Technology & Software
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The subscription squeeze: How monthly payments became a new cost of living
From Netflix and Spotify to AI tools and cloud storage, subscriptions are becoming a growing part of household budgets despite years of financial pressure
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'People aren’t perfect, and everyone knows it': Security experts still see humans as the biggest threat to their business
Forget the hackers, YOU are the problem
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Drones hit ships in Black Sea, sinking 1 and prompting rescue operations, Bulgaria says
Bulgarian Prime Minister Rumen Radev says drones struck two ships in the Black Sea, sinking one and prompting emergency rescue operations
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Ukraine war live: Trump insists energy ‘ceasefire’ still holds
Moscow says it is ready to increase diesel output to pre-war levels, but Ukraine's allies say this will only fuel Vladimir Putin's war
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US theme park Six Flags shuts nine roller coasters after fatality
Police are investigating after TV footage showed riders being evacuated from the 60-metre high Goliath ride.
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Climate protester restrained after interrupting NSW parliament – as it happened
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People are saying something huge just happened on social media. It’s not quite true
Bot traffic has really reduced in the wake of an attack on a Russian internet company – but it doesn’t tell the full story
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Popular pub set to shut for £230,000 sports-themed refurbishment
The beer garden will also be refurbished, with new TV screens installed.
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‘Super app’ aimed at UK students uses servers owned by Chinese firm on US blacklist
ZyMix platform has contract with Tencent, which US alleges has links to People’s Liberation Army
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Shock, anger and a crackdown: why a contentious electoral revision has sparked outrage
Marches in Delhi against changes to voting registration led to dragnets, internet blackouts – and questions about India’s electoral independence. Plus, the cinematographer capturing the beauty of the mundane
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Threat of AI share crash puts world financial stability at risk, says IMF
High valuations and debt put sector in danger, while fund also warns on government borrowing and cyber-attacks
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Q&A: Brian Eno on relaunching Opal Records, 'Music for Airports,' AI and Palestine
Brian Eno, the multi-hyphenate artist, producer, sound designer and political activist best known for his pioneering work in ambient and electronic music, relaunches his transformative label Opal Records on Friday
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Ex-Conservative minister takes on new role at Harrogate AI firm
Former Conservative MP Steve Baker has joined civic AI startup Suffrago as a strategic adviser.
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'Khaki is almost a brand within the brand' — Hamilton CEO reveals why Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 collaboration was the perfect fit for its military heritage
The Hamilton CEO reveals how the brand's cinematic history inspired its boldest video game collaboration yet
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Top Lego Promo Codes in October 2026
Get the best deals on your favorite building sets, from free shipping over $35 to exclusive gifts with purchase using a Lego coupon code.
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Experts urge parents to prepare kids for possible livestreamed execution
The Pentagon’s plan to livestream Nidal Malik Hasan’s firing-squad execution creates a parenting challenge that extends well beyond the broadcast
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Ex-Conservative minister takes on new role at Harrogate AI firm
Former Conservative MP Steve Baker has joined civic AI startup Suffrago as a strategic adviser.
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Ai Stratis, Greece’s pioneer in energy self-sufficiency with renewable
In ten months, the small island of Agios Efstratios has gone from relying entirely on fossil fuels to producing more than 90% of its electricity from renewable sources. Thanks to an EU-funded project, this volcanic island is now self-sufficient with green energy. #SmartRegions
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Cooling
CPU Cooling reviews, news and features, created for the hardcore PC enthusiast by the experts at Tom's Hardware.
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Kioxia's upgraded GP drive exceeds 20 million random-read IOPS
DRAM faces another challenger as Kioxia doubles its SSD performance with third-generation XL-FLASH memory technology
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Quordle hints and answers for Tuesday, October 13 (game #1723)
My clues will help you solve Quordle today and keep that streak going
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NYT Connections hints and answers for Tuesday, October 13 (game #1220)
My clues will help you solve the NYT's Connections puzzle today and keep that streak going
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Quote of the day by iRobot co-founder Rodney Brooks: 'The world is its own best model' — laying the foundations for modern physical AI
The scientist challenged contemporary orthodoxy around robotics to lay the blueprint for the physical AI boom we expect in the coming years
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Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella wants your PC to become 'an infinite software factory' in final blow to the app store concept — but I'm afraid businesses won't bite the AI apple
Microsoft wants every employee building apps with Copilot
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'Our humble goal is to survive the AI revolution' says Epic Games CEO, as its Star Wars and Marvel crossover pivots to 'AI first' development
Art will be "generated with full AI workflows".
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One dead, several others hurt on Six Flags rollercoaster in Georgia
Aerial footage at the park after the incident shows a stuck rollercoaster with riders being helped off.
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WoW: Forever developers say they learned a lot from World of Warcraft Classic: Season of Discovery, but knew 'we were going too far' with class changes — 'It’s like eating all your Halloween candy on October 31'
Blizzard has learned a lot from Season of Discovery, but it's taking care not to overindulge in class experimentation for World of Warcraft: Forever.
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I get paid £120,000 a year to make social media videos go viral
Social media "clippers" make short, vertical videos that appear on the likes of Instagram and TikTok.
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NYT Strands hints and answers for Tuesday, October 13 (game #954)
My clues will help you solve the NYT's Strands today and keep that streak going
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Shein and Amazon accused of misleading shoppers over online sales
Exclusive: Which? has raised concerns over time-limited sales at the two online retailers after tests were carried out
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Does Blizzard's revival of its classic games signal a return of the 'old Blizzard?'
Maybe not, but a cautious optimism has emerged as Blizzard finds opportunities to recapture goodwill.
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The Apple Upgrade program is great for consumers and Apple, but bad for carriers like Verizon and AT&T — here's why
The original iPhone transformed the way carriers like AT&T operate — and the Apple Upgrade program is Apple's next big power play.
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Alcohol licence bid rejected for shop in same building as addiction support charity
Glasgow licensing board rejects a Finnieston convenience store’s alcohol licence bid after Murray’s Initiative warned it could threaten recovery support.
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Saudis probe how defense systems failed to stop deadly Houthi attack on Riyadh airport
Saudi Arabia has launched an investigation into how its air defenses failed to intercept missiles and drones fired by Iran-backed Houthi rebels
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Filey Sea Cadets' new HQ approved after redesign addresses planning concerns
Plans for a new headquarters for Filey Sea Cadets have been approved after a major redesign addressed concerns that led to an earlier scheme being rejected.
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Trump questioning Hegseth’s desire for firing squad execution livestream: report
‘This is an old dude in a wheelchair we're shooting,’ one source said. ‘We want to livestream that?’
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Intel's Crescent Island AI accelerator officially powers new GPU D-Series products — chip delivers 1.3 peak PFLOPS of FP8 compute and 1.5 TB/s of memory bandwidth
Crescent Island gets official performance and bandwidth specs at OCP 2026.
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Mystery of brilliant Bishop Auckland schoolgirl who vanished is solved 140 years on
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Has OpenAI started the 'mathpocalypse'? Experts say AI's solving of iconic math problems may cause huge issues in the long run
AI is solving advanced math problems at an alarming rate
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I Got My Muse AI Agent to Sext Me—and Meta Says That’s Totally Fine
My Muse agent told me its kink was exerting “control” and described pornographic encounters. Meta defends its cuddly AI agent generating smut as “legal adult behavior.”
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I watched all eight episodes of 'VisionQuest' on Disney+ — and the new Marvel TV show is a mind-bending sci-fi triumph powered by Paul Bettany's Vision and James Spader's Ultron
VisionQuest is a strikingly effective and wonderfully assembled final chapter to Marvel's Wanda/Vision TV trilogy.
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Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Artificial intelligence (AI), chatbots, and machine learning: News, R&D, and more
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I found the parry-focused swordplay of Valor Mortis incredibly satisfying, but this clash of Souls-like and first-person adventure isn't as sharp as it could be
Valor Mortis offers a satisfying and meaty parry-focused combat system at its core while showing flashes of inventiveness in some areas and set pieces, but several frustrating elements keep rearing up that prevent it from landing entirely.
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Cheap drones caused costly damage during the Iran war — the U.S. is fixing that
US Army launches $4.15B counter-drone marketplace with 10 companies — but relies on strict open architecture to break vendor lock-in
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Filey Sea Cadets' new HQ approved after redesign addresses planning concerns
Plans for a new headquarters for Filey Sea Cadets have been approved after a major redesign addressed concerns that led to an earlier scheme being rejected.
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Liquid Cooling
Discover more about Liquid Cooling with insights from the experts at Tom's Hardware.
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‘We know how much the fans like it’: Nintendo says it has ‘no plans’ to ditch physical games, as fans beg Sony to change course
Nintendo says it will continue making physical games, despite rivals like Sony pledging to go entirely discless.
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Rent-tech platforms sidestepping credit card surcharge ban with new fees and paid ‘memberships’
Tenants encouraged to seek free options after online property platforms respond to Reserve Bank’s credit card payment reform
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Developer uses Claude to enable Xbox Cloud Gaming on jailbroken PS5s — allows upscaling to 4K using the PS5 GPU
You can even use Xbox Remote Play to play with your Xbox on your PS5, for whatever reason.
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Surfshark just launched the first Black Friday VPN deal of 2026 — here's how much you can save
Antivirus, Scam Protection, and dark web monitoring, all for less