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Why Gen Z Has Yet to Find Its Own Friends-Style Sitcom

More than two decades after Friends ended, television has yet to produce a Gen Z sitcom with comparable cultural reach. Newer ensemble comedies including Adults, I Love LA, Not Suitable…

More Than 1,000 UK Veterans Face Pension Repayment Demands After Administrative Errors

More than 1,000 retired UK service personnel are being pursued for pension overpayments caused by administrative and calculation errors, with some veterans facing demands to repay tens of thousands of…

Selena Gomez Seeks Dismissal From $1.2 Million Wondermind Investor Lawsuit

Selena Gomez has asked a Delaware federal court to dismiss claims against her in a lawsuit brought by investors in Wondermind, the mental health startup she co-founded with her mother…

Mike Ashley Calls Burnham’s Retail and Business Rates Plans ‘Populist’

Sports Direct founder Mike Ashley has criticized Prime Minister Andy Burnham’s approach to business rates and the cost of living, arguing that higher employment costs and commercial property taxes are…

Pizza Robots Struggle to Deliver as Restaurant Automation Companies Keep Trying

Pizza-making robots have struggled to gain traction despite years of investment, with several high-profile automation companies shutting down before their systems could become widely adopted. The failures have left some…

Some U.S. Restaurants Drop Tipping in Favor of Higher Wages and Menu Prices

A small number of U.S. restaurants are replacing tipping with higher fixed wages, arguing that the model gives workers more predictable pay and reduces differences between front-of-house and kitchen staff.…

UK E-Bike and E-Scooter Battery Fires Rose to 605 in 2025

More than 2,000 fires involving e-bikes, e-scooters, or their batteries were recorded by UK fire and rescue services between 2019 and 2025, according to Freedom of Information data gathered by…

WhatsApp Hawala Network Moved Hundreds of Millions of Euros Across Borders

A WhatsApp group containing 532 money brokers was used to arrange hundreds of millions of euros in cross-border cash transfers, including transactions linked to terrorism financing and organized crime, according…

Berlin Refuses Ransom Demand After Hackers Claim 5.79TB Data Theft

Berlin authorities have refused to pay a ransom following a cyberattack on the German capital’s government network that resulted in data being stolen from multiple departments. Ransomware group Rhysida has…

Dutch Institute Issues Red Alert Over Trump-Shaped Ecstasy Pills Containing PMMA

The Netherlands’ Trimbos Institute has issued a Red Alert over potentially lethal ecstasy pills shaped to resemble U.S. President Donald Trump after tests found very high concentrations of PMMA. The…

GTA 6 Extended Look Reveals More of Lucia, Jason, Leonida and Story Gameplay

Rockstar Games has released a 26-minute extended look at Grand Theft Auto VI, giving players the most detailed official footage of the game since Trailer 2 arrived in May 2025.…

Canada Recruits 64 Global Researchers as U.S. Funding Cuts Push Academics Abroad

Canada is recruiting 64 researchers from universities around the world under a new federally funded program, with 48 of them moving from U.S. institutions including Harvard, MIT, and the University…

Starbucks Leans on Cold Drinks as Gen Z Shifts Away From Traditional Coffee

Starbucks is increasingly relying on cold beverages as younger customers favor customizable drinks over traditional hot coffee. Cold drinks now account for the majority of Starbucks beverage sales, while products…

Widow Begins Legal Action Against Singapore Airlines Over Fatal SQ321 Turbulence Incident

A British woman whose husband died following severe turbulence aboard a Singapore Airlines flight has begun High Court proceedings against the carrier, seeking damages related to injuries she sustained during…

Bluesky Adds Opt-Out Setting to Keep Posts Out of Discover Feed

Bluesky has introduced a new setting that lets users stop their posts from appearing to non-followers in the platform’s main Discover feed. The feature is intended for people who want…

Meta Settlement Gives Meta Legal Protection for Using Children’s Data to Train Age Checks

Meta will receive limited protection from participating state attorneys general over its use of children’s data to develop age-assurance technology under its multibillion-dollar child-safety settlement. The agreement requires Meta to…

YouTube Lets U.S. Creators Tag Amazon Products and Earn Sales Commissions

YouTube is adding Amazon to its Shopping Affiliate Program, allowing eligible U.S. creators to tag Amazon products directly in Shorts, long-form videos, and livestreams. Creators can then earn commissions when…

Barret Zoph Joins Google as Vice President of Research After Leaving OpenAI

Google has hired AI researcher Barret Zoph as vice president of research, adding him to the team working on Gemini after a brief return to OpenAI earlier this year. Zoph…

ATF Declares Cyberattack a ‘Major Incident’ as Qilin Ransomware Gang Claims Responsibility

The U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives has confirmed a cyberattack affecting a standalone computer system and said the incident has been formally classified as a “major incident.”…

OpenAI, Anthropic, Google and Microsoft Join Call for Global AI Cyber Defense Effort

More than 100 technology, cybersecurity, financial, and infrastructure companies have signed an open letter calling for stronger coordination against increasingly capable AI-enabled cyberattacks. Signatories include OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Microsoft, AWS,…