Lego Star Wars Day 2026 — deals, free gifts, and more
Best Lego Star Wars Day deals at a glance: Lego Star Wars Day (aka May 4th) is finally here, and Lego is dropping incredible new releases (including the Lego Star...
China’s industrial climb is driven by commercialisation, not subsidies
TL;DRThe Western debate about China’s industrial rise fixates on subsidies, but the real driver is commercialisation: the ability to take technology from laboratory to global market faster than any competitor....
The connection between Kim K and OnlyFans, according to new book
Love them or hate them, the Kardashians are cultural drivers, and a new book releasing tomorrow dissects why.Dekonstructing the Kardashians: A New Media Manifesto is written by psychotherapist MJ Corey,...
Anthropic and Wall Street are building a $1.5bn pipeline into private equity
A joint venture with Blackstone, Hellman & Friedman, Goldman Sachs, and General Atlantic will sell Claude into the buyout firms’ portfolio companies. OpenAI’s DeployCo arrived first; this one is bigger....
China’s robot-hand unicorn Linkerbot is hunting a $6bn valuation
Two years after a Beijing engineer started building dexterous hands inspired by a Japanese cartoon, his company holds 80% of the global market and is doubling its valuation in months....
Today’s Hurdle hints and answers for May 4, 2026
If you like playing daily word games like Wordle, then Hurdle is a great game to add to your routine. There are five rounds to the game. The first round...
NYT Strands hints, answers for May 4, 2026
Today's NYT Strands hints are easy if you're a tree hugger.Strands, the New York Times' elevated word-search game, requires the player to perform a twist on the classic word search....
Apple kills $599 Mac Mini as AI data centre DRAM demand drives record 90% memory price surge and global shortage.
TL;DRApple has discontinued the $599 Mac Mini with 256GB storage, raising the starting price to $799 with 512GB, as a global DRAM shortage driven by AI data centre demand causes...
DJI banned in both Beijing and Washington as drone security fears squeeze world’s largest maker from both sides
TL;DRDJI, which controls up to 80 per cent of the global consumer drone market, now cannot sell its products in either Beijing or Washington after China’s capital banned all drone...
Apple drops net cash neutral target as incoming CEO Ternus prepares to invest in AI and acquisitions
TL;DRApple dropped its net cash neutral policy after seven years, signalling that incoming CEO John Ternus will have greater flexibility to invest in AI infrastructure and acquisitions rather than returning...