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New Spider-Man: Brand New Day merch is dropping all the time, here are the 12 pieces I’d swing towards first
This is a shopping guide from GamesRadar+ highlighting new merchandise tied to the upcoming Spider-Man: Brand New Day, the next instalment in the Marvel’s Spider-Man video game series. With new products being released frequently, the author has picked out 12 items worth prioritising for fans looking to add to their collections. – A curated round-up…
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Battlefield 6 is hosting a free trial, just in time for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4’s beta
Battlefield 6 is launching a new free trial today, timed to overlap with the first beta session of rival shooter Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4. The move continues a pattern of “counter-programming” between the two franchises, in which each has previously offered free access windows around the other’s major releases, and gives undecided players…
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Oil prices jump after US-Iran ceasefire expires and Trump threatens Oman
Oil prices have risen sharply after the two-month window for a US-Iran peace deal expired on Monday with the conflict still unresolved, and Donald Trump threatened to bomb Oman if it “gets in the way” of his efforts to end the war. Trump also demanded Iran “put up the white flag of surrender”, while Tehran…
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‘The ultimate gamers’ mascot’: Sonic the Hedgehog at 35 – from 2D to 3D to a billion-dollar film franchise
Sonic the Hedgehog is celebrating its 35th anniversary, having grown from a 1991 Sega Mega Drive mascot designed to rival Nintendo’s Mario into a multimedia franchise spanning games, television, comics and a film series worth more than $1bn at the global box office. The character’s speed, attitude and rebellious visual style captured the edgy spirit…
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New R-Rated Tom Cruise Movie Officially Gets a Major Update [Exclusive]
Screenwriter Erik Jendresen has confirmed that the script for Tom Cruise’s long-mooted R-rated film with director Christopher McQuarrie, nicknamed “The Gnarly Movie”, has now been completed. The update, shared exclusively with Collider at the Televerse festival, marks the first concrete progress on a project that has intrigued fans since it was first mentioned in 2023,…
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Oops! My cat is an iPad kid
A Verge writer describes how she uses iPad games and YouTube “cat TV” videos to keep her Maine coon cat, Trevor, entertained and mentally stimulated when she cannot play with him directly. She notes that, unlike with children, there is little concern about screens harming a cat’s development, making tablets and video content a convenient…
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ChatGPT to stop responding to teens in human voice
OpenAI has launched ChatGPT for Teens, introducing a set of safety features aimed at under-18 users of the AI chatbot. Among the changes, teen accounts will lose the ability to have ChatGPT respond in a human-sounding voice, a move intended to reduce the risk of the technology appearing lifelike, amid wider industry concern about people…
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Pictured: British couple killed alongside pilot in ‘honeymoon’ helicopter crash on Greek island
A British couple were killed alongside their pilot when a helicopter crashed on a Greek island while they were on honeymoon. The husband, named as a banker, and his new wife died together with the pilot in the crash, according to the report. Limited further detail was provided in the available article text, which consisted…
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How I turned my fish tank high tech
A Verge writer describes how she added smart gadgets to her home fish tank to make caring for her nano fish—celestial pearl danios and corydoras habrosus—less stressful and more consistent. The piece matters as a practical example of how consumer tech, from automated feeders to climate controls, can help hobbyists maintain the stable water conditions…
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Security firm ‘still being paid’ at £53m Sheffield flats after developer goes bust
A Leeds-based construction company was put into administration earlier this month and workers on the 17-storey tower were sent home