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TODAAAY: Instagram's new user-friendly algorithm controls, a friend-friendly Facebook redesign, and the Galaxy Z Fold 7 is Becca's bestie for 2025. Plus: A sweet Mario Kart World update, Alan Moore, and a bunch of new Aussie-made video games!

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📱 Instagram is finally going to let users manage their algorithm, by simply marking topics as liked or disliked. It's AI-powered, but to be fair, this is the sort of thing we want AI doing!

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💡Sad to discover this beautiful book lamp is sold out... but at US$345 (A$500), it's probably for the best. 😆 Should I risk it with this much cheaper Amazon version?

Micro-USB charging tho... 😬

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👍 If you're still a Facebook user (you know who you are, and I confess I've returned to it!), there's a big redesign coming that focuses more on friends and less on... all the other crap.

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📱 Best phone of 2025? Becca sez yes.​

Maaaan I would snap up a Galaxy Z Fold 7 in a heartbeat if it still had S Pen support. Apparently Samsung is working with Hideep on a new stylus that doesn't need a digitiser layer and still has palm rejection, but we'll see... hopefully in the Z Fold 8!

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🎮 There's a new update to Mario Kart World on the Switch 2 that lets you create online 'play' sessions exclusively with folks from your Friend List. A fun way to hang out without randoms!

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🖼️ This photo by David Benjamin Sherry, "Sunrise on Mesquite Flat Dunes", is gorgeous and even reminds me a little of the film Dune.

It was featured on the cover of New York Times Magazine in 2014, and is available for sale as a limited-edition print! (US$250 A$376)

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🗞️ Long read: For the comic book reader, here's a pretty incredible piece about Alan Moore, author of the Watchmen series, V for Vendetta, and a few other biggies.

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🧰 I'd quite like to have this carabiner with integrated 85cm cord reel. It's pricey, but it can also hold 3.4kg before the cord will extend from the reel – so it's perfect for hanging items from your backpack or belt. Made in Japan!

There's also this backpack-specific version, but I can't find any in Australia. Expensive shipping 😬

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☝️ If you're not following Guardian cartoonist Stephen Collins, you should! He's on Instagram and Bluesky.

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🎮 Lastly, here's a bunch of cool new Australian- and New Zealand-made video games, revealed this week!

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