A Christmas invitation that became a 45-year Cardiff friendship
Rob and Dianne Parsons expected Ronnie Lockwood to stay for a few days in 1975. He became part of their family for the rest of his life.
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Nvidia Said To Buy Groq Assets In About $20 Billion Deal
Nvidia is reportedly moving to buy assets from Groq in what would be its largest purchase ever, according to a CNBC report dated the event day.
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Claude Code adds built-in LSP support and pushes further into terminal-native coding
Anthropic's changelog says Claude Code now includes an LSP tool for go-to-definition, find references and hover documentation, alongside smaller terminal and theme updates.
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Michaela Benthaus Becomes First Wheelchair User to Reach Space
The German engineer flew aboard Blue Origin’s New Shepard on an 11-minute suborbital mission that reached approximately 100 kilometres above Earth.
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Google launches Gemini 3 Flash with faster, lower-cost AI inference
The new model became the default in the Gemini app and began rolling out across Search, developer tools and Google Cloud, with Google emphasizing speed, efficiency and multimodal reasoning.
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Texas sues five television makers over automatic content recognition
The state alleges that Samsung, Sony, LG, Hisense and TCL used television tracking technology without adequate consent, claims the companies had not answered when the case was reported.
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Zivver sale raises scrutiny over jurisdiction and encryption claims
An investigation into the Dutch secure-messaging provider's acquisition by US-based Kiteworks raised questions about government access, technical design and oversight of sensitive European communications.
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Apple restores developer's account after disputed gift-card lockout
A longtime Apple developer said an apparently compromised gift card triggered a five-day account shutdown that disrupted devices, cloud data and purchases before executive support restored access.
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Offline smart TVs emerge as practical answer to ads and tracking
A consumer guide finds that buyers seeking privacy and simplicity generally have better options than scarce non-smart televisions, from disconnecting premium sets to using projectors or monitors.
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macOS Tahoe menu icons renew debate over interface clarity
Designer Jim Nielsen argues that adding symbols by default creates visual noise, while acknowledging that icons work well when their shape communicates an action more quickly than text.
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Oxide sets human-accountability rules for workplace LLM use
The computer company encourages selective use of language models for reading, research, review and coding, while restricting generated prose and rejecting mandates that prioritize adoption over judgment.
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Netflix agrees $82.7 billion deal to acquire Warner Bros. assets
The cash-and-stock agreement covers Warner Bros.' film and television studios, HBO and HBO Max, but depends on a prior corporate separation, shareholder approval and regulatory clearance.
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Model explores how cheaper AI persuasion could reshape polarization
A theoretical economics paper finds that lower persuasion costs can push opinions apart under one governing elite, while alternating rivals may sometimes favor more cohesive but strategically resistant preference patterns.
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Zig project leaves GitHub after disputes over Actions reliability
The Zig Software Foundation moved its development to Codeberg, pointing to prolonged GitHub Actions problems and a broader loss of confidence in the platform.
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Anthropic acquires Bun to deepen infrastructure behind Claude Code
Bun's team is joining Anthropic as the AI company invests in the JavaScript runtime already used to distribute Claude Code.
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Slop Evader aims to help users avoid AI-generated search results
A browser tool promoted on a technology blog lets users filter out content created after ChatGPT's public debut, reflecting a new pushback against AI content overload.
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India Mandates Pre-installation of Cybersecurity App on Smartphones
India’s telecoms ministry has ordered manufacturers to pre-install the 'Sanchar Saathi' app, sparking debates over user privacy and corporate compliance.
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Advent of Code 2025 shortens its calendar and retires global rankings
Creator Eric Wastl adjusted the annual programming challenge after a decade, reducing its schedule and removing a leaderboard that had become a source of stress.
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ChatGPT Android beta contains references to possible search advertising
Strings found in a beta release point to internal ad testing, but the supplied report does not establish when or whether the feature will reach users.
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PocketBase pitches an open-source backend in a single file
The open-source project PocketBase is positioning itself as a compact backend for realtime apps, combining database, authentication, storage, and an admin dashboard.
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Perseverance recordings offer evidence of electrical discharges on Mars
Researchers found crackling signals associated with dust devils and storm fronts, though scientists cautioned that the proposed Martian lightning was heard rather than seen.
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Airbus Fleet Faces Global Software Updates Following Radiation Concerns
Airbus has initiated urgent software modifications across its global fleet after identifying that solar radiation may interfere with critical flight control data.
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Voyager 1 approaches a one-light-day communications distance
The distant spacecraft was projected to reach a point in November 2026 where a radio transmission from Earth would need 24 hours to arrive.
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Shai-Hulud campaign returns with a wave of malicious NPM packages
A security blog says a renewed campaign has hit more than 1,000 NPM packages, using a fake Bun runtime and preinstall scripts to steal data.
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