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MacBook Air M4 in Sky Blue Kyle Kucharski/ZDNETWhen Apple announced the MacBook Air M4 earlier this year, it was clear that the laptop would be an incremental upgrade from last year’s model, with the latest in Apple silicon and a host of software and AI-powered features. The fact that the 13-inch version was $100 less was a pleasant surprise, however, positioning it as a competitive choice in the current market. I had a chance to test out the new MacBook Air M4, and my initial findings reflect a device that’s snappier, a little more polished, and, for MacBook users, an incremental…

A woman with stage 4 colon cancer has had her universal credit payments stopped and is at risk of losing her home after she fell ill while visiting family abroad to tell them about her diagnosis.Ana Paula Cabral, 65, who moved to the UK from Portugal eight years ago, started receiving universal credit (UC) in July as she was unable to work after her cancer diagnosis, which required extensive chemotherapy.Her payments were abruptly stopped in September after she fell seriously ill while in Portugal, with the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) saying she was no longer eligible as she…

Helen BushbyCulture reporter Getty ImagesMillie Bobby Brown and David Harbour shared a joke on the red carpetStranger Things stars Millie Bobby Brown and David Harbour laughed and embraced on the red carpet at the latest premiere for their hit Netflix show, appearing to put unconfirmed recent reports of discord behind them.Netflix posted footage of the pair laughing and joking together in front of crowds and media before the launch of the fifth and final season of the hugely successful sci-fi series in Los Angeles.It comes after the Mail on Sunday reported that Brown had filed a “harassment and bullying claim”…

Championship side Bristol City – owned by Guernsey resident Steve Lansdown – had been tracking Scott’s early progress after an impressive start in adult football and gave him a trial in December 2019.”It was chaos,” said Scott. “The first day I trained with the under-18s, the second day I trained with the first team, which was a complete shock.”On the Wednesday I played for Guernsey FC in London, travelled back and on the Friday, I played for Bristol City Under-18s and scored a hat-trick. It was almost a done deal for me to sign a contract.”Within 18 months, still some…

The Queensland government released private information about the mother of a transgender teenager – information she says potentially “outed” her child – to a stranger.The revelation came as the state government was accused of “intimidation” and “an invasion of privacy” after demanding confidential medical information from parents of transgender children who are considering a further legal challenge to its controversial ban on puberty blockers.Last month, the Queensland health minister, Tim Nicholls, issued a new order banning the prescription of puberty blockers for transgender patients, just hours after the state’s supreme court ruled the government’s first attempt was unlawful.Guardian Australia has…

A North Korean defector makes new friends in Seoul’s gay community.London Korean Film FestivalPark Joon-ho was nominated for the Best New Director award at the upcoming 46th Blue Dragon Awards. He received the nomination for his first feature film, 3670, which screens this month at the London Korean Film Festival. It’s the story of Cheol-jun, a North Korean defector, adjusting to life in South Korea, where, for the first time he’s free to acknowledge his sexual identity. It would have been impossible, even dangerous, to say he was gay in North Korea. The story was inspired by Park’s years of…

Doubling cadence … This was the fourth flight of Europe’s new Ariane 6 rocket, and its third operational launch. Arianespace plans one more Ariane 62 launch to close out the year with a pair of Galileo navigation satellites. The company aims to double its Ariane 6 launch cadence in 2026, with between six and eight missions planned, according to David Cavaillès, Arianespace’s CEO. The European launch provider will open its 2026 manifest with the first flight of the more powerful four-booster variant of the rocket. If the company does manage eight Ariane 6 flights in 2026, it will already be…

Beware! When you enter the animated, dystopian world of Spanish comics and animation creator Alberto Vázquez’s Decorado, you may shed some tears – tears of laughter, sadness, frustration, or all of the above. The new feature from the director, who has won best animated feature film Goya Awards for his Birdboy: The Forgotten Children and Unicorn Wars, world premiered at Austin’s Fantastic Fest. After traveling to Ottawa, Sitges, and the BFI London Film Festival, it is next featured in the Just Anime section of the 29th edition of the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (PÖFF), which opens on Friday. The fest runs Nov. 7-23,…

Brett OkamotoNov 7, 2025, 07:44 AM ETCloseBrett Okamoto has reported on mixed martial arts and boxing at ESPN since 2010. He has covered all of the biggest events in combat sports during that time, including in-depth interviews and features with names such as Dana White, Khabib Nurmagomedov, Conor McGregor, Nate Diaz, Floyd Mayweather, Manny Pacquiao and Georges St-Pierre. He was also a producer on the 30 for 30 film: “Chuck and Tito,” which looked back at the careers and rivalry of Chuck Liddell and Tito Ortiz. He lives in Las Vegas, and is an avid, below-average golfer in his spare…

Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. “While photographing a pride of lions in the Serengeti, I watched as a group of cubs channeled their inner toddler tantrum, relentlessly demanding milk and attention from their mother, much to the exasperation of the adult lions,” writes photographer Bret Saalwaechter. “Life in the dry season is no picnic—lions are anxiously waiting for the Great Migration and the feast it promises—but it makes for some incredible wildlife behavior and these cubs were the stars of the show. For over an hour, they followed their mother around…