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UK mortgage borrowers brace for rate jump amid global bond sell-off
UK mortgage borrowers face potential rate rises after a global bond market sell-off pushed swap rates, which lenders use to price fixed mortgages, to a three-year high. The turmoil was triggered by rising oil prices following clashes between the US and Iran, which stoked fears of higher inflation and prompted investors to sell bonds, driving…
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Anker’s new printer works directly on fabrics
Anker’s eufyMake brand has unveiled a new “personal fabric printer” that lets users apply custom photos or designs directly onto clothing and other soft goods, expanding the company’s earlier UV printer line beyond hard surfaces like wood and metal. The device is aimed at consumers and small businesses wanting to personalise items such as T-shirts,…
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Philips Hue adds plain-English smart lighting automations
Philips Hue has added a natural-language automation feature to its app called Custom AI Behaviors, letting users describe in plain English how they want their smart lights to behave rather than building automations through the app’s limited menu system. Announced at IFA, the feature marks a significant expansion of what’s possible in the Hue app,…
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Brütal Legend 2 is finally happening – if the game’s developer can raise $100 million: “We’d love to do it, but a game like that requires significant funding”
Double Fine Productions, the studio behind 2009’s cult heavy metal game Brütal Legend, has said it would make a sequel starring Jack Black and Ozzy Osbourne, but only if it can raise $100 million through crowdfunding. The pledge came shortly after the independent US studio parted ways with Xbox, and forms part of its ongoing…
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Nigel Farage cries foul as Beaumont’s Thames terror and Square Enix denial dominate
Farage brands a Commons probe into a £5m Harborne donation “rigged”; a PE teacher stands trial over sex with a pupil; rower Jack Beaumont recounts a Thames boat scare; Brazil’s new “Taylor Swift Law”, a vandalised Dolly Parton star and Square Enix’s denial round off the bulletin.
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Rumour: Nintendo Might Be Updating The Switch 2’s LCD Panel
A rumour circulating since June 2026 suggests Nintendo could be quietly updating the LCD panel in its Switch 2 console, according to hardware analyst account Nintendo Patents Watch. The claim rests on listings from Chinese resale sites appearing to show a new panel variant with similar specifications to the current screen, but assembled by Sharp…
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High society feud erupts in Brisbane’s ‘Millionaire’s Row’ over 16m pontoon outside luxury $5.9m mansion
A row has broken out in Brisbane’s exclusive New Farm neighbourhood, dubbed “Millionaire’s Row”, after developer Cameron Massie sought approval to build a large pontoon outside his $5.9 million riverside home. His neighbour, real estate agent Theresa Fitzgerald, has objected, arguing the structure is disproportionately large for the site and could limit her own use…
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Zuck’s Muse to Spark joy with open weights release ‘soon’
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has said the company will “soon” release an open-weights version of its flagship AI model, Muse Spark, though no firm date was given. In the meantime, an updated version, Muse Spark 1.3, has gone live on Meta’s API service and its Muse Code CLI, offering efficiency and reliability improvements aimed particularly…
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‘Jawbreaker’ Stage Musical Shines Spotlight On Vylette’s “Trans Narrative” With Non-Binary Actor AJ Paramo
Jawbreaker The Musical, a stage adaptation of the 1999 teen cult film, is making a notable change to one of its central characters by explicitly reimagining outcast Fern Mayo, who transforms into the glamorous Vylette, as a trans character. Writer Darren Stein said the decision followed years of trans fans, including actress Eve Lindley, telling…