Studios Hollywood
Universal Studios Hollywood has confirmed that its long-awaited Fast & Furious: Hollywood Drift roller coaster will open on 16 September 2026, delivering on a “Summer 2026” promise made earlier in the year despite construction delays and neighbourhood noise complaints that prompted the installation of transparent sound-reduction barriers. The attraction marks a major addition to the…
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I went to the loneliest baseball game on Apple Vision Pro
A Verge writer tested Apple and Major League Baseball’s new immersive broadcast feature on the Apple Vision Pro headset, watching a Boston Red Sox versus New York Yankees game as the first of four planned matches streamed this way. While the technology offered striking, intimate close-ups of players during pre-game moments, the writer found the…