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  • This VPN Offers It for Free at a Bottom-Shelf Price

    This VPN Offers It for Free at a Bottom-Shelf Price

    Things are getting pricier around here, and by here, we refer to the world. Why spend extra on antivirus when you can get one for free? Before you ask, this isn’t a joke. The famous VPN includes antivirus for a pocket change.

    We refer to Surfshark, and we reckon you’ve heard of it. If not, prepare to have your brain melted with this exquisite sizzling-hot summer flash sale. Get Surfshark and antivirus at a coffee price; follow along.

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    We hate overhyping things, but this ‘thing’ is almost an exception.

    Surfshark’s massive summer sale includes six discounted long-term plans, but the best are biennial. The provider starts at $1.99 monthly with three extra months for 24 months, which is unbelievably affordable.

    However, the star is the Surfshark One at $2.49 monthly and 86% off.

    It offers the same three free months and is priced under $68 for the first 27 months. The catch is that Surfshark includes antivirus at this price, which pairs ideally with its powerful VPN encryption, streaming prowess, and more.

    Surfshark became a powerhouse, and with the tough-to-beat price, it’s a no-brainer compared to the rest of the offers on the market. Adding more value is a helpful 30-day money-back guarantee.

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    A glance at our Surfshark review will remove all doubts. Surfshark has been around for years, offering some of the best VPN speeds, security, privacy, and compatibility. It’s also a popular option for online streaming.

    Surfshark prides itself on advanced features like double encryption with MultiHop or sidestepping censorship with the Camouflage Mode. The VPN’s ad-blocking adds a new dimension to the formula.

    Additionally, it offers unlimited simultaneous connections, which its pricier competitors rarely provide. Surfshark’s abilities extend to dark web monitoring, genuine incognito browsing, and faking your ID to stay anonymous.

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  • Palm oil markets roiled by biofuel rules and geopolitical shocks

    Palm oil markets roiled by biofuel rules and geopolitical shocks

    SINGAPORE/JAKARTA/KUALA LUMPUR — Palm oil prices are jumpy this year, with markets rattled by geopolitical tensions and shifting biofuel policies that are reshaping markets for one of Southeast Asia’s most important commodities.

    Indonesia and Malaysia, which together produce 85% of the world’s palm oil, face rising uncertainty from U.S. tariffs and the European Union’s anti-deforestation law, which takes effect in December. The recent conflict between Iran and Israel has fueled still more volatility.


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  • Internationals: Reiten assist and Peng clean sheet sends Norway into Euros quarter-finals | News | Official Site

    Internationals: Reiten assist and Peng clean sheet sends Norway into Euros quarter-finals | News | Official Site


    Guro Reiten set up Norway’s winning goal as they continued their perfect start to the 2025 UEFA Women’s European Championship and secured a spot in the quarter-finals with victory over Finland, plus a little help from Livia Peng’s clean sheet for Switzerland.

    Norway’s win, combined with a victory for hosts Switzerland against Iceland later in the evening, guaranteed their progress to the next round as Group A winners, making them the first team to book a place in the knockout stages of Euro 2025.

    Having already defeated the Swiss in their opening fixture, they were made to work hard for a second victory against a Finland side who also triumphed in their first game.

    It initially looked like Norway – with Reiten starting on the left flank for her country – would have things all their own way. Caroline Graham Hansen’s cutback from the byline was diverted in for an own goal by Eva Nystrom before it could reach the Chelsea winger at the back post, giving Norway the lead after just three minutes.

    However, Finland equalised before half-time and then took the initiative, hitting the post after the break. But Norway had hit the woodwork twice themselves, while it needed a fingertip save from the Finland keeper to deny Reiten a spectacular overhead-kick goal after another dangerous Graham Hansen delivery.

    In the end, the bounce went in Norway’s favour again, to give them a winning goal six minutes from the end. Reiten fed the ball to Graham Hansen on the right and, following a slaloming run into the box, on this occasion her looping cross came off the inside of the post and into the back of the net.

    They saw out the victory with vice-captain Reiten wearing the armband. That left Norway top of Group A on six points after two games, awaiting the outcome of Switzerland’s match against Iceland to confirm their top spot and progress into the quarter-finals, needing anything other than an Iceland win to go through with a game to spare.

    That result duly went their way too, as Chelsea’s new goalkeeper Peng kept her first clean sheet at a major tournament to help the Swiss to a 2-0 victory in relative comfort.

    Although it wasn’t until the 90th minute that Switzerland got their second goal through Alayah Pilgrim to finally put the game to bed, they had been on top even before Geraldine Reuteler fired them into the lead in the second half, with Peng rarely troubled throughout.

    Those two results leave Norway with an unassailable three-point lead at the top of the group, due to their superior head-to-head record against both Switzerland and Finland, who are level on three points with the hosts edging ahead on goal difference, before they meet in their final game.

    That decisive fixture takes place at 8pm next Thursday. Norway’s guaranteed first place takes all the pressure off their last group fixture, against already eliminated Iceland at the same time. They can start to look ahead to their quarter-final on Wednesday 16 July, which will be against the second-placed team from Group B, currently Italy.

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  • India Gets Tough on High Frequency Trading With Jane Street Crackdown

    India Gets Tough on High Frequency Trading With Jane Street Crackdown

    Until late 2024, one of the most lucrative corners of global finance was a 24-story tower southwest of New Delhi.

    Home to at least a half dozen high-speed trading firms, the blue-glass building with a rooftop helipad and a bronze bull sculpture in its plaza has been the center of a trading boom that made India the world’s biggest equity derivatives market by volume. Foreign funds and proprietary traders using algorithms made $7 billion in the 12 months to March 2024 alone.

    That bonanza may be coming to an end. On Friday, nine months after the nation’s securities regulator tightened restrictions on options trading to protect retail investors, it accused Jane Street Group — one of the market’s biggest players — of manipulating prices to generate hundreds of millions of dollars in ill-gotten profits.

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  • Lorde’s ‘Virgin’ Album Bows at No. 2 on Billboard Chart

    Lorde’s ‘Virgin’ Album Bows at No. 2 on Billboard Chart

    Lorde‘s fourth album, “Virgin,” debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 album chart, pulling in 71,000 album-equivalent units, a figure that got a big boost from the singer’s strong vinyl sales.

    According to Billboard, “Virgin” sold 31,000 copies on vinyl during its first week, her best weekly tally ever in the LP format. Eight different vinyl variants were available of Lorde’s album, including signed editions. Combining that LP total with additional sales in digital and CD formats, “Virgin” sold 41,000 copies altogether, accounting for more than half of her overall unit total.

    The album debuted at No. 1 on the album sales chart, though it had to settle for No. 6 on the streaming chart. The album’s songs picked up 37.07 million on-demand streams, which translated to 29,000 SEA (streaming equivalent albums) units.

    These numbers marked an uptick from the first-week performance of Lorde’s previous album, “Solar Power,” which debuted with 56,000 units and entered the Billboard 200 at No. 5 in 2021. That album debuted with a considerably lower number of on-demand streams, 28.38 million, than “Virgin” did. The four-year-old release also sold fewer copies, officially, with 34,000 in all formats (although there was controversy at the time because Billboard did not recognize sales for a “music box” release that consisted of a bar code inside a physical box at retail).

    Unlike “Solar Power,” Lorde did release a CD edition of “Virgin,” although Billboard did not immediately break out sales for that format. The compact disc prompted chatter among fans for being completely transparent to the naked eye, thematically in keeping with a cover design that featured an X-ray of the singer’s pelvic region — which prompted plaudits for its design but mixed reactions when the CD turned out to be playable on some systems but not others.

    Even with an increase in units this time around, Lorde was inevitably destined to come in second to the the inevitable chart leader, Morgan Wallen‘s indomitable “I’m the Problem,” which earned 173,000 more units in its seventh straight week at No. 1.

    There were two other brand new entries in the top 10: Katseye’s “Beautiful Chaos” debuted at No. 4, with 44,000 equivalent album units. And Russ’ “Wild” bowed at No. 10 with 32,000. Both these releases were similar to Lorde’s in having sales accounting for an unusually high percentage of their totals, versus streaming.

    Physical sales were also a factor in the album making the biggest leap of the week. Playboi Carti’s formerly chart-topping “Music” made a big jump from No. 28 to No. 8, due to a vinyl edition coming out.

    The soundtrack to the Netflix film “KPop Demon Hunters” was another substantial grower, moving up from No. 8 to No. 3 in its second week on the chart, with 62,000 units. Unlike all of the aforementioned albums, this one’s strength was heavily weighted toward streaming, with its songs attracting 77.42 million on-demand streams for the week.

    Holdover albums included Karol G’s “Tropicoqueta,” down two spots to No. 5 in week 2; SZA’s “SOS,” down three spots to No. 7; and Sabrina Carpenter’s “Short ‘n Sweet,” also down three spots at No. 9, with a followup album teed up to come out in less than two months.

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  • Nintendo Fans Think Super Smash Bros. 64 Is Coming To Nintendo Switch Online

    Nintendo Fans Think Super Smash Bros. 64 Is Coming To Nintendo Switch Online

    While most of us still wish that Nintendo would’ve put Virtual Console on the Nintendo Switch, something the company thought was “too costly,” its lineup of classics via Nintendo Switch Online and its Expansion Pack have helped fill most of the void, especially now that GameCube games are being added for Switch 2 consoles.

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    That said, there are still quite a few classics that have yet to appear on the service, largely a ton of the Pokemon library. Oh, and the original Super Smash Bros. However, that could soon be changing, as one eagle-eyed fan thinks they’ve spotted Super Smash Bros. 64, and you won’t believe how they did it.

    We’re Going To Need A New Name For Eagle-Eyed Fans

    As first spotted on Famiboards, one gamer desperate for any new Nintendo Switch Online game has found what they believe is the boxart of Super Smash Bros. 64 in a trailer that dates back to one month ago.

    Specifically, they believe that if you fast-forward to the 0:40 second mark, and look at the lower right-hand corner, then one of the games that is grayed out behind the options menu is Super Smash Bros. 64.

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    Adding fuel to the fire is another user, who dove even deeper to match the colors of the boxart with the trailer, even going as far as to discover that Glover is the game right above it.

    Considering the number of Nintendo 64 games already on the service, including Ocarina of Time and Super Mario 64, it was always a matter of when and not if, when it came to potentially seeing Super Smash Bros. 64 on the service. Still, it’s nice to know that, at least internally, Nintendo has the game running, so hopefully it won’t be long before we can all play the game that started it all.


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  • Here are the 2 big things we’re watching in the stock market this week

    Here are the 2 big things we’re watching in the stock market this week

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  • This Week in Crypto Games: Planetside Dev’s ‘Reaper Actual’, What’s Next for ‘MapleStory Universe’

    This Week in Crypto Games: Planetside Dev’s ‘Reaper Actual’, What’s Next for ‘MapleStory Universe’

    It’s tough to keep tabs on the ever-changing crypto gaming space, thanks to the constant flow of news: everything from big game launches and fun degen experiments to token price swings and occasional project collapses. It’s a lot to follow.

    Luckily, we’re plugged in at Decrypt‘s GG. We cover the biggest happenings throughout the week, and then this weekly roundup provides a quick way to catch up, as well as find a bunch of other little bits of news from throughout the week.

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    Reaper Actual revealed: Game industry veteran John Smedley has launched Distinct Possibility Studios with a new blockchain-integrated first-person shooter called Reaper Actual. The PC-based open-world multiplayer game features what Smedley said is the largest FPS map ever created—four times larger than Call of Duty: Warzone’s Al Mazrah.

    Set on the war-torn island of Marova, players become “Reapers” who upgrade and defend bases while navigating conflicts between five AI-controlled factions. The game combines elements from Call of Duty: DMZ, Escape from Tarkov, and Rainbow Six Siege, Smedley told Decrypt.

    Following a $30.5 million funding round, the pre-alpha Foundation version is set to release soon, requiring players to purchase a limited-edition base—either as an NFT on Tezos layer-2 network Etherlink, or via supporting Web2 platforms. The full release arrives early next year with a similar access scheme, before going free-to-play approximately six months later. Items will be tradable on both Web3 and Web2 marketplaces.

    “This is the type of game that can bring millions and millions of people in, if the history of the games I’ve worked on are any evidence,” said Smedley. “We’re going to be able to sell Web2 players on this idea of Web3 done right.”

    MapleStory moves ahead: MapleStory Universe is the crypto-powered evolution of the beloved 20-year-old MMORPG franchise. The ecosystem centers around MapleStory N, a PC-based game that recreates the original side-scrolling experience for its 260 million-strong player base, with in-game items as NFTs on the Avalanche-based Henesys L1 network.

    Developer Nexpace plans to release over a dozen mobile and web experiences by Q1 2026 to complement the core game, Nexpace Head of Strategy Keith Kim told Decrypt. These lighter applications will allow players to grind, level up, and enhance items during commutes or breaks, addressing the reality that the original fanbase has grown up and has less time for intensive PC gaming.

    The vision mirrors EA FC’s Ultimate Team model, where mobile apps support console gameplay. A web app for item enhancement launches in late July/August, followed by a character rental system by Q1 2026. Kim said that third-party developers will help build some of these experiences using API keys, with the game eventually transitioning to a permissionless system with NXPC token rewards.

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    • Ubisoft added AI agents to its Arbitrum-based blockchain game Captain Laserhawk: The G.A.M.E., in a team-up with developer LibertAI. Tied to NFTs, the agents can vote on behalf of players in the game’s governance matters.
    • Major esports team Ninjas in Pyjamas has established a Bitcoin mining unit, and expects to mine upwards of $6.5 million worth of BTC monthly based on its total hashrate.
    • Bitcoin layer-2 network Botanix launched its mainnet last week, along with an educational game called Bitcoin 2100 that pays out real BTC rewards to players.
    • Token Yugijo, a coin-flipping betting game, launched on Ethereum layer-2 network Optimism. Bella Protocol’s game features an AI companion.
    • Scor on Sweet, a Telegram gaming app, has launched Flappy Racquet—a Flappy Bird-inspired tennis game featuring real-world tennis stars like Naomi Osaka and Nick Kyrgios. The SCOR token airdrop is on the horizon.
    • Ronin game Realms of Alurya has shut down for good, just weeks after developers said they’d lost funding and were looking for ways to keep building.
    • Meme coin project Floki launched its long-awaited Valhalla metaverse game last week.
    • The upcoming Steam launch of Off the Grid will begin on the GUNZ testnet, offering a similar level of behind-the-scenes blockchain integration as the Xbox and PlayStation versions. Steam has limitations on crypto and NFTs, however, so Gunzilla says it will “work with Valve to meet platform guidelines.”
    • Endless Clouds launched its END token airdrop tied to Treeverse, with token claims opening up Friday.
    • The Xai gaming network handed out about $1.25 million worth of XAI tokens to NFT holders.
    • The Echelon Foundation burned 11 million PRIME (about $26 million worth) to try and “right-size the PRIME ecosystem” PRIME is the token behind card game Parallel.

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  • Lana Del Rey, Addison Rae Perform ‘Diet Pepsi’ and ‘57.5’ in London

    Lana Del Rey, Addison Rae Perform ‘Diet Pepsi’ and ‘57.5’ in London

    Lana Del Rey‘s gone from singing “Diet Pepsi” in her car to on her stage at Wembley Stadium — inviting opener Addison Rae back out to perform alongside her at her July 3-4 London concerts.

    Lana took verse one of Addison’s single — with its lyrics about her ripped blue jeans, cherry red lips and body that’s “a work of art you’d die to see,” all of which wouldn’t sound out of place in the earlier years of LDR’s own discography — and Addison joined in on the “untouched, XO, young lust, let’s go” pre-chorus, with the two vocalists coming together on the hook: “When we drive in your car, I’m your baby/ Losing all my innocence in the backseat/ Say you love, say you love, say you love me/ Losing all my innocence in the backsеat.”

    “Sooo good!!” Lana herself commented on a video of their duet that had been posted by a fan on Instagram after the London gigs.

    The pair also sang Lana’s new ditty “57.5,” an earworm she’d debuted at Stagecoach that walks the line between owning her brand of fame and finding the humor in just how many millions of fellow melancholic music lovers must be out there — with a nod for country fans to catch. (Watch a clip of their London performance, as captured by the same Wembley concertgoer on Instagram here.)

    “I still talk to Jesus, yes/ But I still call up psychics when I need advice/ I still fly commercial/ You need an autograph? S—, I don’t mind/ If you want the secret to success, I suggest showing up in a Ross dress,” Lana sang, referencing the time she told red carpet correspondents she bought her Grammys dress at the mall, before both artists launched into the campy, catchy chorus: “I got 57.5 million listeners on Spotify/ Roger Miller made ’em laugh/ I guess some folks still like to cry/ I ain’t got a man, but maybe one of them is a fan of mine/ In that 57.5 million listeners on Spotify.”

    “@honeymoon I will never forget this,” Addison wrote on Instagram, recapping her momentous weekend sharing the stage with Lana. “Thank you so much to the most beautiful divine woman, heart, soul, mind… Lana. I am the happiest and luckiest girl on earth. Being next to you is spiritual.” Ladybug, infinity and bouquet emojis were used in Lana’s honor.

    “Thank you @honeymoon. You are forever,” she added in another post from London, topping off this comment with a swan emoji.

    Before announcing Addison as an opening act or heading overseas for tour, Lana uploaded an Instagram Story that captured the sweet reaction she’d had upon vibing to “Diet Pepsi” while driving her car, hand over her mouth and eyes tearing up.

    “Diet Pepsi” was released as the first single from Addison’s eponymous debut album, Addison, and was the influencer-turned-pop newcomer’s first to chart on the Billboard Hot 100, in fall 2024.

    By the time of Addison the album’s release last month, the set saw a No. 4 launch on the Billboard 200.

    Addison Rae was among a trio of opening acts announced just ahead of Lana Del Rey’s U.K. and Ireland stadium run, a short stint of five shows. While the “Headphones On” singer got the gig with Lana in London, London Grammar performed in Cardiff and BANKS joined the tour in Glasgow, Liverpool and Dublin.

    It’s a wrap for Lana’s tour, leaving fans to now await the unveiling of her 10th studio album, formerly known as Lasso and The Right Person Will Stay at different points of time. Its original release date was delayed to an as-yet-unknown date, and the project’s current working title has not been publicly confirmed, but fans have so far heard the songs “Henry, Come On” and “Bluebird,” both available on streaming services — as well as live renditions of “Stars Fell on Alabama,” “Quiet in the South” and the aforementioned “57.5,” all assumed album tracks.

    Addison has her debut headlining tour to look forward to, with dates across select cities in Europe, North America and Australia spanning August through November.


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  • Kevin Durant officially traded to Rockets in NBA record seven-team deal | NBA

    Kevin Durant officially traded to Rockets in NBA record seven-team deal | NBA

    Kevin Durant’s trade to the Houston Rockets is official and officially record-setting.

    The deal got approved by the NBA on Sunday as part of a seven-team transaction, a record number of organizations to be part of a single deal, one in which a slew of other trade agreements got folded into one massive package.

    “Kevin impacts the game on both ends of the court and is one of the most efficient scorers in the history of basketball,” Rockets general manager Rafael Stone said. “We liked the growth our team showed last season and believe Kevin’s skill set will integrate seamlessly.”

    Involved in the deal: Phoenix, Houston, Atlanta, Minnesota, Golden State, Brooklyn and the Los Angeles Lakers. It includes a total of 13 players – the headline moves include Durant going to Houston from Phoenix, the Rockets sending Jalen Green and Dillon Brooks to the Suns, and the Rockets acquiring Clint Capela from the Hawks.

    The seven-team involvement in the Durant trade tops the previous record, a six-team transaction last summer that most notably sent Klay Thompson to the Dallas Mavericks. Golden State – Thompson’s former team – obviously was another part of that trade, as were Charlotte, Minnesota, Philadelphia and Denver on varying levels.

    “One of the greatest to ever play the game, we are grateful for the impact Kevin made on our organization and in our community,” Phoenix general manager Brian Gregory said of Durant. “As a member of the Suns, he climbed the scoring charts to become just the eighth player in NBA history to score 30,000 career points, and we wish him the best as he continues his career in Houston.”

    There will be at least five second-round draft picks in the deal before all terms are satisfied, the potential for another second-round pick swap and the Hawks and Timberwolves both had to receive some cash considerations to make all the math work. And some of those draft picks won’t actually be made until 2032, which raises the serious possibility that some players who will go down in history as being part of the trade haven’t reached high school yet.

    Durant averaged 26.6 points last season, his 17th in the NBA — not counting one year missed because of injury. For his career, the 6ft 11in forward is averaging 27.2 points and seven rebounds per game.

    The move brings Durant back to the state of Texas, where he played his only year of college basketball for the Longhorns and was the college player of the year before going as the No 2 pick in the 2007 draft by Seattle.

    Houston becomes his fifth franchise, joining the SuperSonics (who then became the Oklahoma City Thunder), Golden State, Brooklyn and Phoenix. Durant won his two titles with the Warriors in 2017 and 2018, and last summer in Paris he became the highest-scoring player in US Olympic basketball history and the first men’s player to be part of four gold-medal teams.

    Durant is a four-time scoring champion, a two-time Finals MVP and one of eight players in NBA history with more than 30,000 career points.

    “Having played against Kevin and coached him before, I know he’s the type of competitor who fits with what we’ve been building here in Houston,” Rockets coach Ime Udoka said. “His skill level, love of basketball, and dedication to his craft have made him one of the most respected players of his generation, and my staff and I are excited to work with him.”

    Houston sent Green and Brooks to Phoenix, along with the rights to Khaman Maluach from last month’s draft, a second-round pick in 2026 and another second-rounder in 2032. The Hawks got David Roddy, cash and a 2031 second-round pick swap from the Rockets. Brooklyn gets a 2026 second-round pick and another in 2030 from the Rockets, and the Warriors received the rights to Jahmai Mashack from last month’s draft.

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