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Cleaner unearths 35-year-old Mars bar hidden in hoarder’s house – and it looks GIANT due to ‘shrinkflation’
A cleaner reportedly found a Mars bar believed to be about 35 years old while clearing a hoarder’s house. The discovery drew attention because the old chocolate bar appeared much larger than modern versions, prompting renewed discussion of “shrinkflation”, where products become smaller while prices may not fall. The item was apparently preserved among the…
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The gaming site sponsored by Walmart lays off its editorial staff
Restart, a gaming website sponsored by Walmart, has laid off its entire editorial team, according to its former editor-in-chief Brandy Berthelson. The cuts raise questions about the future of the site and illustrate the uncertainty facing publisher-backed gaming media outlets. Launched in late 2024 and operated by content marketing agency Moonrock, Restart described itself as…
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Europe’s free satellite service just made it easier to track wildfires
The EU’s free Copernicus Browser has added a default wildfire visualisation layer for Sentinel-2 satellite imagery, making higher-resolution fire tracking easier for the public. The update matters because it removes the need for users to manually add a specialist script and can help people distinguish active fires, burning vegetation and burned ground. The layer went…
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The Best Otome Games To Play That Aren’t Love And Deepspace
The article presents alternative otome games for players looking beyond Love and Deepspace, covering romance-focused titles with different settings and styles. – It highlights games spanning fantasy, mystery, historical drama and supernatural stories. – The recommendations include both mobile live-service games and more self-contained visual novels. – The list emphasises differences in gameplay, such as…
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Karol G Says Her Power Ballad With Bruno Mars ‘Expressed Exactly What I Was Feeling’
Karol G has released her album No Me Arrepiento de Sentir Tanto, including the English-language duet “Still” with Bruno Mars. She said the power ballad captured exactly what she was feeling personally, stressing that recording in English was a natural creative choice rather than a strategic move. “Still” is an ’80s-inspired synthwave ballad about enduring…
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The ultimate eclipse chase: A Concorde raced against the Moon’s shadow
In June 1973, eight scientists used the Concorde 001 prototype to follow a total solar eclipse across Africa, extending their observation of totality to a record 74 minutes. The flight demonstrated how a supersonic aircraft could effectively chase the Moon’s shadow, providing far longer conditions for scientific study than were possible from the ground. The…
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Watching Roku’s AI channel is like eating from a trough
Roku has launched Fairground AI Creator TV, a 24-hour free, advertising-supported channel carrying AI-generated videos from startup Fairground. The move gives Fairground a much larger distribution platform, but The Verge’s review argues that the channel’s uneven, low-polish programming offers little of the discovery value usually associated with FAST channels. Roku added the channel alongside feeds…
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Scientists extend instrument life on Voyager 2 probe
NASA scientists have found a way to extend the working life of a science instrument on Voyager 2 by managing the spacecraft’s dwindling power supply more efficiently. The change matters because Voyager 2 is one of only two probes operating in interstellar space, where its measurements provide rare data about the boundary of the Sun’s…
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One of NASA’s Mars rovers could find itself promised to the moon instead
NASA is considering converting an Earth-based engineering replica of its Mars rovers into PROMISE, a rover designed to explore the Moon’s south pole. The proposal could support future lunar bases by mapping the surface and subsurface in an area thought to contain significant water ice. PROMISE may combine elements of Perseverance and Curiosity’s test models,…
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Women’s safety campaigners call for Jared Leto’s Thirty Seconds To Mars 2027 UK tour to be axed following sexual conduct claims
Women’s safety organisations have urged organisers to cancel Thirty Seconds To Mars’ planned 2027 UK tour after a BBC documentary featured allegations of sexual misconduct against the band’s frontman, Jared Leto. The campaigners say allowing the concerts to proceed could place an alleged abuser in the spotlight and send a damaging message to survivors, while…