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Budget phones are too often boring. The top brands like Google with the Pixel 8a or Samsung with its FE phones sell for less than $500 and go on sale often enough, but in every way, they’re pared-down renditions of better phones and nothing else. TCL’s 50 NXTPaper devices have a switchable E-Reader mode that could be more than a … Read more
It’s officially September, and for the first weekend of the month, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice was the record-breaking, box office winner. Warner Bros. and Tim Burton’s horror-comedy sequel opened to $145.4 million. According to Variety, the bulk of that came domestically, where it began its theatrical run with $110 million. It’s the second-biggest September debut of all time behind … Read more
Every Marvel show and film spawns fan theories, but the fervor around WandaVision took things to a new pitch. From speculations about Mephisto and Reed Richards to a secret tenth episode, MCU fans were determined to solve the show’s mysteries, for better and worse. The upcoming Agatha All Along will spawn plenty of theories of its own, but … Read more
When Apple unveiled its AI plans at WWDC in June, analysts suggested the feature could put the iPhone 16 on track for another “supercycle.” Like the addition of 5G before it, industry watchers believed that Apple Intelligence’s arrival might convince holdouts to bite the bullet and upgrade their device. We’ll have a much better picture … Read more
I have to actively remind myself Marshall makes some pretty solid headphones since that name is so deeply tied to some of the best speakers in the industry. Its latest device, the Major V, is a pretty inconspicuous-looking $150 pair of on-ear headphones. The USP on these is their 100+ hour battery life, which I … Read more
There’ve been plenty of older movies audiences have held out hope would get a sequel at some point, and Beetlejuice is pretty high up on that list. Tim Burton and Michael Keaton would vaguely show interest off and on since the 2010s (if not sooner) about getting it off the ground, but for the most part, … Read more
Two NATO members said Sunday that Russian drones violated their airspace, as one reportedly flew into Romania during nighttime attacks on neighboring Ukraine while another crashed in eastern Latvia the previous day. A drone entered Romanian territory early Sunday as Moscow struck “civilian targets and port infrastructure” across the Danube in Ukraine, Romania’s Ministry of … Read more
Elon Musk has denied a report that one of his companies, Tesla, has discussed sharing revenue with another of his companies, xAI, so that it can use the startup’s AI models. The Wall Street Journal wrote yesterday that under a proposed agreement described to investors, Tesla would use xAI models in its driver-assistance software (known … Read more
Italy-based app company Bending Spoons, which owns Evernote and Meetup, is planning to lay off 75% of the staff of file transfer service WeTransfer, TechCrunch has learned. Bending Spoons acquired the Dutch company in July for an undisclosed amount. The company confirmed the plans for the WeTransfer layoff to TechCrunch. The staff that is being … Read more
Rep. Jim Himes says Biden came to office with “binding agreement” on Afghanistan from Trump – CBS News Watch CBS News Democratic Rep. Jim Himes of Connecticut, the ranking member on the House Intelligence Committee, tells “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan” that President Biden did not come to office with an agenda on Afghanistan, … Read more