April 2022 - The Mike's P(a)lace

No Phone, No Hands: Making GPS Art in Denver with Snapdragon Wear

Some Snapdragon Insider missions happen on a keynote stage. Mine happened on the streets of Denver, Colorado, on an electric kick scooter, talking

04/22/202206/01/2026 Mike

OPPO Find X5, Step 3: Let’s move to the review

I will try to be simple for this review and give my opinion with no filter. Build Quality and Design Performance ColorOS

04/22/202205/19/2026 Mike

OPPO Find X5 Full Review: An Ambassador’s Honest Take

This review is a long time in the making, and it comes from an unusual place: a Frenchman in Chicago, who had

04/13/202206/01/2026 Mike

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Two arrested after attack on defence companies in Munich 09/03/2026

In Munich, a man and a woman allegedly attempted to carry out an arson attack outside the premises of two defence companies. The pair were arrested.

Russians skewer authorities for ordering citizens to register their chicken 09/03/2026

A government decree requiring registration of domestic birds, camels and reindeer took effect Tuesday, sending Russians to government service centres with live chickens in tow before authorities clarified that owners did not need to bring their animals anywhere.

Iranian café chain mogul jailed and stripped of assets for backing January protests 09/03/2026

Sadegh Saeedinia, manager of the Saeedinia café chain, was convicted of "propaganda against national security" for posting about the January protests on Instagram and encouraging staff to strike, in one of the harshest sentences handed to a private entrepreneur since the unrest.

General charged over Kyiv children's hospital strike shot in Russia 09/03/2026

Major General Nikolai Varpakhovich, commander of a heavy bomber division and charged in absentia by Ukraine over the 2024 Okhmatdyt children's hospital strike, was shot twice by a motorbike gunman near Engels airbase and airlifted to Moscow in serious condition.

Chilean penguins fitted with vests to protect healing wounds 09/03/2026

Injured Humboldt penguins in Chile are fitted with recovery vests designed to protect wounds and prevent them from damaging stitches as they heal.

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