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2025 Cord-Cutter Awards: Best streaming services, devices & more
For all the gripes you might have about the state of streaming, this year still had some bright spots. Looking back on 2025, we saw the debut of several new streaming services that deliver more choice and flexibility to cord cutters, along with some compelling new bundles for folks who can’t...

Get Ugreen’s 100W USB-C charger with retractable cable for just $50 now
Be honest: you’re still using the weak, old power adapter that came with your phone, aren’t you? Or one that came with one of your many other devices, like your tablet or earbuds. It’s slow, it’s bulky, it looks ugly, and it only has one port—the complete opposite of this...

'It's hard to take... it hurts' - Fin Smith on losing England place
Fin Smith admits he has found slipping down England's fly-half pecking order tough to take, with George Ford the first-choice 10 during the autumn Tests.

Root hits historic century but second Test finely balanced after day one
Joe Root scores his first century in Australia and finishes unbeaten on 135 as England close on 325-9 at stumps on day one of the second Ashes Test against Australia in Brisbane.

Porn and Masculinity: How to Teach Kids about Sex and Relationships
Musician Jordan Stephens on why we need sex education fit for the digital age.

Watch: Newly released video shows Jeffrey Epstein's private island home
Democrats released a new tranche of materials obtained through a subpoena to the US Virgin Islands, where the residence is located.

Henry Zeffman: PM says he wants a closer relationship with the EU – how far does he want to go?
This week, the PM was trying to set the scene for what is to come on the UK-EU relationship, sources say.

UK and Norway form naval alliance to hunt Russian submarines
The partnership is designed to protect undersea cables, which Western officials say are increasingly under threat from Moscow.

$16 Amazon deal: 4-in-1 USB car charger with retractable cables
How often do you charge your tech while driving? If you aren’t doing so already, you should start! Because time passes while you’re driving whether you like it or not, so you might as well recover some battery life in your phone while you’re at it. Fortunately, that’s never been...

Consumer data storage is too damn small
This is a story about growing older. Clutter, too. But set aside your snarky “Okay, old man” reactions for a moment: You may be genuinely shocked at how much you can store on external storage these days, and how tiny that storage is now, too. For years, I’ve had a small...

Newcastle want to be 'top club in world' by 2030
Newcastle United "in the debate about being the top club in the world" according to new CEO David Hopkinson.

Trump and Infantino - too close for comfort?
Friday’s World Cup draw in Washington DC will be the latest illustration of the ever-closer relationship between US President Donald Trump and Fifa president Gianni Infantino.

Construction sector shrinks at fastest pace since pandemic, survey suggests
Some analysts said the score was a mere fluctuation in the run-up to the Budget.

MND took our son at 14 - anyone at any age can get it
Kyle Sieniawski, from Pontypridd, died last month, after being diagnosed with motor neurone disease in January.

Crypto investor donates record £9m to Reform UK
The sum from Christopher Harborne is the largest ever single donation by a living person to a British political party.

'Australia will have to admit he's a great' - Root hits elusive century
Joe Root ends his long wait for a Test century in Australia by reaching three figures on day one of the second Ashes Test in Brisbane.