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LEGO finally shows us its glorious Star Trek Enterprise D set
Second officer’s log, stardate 4555.38. An archeological dig studying next-generation human exoplanet colonization has revealed a curious find: a 21st-century modular children’s toy with a striking resemblance to my current vessel. This model of a Starfleet Galaxy-class starship is in remarkably good condition, allowing us to examine its anachronistic properties...

Amazon’s Fire TV piracy crackdown hurts everyone, not just pirates
The dirty secret with Amazon’s Fire TV Sticks is that they’re great for piracy, but maybe not for much longer. Amazon confirmed this week that it will block Fire TV apps that provide access to pirated content, including apps that users sideload onto their devices from outside Amazon’s Appstore. Amazon is...

Snap Shares Surge on $400 Million Perplexity AI Deal

BT strikes satellite broadband deal with Musk’s Starlink

Tesla investors vote on an $878 billion payday for Musk - but that's not all

Why Benchmark made a rare crypto bet on trading app Fomo, with $17M Series A

This Ryzen 7 mini PC with quad 8K display support is 27% off today
These days, the best way to keep your desk tidy and get your work done with a powerful machine that won’t break the bank is with a mini PC. They’re tiny in form, but they’ve gotten quite good over these last few years, all while being far cheaper than equivalent...

Burgess in line for first England game in 10 years
Joe Burgess could make his first international appearance for a decade after being named in the 19-man England squad for the final Ashes Test against Australia.

A tale of two cities: London’s lesson for New York’s first Muslim mayor
London mayor Sadiq Khan gives advice to the mayor-elect of New York City Zohran Mamdani

Record referrals to Prevent anti-terror programme
The number of referrals to the scheme increased 27% in the year to March 2025, according to new data.

This tiny and fast 256GB USB flash drive is over 50% off right now
Having extra storage on hand can be a life-saver when you need to manage and transfer files all the time, and a reliable USB flash drive is an essential accessory for those just-in-case moments. If you’re still settling for slow speeds with your old flash drives, today’s a great day...

Finally! Ring cams will stop bombarding you with AI alerts
Ring’s AI event notifications are handy when it comes to getting text descriptions of what’s happening around your abode, but too many of the AI-generated pop-ups can get annoying fast. To cut down on the chatter, Ring is debuting a new feature: AI Single Event Alert, which takes multiple AI notifications from related motion events captured by your Ring cameras and combines them...

Windows 11’s taskbar audio settings suck. Here’s how to fix it
I’ve used Windows 11 regularly for a couple of years now. I still dislike it. But now we’re all stuck with it, given Windows 10’s “death” earlier this month. What I hate in particular: The sound settings on the Windows taskbar. In Windows 10, when you clicked, you could immediately see a...

Matte beats OLED: Why I prefer cheaper laptop screens in real life
The most expensive laptops often have vivid, beautiful, high-resolution OLED panels that look fantastic. But those OLED screens are almost always glossy, and that means they suffer from glare and reflections. Out in the real world, I prefer matte IPS displays—they don’t look as good in perfect lighting, but they’re...

Captain Doris to start for Ireland against Japan
Ireland captain Caelan Doris is named in the starting XV for Saturday's autumn international against Japan in Dublin.

Steyn starts for Scotland against New Zealand
Kyle Steyn starts in place of Duhan van der Merwe and Zander Fagerson is not included as Scotland aim for a first win against New Zealand on Saturday.

Why Have Two Wandsworth Prisoners Been Mistakenly Released?
Police are hunting for two prisoners mistakenly released in the past week.

EV drivers could face new tax in Budget
The BBC understands there have been "conversations" within government about the possibility of a new levy on EVs.