Nintendo has released an update for Mario Kart World which adds various new features and tweaks. The most notable of these for some players will be the decision to dial down the game’s difficulty by making its AI opponents easier, with Nintendo‘s patch notes saying it has “made COM weaker in everything other than Battle”. Some players have previously pointed …
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Nintendo’s chaotic racer is undergoing some changes today thanks to its Ver. 1.2.0 update, which tries addressing many of the biggest complaints about the game. Emphasis on tries: at least one of the adjustments to Mario Kart World isn’t quite what it seems based on player testing. So, what’s new? We’ll drop the whole patch notes at the end of …
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Jul 30, 2025, 09:03 AM ET SINGAPORE — Léon Marchand broke the world record in the 200-meter individual medley Wednesday at the world championships in Singapore, clocking 1 minute, 52.61 seconds, to surpass the 1:54.00 set in 2011 by American Ryan Lochte. The Frenchman set the mark swimming in the semifinals and, in theory, could break the record again in …
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Katie Ledecky extended her 15-year win streak in the 1500m freestyle and broke career medal ties with Michael Phelps and Ryan Lochte at the World Swimming Championships on Tuesday. Ledecky earned her sixth title in the 1500m free and 22nd world title overall. She clocked 15 minutes, 26.44 seconds in Singapore, comfortably prevailing by 5.35 seconds over Italian Simona Quadarella. …
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A tiny red star not far from Earth is turning out to be a heavyweight in the search for rocky worlds. Nestled just 35 light-years away in space, the star L 98-59 is home to a tight-knit pack of exoplanets, including one that now appears to orbit at just the right distance to harbor liquid water. Using data from NASA’s …
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A tiny red star not far from Earth is turning out to be a heavyweight in the search for rocky worlds. Nestled just 35 light-years away in space, the star L 98-59 is home to a tight-knit pack of exoplanets, including one that now appears to orbit at just the right distance to harbor liquid water. Using data from NASA’s …
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Image: AYANEO Update [Tue 29th Jul 2025, 3:45pm]: In a Pocket DS “Sharing Session” livestream earlier today, AYANEO shared some new specs for the upcoming dual-screen handheld. As outlined in one of earlier slides, the main screen will be a 7″ OLED display capable of outputting 1920 x 1080 full HD resolution and five different refresh rates (60/90/120/144/165Hz). In addition …
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A reputation for wit is often a burden – people expect bon mots to drop constantly from your lips – but no one ever wore their reputation for wit more lightly than the great American singer-songwriter Tom Lehrer, who has died aged 97. Lehrer admirers all over the world know his witticisms from his concert recordings. “If, after hearing my …
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The solar system floats inside a vast, million-degree hot bubble—an invisible cocoon of thin gas that glows in X-ray light. Known as the Local Hot Bubble (LHB), this low-density cavity stretches more than 1,000 light-years across. Despite its scorching temperature, its sparse atoms barely affect surrounding matter. That quiet warmth may have helped life flourish on Earth, but for decades, …
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