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Less is more with the Oura Ring 5
If you’re reading an Oura Ring 5 review at The Verge, you likely fall into one of two camps: newcomers looking for a smartwatch alternative, or Oura users pondering an upgrade. In the case of the former, this is a great casual health tracker and the best smart ring on the market – but not…
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3 Heartland Rock Songs From the 80s That Made Working-Class America Sound Cinematic
Bruce Springsteen (Photo by Aaron Rapoport/Corbis via Getty Images) These cinematic and powerful heartland rock songs from the 80s remain working-class anthems for the ages. The post 3 Heartland Rock Songs From the 80s That Made Working-Class America Sound Cinematic appeared first on American Songwriter.
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Hear Magi Merlin’s Chrome-Plated R&B On POWER HOUSE
A few months ago, Montreal-based artist Magi Merlin released the calming single “So Smart,” offering an early glimpse of her new album POWER HOUSE, which arrived this past Friday. It’s a full-length that may have been overshadowed by some bigger releases, but it’s well worth spending time with, especially if you’re in the mood for…
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4 Country Songs From 1995 That Every Elder Millennial Can Still Sing Word for Word
This American Songwriter article celebrates four country hits that its author argues are seared into the memories of “elder Millennials,” who were teenagers when the songs dominated radio in the mid-1990s. The piece is framed less as a serious ranking and more as a nostalgic “try not to sing” challenge, its central claim being that…
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‘We can find renewal despite the bullshit we navigate as Black women’: Kelela on stan armies and speaking up for Gaza
The Guardian profiles genre-bending R&B artist Kelela around the release of her third studio album, New Avatar, framing it as another bold reinvention of her sound and persona. The piece highlights how her latest work fuses silky, hook-laden vocals with shoegaze reverb and rock textures, a shift the writer calls one of her least expected…
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Helldivers 2 dev cracks down on ‘suspicious super credit activity’, though it would help if earning premium currency wasn’t so boring to begin with
Helldivers 2 developer Arrowhead has announced a crackdown on what it calls “suspicious super credit activity”, targeting players or accounts that are acquiring the game’s premium currency through illegitimate means. Super credits can be bought with real money but also earned in-game, which makes any large-scale or automated harvesting of them a concern for the…
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2026’s R-Rated Monster Remake Is a No. 1 Sleeper Hit on HBO Max
Lee Cronin’s The Mummy, the hidden gem 2026 monster reboot, is smashing the global streaming charts. Read on for more details.
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6 Worst Sci-Fi Action Movies That Failed on Every Level
From Independence Day: Resurgence to After Earth, these sci-fi action flops wasted ideas, stars, and spectacle.