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It’s hard to buy a bad pair of wireless earbuds these days, and with constant discounts and deals wherever you look, now is as good of a time as any to splurge on the pair you’ve been eyeing. The market has come a long way since the early era of true wireless earbuds when we…
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Former Vice President Kamala Harris has Secret Service protection, at least for a few more months. Chelsea Clinton does not have a Secret Service detail anymore, though her parents, former President Bill Clinton and his wife, Hillary Clinton, do. All of President Trump’s family members currently have protection, including his grandchildren. And while former President…
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President Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s slash-and-burn approach to the US government has thrown federal agencies into disarray, as thousands of civil servants have been dismissed from their jobs without rhyme or reason. But in the chaos of the cuts carried out by Musk’s pseudo-agency, the Department of Government Efficiency, some federal workers say the…
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The mayor of Istanbul, Ekrem Imamoglu, one of Turkey’s most prominent opposition politicians, was arrested on Wednesday morning on charges related to corruption and terrorism, the city’s prosecutor’s office said. A large group of police officers arrived at Mr. Imamoglu’s house and took him away, and a number of his aides were also detained. Prosecutors…
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The bulk of the discounts we’ve seen thus far are pretty ho-hum — that is, aside from the current promo on Google’s Pixel Tablet, which is on sale at Amazon with its speaker dock starting at $399 ($100 off) or without the magnetic dock for an all-time low of $279 ($120 off). If you prefer…
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Over a short stretch on Tuesday morning, top Democrats showed why their reeling party still cannot agree on the best way to seize back power in Washington. From his perch on his new podcast, Gov. Gavin Newsom of California made the case for not only hearing out some of the most hard-line figures on the…
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Google’s parent company, Alphabet, has announced its largest-ever acquisition, entering into a deal to buy New York-based cybersecurity firm Wiz, making it a part of its Google Cloud division. This is the company’s second attempt to buy Wiz after talks stalled last year at a lower $23 billion evaluation. Wiz is a fast-growing Israeli-founded startup…
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When President Trump placed new tariffs on China this month, he doubled down on one of his top demands on Beijing: to rein in the chemical companies fueling the illicit production and trafficking of fentanyl into the United States. Mr. Trump has long argued that China is a huge contributor to overdoses that have killed…
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In September, Apple launched its latest smartwatch, introducing the Apple Watch Series 10 alongside a black rendition of the Apple Watch Ultra 2. Each wearable has its own pros and cons, as does the second-gen Apple Watch SE, but the recent introduction of the new wearables also means there are now more Apple Watch models…
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A jury in California on Friday awarded $50 million in damages to a Los Angeles delivery driver who was badly burned by a cup of hot tea that spilled into his lap in a Starbucks drive-through in 2020, court records show. The driver, Michael Garcia, 30, received multiple skin grafts and underwent other medical treatments…