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New Spider-Man film sees second-best global opening weekend ever

The film's strong performance gives a much-needed boost for Disney ahead of the highly-anticipated release of Avengers: Doomsday.…

Bazzite has been an excellent OS for my second gaming PC, but I can't replace Windows 11 with it on my main rig — here's why

Bazzite is almost the perfect Windows 11 replacement for my main gaming PC, but I can't make the jump just yet.…

Canadians are leaving the country at record levels. Can anyone solve this?

Canada just hit a 50-year high for people leaving the country. The numbers are staggering—and getting worse. Here's why our best talent is fleeing.…

Parents save on school uniforms at city swap shop

Parents take home school uniform for free at a pop-up that organisers hope can become a regular event.…

The Papers: Chancellor 'warns' supermarkets and 'own goal'

John Healey's vow to crackdown on grocery "price gouging" and the Fifa World Cup scandal dominate Sunday's front pages.…

Can Burnham Tackle Entitlements?

The prime minister must make hard decisions to stop Britain’s fiscal spiral. The post Can Burnham Tackle Entitlements? appeared first on The American Conservative .…

Faisal Islam: Four reasons why Fifa's World Cup plan never stacked up

The actual presentation of FIFA's plan to part-privatise the World Cup raises many more questions than it answers.…

Turn failing water firms into not-for-profit cooperatives, MPs and mayors tell PM

Labour politicians say mutualised model puts public in control without adding debt to government’s balance sheet…

‘Proteinmaxxing’ could lead to higher prices for infant formula, say experts

Whey protein, a key infant formula ingredient, is in growing demand, partly linked to rising use of weight-loss drugs…

Import Socialists, Get Socialism

Democratic socialists haven’t learned hard lessons from their ancestral homelands. The post Import Socialists, Get Socialism appeared first on The American Conservative .…

The Obligatory AI Post

Can we see AI's contributions directly in the economy yet? and by how much

A source-linked research audit of AI capabilities, business adoption, productivity, inflation, labor, infrastructure spending, and the evidence still missing from the macro story.…

Severance

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UK petrol price hits Iran war high, adding to pressure on households

Average pump price reaches 160p a litre, while diesel is up 14.5p to 179p and forecast to increase to 185p soon…

Morning news brief

President Trump says he may pull Todd Blanche's nomination, Trump says a deal has been made to disarm Hamas and withdraw Israeli forces from Gaza, the U.S. economy is growing, but …

BP to sell North Sea business; AI companies lead record surge on Korea’s stock market – business live

Live, rolling coverage as British oil company looks for buyer amid political dispute over future drilling licences…

‘It makes your heart sing’: can a pioneering project show that rewilding really works? – podcast

Intensive farming has all but destroyed England’s ancient woodlands and freshwater wetlands. On a farm in Lincolnshire a radical aristocrat hopes to show there’s money in protectin…

Economic Warfare Against Iran Continues, As Treasury Neuters Financial Conduits Linked to IRGC

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced on Thursday that the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has sanctioned six foreign entities and individuals because of th…

Trump’s merely “okay” economy

This story appeared in Today, Explained, a daily newsletter that helps you understand the most compelling news and stories of the day. Subscribe here. The American economy lost som…

Nvidia’s RTX 50 GPUs are about to cost nearly double what you paid at launch

Nvidia's RTX 50-series graphics cards are reportedly getting steep price increases, with the RTX 5090 potentially climbing to nearly $3,843 from its $1,999 launch price.…

AI Won't Create a Permanent Underclass. Socialism Will

The case for redistribution without socialism.…

American Red Cross declares second-ever national blood supply crisis

Donations to top US provider have dropped to four-year summer low with less than a day’s supply of type O positive…

The Economic Benefit of Refactoring

Notes from my Thoughtworks colleagues on AI-assisted software delivery…

Three-quarters of Americans think Trump isn’t focusing on top US issues – poll

Trump’s overall approval rating slumps to 34%, according to new CNN poll, as midterms testing Republican power loom…

US economy grows sluggish 1.5% in second quarter as inflation tops Fed target

Consumer spending remained resilient even as policymakers kept interest rates on hold…

US economic growth slows to 1.5% in second quarter

The economy grew at an annual rate of 1.5% in the three months to June, down from 2.1% seen in the previous quarter.…

Economy expanded at 1.5% rate in second quarter of 2026

The economy grew at an inflation-adjusted 1.5% annual rate in the second quarter, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported in a preliminary estimate of gross domestic product. The r…

A second lens makes DJI’s Osmo Pocket 4P my new favorite video camera

Bigger, but definitely better.…

I created a second brain with Claude – and this is how I structured it

My blueprint for an AI brain.…

I’ve seen what can confound Farage on his home turf: optimism. People need a politics that offers them that | Owen Jones

You can’t blame his constituents in Clacton for their pessimism – because they have been let down for years, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones…

Samsung’s smartphone division just posted its first-ever loss amid RAMageddon

For obvious reasons, Samsung’s latest earnings call has seen the company report its first-ever loss in its mobile division despite...…

Bravo alum shares results of ‘rib recontouring’ procedure to get ‘snatched waist’: ‘Best thing I’ve done’

The reality star underwent a procedure to reshape her lower ribs to give her an hourglass figure.…

Interest rates expected to be held again by Bank of England

It would be the fifth hold in a row, with the Bank rate standing at 3.75% - the lowest since February 2023.…

Nobody owns the 30 seconds an LLM spends thinking, so I made an arcade there

Arcade, reborn in your terminal — five games that open while Claude thinks and vanish when it replies. Developed by The 747 Lab. - The747Lab/747-terminal-games…

Krafton have big plans for Subnautica, after the second game's once-divisive co-op "confirmed the potential to expand beyond the existing fan base"

Subnautica 2 publishers Krafton may have had to pay Unknown Worlds a massive earn-out , after losing a farcical courtroom battle with ousted studio execs , but they're tickled pink…

How to buy second-hand PC hardware without getting scammed — essential rules of engagement for finding used parts and machines in an inflated market

Avoid scams, scams, and even more scams.…

How Profitable Is LLM Inference? Doing the Math on Kimi K3

A look at LLM inference economics (batch size, GPU count, and the Pareto frontier that sets token prices) applied to Kimi K3 with back-of-the-envelope math.…

Dispatch from Moscow: Fuel Shortages, Rising Fatigue, and No End of War in Sight

Until recently, a person living in Moscow could avoid nearly every physical consequence of a war being waged in his name. Now it’s becoming almost impossible, writes Tanya Lukyanov…

'We're just in a world of trouble': Las Vegas markets say SNAP cuts force them to reduce workers and store hours

The Trump administration's changes to food welfare benefits are forcing grocery markets in Las Vegas, Nevada, to fire workers and reduce their store hours. Many on the left have de…

The evidence that shows today's 20-somethings really do have it worse

People in their 20s are facing a tougher start to adulthood than any generation in almost half a century, according to analysis for the BBC.…

Can Jonquel Jones Lead The Liberty’s Second-Half Surge? | Liberty Lately

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Apple becomes second ever $5tn company as investors flee AI stocks

Share price rally driven by strong product demand as well as decision to sit out AI spending race, amid wider tech sell-off Apple has become only the second company to pass the $5t…

'I want Racemate to be the second screen': Infobip is helping TGR Haas to fund Formula 1 car development through an entirely new kind of fan engagement

RaceMate is an AI companion designed to answer all your questions about TGR Haas, the drivers, and the races.…

Automation Led to Economic Misery. AI Doesn't Have To

How to make AI work for workers…

Beshear sends second letter to Mitch McConnell demanding ‘proof of your capacity to serve, or resign’

Gov. Andy Beshear (D-KY) sent another letter to Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) on Monday night, demanding the senator provide evidence he is capable of serving or resign from his post…

Lossless Scaling lets a second GPU handle frame generation, reviving dual-GPU gaming without SLI

Redditor quiziwuzzi claims to have built a gaming PC with an unusual dual-GPU setup, pairing a Gainward RTX 3090 Phoenix with an Asus Dual RTX 3050 6GB...…