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Utility companies are promising to spare us from AI’s energy bill
Nearly 200 US utility companies and data centre developers have signed President Donald Trump’s “rate payer protection pledge”, a voluntary commitment aimed at preventing consumers from bearing the cost of AI’s soaring electricity demand. The move follows growing public and bipartisan backlash over fears that the AI boom will drive up household energy bills, with…
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Tim Burgess on 30 years since the death of The Charlatans’ Rob Collins: “Friends that we lose stay with us if we keep their memory alive”
Tim Burgess, frontman of The Charlatans, has written a tribute marking 30 years since the death of the band’s keyboardist Rob Collins, who was killed in a car crash on 22 July 1996 at the age of 33. Collins was a founding influence on the band’s sound throughout the late 1980s and 1990s, and his…
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Campus conflict exposed at the core of SJSU’s messy fight vs Trump admin over volleyball scandal
San Jose State University has sued the Trump administration to challenge a federal Title IX investigation linked to a volleyball scandal, and the dispute has laid bare deep internal divisions on campus. Reporting reveals that pro-trans activists confronted university administrators at an organised meeting shortly before the decision to sue, pressing them to defy the…
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Iran regime change talk resurfaces as Trump says Tehran ‘wants to meet’ amid US strikes
Reports suggest a debate has resurfaced within the Trump administration over whether the United States should actively support the removal of Iran’s government, even as President Trump has said Tehran is now seeking talks. The renewed discussion comes as the conflict between the US and Iran continues to intensify, following American strikes on Iranian targets…
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Remember When Phil Collins Heated up a Leftover for His First US No. 1 Single in 1984?
Phil Collins scored his first US number one single in 1984 with “Against All Odds (Take A Look At Me Now)”, but the song’s origins actually date back around three years earlier. He had written the ballad, then titled “How Can You Just Sit There?”, during the emotionally raw sessions for his 1981 solo debut…
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Republicans balk at cost-raising potential of new tariffs on Canada
Republican senators are voicing concern about President Trump’s proposed new tariffs on Canadian imports, warning that they could raise prices for US consumers and businesses. The unease matters politically because the measures would add to cost-of-living pressures ahead of the midterm elections, even as many Republicans remain reluctant to openly challenge the president. Trump announced…
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Republicans lean into anticommunism midterm argument
House Republicans are making warnings about communism a central part of their midterm-election message, seeking to portray the Democratic Party’s left wing as extreme. The strategy matters because Republicans are attempting to turn recent successes by democratic socialist candidates into a broader argument about the direction of the Democratic Party. Republicans argue that some self-described…
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RTX 5080 gaming laptop deals have finally started returning to their previous sale prices, and my top rig is leading the charge
GamesRadar+ reports that discounts on gaming laptops fitted with Nvidia’s RTX 5080 graphics card are returning to the lower prices seen in earlier sales, after a period in which such deals had dried up or become less generous. The article, written from the perspective of the site’s hardware deals expert, highlights this as welcome news…
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Magic designers know what fans want, and that’s more fantasy Universes Beyond
Magic: The Gathering’s designers have signalled that future Universes Beyond crossover sets will lean more heavily towards fantasy settings, responding to fan frustration over external IPs that feel out of place in the game’s traditional high-fantasy world. While collaborations such as Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Marvel’s Spider-Man have proved commercially successful, some players feel…
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Baldur’s Gate series overlords Hasbro take $56 million hit after cancelling several games due out in “2028 and beyond”, with Exodus and Warlock unaffected
Hasbro has recorded a $56 million impairment charge tied to the cancellation of several Digital Games projects originally slated for “2028 and beyond,” the toy and games giant confirmed as part of its latest financial results. The move signals a narrower, more cautious approach to Hasbro’s in-house game development, even as titles targeting 2027, such…