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The next Samsung Galaxy Unpacked launch is happening on July 22
Samsung has confirmed that its next Galaxy Unpacked event will take place on 22 July in London, where it is expected to expand its range of foldable phones. The event matters because it underlines Samsung’s continued push to dominate the foldable market while rivals such as Apple have yet to release a foldable handset. Samsung…
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SCOTUS lets Texas enforce app store law that Big Tech calls “censorship regime”
The US Supreme Court has declined to intervene in a legal challenge to the Texas App Store Accountability Act, allowing the state to enforce its new age-verification rules while litigation continues. The decision matters because it clears the way for a law that requires app stores to verify users’ ages and impose restrictions on under-18s…
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New Girl Creator To Write Britney Spears Biopic
Universal’s planned biopic based on Britney Spears’s memoir, The Woman In Me, has recruited Liz Meriwether — the creator of the sitcom New Girl — as its screenwriter. The appointment marks the first significant update since 2024, when it emerged that Spears had sold the rights to her memoir and that Marc Platt would produce…
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Bethesda, id Software reportedly hit hard by Microsoft layoffs
Following Microsoft’s announcement of 3,200 job cuts across its Xbox division, reports have emerged that its owned game studios — including id Software and Bethesda — have been hit especially hard. While CEO Asha Sharma’s announcement emphasised cuts to the Xbox platform team and redundant middle management, subsequent accounts point to deep losses among the…
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Some Of The Most Impressive Gaming Tech Ever Wasn’t Enough To Save Devs From Xbox Cuts
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Figma acquires team behind a vibe-coding app
Figma has acquired the team behind Bud (formerly Orchids), a Y Combinator-backed vibe-coding and AI agent platform, as it seeks to expand beyond design and move coding and prototyping closer to its core canvas. The move matters because it signals Figma’s ambition to become a broader product-building tool, letting teams turn ideas into working apps…
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Former Democratic mayor of state capital city pleads guilty for role in six-figure real estate bribery scheme
Chokwe Antar Lumumba, the former Democratic mayor of Jackson, Mississippi, pleaded guilty on Monday to one count of conspiracy over his part in a six-figure real estate bribery scheme. Lumumba, who led the state capital from 2017 to 2025, admitted accepting money linked to undercover FBI agents who were posing as property developers, making him…
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The Weather Channel increases streaming subscription prices by up to $20
The Weather Channel has raised the price of its standalone streaming app by 66.7 per cent, taking the monthly cost from $3 to $5 and the annual cost from $30 to $50 (a rise of up to $20 a year). The app, launched in May 2022 and available on Android TV, Fire TV, Roku and…
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Major health update on Mitch McConnell, 84, as ‘brain dead’ rumor grips DC
Reports indicate that US Senator Mitch McConnell, 84, is alert and conversing about political matters, contradicting an unverified rumour circulating in Washington that he is “brain dead” following his hospitalisation three weeks ago. The update matters because McConnell remains a serving senator at a time when the Republican Party is defending a very narrow Senate…