Your old Google Pixel smartphone could be repurposed in a data center - Engadget

Keeping phones out of landfills and doing useful things is a good thing.

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Tech news has been getting progressively more gloomy of late. As RAMaggedon continues to break pricing on basically all gadgets (and many of us panic-buying PCs), it's refreshing when feel-good stories come along. Enter a project designed to reduce e-waste caused by discarded phones. Researchers at the University of San Diego are trying to help out schools and students by investigating whether old Google Pixel phones can be reused as affordable computing clusters.

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Xabi Alonso's first Chelsea match was a tale of four strikers

Xabi Alonso's first match as Chelsea manager was defined by four strikers - an untouchable one, one that struggled again and could leave, a promising talent, and one that could join.

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Trump Says Lindsey Graham ‘Liked War’—After Viral Clip Of Late Senator Celebrating Iran Attacks

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Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., “was a guy that liked war,” President Donald Trump said Tuesday, hours before he’s set to speak at Graham’s funeral and a day after a clip of Graham celebrating the U.S. strikes on Iran in February went viral.

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Sauron Uses a Legendary Item From The Lord of the Rings Lore to Fend Off the Balrog in The Rings of Power Season 3

Prime Video has revealed a first look at Sauron taking on the Balrog in Season 3 of The Rings of Power, and in doing so confirmed that the Dark Lord uses a legendary item from The Lord of the Rings lore in the fight.

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Armarium’s Giorgia Gabriele On Why Luxury Has A Pricing Problem And Hospitality Is Winning

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Armarium turns fashion into its own red carpet. Founder Giorgia Gabriele believes luxury’s biggest competitor is now hospitality, as consumers increasingly choose memorable experiences over another piece for the wardrobe.

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Does Spider-Man: Brand New Day have a post-credits scene? A spoiler-free guide

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As Token Costs Plunge, Enterprise AI Providers Face A New Margin Squeeze

Nuclear Power Looms Large In UK Power Debate

LARGS, UNITED KINGDOM - JANUARY 24: Pictured is an electric pylon near Largs in Scotland January 24, 2006 Largs Scotland. The debate to close or start new nuclear power projects continues as a UK government energy review is anticipated. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

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Bangkok International Content Market Bows With Strong Debut, Logs Over $65 Million in Deals

Thailand’s first purpose-built international content marketplace wrapped its debut edition this month with an estimated THB2.2 billion ($65.5 million) in business value generated across three days of structured deal-making and co-production talks.

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Helical nanoparticles trigger cancer alarms and deliver gene therapy

KAIST makes cancer cells send out their own danger signal
Graphical abstract. Credit: Biomaterials (2026). DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2026.124337

Cancer cells survive by hiding from the immune system's surveillance. A KAIST research team has developed a new anticancer platform that makes cancer cells send out their own danger signals—prompting immune cells to attack—while simultaneously delivering gene therapy. The approach is expected to offer a new treatment strategy that combines cancer immunotherapy and gene therapy in a single nanoparticle.

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‘It’s not cricket’: cheating row as ‘Clicky Ponting’ appears to dupe umpire

The ball is bowled, the batter plays a shot and it’s caught by the wicketkeeper to cheers all round. The batter is clearly bemused. Did he hit it? Or … did a fielder click his fingers to mimic a nick?

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