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Atlus’ Persona franchise is largely a console series, but it has a strong handheld heritage. There were excellent portable versions of Persona 3 and Persona 4, and Persona 5 Royal on Nintendo Switch was great, too. Metaphor: ReFantazio is a new fantasy JRPG from the team behind those beloved Personas. And while the game takes place in a different universe, many



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Oil and Gas Drilling Rig over Offshore Platform
  • Kailem Donovan, 37, from Middlesborough, England, works on oil rigs in the North and Baltic seas.
  • Donovan works 12-hour shifts but gets three weeks of holiday every three weeks working on the rig.
  • He said offshore isolation is tough, but it can also feel like summer camp without cocktails.

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British VC fund Founders Factory has launched the Mining Tech Accelerator in partnership with Rio Tinto, as the metals giant seeks to find better ways to cash-in on surging demand for lithium, copper, and other materials critical to the clean transition. In April, Rio Tinto committed 14.4mn Australian dollars (€8.8mn) to the accelerator, which will support pre-seed and seed-stage startups over the



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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman.
  • OpenAI is projected to turn a profit in 2029, a new report from The Information says.
  • Microsoft also appears to be on track to get a 20% cut of OpenAI's revenue, per the report.
  • OpenAI is fresh from a historic funding round of $6.6 billion.

Investors will likely be waiting a while before OpenAI starts making a profit.

new report from The



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We’ve been waiting and waiting, and Nintendo finally did the right thing and announced an entirely new piece of hardware. Alas, it’s not a new console but a very Nintendo-looking smart alarm clock. The Alarmo has motion sensors that let you snooze it based on your movement. (There is a physical snooze button too.)

You’ll also be able to check how much you move around while you sleep, and the clock



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I tried and ranked apple-cider doughnuts from Wegmans, Whole Foods, and Trader Joe's.
  • My family and I tried and ranked apple-cider doughnuts from Wegmans, Whole Foods, and Trader Joe's.
  • Trader Joe's apple-cider doughnuts tasted like green-apple candy and were our least favorite.
  • My kids liked the Wegmans doughnuts the most, but my wife and I preferred the Whole Foods version.

Pumpkin spice is



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UPDATE: Oct. 10, 2024, 7:00 a.m. EDT This post has been updated with the latest gaming laptop deals still live after Prime Day.

A glance at the best Prime Big Deal Days gaming laptop deals still live

Best gaming laptop deal under $1,000



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When 28-year-old publicist Millie got out of her taxi and into the safety of her home, she expected to slide on a pair of slippers and watch some trashy reality TV, as she would most nights. But this time, her night turned into one of fear after a "super weird text" reading "Hi gorgeous" from an unknown phone number. Millie and others asked to be referred to by their first-name only for privacy re