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None of the MacBooks have a huge discount this year, but the best deal is on the 13-inch MacBook Air. This is the latest M5 model, which also comes with twice the storage: 512 GB. The MacBook Pro has a better screen, but you’ll be shocked by just how powerful the latest MacBook Air is. You can get this excellent laptop for under $1,000, and what you get is the MacBook that most people should buy. The cheaper MacBook Neo didn’t get much of a discount for Prime Day, unfortunately, which is only $10 off.Read our guide to what MacBook…

Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guard warns against alternative route in the Strait of Hormuz as top US diplomat to meet Gulf officials.Published On 25 Jun 202625 Jun 2026US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has arrived for a meeting of the Gulf Cooperation Council in Bahrain, where he is expected to reassure regional allies that Washington will protect their security and economic interests as it seeks to reach a peace deal with Iran.At the same time, differences remain over the future of Iran’s nuclear programme. The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency said its inspectors will return to Iran’s nuclear sites,…

One-ounce gold bars at the Valcambi SA precious metals refinery in Balerna, Switzerland, on Friday, Sept. 9, 2025. Valcambi SA, Switzerland’s largest refiner, processes up to 2,000 tons of precious metals a year at its site in Balerna on the border with Italy. Photographer: Francesca Volpi/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesBloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesIndian authorities uncovered multiple accounting and operational irregularities at one of the country’s largest gold companies, Rajesh Exports, according to an investigation released Wednesday, weeks after market regulators raised concerns over the company’s reported revenue.The Bengaluru-based company, which also owns Switzerland-based major gold refiner Valcambi, reported consolidated…

At a time when energy security and affordability have risen to the top of the development agenda, 655 million people globally still lack access to electricity, and two billion use polluting fuels and technologies for cooking putting their health and well-being at risk. Sub-Saharan Africa bears a disproportionate share of these gaps, with over 560 million living without electricity and 970 million lacking access to clean cooking. The latest edition of Tracking SDG 7: The Energy Progress Report, featuring new 2023 and 2024 data, shows while most regions are nearing universal access, progress in Sub-Saharan Africa has slowed significantly, and the…

Woman works on laptop remotely in house on naturegettyThe push for flexibility isn’t slowing down. A February study found that nearly a third of professionals are actively job hunting—or planning to—by mid-2025. The reason? For many, it comes down to control. Nearly half of respondents said they’re seeking hybrid roles, while more than a quarter want fully remote jobs. But it’s not just about where people work— it’s about how they live. Over the last five years, workers have learned they can hit their career goals and also show up for their families, health, and passions. They can parent. They…

England are trending in the right direction at the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup, according to Tash Farrant.England, led once again by Charlie Dean in the absence of injured captain Nat Sciver-Brunt, qualified for the semi-finals with a game to spare after a 38-run victory over the West Indies at Lord’s. It was the tournament hosts’ fourth win from four games, and Farrant says performances have inspired a level of confidence in England’s prospects not experienced for years. “This is the most confident I have felt about an England side in the last five or six years,” Farrant told Sky…

What Deals to Expect During Prime Day 2026 Shoppers can expect major discounts across categories including tech, beauty, home, kitchen, fashion, and wellness during Prime Day 2026. Amazon devices like Echo speakers, Fire TVs, Kindles, and Ring doorbells are usually among the biggest markdowns, but the event has also become known for impressive deals on viral beauty products, designer fashion, vacuums, cookware, and everyday essentials. Brands often save some of their best online prices for Prime Day, making it a smart time to buy bigger-ticket items. If previous years are any indication, shoppers should also expect plenty of lightning deals…

Sun-starved remote workers like me would much rather toil on spreadsheets outside now that summer has come to the northern hemisphere. But wifi seldom cooperates in the great outdoors. Zoom meetings stutter, pages take ages to load, and eventually you’re back inside a grey room just to be able to Slack coworkers.The Guardian’s journalism is independent. We will earn a commission if you buy something through an affiliate link. Learn more.This was my situation four years ago, but I solved it with the Eero 6, a wifi router that replaced my old black box and now blankets my house and yard…

Earlier this month, Pre Shift readers joined us for a special event at Bar Convent Brooklyn in partnership with Square.The Pre Shift Lounge offered a space for bartenders and other industry professionals to recharge, unwind, and connect with fellow attendees. We gave away limited-edition Pre Shift x Square swag along with gifts from brand partners like Jacobsen Salt, Yeti, Lauren’s All Purpose, Naomi Soap, Smithey, Bixby, Psyche and The Reluctant Trading experiment.We hosted the event at Sahadi’s, who provided coffee and bites, and — of course — we also had a bar. There were plenty of Bloody Marys, Pineapple Jalapeño…

A critique published in Nature Wednesday calls the basic technology behind Microsoft’s “breakthrough” quantum computing chip the Majorana 1 into question. Microsoft unveiled the chip in February 2025 and said it featured a brand-new technology known as a topological qubit. Topological qubits, they said, would be the “building blocks” for their future quantum computer. Microsoft announced the next generation chip Majorana 2 at Build earlier this month.But in a peer-reviewed article, Henry Legg, a physicist at the University of St. Andrews, re-analyzed Microsoft’s data on their device and argued that the company’s researchers did not conclusively demonstrate a working topological…