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Braise @braise.substack.com · 27/09/2026

New(ish) for paid subscribers this week: a reminder of my favourite taco spots in London to visit once Sonora is gone for good

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My favourite London tacos in 2026

RIP Sonora

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Dominic Preston @dompreston.com · 26/09/2026

Got a lot to do today, but I might just spend it reading every word I can about the City mess instead

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Grace Robertson 🏳️‍⚧️ @graceonfootball.com · 26/09/2026

do you think the senior royals of the other six emirates of the uae have a group chat where they're all dunking on abu dhabi over the man city thing right now.

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Braise @braise.substack.com · 23/09/2026

I ended up in Escocesa by chance, after taco plans went awry, but what a happy accident it was: great tapas, with some September specials from the Canary Islands on when we went, in a lively, vibrant dining room

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Escocesa, N16

Spanish seafood in Stoke Newington

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Dominic Preston @dompreston.com · 23/09/2026

Is anyone out there *still* waiting to receive a Trump phone? Would love to figure out if every buyer got one in the end.

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Dominic Preston @dompreston.com · 23/09/2026

I never got to play with last year's 17 Pro phones, hope the international launch means I can get my hands on one of these.

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Dominic Preston @dompreston.com · 21/09/2026

I really hope Googlebooks can become more than just expensive Chromebooks. The blueprint is there, but software support has to follow next. If it does, I'll be one of the buyers putting money down.

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Googlebooks feel like the first laptops built for Android owners

My next laptop might be a Googlebook.

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Braise @braise.substack.com · 16/09/2026

Allow me to sing the praises of Otto, a Berlin restaurant I have fallen deeply for

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Otto, Berlin

A new Berlin favourite

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Dominic Preston @dompreston.com · 16/09/2026

Very excited for this. I agree that Cregger is at his best when he's not trying so damn hard to be clever about it, so I'm hopeful this is about how I'm going to feel about the film

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'Resident Evil' Review: Zach Cregger's Heart-Stopping Video Game Movie Is His Best Yet

Zach Cregger makes the first great Resident Evil movie, a truly great video game movie and his best film yet all at once.

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Dominic Preston @dompreston.com · 16/09/2026

Whose turn is it to do the pedantic bit about the name?

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Braise @braise.substack.com · 14/09/2026

I’ve spent a decade visiting Berlin almost annually; here are the restaurants, bars, and coffee shops I go back to time and time again

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My favourite places to eat and drink in Berlin in 2026

From a decade’s worth of work trips

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John Oxley @joxley.jmoxley.co.uk · 10/09/2026

What is this comment from the Labour MP? No, the issue here isn't that the attempted pogrom had the wrong targets!

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Dominic Preston @dompreston.com · 10/09/2026

I've tested every major Android foldable so far this year. Nothing in the iPhone Duo's hardware has really caught my attention, but the software looks much more exciting

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The iPhone Duo’s hardware doesn’t look special, but its software might be

iOS 27 may be the iPhone Duo’s greatest advantage.

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Braise @braise.substack.com · 09/09/2026

I’ve got no real point of reference for Yunnanese food, but I really enjoyed the unexpected — and at moments fiercely fiery — cooking at Cloud Land

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Jay Peters @jaypeters.net · 09/09/2026

The new Metroid game looks sick www.theverge.com/games/992053...

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The Switch 2 is getting a 2D Metroid called Ravenous

Samus is back.

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Ash Parrish, Kotaku's LeBron James @adashtra.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

RETURN OF THE QUEEN! RETURN OF THE QUEEN!!!

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brian nam-sonenstein @bson.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

dear god.. a flavor scientist at the Cheetos factory has published a blog post saying no one is prepared for how "dangerously cheesy" they are

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Dominic Preston @dompreston.com · 08/09/2026

I got to try Xiaomi's new foldable last week, and it basically delivers what I wanted from the Z Fold 8

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Nadia Whittome MP @nadiawhittomemp.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

When blackshirts are marching through the streets of Dover and Portsmouth, the focus shouldn’t be on the disruption they cause, but on their fascist ideology and deliberate intimidation of migrants and people of colour. [1/2]

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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

The AfD and Reform immigration policies are almost identical. There is no plausible reason for considering one far right and the other not.

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Better Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Technology is cool, too bad they made it evil

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The Verge @theverge.com · 04/09/2026

Our own @dompreston.com and @jp2e.bsky.social have spent the past week trying out the wildest new gear at IFA, Europe's biggest tech show. Got any questions? We're holding a subscriber-only AMA today at 12PM ET, so drop your questions any time in the comments of this article and we'll see you soon!

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We spent the week testing IFA’s best (and weirdest) gadgets, ask us anything

We’ve seen everything from smart home to smartphones. What do you want to know?

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The Verge @theverge.com · 03/09/2026

We've officially entered Day 0 of IFA, and @jp2e.bsky.social and @dompreston.com are on the ground at Europe's biggest tech show. Here are some highlights of the best and weirdest gadgets we've seen so far: 🧵

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IFA 2026: the biggest tech and gadget announcements

All the latest news from Europe’s biggest tech trade show.

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Braise @braise.substack.com · 02/09/2026

I wrote about Brutto, a restaurant I have accidentally only ever eaten at in August. I have no idea how it is the other 11 months of the year, but for those few weeks it's certainly pretty great

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Jennifer Pattison Tuohy @jp2e.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

IFA, the last big tech show of the year, kicks off this week. I’ll be on the ground in Berlin along with @dompreston.com . Keep up with all the gadget news and views on our story stream here www.theverge.com/tech/986178/... #IFA #smarthome #tech #AI

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IFA 2026: the biggest tech and gadget announcements

All the latest news from Europe’s biggest tech trade show.

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The Verge @theverge.com · 01/09/2026

The cheaper F9 Pro packs the same screen, but simpler stereo speakers. www.theverge.com/tech/986148/...

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Poco’s F9 Ultra pairs an ultra-bright display with a glowing Bose subwoofer

The cheaper F9 Pro packs the same screen, but simpler stereo speakers.

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Dominic Preston @dompreston.com · 01/09/2026

Got briefly excited to see my first Z Fold 8 in the wild, then realised the flight to IFA probably doesn't count

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James Benge @jamesbenge.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Seemingly stressful 1-0 win where David Raya doesn’t have a save to make. Welcome back old friend.

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Dominic Preston @dompreston.com · 31/08/2026

I hate saying "He has to score that," but...

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Braise @braise.substack.com · 30/08/2026

Out this week, Five Tastes by Fuchsia Dunlop is more than a cookbook: it’s an introduction to the first principles of Chinese cuisine, from cooking a dish to designing a menu. I can’t remember the last cookbook I’ve learnt quite so much from.

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Five Tastes, by Fuchsia Dunlop

The fundamentals of Chinese cooking

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Dominic Preston @dompreston.com · 29/08/2026

I'm glad Samsung is making it easier to run just about any app you'd like on the Z Flip 8's outer screen, but to me it's still best when it's just awkward enough to remind me to put my phone away

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The Galaxy Z Flip 8 is at its best when there’s friction

Not every app suits the small screen.

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John Gramlich @johngramlich.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

"Currently, The Onion has around 85,000 subscribers, making it one of the five largest newspapers in the country by circulation."

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Dominic Preston @dompreston.com · 27/08/2026

The Galaxy S26 FE is another of those modest annual upgrades with a price hike that we're slowly getting used to. It feels like a fine phone, but you'd need to be coming from something at least a few years old to justify an upgrade.

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Samsung’s Galaxy S26 FE pairs last year’s hardware with last month’s software

At least it comes in the Z Fold 8’s popular pistachio color.

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Braise @braise.substack.com · 26/08/2026

Fun visit to Rambutan, as I continue my quest to eat at more of this city’s best (or at least bougiest) south Asian spots. Lots of good dishes, but the hot butter squid bun was extraordinary. braise.substack.com/p/rambutan-se1

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Rambutan, SE1

Worth braving Borough Market

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Dominic Preston @dompreston.com · 24/08/2026

Got a lot of questions last week about GrapheneOS support for the Pixel 11 line. Now we have an answer, plus loads more details on its plans for Motorola handsets

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De-Googled GrapheneOS is coming to Motorola’s foldables next year

Including the first Graphene flip phone.

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Erik Malinowski @erikmalinowski.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

sorry the premier league can’t be back, i haven’t finished listening to all the preview pods yet

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Braise @braise.substack.com · 19/08/2026

My last from San Sebastian: a birthday dinner at Manojo, a natural wine bar that’s nothing like the city’s tourist-heavy hot spots

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Manojo, San Sebastian

And now for something completely different

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The Verge @theverge.com · 19/08/2026

Pixel reviews are out! Got any burning questions? Our team is holding a subscriber-only AMA at 3PM ET, including: @davidimel.com @vicmsong.bsky.social @dompreston.com @cameronfaulkner.bsky.social Drop questions any time in the comments at this link and we'll see you all this afternoon!

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We reviewed the new Pixel lineup, ask us anything

The reviews are live, now AMA

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Dominic Preston @dompreston.com · 19/08/2026

The Pixel 11 Pro Fold is a really good phone that somehow immediately feels old-fashioned, thanks its square shape and obvious crease. But it has serious strengths too, and I think plenty of people will prefer it to either of this year's Samsungs.

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Google’s Pixel 11 Pro Fold feels like the end of an era

Google has some catching up to do.

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