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Barcelona v Real Madrid tension is building and El Clasico can light a furious fuse

Want to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? Start your Independent Membership today. Join today Already a member? Log in One regular day of LaLiga, that’s all they are asking for. It did not require fluent Spanish to understand the gravity of Real Madrid’s ‘Comunicado Oficial’ last Friday afternoon. A […]

X-Hinges Software From MIT Helps Designers Create Self Aware Everyday Objects That Respond to Touch

Disney films once filled theaters with clocks, cups, and toys that seemed to notice people and answer back. Researchers at MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, working with Tianjin University, have built a design tool that moves that idea out of animation and into a 3D printer. Called X-Hinges, the software lets someone customize […]

Enes Kanter Freedom’s WNBA stunts are classic male entitlement

No trans woman has ever played in the WNBA (Picture: Benhiyoun/SPP/Shutterstock) ‘Woman. Noun. Adult human female’. That was a tshirt worn by former NBA player Enes ‘Freedom’ Kanter in August, as part of a series of anti-trans stuns relating to women’s basketball which culminated in him being ejected from Game 3 of the finals last […]

Blaze that killed 4 soldiers on Canadian military base sparked on grenade launcher range, officials say

A blaze that killed four soldiers and injured several dozen more on a military base in the Canadian province of Alberta last week broke out on a grenade launcher range during training exercises, officials said Thursday. The fire sparked Oct. 17 on the automatic grenade launcher range of Canadian Forces Base Wainwright “during routine military […]

Epix Pro from 1996 Packed a Computer and Encryption into One Rare Camera

Few people today even know the Epix Pro existed, yet the chunky gray box from 1996 carried more computing muscle than most early digital cameras ever attempted. Released by a short-lived startup called Epix Imaging Systems, the same unit later appeared under the names Obsidian IC/100 and NEC PC-DC 401 after the company shifted labels […]

Fabian Hurzeler sends message to Man Utd over replacing Michael Carrick | Football

Brighton manager Fabian Hurzeler (Picture: PA) Fabian Hurzeler is ‘completely focused’ on his job at Brighton amid speculation he could replace Michael Carrick at Manchester United. A damaging 4-1 defeat to Como in the Champions League compounded a poor start to the season for United and piled the pressure even further on Carrick. The Red […]

Early Teardown of the iPhone Duo Reveals Dual Batteries and a Glossy Crease Beneath the Matte Film

Kingmi Mobile managed to pull an iPhone Duo completely apart on camera before the first customer units even leave the warehouse tomorrow. Their video, along with a separate clip that peels the protective layer clean off the inner screen, gives the clearest look yet at how Apple built its first foldable phone and why some […]

‘He is a genius’ – Harry Brook hailed after historic double century for England | Football

England’s Harry Brook smashed a brilliant double century (Picture: Getty) England captain Harry Brook was hailed as a ‘genius’ and a future ‘great’ of the game after smashing the fastest double century in the history of ODI cricket. Brook, 27, blasted 202 from just 116 balls in an extraordinary display of hitting as England piled […]