Why this month's inflation figure may be good news for you
The rate of inflation, which charts the rising cost of living, has slowed - driven partly by essentials.
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ASUS Extends GPU Clearance as RTX 5070 at All-Time Low Price Sell Out Faster Than Expected
For a limited time, you can save 19% on the OC Edition of the Asus GeForce RTX 5070. The post ASUS Extends GPU Clearance as RTX 5070 at All-Time Low Price Sell Out Faster Than Expected appeared first on Kotaku .
Malaysia’s PM Anwar says Thailand, Cambodia keen to end conflict
Foreign ministers from South-east Asia meeting next week will seek to convince both countries that peace is imperative.
New study reveals how kimchi boosts the immune system
Kimchi may do far more than add flavor to meals—it could help fine-tune the human immune system. A clinical study using advanced single-cell genetic analysis found that regular kimchi consumption strengthens immune defenses while preventing harmful overreactions. Researchers
Rob Reiner unlocked Stephen King’s humanity — and his own career — in Stand By Me
The late director's 1986 coming-of-age classic, streaming now on Netflix, is a perfect way to celebrate a life well lived
All The Other Stuff We Loved In 2025
A podcast, a Star Wars TV show, a cool YouTube channel, a popular anime, and more were some of our favorite non-video game things of the year The post All The Other Stuff We Loved In 2025 appeared first on Kotaku .
Iran boxer sentenced to death at 'imminent' risk of execution: rights groups
An Iranian boxer sentenced to death on charges of membership of an outlawed group is at imminent risk of execution after his request for a retrial was rejected, rights groups and the exiled opposition said on Wednesday. The World Boxing Council and sporting luminaries including
Active thermal metasurfaces amplify heat signatures by a factor of nine
Light undergoes a unique phenomenon called superscattering, an optical illusion where a very small object scatters far more light than expected. This happens when multiple scattering modes overlap and interact, allowing tiny objects to scatter far more light than their size
Drone-mounted lab monitors fertilizer runoff in real time
What if, instead of taking a water or soil sample to the lab, you could take the lab to the sample? That's what a team of researchers reporting in ACS Sensors did with a new nitrate-monitoring "lab-on-a-drone" system. The drone allows for easy, real-time water sampling and
Feeding fungi plant remnants produces tasty protein to fortify vegan, vegetarian diets
As global populations continue to grow, so does the need for nutritious food and efficient manufacturing processes. Current food production practices generate side streams that could be recycled.
The Birth Keepers
"Influencers made millions pushing ‘wild’ births–now the Free Birth Society is linked to baby deaths around the world."
Warner Bros. Discovery board urges shareholders to reject Paramount’s hostile takeover bid, throws support behind Netflix merger
Warner Bros. Discovery’s board unanimously urged shareholders to reject a tender offer from Paramount Skydance, calling it inadequate and risky while throwing full support behind its proposed merger with Netflix.
Starmer tells Abramovich to 'pay up now' or face court
The Prime Minister said Roman Abramovich should make good on his pledge that money from the sale of Chelsea FC would go to benefit Ukrainians
The RAMpocalypse has developed a whole new style of scam: one unlucky gamer opened a sealed box of new DDR5 memory from Amazon only to find two sticks of DDR2
Save those pennies.
Malaysian police recover car stolen with five-year-old girl inside
The child was located along with the vehicle shortly after the incident.
MacBook Air M4 Price Played Yoyo Lately, But Now Goes to New Record Low Price on Amazon Only
M4 processing powers 18 battery life with Apple Intelligence running entirely on-device. The post MacBook Air M4 Price Played Yoyo Lately, But Now Goes to New Record Low Price on Amazon Only appeared first on Kotaku .
Warner Bros will urge shareholders to reject hostile bid as Trump attacks Paramount
Warner Bros Discovery is expected to urge shareholders to vote against Paramount's hostile takeover bid. This comes after Jared Kushner, Trump's son-in-law, also withdrew his private equity firm from the financing of the offer.
Arctic's new MX-7 thermal paste looks seriously good and I'm already regretting buying a ginormous tube of MX-4
There's a new paste in town.
Spider-Man: Brand New Day Trailer Leaks Days After Avengers: Doomsday’s
It's dreadful quality, but it does tell us something very interesting about next year's movie The post Spider-Man: Brand New Day Trailer Leaks Days After Avengers: Doomsday’s appeared first on Kotaku .
Physicists push superconducting diodes to high temperatures
For the first time, researchers in China have demonstrated a high-temperature superconducting diode effect, which allows a supercurrent to flow in both directions. Published in Nature Physics, the team's result could help address the noisy signals that pose a fundamental
UK police plan tougher action against antisemitic chants and protests
LONDON, Dec 17 (Reuters) - British police on Wednesday said they would take tougher action against people who use placards and chants to target the Jewish community, saying recent violent incidents had changed the context around such protests. The move comes days after 15
Explainer-What's next for the Gaza ceasefire and will the truce last?
Dec 17 - More than two months after Israel and Hamas agreed a ceasefire halting two years of devastating warfare in Gaza, most fighting has stopped. However, both sides accuse each other of major breaches of the deal and look no closer to accepting the much more difficult
Firefox is becoming an AI browser and the internet is not at all happy about it
That's one way to light up some Reddit threads...
Xbox Pushes Final Clearance on Wireless Controllers (2025), Even Lower Than Black Friday as Stock Runs Low
Amazon's offering 42% off the do-it-all wireless controller that also plays on PCs, Android and iOS, smart TVs and more. The post Xbox Pushes Final Clearance on Wireless Controllers (2025), Even Lower Than Black Friday as Stock Runs Low appeared first on Kotaku .
Africa: Inaugural U.S.-Africa Technical and Regulatory Space Training Meeting
[U.S. Embassy Luanda] Senior Bureau Official (SBO) in the Bureau of African Affairs Ambassador Jonathan Pratt convened today's U.S.-Africa Technical and Regulatory Space Training Meeting, the first in a series of technical and regulatory trainings in the leadup to the NewSpace
Putin says Russia will achieve war goals, keep expanding 'buffer zone'
MOSCOW, Dec 17 - President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday that Russia would achieve its goals in Ukraine by diplomatic or military means, and would seek to expand a \"security buffer zone\" there.
Indiana Republicans just showed what real conservatism looks like
Indiana Republicans' decision wasn’t just political defiance of Trump — it was a deliberate assertion of state authority.
Stocks making the biggest moves premarket: Netflix, Amazon, Lennar, General Mills & more
These are the stocks posting the largest moves in the premarket.
Spanish police evict around hundreds of migrants from squat deemed safety hazard
The Badalona town hall had argued that the squat was a public safety hazard. In 2020, an old factory occupied by around 100 migrants in the Catalan city near Barcelona caught fire, killing four people.
Don’t mistake Seoul’s ‘gold crown’ for Trump as surrender
When South Korean President Lee Jae-myung presented Donald Trump with a golden crown during his October visit to Gyeongju, American progressives recoiled. On “The Daily Show,” Desi Lydic said the gesture was “not helping” efforts to steer Trump away from a “king” image. Six
Italy's Meloni says using frozen Russian assets for Ukraine 'far from easy' ahead of EU summit
ROME, Dec 17 - Finding a legal way to use frozen Russian assets to help finance Ukraine remains \"far from easy\", Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said on Wednesday, ahead of a summit of European Union leaders in Brussels.
‘A tourist attraction in their own right’: Two new metro stations open in Rome
The new terminals have been dubbed ‘archeostations’, as both exhibit archaeological riches unearthed during the construction process.
