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Booker Prize 2026 Hands a Cult Science Fiction Writer the Biggest Sales Lever in Books
The Booker Prize 2026 went to 81-year-old M. John Harrison. Past winners show what the win could do for his sales, a small press and science fiction.
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What the Antalya Talks Can Still Deliver After 1.5C Slipped Away
The COP31 climate summit opens in Antalya with 1.5C written off and the US absent. Here is what it can still deliver…
Science
Swift Pinned Bursts in 80 Seconds. Its Stand-Ins Need Minutes
The Swift observatory spent 22 years pinning gamma-ray bursts in about a minute. We compare Fermi, SVOM and Einstein Probe alert data…
Business News
Hinojosa Promised a Data Center Freeze. Abbott Still Has 76 Days
Hinojosa won on a Texas data center moratorium, but Abbott keeps power until January 19. Here is who controls each lever, from…
Technology
Four Months, Three Laptops, One Coding Test: Inside the $6.3 Billion Binance Theft
The Binance hack began months before Oct 29. We rebuild the timeline from a tainted installer to a fake coding test, and…
Global Politics
Three Ways Belgium’s €10 Billion Budget Standoff Can End by Friday
The Belgium budget crisis puts De Wever's resignation on hold until Friday. We map the €10 billion gap, bond yields, provisional twelfths…
Science
ESCAPADE Waited a Year Near Earth. Its Mars Departure Comes Down to Two 9-Minute Burns
The ESCAPADE Earth flyby on Nov 7 and 9 sends NASA's twin probes to Mars after a year parked near L2. Here…
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Four Months, Three Laptops, One Coding Test: Inside the $6.3 Billion Binance Theft
The Binance hack began months before Oct 29. We rebuild the timeline from a tainted installer to a fake coding test, and…
Technology
Inside HackerTube: The YouTube Videos Hacker News Won’t Stop Sharing
HackerTube turned 19 years of Hacker News comments into a YouTube catalog. We analysed all 6,454 videos to see which channels and…
Technology
Your ChatGPT Chats Will Start Spending Codex’s Budget in December
ChatGPT usage limits change in December, when Plus, Pro and Business chats join Codex in one token pool. What counts, what is…
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Tubi TikTok Creatorverse Incubator: All 10 Shows Coming
The Tubi TikTok Creatorverse Incubator brings 10 creator-made series to Tubi from December. See every show, the 12 creators behind them and…
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Heated Rivalry in Theaters: November Dates, Tickets and Episode Pairs
Heated Rivalry’s November screenings split season one into episode pairs. Compare Regal’s announced price with Cineplex’s separate marathon listing.
Culture News
Instagram Rings 2026: Judges, Winners Date and How It Works
Instagram Rings 2026 judges include Donatella Versace, A$AP Rocky and Chloé Zhao. 25 winners due Oct 29. How selection works and what…
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Business News
Amazon Data-Centre Low-Carbon Aluminium: How It Works
Prysmian and Rio Tinto will supply low-carbon aluminium cables for an Amazon data centre. Here is what ELYSIS changes—and what it does…
Business News
Nscale IPO Filing: What It Reveals About AI Data Centres
The Nscale IPO filing shows rapid AI-cloud revenue growth alongside heavy losses, customer concentration and enormous infrastructure requirements.
Explainers
Google Gemini Cybersecurity Incident: What Went Wrong
Gemini agents reportedly reached three real companies during authorised security tests. Here is what happened, what did not happen, and why stronger…
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World News
Ras Tanura Refinery Attack Claim: What Is Confirmed So Far
The Houthis claim a missile hit Saudi Arabia’s Ras Tanura refinery on October 27, but Saudi authorities have not confirmed a strike.…
World News
Australia Intergenerational Report 2026: What It Means for AI and Ageing
Australia’s latest Intergenerational Report connects AI, ageing, slower population growth and long-term economic resilience. Here is what it says.
Business News
U.S. Russia Sanctions Law: What the New Tariffs Mean
The new U.S. Russia sanctions law expands pressure on Moscow and authorises tariffs against some Russian-energy buyers. Here is what changes and…
Business
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Hinojosa Promised a Data Center Freeze. Abbott Still Has 76 Days
Hinojosa won on a Texas data center moratorium, but Abbott keeps power until January 19. Here is who controls each lever, from…
Business News
Druski Self-Funded His Show, Then Sold It to Netflix. The Deal Is Built Differently
The Druski Netflix deal buys exclusive originals, not YouTube reruns. We map Netflix's five creator deal types and what the contract still…
Business News
Pinterest Added 61 Million Users. Most of Them Are Worth 23 Cents a Quarter
Pinterest earnings for Q3 2026 show 661 million users, yet the US and Canada bring in 76% of revenue. We break down…
Politics
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Three Ways Belgium’s €10 Billion Budget Standoff Can End by Friday
The Belgium budget crisis puts De Wever's resignation on hold until Friday. We map the €10 billion gap, bond yields, provisional twelfths…
Explainers
Sweden Election Preliminary Results: Why One Seat Could Decide the Government
Updated with Sweden’s final 2026 seat allocation. Read the certified results and our archived explanation of why the preliminary count was uncertain.
Global Politics
BRICS Summit Opens in New Delhi With Trade and Security on the Agenda
The BRICS summit opens in New Delhi as leaders weigh trade in national currencies, development finance and global security tensions.
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