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iPhone 18 Rumored to Feature Much Brighter Display
Apple’s iPhone 18 will feature a significantly brighter display, according to a Chinese leaker. In a new post on Weibo, the user known as “Instant Digital” said that Chinese supplier BOE has little hope of making panels for the iPhone 18 because Apple’s brightness requirements for the next-generation device are unprecedentedly high. This suggests that read more
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Apple Defeats Privacy Law Claims in California Data Tracking Suit
Apple has beaten a class action’s claims alleging that it records users’ mobile activity without their consent despite the company’s privacy assurances, reports Bloomberg Law. Filed in November 2022, the lawsuit accused Apple of “utterly false” assurances that users are in control of what information they share when they use stock iPhone apps like the read more
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Toby Carvery restaurant facing eviction over felling of ancient oak tree
A Toby Carvery restaurant is facing eviction from its north London site over the partial felling of an oak tree which was believed to be up to 500 years old. The remains of the trunk, surrounded by its severed branches, were discovered by council workers last April in Whitewebbs Park, Enfield. Residents said they were read more
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Spain train crash: Shock and confusion as officials struggle for answers
Guy Hedgecoein Adamuz, southern Spain Reuters Spain’s King Felipe (far right) visited the crash site with Queen Letizia on Tuesday Sunday’s high-speed train crash in southern Spain, the worst in over a decade, has been a devastating tragedy for the country, with the loss of at least 42 lives. And amid the grief, many are read more
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OpenAI on Track to Unveil First AI Device This Year, Could Rival AirPods
OpenAI is “on track” to unveil its first AI device in the second half of this year, Axios reported this week. The comment was given to the publication by OpenAI’s chief global affairs officer Chris Lehane, who listed “devices” as one of the big coming attractions for the company in 2026. Lehane didn’t go into read more
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Japan restarts worlds largest nuclear plant as Fukushima memories loom large
Getty Images The Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Plant has the world’s largest installed capacity Japan has restarted operations at the world’s largest nuclear power plant for the first time since the 2011 Fukushima disaster forced the country to shut all of its reactors. The decision to restart reactor number 6 at Kashiwazaki-Kariwa north-west of Tokyo was read more
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Ukrainian-founded language learning edtech Preply hits $1.2B valuation with $150M Series D
Ukrainian-founded languagelearning marketplace Preply has raised $150 million Series D funding led by WestCap with support from Índico Capital Partners. This latest round brings Preply’s total funding to approximately $299 million to-date and values the company at $1.2 billion, marking a significant milestone in Preply’s mission to make transformative learning experiences accessible to people around read more
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This Smart Lock Looks Just Like a Normal Lock
But this lock’s interior deadbolt manages to hold an impressive amount of technology. There’s a new dual-core chipset that has a ton of compatibility and unlocking options, including Matter and NFC tags, and the dual core means it can run Bluetooth and Matter on separate cores. It’s also compatible with Apple Home Key, along with read more
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Blake Lively called Justin Baldoni a clown in text messages
BBC/Getty Images Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni have been at loggerheads since starring together in It Ends With Us Blake Lively referred to Justin Baldoni as a “doofus director” and a “clown”, according to newly unsealed court documents from the actress’s legal case. The pair starred together in It Ends With Us, but Lively sued read more
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Pro-AI Super PACs Are Already All In on the Midterms
Silicon Valley is already pouring tens of millions of dollars into the midterm elections taking place across the US in 2026, as the tech industry’s war over AI regulation moves decisively into American politics. Technology executives, investors, and companies tied to the AI boom are funding a new network of AI-focused super PACS, which is read more
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Pam Connolly Tenderly Weaves Family Snapshots on Vintage Potholder Looms
Across frameworks devised from vintage potholder looms, Hudson Valley-based artist Pam Connolly weaves personal family narratives and explores notions of home. “I grew up in the 1960s in a typical, post-war suburban neighborhood in New Jersey,” she says. “My parents owned a furniture store that was at the center of our family’s universe—everything revolved around read more
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Apple Pay Likely to Launch in India This Year
Apple Pay is set to go live in the Indian market by the end of 2026, according to a new report by Business Standard. The service still requires regulatory approvals before it can go live in the country, but Apple is reportedly working with banks, regulators, and card networks to bring the payment service to read more
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Kenya: Miano Urges Counties to Boost Tourism to Sh1.1tn
Nairobi — Tourism and Wildlife Cabinet Secretary Rebecca Miano has urged county governments to identify, develop, and promote diverse tourism opportunities to help Kenya hit 5.5 million international visitors and Sh1.1 trillion in revenue by 2028. Speaking at a Council of Governors (CoG) engagement in Naivasha, Miano said counties, as custodians of local tourism–from wildlife read more
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How to Piss Off Trump
Daily Newsletter A mysterious public artwork on the National Mall, the Philadelphia Art Museum’s ongoing rebrand debacle, new Louvre heist footage, and Yoko Ono’s relentless positivity. Good morning. The latest in a series of mysterious monuments periodically erected on the National Mall has an unusual element: public participation. The installation is a 10-foot replica of read more
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Apple Shifts iPhone OLED Orders to Samsung Amid BOE Troubles
Apple’s Chinese supplier BOE is struggling with iPhone OLED production again, causing millions of panel orders to be shifted to Samsung Display, reports The Elec. Multiple industry sources told the publication that BOE still hasn’t resolved manufacturing issues that emerged in November and December of last year. Problems in a specific production process have reportedly read more
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Meta Seeks to Bar Mentions of Mental Health—and Zuckerberg’s Harvard Past—From Child Safety Trial
As Meta heads to trial in the state of New Mexico for allegedly failing to protect minors from sexual exploitation, the company is making an aggressive push to have certain information excluded from the court proceedings. The company has petitioned the judge to exclude certain research studies and articles around social media and youth mental read more
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Afcon 2025: Sadio Mane and Senegal get the better of Mohamed Salahs Egypt again
Since moving to Liverpool in 2017, Salah has won every major club trophy on offer, including the Premier League twice and the Champions League. But it is continental kingship the 33-year-old has spent the twilight years of his career chasing. “Nobody, even in Egypt, wants to win this trophy more than me,” said Salah after read more
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Japan to restart worlds biggest nuclear plant after 15-year shutdown
Petition signed by 40,000 relays concerns over risk of seismic activity in vicinity of Kashiwazaki-Kariwa plant. Published On 21 Jan 202621 Jan 2026 Click here to share on social media share2 Share Japan is set to restart the world’s largest nuclear power plant as it turns back to the energy source a decade and a read more
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Cloover secures over $1.2B to develop an AI operating system for energy independence
Berlin-based Cloover has completed a $22 million Series A equity round and secured a $1.2 billion debt facility, bringing total capital commitments to $1.222 billion. The equity round was led by MMC Ventures and QED Investors, with participation from Lowercarbon Capital, BNVT Capital, Bosch Ventures, Centrotec, and Earthshot Ventures. The debt facility, provided by a read more
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Kizza Besigye: Ugandan opposition figure critically ill in hospital, party says
The health of detained veteran Ugandan opposition figure Kizza Besigye has “reached a critical and deteriorating state”, his party says, after he was taken overnight to a medical facility in the capital, Kampala. The 69-year-old politician was driven to a private medical facility under “heavy security”, the People’s Front for Freedom (PFF) party said, without read more
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