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Walmart bets on sub-$100 Android tablets
Walmart introduces a new line of budget Android tablets starting at $97 for a 7-inch model, aiming to pull price-sensitive shoppers into its broader digital and services ecosystem.
2026-05-19
Sony Slams Door On PC For Big PlayStation Hits
Sony is tightening its first‑party strategy, steering major PlayStation exclusives away from PC and back toward hardware lock‑in to defend console margins and brand identity.
2026-05-19
WHO flags Ebola emergency as US tightens travel
WHO declares an Ebola emergency as the US restricts travel and prepares to transfer an infected American and six others to Germany under strict biocontainment.
2026-05-19
Travel
Entertainment
Eye-Level Party Levels Every Guest
An Oakland event used custom foam platforms to equalize guests’ height, turning a casual party into a live experiment in status, posture and eye contact.
2026-05-04
Why Nintendo Keeps Super Mario Galaxy Movie Racing
Nintendo’s Shigeru Miyamoto argues the rapid pace of The Super Mario Galaxy Movie mirrors game design, trading character pauses for dense visual action to hold broad, impatient audiences.
2026-05-03
Letterboxd Owner Quietly Tests the Exit Door
Letterboxd’s controlling investor is exploring a stake sale, forcing the film-focused social platform to weigh new ownership, fresh capital and the risk of losing its loyal cinephile identity.
2026-04-27
Animal
Technology
Sony’s leaked WH-1000X ColleXion aims above XM6
A detailed leak of Sony’s WH-1000X The ColleXion suggests a new tier above the WH-1000XM6, with upgraded materials, tuning, and pricing ahead of the official launch.
2026-05-19
Xbox Player Voice Simplifies Feedback
Microsoft introduces Xbox Player Voice, a centralized feedback hub that replaces scattered channels and lets players track how their suggestions are received and acted on.
2026-05-19
Xbox Quietly Shifts To All-Caps XBOX
Microsoft is pushing a new all-caps XBOX wordmark, signaling a louder, flatter brand move that aligns with Game Pass, ecosystem thinking and cross-device ambitions.
2026-05-18
Car
Health
Hantavirus Passenger Held in Omaha Quarantine
An American passenger from a hantavirus-hit cruise ship is ordered to remain in an Omaha quarantine unit after seeking to leave, exposing legal and medical tensions over containment.
2026-05-19
Britain turns to Japan for hantavirus drug
Britain has imported the antiviral favipiravir from Japan to reinforce its medical response to a lethal hantavirus outbreak linked to the Hondius cruise line, while regulators weigh emergency use.
2026-05-19
American doctor infected with Ebola in Congo
An American doctor contracted Ebola while treating patients in Congo, prompting CDC monitoring, evacuation planning, and renewed scrutiny of outbreak control measures.
2026-05-19
Delicacy
ACGN
Maryland confirms imported measles case
Maryland health officials confirmed an imported measles case in a Baltimore-area resident who traveled abroad and are tracing contacts and urging MMR vaccination.
2026-04-20
Five surreal sci-fi anime for a Pragmata mood
Pragmata’s eerie, low-orbit isolation has clear cousins in five surreal sci-fi anime that mix cosmic dread, fragile humanity and brutal visual imagination.
2026-04-19
Capturing Affection Through Lenses
2024-04-03