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You can soon live out your James Bond fantasies with retractable stud winter tires
In 1987’s The Living Daylights, James Bond presses a dashboard button to activate retractable tire studs, giving the Aston Martin V8 Vantage he’s driving more traction on a frozen lake. That tire technology is no longer limited to the movies. Later this year, Finnish tire brand Nokian is planning to launch a new snow tire…
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Why Europes leaders have struggled to speak as one on Iran
The difficulties of acting “as one” , as we now see again over the Middle East, are giving rise to smaller ad-hoc coalitions of countries forming for mutual convenience around different issues: joint defence procurement projects such as the recent UK-Norway Defence Pact to track Russian submarines in the north Atlantic, or the Coalition of…
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Apples website leaks MacBook Neo, which could be its new cheaper laptop
On Tuesday, during Apple’s weeklong product launch event, a listing for the “MacBook Neo (Model A3404)” appeared on a regulatory compliance page on Apple’s website under its lineup of 2026 MacBooks. First spotted by MacRumors, the listing appears to be an accident and has since been removed, but may have been a leaked reference to…
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US Troops were told Iran war is for Armageddon, return of Jesus
A combat-unit commander told non-commissioned officers at a briefing Monday that the Iran war is part of God’s plan and that President Donald Trump was “anointed by Jesus to light the signal fire in Iran to cause Armageddon and mark his return to Earth,” according to a complaint by a non-commissioned officer. From Saturday morning…
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EA continues to evolve The Sims 4 with new virtual currency and a maker program
EA is adding some big changes to The Sims 4: Later this month, it’s introducing an in-game marketplace where users can buy creator-made items using a new in-game currency called “Moola.” The announcements mark another big shift for the game, which went free to play back in 2022. Creators who want to sell in-game items…
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Unihertzs new QWERTY phone is even more like a Blackberry
Unihertz, known for its slab phone alternatives, has unveiled an evolution of its device with a physical keyboard: The Titan 2 Elite. It’s smaller and sleeker than the (aptly named) Titan that precedes it, comes in the orange color that’s all the rage right now, and looks a heck of a lot like a Blackberry….
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EU strips AI, chips and quantum from industrial plan aimed at countering China
The European Union’s ambitious industrial policy to challenge China has been gutted, removing AI, semiconductors and quantum computing from a list of strategic technologies that must be “made in Europe” to tap billions in government funds. Biotechnology and robotics are other cutting-edge sectors to be cut from the Industrial Accelerator Act (IAA) ahead of the…
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