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* Figures prove CD sales have grown more than record sales so far in 2026 * The data has been presented as part of a physical media boom * Time to buy a CD player again — or a portable CD Walkman? In yet another stat that seems to confirm ‘Sony ending PlayStation discs
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Hexaware Technologies, a global provider of IT solutions and services, has announced a partnership with Factory to take agent-native software development to enterprise clients across professional services, banking and financial services, and other major sectors. The partnership brings Factory’s Droid platform into Hexaware’s global delivery ecosystem, helping engineering
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Using your PlayStation to play games is just fine. But what if you could use your Sony console to vibe code with your AI agents on Linux instead? That's what the ownership advocacy organization Fulu wants to make possible, and it’s willing to pay $10,000 to
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Jul 17, 2026 6:34 AM The Best Gifts for Cooks Who Love Cooking From the best air fryer to frying pans to knife sharpeners anyone can use, these ideas will keep the curious home chef in your life tinkering away. Featured in this article All products featured on WIRED
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Only the front of the oven nearest the door, and about an inch from each side wall, cooked a little cooler—about 20 degrees cooler. This is still an impressive result, especially compared to turntable models that don't even let you use most of the space in your
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A French startup has raised $30 million to tackle one of fashion’s hardest waste problems. Syntetica recycles nylon, and it can process two grades at once that the industry has long struggled to pull apart, its founder told TechCrunch. The Ecotechnologies 2 fund, managed by France’s public bank
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Mick Jagger has given a qualified blessing to musicians who reach for artificial intelligence, on the strict condition that whatever comes out is genuinely their own. “If someone wants to make music by AI, go ahead,” he told Billboard in a cover story published this week. “But it has to
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Google DeepMind has launched a programme to turn AI on biological threats. The London lab and its sister company Isomorphic Labs call it bioresilience, and set it out in a joint blog post. The aim is twofold. DeepMind wants to stop people misusing its models, and to help governments, scientists
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What does a company that builds game-playing AI need with a philosopher? That question sits at the heart of a Guardian long-read on Iason Gabriel, who has worked inside Google DeepMind since 2017. For a time, the Guardian reports, Gabriel was the only philosopher at a frontier AI lab. His
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AI is reshaping tech careers. But it will not kill off the value of a STEM degree, according to Google DeepMind chief Demis Hassabis. He made the comments at a London business conference, in a video published on Wednesday. Knowing the fundamentals of software gives you an edge with AI,
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* Market research firm Newzoo reports that Grand Theft Auto 6 has "the strongest pre-order campaign ever recorded" * The game earned roughly $180 million in digital pre-order sales across the US and the five largest European markets during the last week of June * It's estimated GTA 6
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* Watch Ann Droid for free on BBC iPlayer (UK) * Use NordVPN to watch your free streams when abroad * All six episodes arrive on iPlayer on July 17, 2026 Ann Droid is a new BBC sitcom created by and starring Diane Morgan, best known for her roles as Philomena Cunk and
