Apple’s $1,999 iPhone Duo faces early‑stage problems, from inner‑screen cracks and unoptimized apps to overheating and camera limitations.
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Microsoft’s new Windows 11 preview (KB5127936) lets users customize the right‑click context menu and adds a cloud‑based recovery option, arriving as Windows license sales dip.
Ubisoft announced a New Game Plus update for Assassin’s Creed Valhalla, said a major Hexe update will arrive in 2027, and confirmed no new remakes are in development.
A mounted Nanotyrannus skeleton named Jodi sold for $47.3 million at a Sotheby’s auction in New York, becoming the second‑most expensive dinosaur fossil ever sold.
A team using Chile's Vera C. Rubin Observatory has identified a distant object, 2026 ED138, that may qualify as the solar system's next dwarf planet.
NASA astronaut Anil Menon and Canadian astronaut Joshua Kutryk completed the seventh roll‑out solar array installation on the International Space Station, moving the power‑system upgrade toward its final phase.
More than 500 dead Adélie penguins were found on the Danger Islands, and researchers have determined that a bacterial avian cholera, not bird flu, caused the die‑off.
The California Department of Public Health is reminding residents to get flu, COVID‑19 and RSV shots as the holiday season approaches, emphasizing safety and accessibility.
A 23‑year‑old teacher’s sudden collapse at work has drawn attention to widespread vitamin D deficiency and calls for broader testing and food fortification in the UK.
The Bank of Japan kept its policy rate at 1.25% after noting that underlying inflation aligns with its 2% target for the first time since 2013, while upgrading its inflation outlook.