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MKBHD Says Apple’s New $299 HomeView Is a Skip for Most People. His Reasons Are Hard to Argue With
Marques Brownlee does not usually struggle for words. Known to tens of millions as MKBHD, he can usually tell you within minutes who should buy a gadget and who should walk away. This week, after spending time with Apple’s brand new smart home hub, he admitted something unusual. “I cannot figure any group that this…
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11 Pitches Broke the Dodgers, and the Brewers Are One Win From the World Series
It took one pitch for the Milwaukee Brewers to remind everyone why they won 103 games this season, and eleven pitches to remind everyone why October is the cruelest month in baseball. On a tense Wednesday night at Dodger Stadium, the Brewers clawed back from a late deficit and ripped the defending champions apart, winning…
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Wall Street Split in Two: the Dow Climbed as the Nasdaq Crashed, and Even TSMC’s Record Profit Couldn’t Save Tech
Thursday morning on Wall Street felt like two different markets trading on two different planets. The Dow Jones jumped more than 270 points by mid-morning, with old-economy stocks like cereal makers and insurance companies leading the charge. At the exact same time, the Nasdaq was sinking for the second straight day, tech stocks were getting…
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Kelly Clarkson Went to War Over a $15,000 Bird. The Shop Just Slapped a $15 Million Price on It.
Kelly Clarkson Went to War Over a $15,000 Bird. The Shop Just Slapped a $15 Million Price on It. The most expensive bird in America right now costs fifteen million dollars. It is made of wood. It is about the size of a pigeon. And it became famous because Kelly Clarkson got into a fight…
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The Biggest Protest Movement in America Just Stopped Protesting. On Saturday, It Votes.
For the past eighteen months, the No Kings movement has been the loudest thing on American streets. Millions of people, thousands of cities, signs about democracy and kings that America supposedly does not have. This Saturday, the signs are going back in the closet. The marchers are still showing up, all three thousand plus of…
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Russia Is Bombing Coca-Cola and McDonald’s in Ukraine. The White House Has Nothing to Say.
When a Russian drone slammed into a Coca-Cola factory outside Kyiv last month, Volodymyr Zelensky did not mince words. “Coca-Cola has become such an enemy to them that they are burning it down with their Shaheds,” the Ukrainian president said in his nightly address. “This is a clear signal from Russia to America.” The Russians…
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VA Disability Pay Is Going Up 3.6% in 2027. Here Is Exactly What Your Check Looks Like.
What actually happened on October 14 If you get VA disability pay, yesterday was a good day for your bank account. On October 14, the Social Security Administration announced a 3.6% cost-of-living adjustment for 2027, and that same number flows straight into VA disability compensation. No forms, no phone calls, no waiting on hold for…
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Diddy Got Into a Prison Fight With a Jamaican Drug Lord, and Nobody Can Agree on What Really Happened
There are two stories about what happened to Sean “Diddy” Combs at Fort Dix last Friday night. One of them is simple. The other one sounds like a movie pitch. The weird part is that both stories start the same way: with an ambulance rolling up to a federal prison at one in the morning.…
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She Jumped Off a Cruise Ship Because She Wanted to Get Off. Then She Spent 20 Hours in the Open Sea.
She Jumped Off a Cruise Ship Because She Wanted to Get Off. Then She Spent 20 Hours in the Open Sea. Most people end a cruise with too many photos and a sunburn. One 44-year-old passenger on Royal Caribbean’s Odyssey of the Seas ended hers in the middle of the Ionian Sea, clinging to a…
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Millions of Student Loan Borrowers Get Shoved Onto a New Plan This Month. A 1% Interest Cut Expires Soon After.
Millions of Student Loan Borrowers Get Shoved Onto a New Plan This Month. A 1% Interest Cut Expires Soon After. If you have federal student loans, October is not a month to ignore your inbox. Two deadlines are converging at once, and together they will decide how much you pay for years. First, millions of…
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He Asked AI How to Build a Listening Device, Then Planted It in OpenAI’s Boardroom
The listening device was the size of a thumbnail. It drew power from a USB port on the back of a television. And to keep it hidden, someone had wrapped it in toilet paper. This is not the opening of a spy novel. It is the centerpiece of a federal criminal complaint unsealed this week…
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Fastball Freddy Went Full Send: The Rays Just Evened the ALCS Behind 99.4 MPH Heat
Fastball Freddy Went Full Send: The Rays Just Evened the ALCS Behind 99.4 MPH Heat There is a version of Freddy Peralta who nibbles. Who mixes and matches, works the edges, tries to be clever. That guy did not show up at Tropicana Field on Tuesday night. Instead, the Tampa Bay Rays watched their starter…
