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  • Joined: June 24, 2025
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‘A resistance to AI’: The author inviting readers to contribute to a mass memoir

Richard Beard says he’s got ‘better at telling the truth’ by arranging his life story on a grid – and invites others to do the same

Richard Beard, award-winning author of The Day That Went Missing and Sad Little Men, thought he was writing his next book, a whole life memoir. In the event, he has written his way off the page and into an entirely new publishing model. The Universal Turing Machine is the title both of Beard’s memoir and the mass memoir project he hopes others will help him to build.

Organised as a chessboard, each of the 64 squares narrates one year of Beard’s life, in 1,000 words per year. (He’s 58, so the last five years are fictionalised.) The reader moves around the “board” as if they were a knight, picking the next year to read from options limited by the knight’s L-shaped ambulation.

Contributions to The Universal Turing Machine can be made at universalturingmachine.co.uk

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Nếu Windows Phone chưa từng biến mất: Liệu nó có còn giữ được bản sắc từng làm ta say mê?

Từng một thời là “kẻ thứ ba” đầy hứa hẹn trong cuộc chiến smartphone, Windows Phone biến mất để lại khoảng trống tiếc nuối cho những ai từng mê mẩn giao diện Metro và độ mượt đặc trưng. Nhưng nếu Microsoft không buông tay, liệu hôm nay chúng ta sẽ thấy một thế giới di động khác hẳn?

Amazon Great Indian Festival Sale 2025: Top Deals on Laptops Under Rs. 50,000

Amazon Great Indian Festival Sale 2025 is currently live in India with jaw-dropping discounts on thousands of products, including smartphones, laptops, smart TVs, wearables and appliances. Laptops from brands like Dell, Asus, Lenovo and more are currently listed on Amazon with discounted price tags. Further, shoppers can get bank offers, coupon-based discounts and exchange offers.

Amazon and Flipkart Sale 2025: Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra vs iPhone 16 Pro Deals Compared

Amazon Great Indian Festival Sale and Flipkart Big Billion Days Sale 2025 have begun for their paid subscribers. For others, the sale events will become live at midnight on Tuesday. During the sale events, the two e-commerce platforms will offer various electronics like phones, smartwatches, true wireless stereo (TWS), home appliances, washing machines, refrigerators, PCs, and laptops at discounted prices.

Nothing Ear Open Goes on Sale in India During the Flipkart Big Billion Days Sale: Price, Specifications

Nothing Ear Open earbuds are available on Flipkart for Rs. 9,999 during the Big Billion Days Sale, down from the launch price of Rs. 17,999. They feature the brand’s signature partially transparent design, open-ear fit with curved bands, and 14.2mm dynamic drivers. The earbuds support ChatGPT integration, Bluetooth 5.3, dual device pairing, and AI-powered Clear Voice for calls, though they lack ANC. Pinch controls and EQ settings are customisable via the Nothing X app, with up to 30 hours of claimed playback with the case.

107 Days by Kamala Harris review – no closure, no hope

The former presidential candidate sticks to the script in a memoir that will only cause further bad blood

Almost a year after the 2024 election there are still some houses with “Harris” signs in their windows dotted around my liberal Philadelphia neighbourhood. The result left many people in a state of shock and denial, unable to process exactly what went wrong.

No one was more shocked than Kamala Harris, whose inner circle had been confident on election night that they’d eked out a win during the whirlwind campaign. Cupcakes with “Madam President” toppings were ready to go; champagne on ice. “It says a lot about how traumatized we both were by what happened that night that [my husband] Doug and I never discussed it with each other until I sat down to write this book,” Harris reveals in her new memoir, which functions as a political postmortem.

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Amazon Great Indian Festival Sale 2025: Best Deals on Budget Smartwatches

The Amazon Great Indian Festival 2025 has started for Prime members and opens to all shoppers on Tuesday, offering major discounts, exchange schemes, and added perks across categories. After earlier highlighting laptops, smartphones, tablets, and entertainment devices, we now shift our focus to smartwatches. Top deals from leading brands are available, with SBI debit and credit cardholders getting a 10 percent instant discount. Additional savings can be availed through EMI plans, coupons, and exchange offers, with some prices already reflecting these benefits.

Amazon Sale 2025 LIVE: Top Deals on iPhone 15, Tablets, Gaming Laptops and More on Day 1

Amazon Great India Festival Sale 2025 Live Updates: Amazon's sale event, now live for Prime members, offers major discounts on smartphones, tablets, laptops, and more, and you can stay tuned to this live blog for the latest updates. Buyers can save further via exchange offers and bank card deals, including 10 percent off with SBI cards and 5 percent cashback via Amazon Pay ICICI cards. Popular devices like the iPad Air (M3), Galaxy Tab S9 FE, and Dell, HP, and Asus laptops are available at reduced prices.

Amazon Sale 2025: Best Deals on ACs, Refrigerators and Other Home Appliances

Planning a home appliance upgrade this festive season? The Amazon Great Indian Festival Sale is a great avenue to do so. Home appliances, ranging from air conditioners and refrigerators to microwave ovens and washing machines, are available with discounts of up to 65 percent during the sale. Customers can also take advantage of no-cost EMI options and bank offers to further sweeten the deals.