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iRobot launches its first non-robotic Roomba, the manual Electro Plus floor cleaner
iRobot has unveiled the Roomba Electro Plus, its first-ever floor cleaner that is not a robot. Priced at $399, the cordless device is a 5-in-1 hard-floor cleaner that vacuums, mops and disinfects, but must be pushed manually by the user. Alongside it, the company launched five new Roomba robot vacuums that offer higher suction power,…
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Exclusive: Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader Receives Massive Patch On Switch 2, All DLC Now Free
Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader launched in a poor state on Switch 2, earning a 4/10 “borderline disaster” review from Nintendo Life over stuttering frame rates, long load times, laggy controls, graphical downgrades and hard crashes. Developer Owlcat Games is now rolling out a major update aimed at fixing these problems, saying it is “determined to…
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Argentina face Egypt in World Cup 2026 last-16 tie as Messi meets Salah
⚽️ World Cup kick-off time: 12pm EDT/5pm BST, 2am AEST⚽️ Player guide | Bracketology| Golden Boot | Email ScottMessi versus Salah is an awfully reductive way of framing this match. But it is Messi versus Salah. But while you’d expect Messi’s Argentina to have too much for Salah’s Egypt … that Cape Verde match proved…
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Global famine deaths could reach millions without urgent action
Writing in The Conversation, University of Edinburgh epidemiologist Mark Woolhouse describes a newly published catalogue that ranks RNA viruses by their potential to spark a public health emergency. Given that scientists discover two or three previously unseen human viruses in a typical year, and that past discoveries such as HIV-1 and Sars-CoV-2 went on to…
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South Korean hacktivists deface US Army websites in protest against Trump
Two websites run by the US Army were defaced by hacktivists with pro-Kurdish messages and attacks on President Donald Trump, in the latest incident involving hackers compromising US federal government systems. The affected sites — the Open Innovation Lab and the AI Integration Center, which test and integrate AI and other emerging technologies — have…
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Ushida Findlay retrospective opens at V&A Dundee celebrating Kathryn Findlay
A new exhibition at V&A Dundee celebrates the work of the Scottish-Japanese architectural partnership Ushida Findlay, formed by Kathryn Findlay and Eisaku Ushida. The pair became known for a sensual, surreal style of building that fused Celtic and Japanese design traditions with an interest in nature, fractal geometry and chaos theory, producing striking works such…
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Land dispute and forbidden desire drive Andy Malafaia debut Mesopotamia
Brazilian actors Maeve Jinkings, Bárbara Colen and Márcio Vito have been attached to star in “Mesopotamia,” the feature debut of director Andy Malafaia, being presented this week by Druzina Content at the Bogotá Audiovisual Market (BAM). The casting of three acclaimed performers associated with Brazilian auteur cinema has positioned the drama-thriller as one of the…
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England beat Mexico 3-2 as 9m watch BBC coverage overnight
The BBC has reported record-breaking viewing figures for its coverage of England’s 3-2 victory over Mexico in the FIFA World Cup round of 16, played in Mexico City. Despite a 2AM UK kick-off, a peak live audience of 9.1 million watched across BBC One and iPlayer, making it the biggest UK television audience ever for…
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Here comes J. Edgar musical by Harry Shearer to premiere in London
Comedians Harry Shearer and Tom Leopold are preparing to premiere their long-gestating musical “Here Comes J. Edgar” at London’s 200-seat King’s Head Theatre on 10 July, some three decades after they first began writing it. The show, about former FBI director J. Edgar Hoover, matters both as a rare stage outing for the pair and…
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England fans turn on team after subdued World Cup celebration
The Guardian’s satirical Football Daily newsletter recounts a chaotic stretch of the 2026 “Geopolitics World Cup”, focusing on the host nation USA’s 4-1 last-16 defeat by Belgium in Seattle. The piece frames the loss as a collapse of national goodwill, coming after an off-field controversy in which striker Folarin Balogun’s automatic one-match ban was upheld…