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Japan and the Philippines sign defence pact to counter 'growing China threat'

Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi, left, and Philippine Foreign Secretary Theresa Lazaro shake hands in Manila, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Joeal Calupitan) Lacson to Dela Rosa: Go to ...
WCBD

Bill Murray Look-a-Like Contest & flip-flop drop: Folly Beach New Year’s traditions

FOLLY BEACH, S.C. (WCBD) – Folly Beach will welcome 2026 with a full slate of New Year’s traditions, including a beachfront fireworks show, the Flip-Flop Drop, and the annual Bill Murray Look-a-Like ...
The Verge

Somehow, this AI-generated McDonald’s ad about hating Christmas was a flop

Viewers weren’t lovin’ it. Viewers weren’t lovin’ it. is a news writer covering all things consumer tech. Stevie started out at Laptop Mag writing news and reviews on hardware, gaming, and AI. If ...
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Create shell display stand using thrift flip and things you own

Expert DIYer Katy French creates a shell display stand using a thrift flip and everyday items you already own. Trump suffers major blow in Ukraine poll Nick Saban urges NCAA to make massive change to ...
TechCrunch

Google’s SIMA 2 agent uses Gemini to reason and act in virtual worlds

Google DeepMind shared on Thursday a research preview of SIMA 2, the next generation of its generalist AI agent that integrates the language and reasoning powers of Gemini, Google’s large language ...
Game Rant

One Piece: Oda Has Already Revealed the Only Counter to Imu's Domi Reversi

Rei is the Deputy Lead for GameRant's Anime Team from Kashmir, situated in Beirut. He's an avid fan of anime and manga. Rei grew up watching anime and had a knack for writing ever since he was a kid, ...
PC Gamer

Valve yoinked a new Counter-Strike 2 map out of the game after just 2 days, either for potential Disney copyright infringement, a 'gamer word' hidden in its data, or both

"Valve added a bunch of new community maps to Counter-Strike 2 on October 2nd," SteamDB wrote in an October 4 BlueSky post, "and now one of the maps, Transit, has been removed due to potential ...
Vogue

How Havaianas engineered the summer of the flip flop

This may have been the summer without a unifying trend, but it was undeniably the season of the flip flop. Once confined to the beach, the silhouette took over city streets, luxury campaigns and ...
WFSB

Man accused of using skid steer to flip over cars in dispute at family adventure park

CAVE CITY, Ky. (WBKO/Gray News) - A Kentucky man described as a disgruntled former board member by the CEO of a family adventure park allegedly went on a rampage with a skid steer, causing an ...