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  • Your Smartphone-Addicted Life

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    Unlike nearly 98 percent of Americans under the age of 50, I don’t have a smartphone. Actually, I’ve never had a smartphone. I’ve never called an Uber, never “dropped a pin,” never used Venmo or Spotify or a dating app,… Read More ›

  • Isolationism

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    Customs and Border Protection has confirmed that, no, agents did not stop a Norwegian traveler who showed them a meme of a bald Vice President JD Vance. The story circulating online — first in Norwegian newspaper Nordlys and then picked… Read More ›

  • “Aaaaay–Oh!”

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    The main model is intended as wall art, 40 cm wide and 65 cm tall. With a simple frame and a 3-plate-thick structured layer, Freddie’s body is ’emerging’ from the wall plane, giving a 2.5-dimensional effect to the build. The… Read More ›

  • The Whoop MG

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    The Whoop 4 was a fantastic wearable that I rarely took off during my year of use, so Whoop had its work cut out for it to improve on that experience. With the Whoop MG, that’s exactly what the company… Read More ›

  • 20 Gadgets From The 1970s

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    Discover the innovations in “20 Gadgets From The 1970s That Were AHEAD of Their Time!” This video explores tech gadgets and items from 1970s USA that were incredibly advanced for their era. See how these pioneering inventions paved the way… Read More ›

  • The Grifter In Chief Phone

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    Experts have cast doubt on the Trump Organization’s claim that its proposed smartphone can be entirely manufactured in the US. One industry analyst told the BBC it would be “virtually impossible” for the gold-coloured handset – which will retail at… Read More ›

  • What is the iPad?

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    I have no idea what the iPad is supposed to be and neither does Apple. The device is a combination of contradictions squeezed into hardware that is far more powerful than it needs to be. The Home Screen is somewhat… Read More ›

  • YACHTINGRAFF SECONDE / SECONDE

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    Meet the Yachtingraff (yeah, with two F’s because rules are made to be sprayed over). A historic 1960s sailing chronograph turned canvas for the most charming watch vandal in the game… More here. There is something about this dial and… Read More ›

  • The Wargame Podcast

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    A top team of former government ministers and military and security chiefs have taken part in a wargame that simulates a Russian attack on the UK for a new podcast series by Sky News and Tortoise Media. Among the line-up,… Read More ›

  • The iPod Nano Ultra

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    The concept feels almost rebellious in 2023, when devices seem engineered primarily as attention-harvesting machines rather than tools that serve discrete purposes. This iPod Nano Ultra would measure just 7.8mm thick – credit card compact but packing up to 4TB… Read More ›