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Image: Nomad Nomad is adding a little shine to the Apple Watch. The accessory maker has introduced a new version of its Stratos Apple Watch band, bringing a limited-edition Icy Blue Glow finish to its hybrid titanium design. The band keeps the same rugged-meets-refined formula Nomad is known for, but adds a soft glow-in-the-dark detail tucked between its metal links. The Stratos Band blends two very different materials: On the outside, it uses Grade 4 titanium, known for its strength and lightweight. On the inside, Nomad pairs that metal with FKM rubber, a high-performance fluoroelastomer that sits against the wrist.…
Image generated by Google Gemini The pursuit of tech innovation has received a powerful push in Israel. The nation has officially activated its national AI supercomputer, delivering access to Nvidia B200 accelerators for Israeli companies and researchers. Israeli companies had no local supercomputers designed for AI model training and were forced to rely on expensive global cloud services. Now, with over 90% of Israeli hi-tech workers using AI and approximately 22,000 companies already integrating AI into their products, this infrastructure is very useful. The supercomputer operates under Israel’s National Program for AI R&D Infrastructure, known as the Telem Program, marking…
Weber has been in the smart grilling game since 2020, dabbling in Wi-Fi connectivity for gas and pellet grills. It has also offered grillers a standalone option for its Weber Connect platform. For 2026, the company is expanding its smart grilling lineup to its original fuel source: charcoal. Today, Weber announced the Performer Smart Charcoal Grill and Kettle Smart Ring, both of which bring Weber Connect control and cooking guidance to charcoal grilling in a more integrated way.The 22-inch Performer Smart Charcoal Grill has a Wi-Fi-enabled LCD controller that regulates grill temperature by adjusting the airflow to lit charcoal. Weber…
We’re approaching the 2nd anniversary of Enshrouded’s early access launch on January 24, and developer Keen Games is marking the occasion by revealing the game’s 1.0 launch window. While we already knew the survival action RPG would exit early access this year, that timeframe has been narrowed to sometime this fall.Until then, Keen Games has released a developer diary where it discusses plans for one last major content update for the early access build. While the details of this update are under wraps, Adventure Sharing, which lets players share creations with the community, will be one of the additions. When Enshrouded…
Man Utd have a ‘serious interest’ in signing Real Sociedad forward Mikel Oyarzabal over the next couple of transfer windows, according to reports. The Red Devils spent over £200m on five new signings in the summer transfer window as Sir Jim Ratcliffe and INEOS looked to back Ruben Amorim despite a testing season. However, the Man Utd hierarchy made the decision to sack Amorim just 14 months into his spell at Old Trafford with Michael Carrick coming into the club as caretaker. The Red Devils mainly upgraded their attack over the summer months with Bryan Mbeumo, Mathues Cunha and Benjamin…
It’s doing reasonably well in the US and Canada but is less well established in Europe, partly because Genesis only launched here in 2021, and then only in selected countries. Genesis sold around 1000 cars in the UK last year and just over 5000 here in total. It has also had to pivot from original plans to go EV-only (it’s far from the only brand to have done that due to slowing EV sales growth) and switch from an online-only sales strategy to using dealerships. Even so, Donckerwolke says: “I would not consider Europe to be less successful. We have…
Harriet Rees, Starling Bank and Dr Rohit Dhawan, Lloyds Banking Group. Images: Starling and Lloyds We are the champions, my friend, and we’ll keep on fighting till the end. It’s the lyrics from Queen for a country with a king. The UK government, and not a monarch, has made a power move in the global AI race. It has appointed two industry veterans—Harriet Rees from Starling Bank and Dr Rohit Dhawan from Lloyds Banking Group—to spearhead AI adoption across financial services. With three-quarters of UK financial firms already using AI technology and experts predicting strong economic value by 2030, this…
As enterprises across the Middle East, North Africa and Turkey (MENAT) race to operationalise artificial intelligence (AI), a familiar tension continues to surface: how to scale AI automation while maintaining strict control over data, governance and regulatory compliance. A new strategic partnership between e& enterprise and US-based Emergence aims to resolve that dilemma by introducing data-sovereign, agentic AI systems designed specifically for regulated industries. Together, the two companies plan to accelerate the adoption of next-generation AI across the MENAT region, enabling organisations to deploy intelligent agents that can reason, act and automate complex workflows, while maintaining full control over…
January is an odd window and these five possible deals that could be done before the deadline feel more particularly peculiar… Some clubs are pushing the boat out this month while making what they hope might be season-defining signings. Others are looking just to add bodies to their squads. Which feels like the primary motivation behind these deals that may yet happen before the end of January… Ruben Loftus-Cheek to Manchester United A terribly dull January was enlivened slightly last week when United were said to be in talks over a loan deal for ‘a secret midfielder’ who played…