Security officer killed in stabbing attack in Jordan’s capital
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Amazon Kindle Colorsoft Review: The Single-Task Gadget of Our Times
E-book reader sales are soaring as consumers seek technology offering respite from social media and artificial intelligence hype. It’s even better in color.
Ronaldo retires from Portugal duty
Portugal legend Cristiano Ronaldo says “the day has come for me to hand back the number seven shirt”.
Was an Italian chef really fired over refusal to put pineapple on pizza?
The chef had stated that putting pineapple on pizza was “offensive to his culture”.
France gears up for strikes and protests as unions promise national mobilisation
Five of France’s unions have joined a wave of strikes and protests in a national day of action.
India’s costliest film retells a beloved Hindu epic – but divides critics
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James Carville crowns GOP’s only ‘winner’ after Trump’s heir bungles midterm push
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Generative AI is a game changer for e-commerce. Product photos, videos, social posts and entire ad campaigns used to take time, budget and a team.
Memrise founders raise $3.3M for Mindmax, an AI tutor for exams
Mindmax, a London start-up founded by the team behind the language app Memrise, has raised $3.3m (£2.5m) in pre-seed funding to build an AI tutor.
Apple VP Tom Boger on MacBook Pro weight, design, and the return of the glowing logo
Almost everyone in tech already knows about Apple’s new MacBook Pro with PROLED XDR Display, a light, bright, thin pro Mac notebook with a reference-grade touch
A tiny chunk of Australia seeded Southeast Asia’s tropical forests 50 million years ago, plant fossils preserved in amber reveal
Southeast Asia’s tropical forests owe their rich biodiversity to a tiny fragment of Earth’s crust that split from what is now northwestern Australia roughly 150
Series of bomb threats cause flight disruptions across Europe
A passenger plane flying from Dublin to Rome was on Thursday diverted to a French air force base after a bomb threat.