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Lauren Sanchez and Jeff Bezos are set to tie the knot in an extravagant Italian wedding in June - but how much will it cost? Experts weigh in.

Microsoft quietly teased its next-generation Xbox by showcasing its collaboration with Asus "to bring two Xbox Ally handhelds to the market later this year," writes The Verge's Tom Warren. From the report: The Xbox Ally handhelds run Windows, but the Xbox team has worked with Windows engineers to boot these PC handhelds into a full-screen Xbox UI. The Windows desktop doesn't even fully load, and you use the Xbox app UI as a launcher to get to all your games (even Steam titles) and apps like Discord. While the combination of Windows and Xbox here is intriguing, it's the way that Microsoft is positioning these devices that really caught my attention. "This is an Xbox," said Microsoft during the reveal, clearly expanding its marketing push beyond a single console to every screen and device. It all felt like a true Xbox handheld reveal. There was even an 11-minute-long behind-the-scenes video on the Xbox Ally handhelds, filmed in a similar style to Microsoft's "Project Scorpio" Xbox One X reveal from nearly nine years ago. "This is a breakthrough moment for Xbox," Carl Ledbetter, a 30-year Microsoft design veteran, says in the video. Ledbetter helped design the original IntelliMouse, the Xbox 360 Slim, the Xbox One X, and plenty of other Microsoft devices. When Ledbetter is involved, you know it's more than just a simple partner project with Asus. "For the first time, a player is going to be able to hold the power of the Xbox experience in their hand, and take it with them anywhere they want to go," says Xbox president Sarah Bond, in the same video. Microsoft thinks of the Xbox Ally handhelds as Xbox consoles with the freedom of Windows, and I think the next-gen Xbox is going to look very similar as a result. Related

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Despite 'multiple enforcement actions,' Joy Timeline HK allegedly wouldn't stop

Meta has sued an app maker for advertising on Facebook and Instagram a so-called "nudify" app that uses AI to generate nude and sexually explicit images and videos of individuals without their consent.…

Health Secretary Neil Gray stated he used a taxpayer-funded limo to travel to a personal address - but was actually chauffeured to the pub.

Sean ' Diddy ' Combs is showing off a new wholesome persona during his sex-trafficking and racketeering trial in New York City .

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Last week, electronics engineer Lorentio Brodesco announced the completion of a mock-up for nsOne, reportedly the first custom PlayStation 1 motherboard created outside of Sony in the console's 30-year history. The fully functional board accepts original PlayStation 1 chips and fits directly into the original console case, marking a milestone in reverse-engineering for the classic console released in 1994. Brodesco's motherboard isn't an emulator or FPGA-based re-creation -- it's a genuine circuit board designed to work with authentic PlayStation 1 components, including the CPU, GPU, SPU, RAM, oscillators, and voltage regulators. The board represents over a year of reverse-engineering work that began in March 2024 when Brodesco discovered incomplete documentation while repairing a PlayStation 1. "This isn't an emulator. It's not an FPGA. It's not a modern replica," Brodesco wrote in a Reddit post about the project. "It's a real motherboard, compatible with the original PS1 chips." It's a desirable project for some PS1 enthusiasts because a custom motherboard could allow owners of broken consoles to revive their systems by transplanting original chips from damaged boards onto new, functional ones. With original PS1 motherboards becoming increasingly prone to failure after three decades, replacement boards could extend the lifespan of these classic consoles without resorting to emulation. The nsOne project -- short for "Not Sony's One" -- uses a hybrid design based on the PU-23 series motherboards found in SCPH-900X PlayStation models but reintroduces the parallel port that Sony had removed from later revisions. Brodesco upgraded the original two-layer PCB design to a four-layer board while maintaining the same form factor. [...] As Brodesco noted on Kickstarter, his project's goal is to "create comprehensive documentation, design files, and production-ready blueprints for manufacturing fully functional motherboards." Beyond repairs, the documentation and design files Brodesco is creating would preserve the PlayStation 1's hardware architecture for future generations: "It's a tribute to the PS1, to retro hardware, and to the belief that one person really can build the impossible."

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Aircraft didn't even get its wheels up before sinking into suburban area

A Boeing 787 flying from India to London's Gatwick airport has crashed, leaving one reported survivor among the 242 people aboard.…

The public has been able to share use of the centre for more than a decade

Is flying still the safest way to travel? People might be forgiven for thinking otherwise given the alarming string of recent disasters.

Authorities had said earlier they believed there were no survivors on the Gatwick-bound flight that crashed in Gujarat carrying 242 passengers, including 53 Britons.

Shocking video shows Yellowstone moms strolling toddlers within feet of a massive bison - ignoring warning signs and treating the beast like a petting zoo.

University collab underscores pivot to Asia amid unpredictable US policy

TSMC has opened a joint research lab with the University of Tokyo in Japan, the company's first such collaboration with an academic institute outside of Taiwan, amid ongoing concerns over the Trump administration's attitude to foreign tech firms.…

Filmed before the One Direction star's death in October 2024 , Building The Band will see talented singers vie for a chance to form the next great band sight unseen.

Tax advisor Ben and accountant Maya, originally from West Country, roped in property expert Kirstie Allsopp 's help to find their dream family property in a leafy area of south west London.

Multiple popular services -- including Google, Google Cloud, AWS, Spotify, Discord, Cloudflare, Google Nest, Azure, Box and Shopify -- are experiencing at least a partial outage globally that began around 2:25pm ET Friday, according to user complaints with reports flooding in across social media and outage tracking sites. Cloudflare has confirmed ongoing issues that started within the past hour. It remains unclear what prompted the outage. More details to follow.

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Officials have approved the order after hearing of the 'biodiversity value' of the oak for the area, where homes sell for in excess of £1 million.

The council will meet this month to discuss the suspension of cricket in the village

Jeng Chow, 30, and Ley Wat, 25, were travelling from their native Malaysia with 28 vacuum-sealed packages of marijuana and had even made a stop over in Qatar.

Bhoomi Chauhan was due to fly to London Gatwick onboard the ill-fated flight AI171 that crashed just minutes after takeoff in Ahmedabad, west India today.

Sir Keir Starmer provoked outrage after suggesting his housing pledge this week was made possible 'because' of VAT on school fees.