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Amazon trims Fire TV range to four devices with new 4K stick
Amazon has reduced its Fire TV streaming device range from five products to four, alongside announcing a new 4K streaming stick and remote. The change is a modest simplification, intended to make the options easier to navigate for shoppers. The remaining lineup consists of three streaming sticks and a cube: the $35 Fire TV Stick…
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The Sonos Ace Ultra are the headphones Sonos should have made the first time
Sonos has released the Ace Ultra headphones at the same $449 price point as the original Sonos Ace, which launched with significant limitations in system integration. The original Ace had a glitchy TV audio swap feature that only worked with the Arc soundbar and a single pair of headphones, and could not connect to the…
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Aldi chief accuses rivals of inflating prices before loyalty scheme discounts
Aldi’s chief executive has accused rival supermarkets of ‘duping’ customers through loyalty schemes that set unrealistically high prices before discounting them, claiming this creates a false impression of value. Aldi, the only major UK supermarket without a loyalty card, argues that retailers should instead offer genuine everyday low prices with realistic reductions. A retail consultant…
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Kristi Noem’s divorce from Bryon finalised after 34 years of marriage
Former US Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has filed for divorce from her husband of 34 years, Bryon Noem, citing irreconcilable differences. The filing came in April, shortly after the Daily Mail exposed Bryon’s secret crossdressing and explicit online exchanges with adult content models. The divorce was finalised in court documents this week, marking the…
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Senior detective faces jail after pleading guilty to ‘upskirting’ teenage girl
Detective Constable Lee Harshey-Jones, 45, has pleaded guilty to voyeurism after using his phone to take an image beneath a teenage girl’s clothing in Colwyn Bay. He also admitted wiping and resetting the phone to conceal evidence, and improperly accessing an internal police computer log about the incident. The case has ended his police career…
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Love Island’s Georgia Harrison calls for immediate removal of ‘revenge porn’ images online as she appears on stage at Labour conference
Georgia Harrison, former star of The Only Way Is Essex and Love Island, addressed Labour’s annual conference in Liverpool to campaign for the immediate removal of non-consensual intimate imagery from the internet. She called for a “kill switch” system to instantly freeze the spread of abusive sexual content, rather than the current 48-hour window tech…
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Botswana condemned for slaughtering elephants for independence celebrations
Botswana has authorised the killing of 23 elephants to provide meat for its 60th independence celebrations on Wednesday, a decision that has drawn criticism from animal rights activists and conservation groups. The country, which is home to the world’s largest elephant population of over 130,000 animals, issued the licence through its Ministry of Environment and…
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Ken Paxton says Trump’s Dallas convention coincided with falling poll numbers
Leaked audio has revealed that Ken Paxton, the Texas Republican Senate candidate, privately admitted that Donald Trump’s Dallas convention had damaged his poll numbers, contradicting his public persona as one of Trump’s most devoted supporters. The recording was obtained from a fundraiser near Capitol Hill where Paxton told attendees that the convention “dropped our numbers”…
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3 Songs That Show Why Patsy Cline Was One of Country’s Greatest Voices
Patsy Cline helped shape country music in the late 1950s and early 1960s, becoming a leading voice of the “Nashville Sound”. The article argues that her familiar songs can make listeners overlook the emotional power and vocal skill that made her an enduring figure. It highlights “Crazy” as a defining performance, praising Cline’s ability to…