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Jay Peters

Marques Brownlee says ‘we failed on the price’ with Panels

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Marques Brownlee published a video on Friday addressing the criticisms around Panels, his new wallpaper app, saying that he and the team “failed on the price front” at launch. The app received an outpour of criticism from fans, both on the MKBHD YouTube channel and across social platforms. Discussing the app, Brownlee admitted it needed work. “If I was reviewing this app, I would not have been very nice,” he said.

One of the primary criticisms of the app was that...

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Andrew Liszewski

Thrustmaster brings direct drive steering wheels to console racing sims

The Thrustmaster T598 features a Direct Axial Drive powered by an axial flux electric motor. | Image: Thrustmaster

Thrustmaster has announced a new steering wheel base that makes the company’s direct drive technology available on consoles for the first time. It also introduces a new electric motor design — already in use on high-end hybrid sports cars like the Ferrari SF90 — to the world of sim racing, improving realism while also shrinking the hardware.

The Thrustmaster T598...

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Umar Shakir

Mosseri acknowledges ‘mistakes’ in Threads and Instagram’s broken moderation

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Head of Instagram Adam Mosseri is acknowledging recent mistakes in Meta’s moderation processes on Threads and Instagram. For example, Meta unexpectedly deleted my account this week because it thought I was underage, the company locked my colleague’s account because she joked about dying in a heatwave, and others have seen their posts disappear with no clear reason why. “Threads Moderation Failures” has been trending this week — putting more pressure...

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Jay Peters

Imgur is going to be less strict about memes with adult humor

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Memes on the image-hosting service Imgur “containing references to adult humor” will no longer be considered mature, the company announced in a post addressing changes to its content moderation policies.

Imgur has been an important part of meme history, with its creator making the service in 2009 as a “gift to Reddit.” At that time, most platforms didn’t host their own images, so you had to upload them instead on third-party platforms. I remember seeing Imgur a...

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Jeanna Smialek, Lydia DePillis and Natasha Rodriguez

Trump Blames Housing Crisis on Immigrant Surge. Most Economists Disagree.

The former president often implies that deportations will bring down housing costs. Reality is more complicated.

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Jonathan Weisman

As Trump Arrives, Aurora Insists It’s Not the ‘War Zone’ He Sees

The former president is holding a rally in a Colorado city he falsely claims was overtaken by violent immigrants from Venezuela. The city’s leaders, Republicans and Democrats alike, tried to pre-emptively fact-check him.

Fast Company

Sam Becker

Zillow’s new climate risk insights may spur the next big shift in the housing market

Extreme weather is a growing concern for homebuyers, and Zillow’s new tool brings transparency to the risks involved.

With hurricanes dominating the headlines in recent weeks, and for good reason, homeowners and potential buyers are likely thinking more carefully about the threats that extreme weather and climate change pose to their homes. 

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The Conversation

How Latin American holidays shifted away from colonial legacies

In some places, renaming the holiday has drawn attention to Indigenous rights and culture.

This is the season of patriotism in Latin America as many countries commemorate their independence from colonial powers. From July to September, public plazas in countries from Mexico to Honduras and Chile fill with crowds dressed and painted in national colors, parades feature participants costumed as independence heroes, fireworks fill the skies, and schoolchildren reenact historical battles.

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Apple TV+ joins Amazon Prime Video as an add-on

Huge news for fans of the cable TV bundle from the days of yore: it's basically returning, but under the shiny, new framing of "streaming."

If you have Amazon Prime Video, you can select an add-on for Apple TV+ without having to download a separate app. It'll be available for an extra $9.99 per month for users who already have Amazon Prime Video.

"Prime Video is a first-stop entertainment destination offering a wide selection of premium programming including Amazon MGM Studios Originals, live...

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Ticketmaster will be first to use new Apple Wallet tickets feature

Among the more overlooked features that iOS 18 brings to the iPhone are the updates to Apple Wallet, in particular the Apple Wallet event ticket experience.

On Thursday, Ticketmaster announced that it would be the first company to take advantage of the new feature-rich Apple Wallet tickets feature. 

SEE ALSO: U.S. Justice Department moves to break up Ticketmaster and Live Nation over antitrust violations

"With the new, enhanced ticket in Apple...

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Apple Intelligence will summarise your breakup texts

Breakup messages are always painful to receive. Even when the sender is trying their best to be gentle and mindful of your feelings.

Of course, not everyone is quite so adept at conveying difficult news in a damage-limitation parcel. Breakups can be messy, hurtful, and honest. Then there's the small matter of practicalities: of dividing up one's lives, our homes, possessions, keepsakes. That's not even considering when children, pets, and shared friendship groups are involved.

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Charli XCX's 'Brat and it's completely different but also still brat' is here and hype lives on

As Brat summer faded into fall, the endless references to Charli XCX's inescapable album seemed to reach a halt. But yesterday the English pop star beckoned in Brat autumn at the viral listening party of her remix album Brat and it's completely different but also still brat. Out today, it features everyone from Ariana Grande to Caroline Polacheck to Tinashe.

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As a result of Brat's outsized cultural impact, the remix album had a lot of hype and...

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Here's What You Need To Know About That Wild Cliffhanger At The End Of Episode 9 Of "Love Is Blind"

This Season 7 star quickly went from fan favorite to most hated after social media sniffed out a double-life scandal.

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Kenneth Arthur

Joe Flacco may not be the Colts’ starting QB, but he’s undefeated against Father Time

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Week 5’s Quarterback of the Week may be riding the bench in Week 6.

Though it may be controversial to award a player the QB of the Week award for a game his team lost, we just do not know how many more chances we are going to get with Joe Flacco. He’s the only quarterback in the NFL who could either never see the field again or lead his team to the Super Bowl.

Joe Flacco, the quarterback with the worst best...

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Jay Peters

Apple’s USB SuperDrive might be gone for good

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Apple’s USB SuperDrive is showing up in Apple’s online stores as “sold out or unavailable in all countries,” MacRumors reports, which could indicate that Apple has discontinued the CD / DVD player.

It’s not a huge surprise that Apple might be done with the SuperDrive. The product first launched with the original MacBook Air, which didn’t have an optical drive, in 2008, so it’s quite old. The SuperDrive was shown as “sold out” online on Apple’s US...

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Mia Sato

X drops Unilever from its ‘advertiser boycott’ lawsuit

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X is dropping claims against Unilever in its lawsuit that accuses advertisers and brands of participating in an “illegal boycott” of the company. The claims against Unilever, which owns household names like Dove and Hellmann’s, were dismissed today.

Last fall, X also sued the nonprofit Media Matters for America in an effort to silence the group after it reported that ads for major brands like Apple and IBM were appearing alongside Nazi content. IBM paused advertising...

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Daniel Jones

Seven Ways to Love Better

Reading some 200,000 love stories has taught me a few lessons about love and life. Here are the ones that help me most.

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Kate Kelly, Maggie Haberman, Jonathan Swan and Eileen Sullivan

Trump Aides Sought Enhanced Security for Closing Stages of Campaign

Susie Wiles, a top Trump campaign adviser, was in contact with the White House chief of staff and the head of the Secret Service seeking military assets and other steps.

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Raja Abdulrahim and Rawan Sheikh Ahmad

Israel Orders Gazans to Leave the North, but Most Are Staying Put

A woman in a town surrounded by Israeli troops said she and her family stayed away from the windows and prayed for relief: “That’s how we survive these dark days.”

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Michael Crowley

U.S. Aims to Revive Failed U.N. Plan for Israel-Lebanon War

Biden administration officials are discussing whether a United Nations plan that ended Israel’s last invasion of Lebanon can be built to last this time.

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