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The 2026 MotoGP season returns from its summer break as a fascinating riders’ championship battle resumes at Silverstone, the home of UK motorsport, for the British Grand Prix 2026.Just 24 points separates the top five riders in the standings, with 2024 champion Jorge Martin (Aprilia Racing) leading SuperFile Trackhouse’s Ai Ogura by 14. However, the duo will be nervously looking over their shoulders after seven-time world champion Marc Marquez (Ducati Lenovo) roared back into contention with three wins in the past four grands prix having recovered from a fractured foot. He is only 18 points off the summit, while Martin’s…

Today’s NYT Connections puzzle is especially fun if you like movies and books. Read on for hints and today’s Connections answers. Hints for today’s Connections groups Here are four hints for the groupings in today’s Connections puzzle, ranked from the easiest yellow group to the tough (and sometimes bizarre) purple group. Yellow group hint: Let’s come at this another way. Green group hint: Beloved books. Blue group hint: Types of films. Purple group hint: I don’t want to be here. Answers for today’s Connections groups Yellow group: Take a different approach. Green group: Classic children’s books. Blue group: Movie subgenres. Purple group: Things people…

New drone detects wildfires within minutes using thermal and optical sensorsIsraeli drone automatically searches vast landscapes for newly ignited wildfires before they spreadAutonomous drone sends fire coordinates directly to emergency command centers within momentsWildfires across Europe had killed at least seventeen civilians and eight firefighters and forced roughly 330,000 people to flee by early August 2026.The Middle East, too, is facing an intensifying wildfire risk this week as a severe heat wave dries out its forests and hillsides.Amid those conditions, Israel has just tested a new drone designed to catch wildfires within minutes of ignition, before they can spread.Latest Videos…

OpenAI plans to release an AI smart speaker in 2027, according to a Bloomberg report on Thursday. It’ll reportedly be palm-size and doughnut-shaped and have a wireless design that will let people carry it around. The report, which cited unnamed people familiar with the project, also indicates that the small speaker will cost $300 to $400, a steep price compared with around $100 to $200 for most smart speakers (except for high-end Bose and Sonos options). The device would work like ChatGPT on your phone, but it would use more advanced models that can learn about the user and talk with them…

I still haven’t got my head around the new Sky TV thriller Possession, with all five episodes now available to stream.We follow Claudia (Gugu Mbatha-Raw), an ambitious biracial lawyer who travels to Jamaica to challenge an inheritance claim made by a local man against a wealthy white aristocrat.However, she arrives to find the disputed estate is a former plantation that has long haunted her dreams. Cue a terrifying slew of 1800s flashbacks, curses, and misunderstood spiritual connection.Latest Videos FromTechRadarIt’s colonial horror with a fresh 2020s take, and the supernatural tone might remind you of one of the biggest box office…

T-Mobile launched new mobile plans this week by announcing “Nothing,” referring to the new EIP Flex 36 installment plan, with which you can get a new device for zero money down, not even taxes on the phone. But nothing is also what’s available if you wanted to sign up for T-Mobile’s recent Better Value plan, which the company rolled out in January and just removed on Tuesday when it launched its “2.0” plans. From the start, Better Value was listed as a limited-time offer, but T-Mobile never provided an end date. It was last available on T-Mobile’s site on Monday, as shown…

Redditor uses Claude Code to help reverse-engineer the firmware on an HP 15-dw1036ne, patching its signature check and exposing 55 hidden setup fields and four configuration tabsThe laptop’s RSA-2048 was not broken: the verification routine was patched to return success, a standard firmware-modding technique as per Community NotesThe result is model- and version-specific, still requires physical access via a hardware flash programmer, and leaves the machine permanently more exposed to firmware implants in the futureA Reddit user going by Reddit_2049 posted to r/ClaudeAI a claim that traveled fast: Claude Code had picked apart the firmware on their HP 15-dw1036ne and…

PC gaming sites and social media discussions were buzzing this week after a report from a Chinese forum claimed PC motherboard prices could soon rise significantly. Websites including VideoCardz, Guru3D and Digital Foundry, among others, cited what appears to be a supply chain report on a Chinese forum called Boards Channels, suggesting that PC motherboard makers could raise prices for consumers as material costs climb by as much as 50% in the coming months. The link to the Board Channels report no longer seems to work, but a screenshot posted on these sites suggests that Taiwanese motherboard manufacturers, including ASUS, Gigabyte and…

Every four years, football’s best players are tested on the world’s biggest stage.Less visible is the test taking place behind the scenes.As billions tune in, broadcasters and streaming platforms face their own high-stakes challenge: delivering seamless live experiences at a scale few events can match.Latest Videos FromTechRadar Phil Green Social Links Navigation VP Media & Strategic Accounts, Brightcove. FIFA estimates that around 5 billion people engaged with the 2022 World Cup, with the final alone reaching nearly 1.5 billion viewers worldwide.In 2026, that audience has been presented with an even bigger tournament: 48 teams playing 104 matches across Canada, Mexico…

The easiest step to improve home security is to install a camera surveillance system. There are many options on the market. However, most are cloud-connected and require a subscription fee — they are bad for your wallet and privacy, not to mention hindering your Internet bandwidth. That said, I’d always opt for a locally managed system. And on this front, if you’ve already had a Ubiquiti UniFi Cloud Gateway or are in the process of getting one, you’re in for a pleasant surprise. Similar to the Surveillance Station app, which is part of Synology’s network-attached storage (NAS) platform, UniFi Protect…