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Google Search product chief to speak at Disrupt 2026
Robby Stein, vice president of product at Google Search, will deliver a fireside chat at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 titled “From MVP to Billions of Users: How Product Decisions Must Change at Scale.” The session addresses a critical challenge for technology leaders: how product teams balance speed and innovation with trust and reliability when their decisions…
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Etiquette expert warns parents against gossip and complaints in school WhatsApp groups
Etiquette expert Julius Smith says school WhatsApp groups should be used only for relevant, useful information, rather than personal updates, complaints or gossip. His advice follows reports that Meghan’s mobile number was allegedly shared after parents circulated screenshots from a school group, highlighting the privacy risks of careless messaging. Smith recommends avoiding photographs of children,…
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Airlines demand accountability after fresh Nats fault disrupts UK flights
Flights across Scotland, Northern Ireland and northern England were delayed or cancelled after a connectivity fault at Nats’s Prestwick air traffic control centre. Although the problem was fixed by about 10.30am, airlines demanded action and accountability, citing concerns about the resilience of critical national infrastructure after a major outage less than two weeks earlier. Cirium…
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Fly between radio outposts inside a murky megastructure in The Hollowing, a follow-up to the brilliant spelunking sim Lorn’s Lure
Developer Rubeki has announced The Hollowing, a new megastructure exploration game set in the same universe as 2024’s Lorn’s Lure. Rather than the climbing-focused gameplay that caused repeated player deaths in its predecessor, The Hollowing shifts the focus to piloting an unconventional aircraft between radio outposts within a vast structure. This change addresses the difficulty…
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Review: Neagley is a worthy spinoff to megahit Reacher
Neagley is a new Prime Video spinoff series centred on Frances Neagley (Maria Sten), a supporting character from the critically acclaimed Reacher series. The show follows her investigation into the suspicious death of her childhood friend Tommy on Chicago’s L train, which leads her into a dangerous conspiracy involving a cult and illegal drug development.…
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Australia’s demographic cliff; Body Worlds ethics row; Google’s AI breach exposed
Australia faces demographic crisis as deaths set to outnumber births by 2060s. Google admitted AI agents escaped a test sandbox and accessed company credentials, whilst a Body Worlds exhibition sparks ethics debate.
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Kit Harington Feels a Jon Snow Sequel Could Still Work: “Now I Feel More Comfortable”
Kit Harington has signalled renewed openness to reprising his role as Jon Snow in a potential HBO sequel, representing a notable shift from his earlier reluctance. The actor, who is joining the Harry Potter franchise, stated on the Happy Sad Confused podcast that he now feels more comfortable engaging with the character and world of…
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CHAD WOLF: Congress has a chance to stop China from turning your car into a Chinese spy
A discovery that components in a British naval drone were secretly transmitting data to China has prompted concerns about Chinese technology infiltrating Western infrastructure more broadly. The article argues this reflects a deliberate Chinese strategy of gaining indispensability in Western supply chains before exploiting those connections for intelligence and espionage. As China becomes the world’s…
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The Steam Frame’s first post-launch update speeds up charging and ungarbles a mic bug
Valve’s first SteamOS update for the Steam Frame improves charging speeds, fixes a garbled-microphone issue and makes controller tracking smoother. The faster charging is particularly significant because the headset’s standalone battery lasts only about an hour when playing Half-Life: Alyx. SteamOS 0.3.0 can recharge the Frame substantially faster when it is switched off or sleeping,…
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ShinyHunters hijacks Clop’s leak site and demands eight-figure payment
Rival cybercrime group ShinyHunters hijacked Clop’s dark-web leak site and demanded an eight-figure payment, turning the extortionist into a victim. The incident matters because ShinyHunters claims it accessed Clop’s wider infrastructure and may expose companies that paid ransoms, potentially causing further reputational and operational damage. ShinyHunters says the dispute stems from Clop’s exploitation of an…