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BenQ GV50 Review: Highly Portable, but With Quality Trade-Offs
BenQ’s GV50 is a compact, battery-powered portable projector marketed for ceiling projection, giving Wired’s reviewer the ability to watch content from virtually any angle in the house, including lying in bed. Its main appeal is portability and ease of use rather than outright picture or sound quality, positioning it as a lower-cost alternative to rivals…
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Americans deserve to know healthcare prices before the final bill arrives
This opinion piece argues that healthcare price transparency has become a rare point of bipartisan consensus in the United States, with growing momentum in Congress to enshrine it into law. The author contends that patients are currently forced to receive treatment without knowing costs in advance, often facing unexpectedly large bills, and frames transparency as…
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Planners reject 37 local families from ‘turnkey’ housing estate that has laid empty for two years – because they can only be used as holiday homes
Planning officials in Wales have blocked 37 local families from moving into a “turnkey” housing estate that has stood empty for two years, after ruling that the properties can only be sold or let as holiday homes under the terms of the original planning permission. The decision highlights ongoing tensions in Welsh communities over second-home…
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House Democrats add 12 GOP seats to offensive target list
The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC), House Democrats’ campaign arm, on Wednesday announced it is adding 12 more Republican-held and leaning seats to its offensive target list — including seats held by Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) and Rep. Richard Hudson (R-N.C.), the chair of the DCCC’s GOP counterpart, the National Republican Congressional Committee. The 12…
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Chuck Edwards drops reelection bid after Ethics panel calls for censure
Rep. Chuck Edwards (R-N.C.) early Wednesday announced he would drop his reelection bid, coming in wake of the House Ethics Committee on Monday recommending that he be formally censured following an investigation that found he violated the “spirit” of the chamber’s policies on sexual harassment against staff. “After much prayer and reflection, I’ve decided to…
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Count Binface and the serious political message behind the UK’s ‘joke’ candidates
Nigel Farage’s decision to resign his Clacton seat and trigger a by-election, amid scrutiny of his personal finances, has drawn no candidates from any other major party, leaving Count Binface, a costumed “intergalactic space warrior,” as his most prominent challenger among a record 34 contenders. Reform UK MP Danny Kruger dismissed the situation in the…
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Biden’s $7 Billion Taliban Weapons Tab Is Still Coming Due
The Afghanistan withdrawal left thousands of U.S. weapons behind. Now, they’re in the Taliban’s hands.
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The EPA’s Temporary Loophole Won’t Power the AI Boom
Short-term guidance for data-center construction keeps businesses from being able to responsibly plan for the long term.
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Quentin Tarantino’s WWII Masterpiece Was Inspired by the 1972 Western Is Officially Streaming for Free
Robert Redford’s 1972 survival Western Jeremiah Johnson, directed by Sydney Pollack, has begun streaming for free on Tubi. The film is notable as one of the genre’s most acclaimed entries and for its links to Quentin Tarantino, who has cited Redford’s screen presence at the time as a reference point for Brad Pitt’s role in…
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Christopher Nolan’s CCP Hostage Video
Blockbuster filmmaker puts Western civilization at dusk.