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Vaping: Why people who have never smoked are getting hooked
More than one million people now vape who have never been smokers, according to the ONS.
Tech founder criticized for vibe coding game about shooting 'zombies' in San Francisco's poorest neighborhood
City residents and leaders denounced the free web game, which was taken down.
Trial of German steakhouse heiress Christina Block that sparked a huge spy scandal
For 15 months, a high-security courtroom in Hamburg has been hearing the case of Christina Block, accused of ordering the abduction of her children.
Newspaper headlines: 'Mystery drones over UK' and 'Troops heading to Poland for war games'
The Daily Telegraph leads with reports that RAF jets had two close encounters with unidentified drones earlier this year.
Five days, one briefing: How Katie Zacharia’s short tenure unfolded
The White House says the new press secretary is "transitioning out" of the role just days after taking the job.
A humble oyster pail turned takeout icon: The American story of the Chinese food carton
It’s an icon, the small white receptacle made from a single piece of cardboard folded into a trapezoid-shaped box
The Cyberpunk 2077 movie won't be 'a film adaptation of the game,' CD Projekt chief says
The game is great, but CD Projekt wants to tell a new story.
The fund used to defend President Trump in numerous cases is nearly $2M in debt
The Save America PAC has been used to fund Trump’s defense team in his hush money trial and his classified documents case
Uplift's L-shaped standing desk is beautifully built for a workstation setup
The Uplift V3 L-shaped standing desk is an expansive workstation that's on-point for those that need a broader desk - so long as you have the space.
Selma Blair's representatives say she didn't intend to hurt anyone on flight that led to her arrest
Selma Blair's representatives have stated she did not intend to harm anyone during a recent flight incident
Quote of the day by OpenAI co-founder Andrej Karpathy: 'The hottest new programming language is English' — signalling the shift to natural language dominance in the AI era
With large language models becoming increasingly prevalent over the last few years, more and more people have the means to code
'Remarkably close to the minimum permitted by physics': this superconducting memory bit runs at an estimated 5x the limit, but at -269°C the fridge shrinks its claimed million-fold edge over today’s chips considerably
A single superconducting whirlpool can flip a bit for about 5x the energy physics demands
Reform councillor resigns after being filmed making racist remarks
Alan Feeney, who sat on Solihull and Birmingham councils, said there was ‘no excuse’ for his comments
NYT Connections hints and answers for Saturday, October 17 (game #1224)
My clues will help you solve the NYT's Connections puzzle today and keep that streak going
Small business owners are ditching web developers for AI
Freelance web developers face a brutal shakeup — WordPress, PHP, and HTML job postings plunge by over 50%
Driver reportedly hits tree in major York road - delays in area
Delays are mounting in a main York road after a driver has reported by hit a tree.
LG's next-gen 'FliPP' OLED screen tech for brighter, more efficient pixels gets a rough release date, and it's not too far in the future — great news for monitors and laptops, but TV fans need to hold tight
LG Display is developing a new OLED manufacturing process called FLiPP to deliver bright LEDs with much higher yields and less wastage
Zacharia was thrown into a whirlwind - and failed at a critical time for Trump
The White House is facing growing adversity, writes the BBC's Anthony Zurcher, weeks before crucial midterm elections.
Trump just fooled around with Susie Wiles over Katie Zacharia. And he found out
Katie Zacharia’s disastrously short tenure as White House press secretary, a hire he made without consulting his veteran chief of staff, could be a harbinger of dysfunction ahead, Andrew Feinberg writes
DOJ reaches settlement with Mississippi police department it found routinely violated civil rights
The U.S. Department of Justice announced Friday it reached a settlement forcing reforms for a Mississippi city and its police department, which the DOJ found discriminated against Black people, used excessive force and retaliated against critics
Americans want EVs – they just can’t find them, researcher says
The data doesn’t support the claim that electric vehicle sales stalled in 2026 because Americans don’t want them
‘$99 a year is a real joke’: Withings just foisted a huge annual charge on its smart scale users for basic health data syncing — customers are already vowing to boycott the company’s devices
Withings has locked Apple Health data syncing behind a $100 paywall, and users are upset.
NYT Strands hints and answers for Saturday, October 17 (game #958)
My clues will help you solve the NYT's Strands today and keep that streak going
Quordle hints and answers for Saturday, October 17 (game #1727)
My clues will help you solve Quordle today and keep that streak going
Gone to the dogs: racing fans mourn closure of ‘Wenty’, Sydney’s historic greyhound track
Thousands pack Wentworth Park for the final time before the stadium is demolished and returned to parkland
Trump in Georgia falsely claims election of Jon Ossoff was illegitimate
President appears at rally for struggling Mike Collins, dismisses critics and touts ‘most successful’ two-year run
RAF jets report ‘unidentified drones over UK’
It was not clear whether the drones encountered by the Royal Air Force jets were hostile or not
Six-month-old 'sweet loving soul' kitten found abandoned in Leeds bin bag
The kitten was found by a resident who moved into a nearby property
Painting Eisenhower Building would diminish historic character of White House complex, report says
A draft environmental assessment finds that President Donald Trump's plan to paint a 19th-century landmark office building next to the White House could harm its historic character
Defoe, Solskjaer, Giroud: Ranking the Premier League's greatest super subs
Some players are destined to make their biggest impact off the bench, but who are the top 10 Premier League super subs of all time?
