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The wireless earbuds with unbeatable call quality got their first discount
Anker’s Soundcore Liberty 5 Pro wireless earbuds, praised for their exceptional call quality since launching in May, have received their first price cut since release. The earbuds are now available for $149.99, down from their usual $169.99, at Amazon, Best Buy and directly from Anker. The discount is notable because Anker held the price steady…
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Aviation minister ridiculed as it emerges he boasted about air traffic control being ‘well prepared’ and given ‘increased resilience’ – just a day before it went into meltdown, stranding thousands of travellers
Labour was mocked after it emerged that aviation minister Keir Mather praised Britain’s air traffic control system as “well prepared” with “increased resilience” just a day before it suffered a major meltdown. A four-hour technical failure at National Air Traffic Services (NATS) forced the cancellation of more than 2,000 flights, leaving over 330,000 passengers facing…
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New York City’s last pickpocket doesn’t need a smartphone
At the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), a Verge critic previewed several new films, with particular praise for “The Only Living Pickpocket in New York,” starring John Turturro as an ageing, technophobic thief in a fast-changing city. The write-up forms part of a series of daily festival dispatches, offering a snapshot of upcoming cinema releases…
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Arteta deliberately disrupts Arsenal’s routines to build squad resilience
Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta has revealed he deliberately disrupts his own team’s pre-match routines, such as turning up dressing-room thermostats, delaying meal and transport times, or removing physio massage beds, as a psychological tactic to keep his players sharp and prepared for unexpected setbacks. The approach follows Arteta’s earlier, much-mocked strategy of hiring pickpockets to…
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Artists who can’t to tour invited to apply for latest in £300k funding: “An even bigger step to making live music more inclusive”
The Featured Artists Coalition (FAC) has issued a final call for UK artists struggling with tour costs to apply for its latest round of funding, with applications closing at 11.59pm on Sunday 13 September. The scheme, run with the Music Managers Forum and Musicians’ Union, forms phase two of the UKAT fund, which has doubled…
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9/11’s 25th Anniversary: America Reflects on Survivor Stories and Renewed Questions About Prior Intelligence
This year marks the 25th anniversary of the 11 September 2001 terrorist attacks in the United States, prompting renewed public reflection on survivor accounts and lingering questions about intelligence failures ahead of the atrocity. Coverage of the milestone spans multiple angles, including cultural retrospectives such as how country music artists channelled the nation’s grief, anger…
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Breathtaking untold story of what happened to the WTC’s twisted wreckage on the night of the attacks… and the ongoing battle over ‘microremains’
A new book, Scattered Steel: The Afterlife of the WTC by Samuel Holleran and Max Holleran, reveals for the first time in detail what happened to the nearly two million tons of debris removed from the World Trade Center site after the 9/11 attacks. The research traces how wreckage was distributed across all 50 US…
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Apple should launch dedicated smart home device with local storage
The Verge argues that Apple’s next major device should be a dedicated smart home computer rather than just another screen-equipped hub. The piece follows Apple CEO John Ternus’s description of the iPhone as an “intelligent personal hub” prioritising local processing and privacy, and contends that vision is better suited to a home device that controls…
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WWE’s Corey Graves points to these AAA stars who may impress fans at Triplemania 34
Ahead of AAA’s Triplemania 34, held over two nights in Las Vegas and Mexico City, WWE and AAA broadcaster Corey Graves highlighted several lesser-known AAA luchadores he expects to impress wrestling fans. While the event will feature familiar WWE names such as Dominik and Rey Mysterio, Nattie and Roxanne Perez, Graves said much of the…
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Boy, 14, was among three teenagers stabbed in KFC ‘machete gang fight’ – as youths are questioned over attempted murder
Three teenagers, including a 14-year-old boy, were stabbed during what witnesses described as a gang fight that began inside a KFC in Bromley, south-east London, before spilling onto the high street. Several youths, aged between 14 and 17, along with a 21-year-old man, have been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder as police investigate the…