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8 Best Smartwatches (2026): Apple, Google, and Hybrid Watches

  • WIRED's 2026 guide picks the best smartwatches by category
  • Apple Watch Series 11 tops iPhone picks; Pixel Watch 4 leads for Android
  • Series 11 gains 24-hour battery and hypertension alerts

This WIRED buying guide rounds up the best smartwatches available in 2026, covering options for iPhone and Android users as well as budget and hybrid picks. It matters for shoppers because smartwatch prices have risen due to component costs and supply chain pressures, making informed choices more valuable,…

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AQUTIE + L3Ni Discuss Their New Dancefloor Collaboration

  • AQUTIE launches new label/platform PELE PELE in New York
  • Debut EP "LATESTATE" made with collaborator L3Ni
  • Duo credit NYC nightlife and friendship as key inspirations

New York DJ and producer AQUTIE has launched PELE PELE, a new label and creative platform spanning music releases, parties and cultural events rooted in South African and Harlem influences. Its debut release, "LATESTATE", is a collaboration with fellow NYC scene figure L3Ni, and the pair spoke to…

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Shania Twain says she’s finally ‘getting it right’ in her 60s after starting life ‘on the tough side’

  • Shania Twain, 60, says she's finally "getting it right" in life.
  • She described a childhood that started "on the tough side."
  • Comments made in a recent "CBS Mornings" interview.

Country music star Shania Twain has reflected on her difficult upbringing in rural Canada, saying it has taken until her 60s to feel she is "getting it right" in life. Speaking to "CBS Mornings," the 60-year-old singer described starting out "a little bit on the tough side" and…

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Startling mystery revealed in centuries-old royal tombs at powerful queen’s monastery

  • Barcelona researchers opened medieval royal tombs at Elisenda's monastery
  • Several tombs contained remains different from those expected
  • Findings mark the monastery's 700th anniversary investigation

Archaeologists in Barcelona have uncovered a puzzling discrepancy after opening centuries-old royal tombs at the Royal Monastery of Santa Maria de Pedralbes, finding that several graves did not contain the remains they were expected to hold. The exhumations formed part of a wider multidisciplinary study marking the 700th…

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3 Rock Artists From the 1970s Who Accidentally Created Their Signature Sound

  • Tony Iommi's finger injury led to Black Sabbath's heavy metal tuning
  • Eddie Van Halen's "brown sound" came from improvised gear tweaks
  • Mike Campbell faked a 12-string sound on Tom Petty's "American Girl"

An American Songwriter piece looks at three iconic rock guitar tones from the 1970s that were born not from careful design but from accidents and improvisation. It highlights how limitations and mishaps forced guitarists Tony Iommi, Eddie Van Halen and Mike Campbell to innovate, ultimately producing sounds that…

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EAVE & Storyboard Collective Among Organizations Attached To ARTEF’s Main Character Initiative For Unproduced Screenplays

  • ARTEF launches Main Character, a pan-European search for unproduced screenplays.
  • EAVE, Storyboard Collective and others back the anonymous, merit-based scheme.
  • First submission round closes 21 September 2026; winners announced at Göteborg 2027.

ARTEF, the Anti-Racism Think Tank for European Film, has launched a pan-European initiative called Main Character to discover unproduced feature fiction screenplays offering perspectives currently missing from European screens. The scheme, unveiled at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, has already attracted support from organisations including EAVE, Storyboard…

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No PS5 Version of Heavy Rain Dev’s PS2 Classic Indigo Prophecy, as Sony Mucks Up Again

  • Sony wrongly implied a new PS5 version of Indigo Prophecy was coming.
  • It's actually just the existing 2016 PS4 release, unchanged.
  • No new trophies or PS5-specific features; leaves only one new PS Plus classic.

Sony has clarified that a planned re-release of Quantic Dream's PS2 crime thriller Indigo Prophecy (known as Fahrenheit in Europe) will not, in fact, arrive on PS5 as originally suggested. Despite earlier PlayStation Blog wording implying the game would be rebuilt using Sony's new emulator with native PS5…

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“The concept of [Xbox] Game Pass was good” despite its eventual faceplant now contributing to mass job losses, reckons Forza Horizon 5 director

  • Forza Horizon 5 director defends Game Pass concept amid Xbox layoffs
  • Says not enough subscribers made the service financially unviable
  • Praised former Xbox leaders Phil Spencer and Sarah Bond

Forza Horizon 5 creative director Mike Brown has spoken out about Xbox's ongoing wave of studio closures and layoffs, arguing that the underlying concept of Xbox Game Pass was sound even though its commercial failure is now driving the cuts. Brown, who left Microsoft-owned Playground Games in 2023…

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The Biggest Critics Of Xbox Game Pass May Be Inside Xbox

  • Xbox leaders reportedly fear Game Pass devalues games.
  • Call of Duty will no longer launch day one.
  • Microsoft may further change Game Pass strategy.

Reports say several Xbox studio leaders are strongly critical of Game Pass, arguing that releasing games in the subscription service from day one reduces their perceived value and can undermine direct sales. The debate matters because Microsoft is reassessing how the service supports its gaming business, particularly after…

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Fleetwood Mac’s Most Beautiful Song Proved Christine McVie Was Their Greatest Songwriter

  • Opinion piece argues Christine McVie was Fleetwood Mac's greatest songwriter.
  • "Songbird" showcased her gift for everyday emotional depth.
  • Contrasted with Stevie Nicks' mysticism and Lindsey Buckingham's boldness.

This article is an opinion piece arguing that "Songbird," written by Christine McVie, best exemplifies why she was Fleetwood Mac's most gifted songwriter. Unlike bandmates Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham, who channelled the group's turbulent personal dramas into mystical or explosive songwriting, McVie's strength lay in expressing everyday…

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