Author: Trendici
We already knew something Ocarina of Time-related was coming from Nintendo and Lego in 2026, and now we know exactly what that set will look like. Weighing in at a surprisingly modest 1,003 pieces, the typically word salad-y Lego The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time – The Final Battle is the second Lego Zelda set, following the 2,500-piece Great Deku Tree set in 2024.While the latter lets you choose between building either a Breath of the Wild or OoT-themed replica of the wise old guardian of the forest, the upcoming set is aimed squarely at fans of the series’…
Last week at CES, Lego introduced its new Smart Play system, with a tech-packed Smart Brick that can recognize and interact with sets and minifigures. It was unexpected and delightful to see Lego come up with a way to modernize its bricks without the need for apps, screens or AI.So I was a little surprised this week when the Lego Education group announced its latest initiative is the Computer Science and AI Learning Solution. After all, generative AI feels like the antithesis of Lego’s creative values. But Andrew Silwinski, Lego Education’s head of product experience, was quick to defend Lego’s…
Claude Cowork, Anthropic’s AI assistant for taking care of simple tasks on your computer, is now available for anyone with a $20 per month Pro subscription to try. Anthropic launched Cowork as an exclusive feature for its Max subscribers, who pay a minimum of $100 per month for more uses of Claude’s expensive reasoning models and early access to experimental features. Now Claude Cowork is available at a cheaper price, though Anthropic notes “Pro users may hit their usage limits earlier” than Max users do.Like other AI agents, the novelty of Claude Cowork is its ability to work on its…
Philippa Roxby and Jim ReedHealth reportersGetty ImagesTaking paracetamol while pregnant is safe and there’s no evidence it raises the risk of autism, ADHD and developmental issues in children, say experts behind a major new review.Pregnant women “should feel reassured” by the findings, they say, which contradict controversial claims from US President Donald Trump last year that paracetamol “is no good” and pregnant women should “fight like hell” not to take it.His views were criticised at the time by medical organisations worldwide. Experts say this latest review, in a Lancet journal, is rigorous and should end the debate over its safety.But…
Laura GozziOdesa, UkraineBBCSergii, Mariia and Eva’s Odesa apartment suffers from frequent power cutsFrom Mariia’s 16th-floor flat, the calm waters of the Black Sea stretch out into the horizon beneath the fading twilight.”Up here you can see and hear when the drones come,” she says, standing by a wall-length, floor-to-ceiling window. When they hit buildings and homes in the city of Odesa down below “we see all the fires too”.Her daughter Eva, who is nine, has learned the shapes and sounds of the objects that zoom through the sky on a daily basis. She proudly shows off a list of social…
CyberGhost is the middle child of the Kape Technologies VPN portfolio, but in quality, it’s much closer to ExpressVPN than Private Internet Access. I mainly put it on my best VPN list because it’s so cheap, but I wouldn’t have done that if it didn’t earn its place in other ways — affordable crap is still crap, after all.My universal impression of CyberGhost is a VPN that’s not perfect but is always genuinely working to make itself better. It makes decisions based on what will help its users, not to set itself apart in a crowded market. This makes it…
Guinea PresidencyOfficial pictures of Mamadi Doumbouya have portrayed him in a more relaxed modeFrom the moment he seized power in September 2021 Guinea’s Mamadi Doumbouya struck an imposing figure.Just 36 years old at the time, the broad-shouldered colonel, standing at well over six feet (1.8m), wearing military fatigues, mirrored sunglasses and a red beret certainly made an impression when announcing the coup.A relatively unknown member of an elite army unit, he declared that the government of ousted President Alpha Condé had disregarded democratic principles and that citizens’ rights were being trampled on.After more than four years of acting as interim…
ReutersCustoms and Border Patrol agents gather as protests continue outside Minneapolis’ Whipple Federal Building, which has become a de-facto ICE headquartersThe US justice department is investigating two prominent Minnesota officials over alleged attempts to impede federal immigration operations, in an escalation of the Trump’s administration’s clash with Democrats.Gov Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, both liberals, are facing an inquiry over statements they made about Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), according to the BBC’s US partner CBS News.It comes as new details emerged in the death of a Minneapolis woman shot last week by an ICE agent in the…
Google has filed its appeal to the Department of Justice’s antitrust case that ended with a federal judge ruling that the company was maintaining a monopoly with its search business. While the company goes through the appeals process, it’s also asking that implementation of the remedies from the case, which include a requirement that Google share search data with its competitors, also be paused.“As we have long said, the Court’s August 2024 ruling ignored the reality that people use Google because they want to, not because they’re forced to,” Google said in a statement. “The decision failed to account for…
Greenland, a sparsely populated but resource-rich island, is at the heart of a growing diplomatic dispute between Denmark and the US – but why?The BBC’s Europe Editor, Katya Adler, explains why the island has sparked so much interest from President Donald Trump.More on this story