2024: a good year for earbuds
Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge, Getty Images This year paved the way for a future where earbuds are much more than audio accessories. Read the full story at The Verge.
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Family of murdered SC woman rages at Biden for commuting killer’s death sentence: ‘She was shown no mercy’
The family of a South Carolina bank teller gunned down during a 2017 robbery is livid after President Biden commuted her killer’s death sentence just days before Christmas. Now Donna Major’s family is left reeling through the holiday season, rattled by the news that the convicted criminal had been shown the mercy he refused to…
Bills’ Sean McDermott avoids making airplane analogy for team after 9/11 reference controversy
The Buffalo Bills had a less-than-convincing win in the cold against the New England Patriots on Sunday – a week after a dominant display over the Detroit Lions. The Bills were expected to blow the lowly Patriots out of the water. But New England held its own for at least three quarters of the game….
American Airlines resumes flights across the US following ‘technical issues’
Photo by Kevin Carter/Getty Images American Airlines temporarily grounded all of its flights in the US this morning due to unspecified technical issues, disrupting travel at the start of a busy Christmas Eve. Service has now resumed as of 8AM ET according to a statement American Airlines spokesperson Sarah Jantz provided to CNN. The airline…
Nicole Kidman’s erotic thriller faces off with horror flick as Christmas Day movies take dark turn
Two of the three major movie releases on Christmas Day don’t offer much in the way of family-friendly viewing for the holiday. “Babygirl,” starring Nicole Kidman, is an erotic thriller featuring Kidman embroiled in a torrid affair with an intern at her company. Kidman described the film, also starring Antonio Banderas and Harris Dickinson, as…
If you want to help America, start serving
As we gather with family and friends this holiday season, it’s hard to ignore the fractures in our country. The divisions we face — political, racial, economic — can make even our neighbors seem distant. These challenges run deeper than any one issue, fueled by opportunity gaps, fear and distrust. It’s no secret that our…
This solid aluminum keyboard costs as much as a MacBook Pro
Image: Serene Industries If statement keyboards are your thing and you have some serious cash to burn, you should check out this brutalist flagship offering from Serene Industries. The Icebreaker is a wedge-shaped mechanical keyboard constructed from a single block of CNC-machined aluminum, featuring hot-swappable aluminum keycaps with configurable RGB backlighting. Preorders are available now,…
New York migrant admits feeling guilty over city’s benefits: ‘We’re getting spoiled’
Some migrants have mixed feelings over their situation in New York City. On Monday, the New York Times released a report on some of the 55,000 migrants who are still sheltering in New York City. It focused specifically on people living in hotels, reconverted office buildings and tent dormitories constructed at Floyd Bennett Field. At…
Netanyahu warns Houthis amid calls for Israel to wipe out terror leadership as it did with Nasrallah, Sinwar
TEL AVIV – Amid negotiations to forge a hostages-for-cease-fire deal between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, and as the truce with Hezbollah in Lebanon mostly holds, Jerusalem has an opportunity to direct additional military resources to cut Yemen’s Houthi leadership down to size, according to former Israeli officials. “Israel has to accelerate and expand attacks…
Jesus and Augustus
Gaius Octavius was born in 63 B.C. in Rome. When his maternal great uncle, Julius Caesar, was assassinated for subverting the Roman Republic, the young Octavian, only 18 at the time, became his heir. And though Julius is remembered as a great general and the man who set in motion Rome’s transition from Republic to…