Hope Spring, a Hereford-based charity focused on alleviating water poverty, announced a new partnership with online training website odurinde.com on Monday, February 17th, 2025. This collaboration will see odurinde.com hosting water purification and hygiene training workshops in ten locations across Nigeria. The initiative is one of several projects planned by Hope Spring to commemorate its 10th anniversary this year. Having …
Read More »Is There Hope for Open 2?
OnePlus’ first foldable device, the Open, arrived late but made an impact with its sleek design and flagship-grade cameras that rivaled traditional smartphones. Many expected its successor to be based on the upcoming Oppo Find N5 and launch sometime this year. However, OnePlus has officially confirmed that it will not be releasing a new foldable in 2025, disappointing fans eager …
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I’m not buying that Apple is deeply invested in building a humanoid robot, but if this rumor is somehow true and the Cupertino tech giant is currently juggling actuators, servos, the mismatch of bipedal robot energy needs, and the still very real technological limits of current battery life technology, I have one hope: please let them be building a robot …
Read More »China Holds Out Hope Last-minute Deal Can Avert US Trade War
China’s new tariffs on US imports like oil, coal and cars are relatively modest in scale, suggesting that Beijing is hoping for a last-minute deal but also giving them the option to inflict more pain if needed, analysts say. China on Tuesday fired a return salvo in its escalating trade war with the United States, slapping fresh tariffs on everything …
Read More »Hope Spring Announces Welsh Language Valentine’s Day Greetings
Hope Spring eCards, the online greetings card platform that raises funds for water poverty alleviation charity, Hope Spring, has announced the release of its Welsh language Valentine’s Day eCards. In a recent blog post, the organization shared that they have designed over ten Valentine’s Day eCards in Welsh, with options for animated and video eCards. Seun Olonade, the platform manager …
Read More »The Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge could mark a new era for smartphones – but I hope Samsung gets the balance right
Galaxy Unpacked has been and gone, but we’re still basking in the glow of the Samsung Galaxy S25 lineup – check out our hands-on Samsung Galaxy S25 review, hands-on Samsung Galaxy S25 Plus review, and full Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra review for our first impressions of all three new devices. There was, of course, a new addition to the three-phone …
Read More »Thai Families Wait in Anxious Hope for Gaza Hostage Release
In the impoverished villages of Isaan, as Thailand’s northeast is known, families have become used to a vigil from half a world away. On Thursday, five families hoped that their loved ones were finally being released from Gaza, after 15 months as hostages in a conflict whose contours they do not fully understand. The Thai foreign ministry has said that …
Read More »Behind Monster Hunter Wilds’ New Approach to Starting Weapons and Hope Series Gear
If you ask players what gets them excited about the Monster Hunter series, some will surely bring up making new equipment utilizing materials gathered on their hunts. Just about every hunter has felt the joy of completing a head-to-toe armor set with a matching weapon after hunting the same monster again and again. Equipment in the Monster Hunter series has …
Read More »Trump Refugee Embargo Cancels Hope For Afghan Migrants
After working for years alongside the United States to combat the Taliban in Afghanistan, Zahra says she was just days from being evacuated to America when President Donald Trump suspended refugee admissions. She sold her belongings as she awaited a flight out of Pakistan, where she has been embroiled in a three-year process applying for a refugee scheme Trump froze …
Read More »Israel-Hamas ceasefire holding in Gaza, keeping hope alive for 2nd swap of hostages and Palestinian prisoners
Tel Aviv — As the fragile ceasefire between Israel and Hamas held into its sixth day, the U.S.- and Israeli-designated terrorist group released the names on Friday of the next four Israeli hostages it says it will release on Saturday, in exchange for 200 more Palestinian detainees currently held in Israeli prisons. The hostages named by Hamas are all female …
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