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CES  The Consumer Technology Association has issued some fresh predictions for how much more Americans may have to pay for their hardware if Donald Trump's hard-line import tariffs are imposed.…

Plus: A peek at Nvidia's latest hype

CES  AMD unleashed a flood of CPUs at the annual CES super-conference this week in Las Vegas – chips that span the gamut from high-end desktop processors to those aimed at gaming notebooks, handhelds and, yes, so-called AI PCs.…

DAN HODGES: What will it take before Keir Starmer finally gets it? Or for any of his MPs who are preparing to block a full public inquiry into the rape and abuse of thousands of working-class British girls, to get it?

After months of being 'plagued with suspicions,' Furness, 68, can now move on, according to insiders, who claim the images served to confirm that her fears were warranted.

After 15 minutes of taut tussles with the Prime Minister, Kemi Badenoch concluded her PMQs remarks by naming some of the towns where gangs 'systematically gang-raped children'.

An asylum seeker who was living on the Bibby Stockholm barge when he violently assaulted a fellow immigrant last summer has appeared in court wearing a pair of trainers worth £185.

Officials from the Crown Prosecution Service will now examine the dossier before deciding whether to press charges, in a development that will cause serious concerns at his club.

Crane operator Antony Maxwell, 21, was nearly three times the drink driving limit when he fell from the fifth floor after going out for a cigarette at the Kahya Aqua Resort and Spa in Antalya Turkey.

The World Health Organization has finally commented on the viral outbreak of HMPV in China that has fueled pandemic fears, claiming the situation was 'not unusual.'

Elli Jafari, the Groucho Club's first female chief executive, has resigned just months after an alleged rape on its Soho premises in November, which prompted the venue's closure.

HashiCorp co-founder's side project reaches 1.0 – er, 1.0.1

Ghostty is more interesting than it sounds, for several reasons: Who wrote it, what it does, and the language it was written in are all more unusual than the ostensibly simple task it performs.…

Laura Barbier, 20, a student from Liege, in Belgium, had travelled to Milan, Italy, with five friends aged 20 and 21 to celebrate the New Year.

An anonymous reader shares a report: It looks like Samsung is finally ready to roll out a paid subscription for its AI-powered smartphones, but it might not look like what we were expecting. According to ETNews, Samsung Electronics vice chair Han Jong-hee has confirmed that the company's AI Subscription Club, which launched last December for some of Samsung's home appliances in South Korea, will soon roll out to both Galaxy phones and the upcoming Ballie AI robot. "We will apply the subscription service to Galaxy smartphones starting next month," he says. "Ballie will be introduced first in Korea and the US, and we plan to supply it as a subscription in Korea."

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Several top hotels like the Beverly Hills Hotel, The Four Seasons Beverly Hills, the Peninsula Hotel and the Waldorf Astoria are all sold out.

A man who killed an innocent father-of-two with a single punch has been found guilty of manslaughter. David Hallatt had been acting peacemaker in a pub fight when he was hit and killed.

The passenger said the altercation began when a flight attendant asked her to put her bag in the overhead compartment.

The TV presenter, 47, sparked concern among her fans after revealing her five-year-old had been taken to hospital and did not give any further details of his condition.

He has shared an insight into his next role

JPL's sky crane tech or private vendor to get $5-7B contract, before hitching lift back to Earth with ESA

NASA says it needs until 2026 before making a final decision on how the Mars Sample Return (MSR) mission will work.…

An anonymous reader shares a report: As music sales and streaming revenue reaches a high of $3 billion -- the highest since 2001, not accounting for significant inflation -- the UK video game market, which has grown almost continually for decades, has shrunk by 4.4%. The most significant decline was in boxed video game sales, down 35%. Data from Digital Entertainment and Retail Association (ERA) puts the total worth of the UK video game market in 2024 at $5.7 billion, double the music market and behind TV and movies at $6.2 billion. The numbers show a shift in players' purchasing habits that has been ongoing for years, from physical games to digital downloads and in-game purchases in popular, established games such as Fortnite and Roblox. Boxed games now account for 27.7% of new game sales in the UK, according to ERA data.

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