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4 New Camera Tricks on Google’s Latest Pixel 11 Smartphones
Google’s Pixel Camera chief, Isaac Reynolds, thinks year-to-year upgrades to smartphone cameras are still critical, even though some detractors think they’re passé. “A person who is a casual photographer and desperately wants to be a hobbyist—they’re never going to break that ceiling unless you give them the tools,” he says. “The features that others call…
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She couldn’t picture herself playing ‘Ted Lasso’s’ tough coach. Jason Sudeikis made her believe
LONDON — Tanya Reynolds had never watched an episode of “Ted Lasso” before she was approached to audition for the fourth season of the Apple TV+ comedy. But the British actor sent in a tape anyway. “It was just one scene and it was really funny,” Reynolds says. It’s a busy Saturday morning in central London and…
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‘This isn’t laughable’: Trump accused of ‘deeply chilling’ nuclear blunder
President Donald Trump drew accusations of a “deeply chilling” nuclear blunder from national security historian Garrett Graff over the secret plane-switch out of Turkey last month. On July 8, Trump publicly boarded the old Air Force One in Ankara, then slipped out the far side via a catering truck to a smaller C-32A military jet,…
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Only One-Third of Speaking Roles in 2025’s Top Films Were Women
Despite making up half the population, only one-third of speaking roles in 2025’s Top 100 grossing movies were women. This according to the latest study from Dr. Stacy L. Smith and the USC Annenberg Inclusion Initiative, “Inequality in 1,900 Films.” The dataset begins in 2007, and across those 19 years, the number of female speaking…
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Google’s Pixel Watch 5 Can Now Detect Breathing Emergencies
Google’s first smartwatch debuted just 4 years ago, and at the time, the company went to great lengths to stress the accuracy of the Pixel Watch’s heart rate sensor. Even if Google was late to the wearable party compared to peers like Apple and Samsung, that focus on heart rate seems to be paying off…
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Hardware on clothing complicates my life. But I love it anyway
Walking through a metal detector has never been a seamless experience for me. I brace my nervous system for the piercing shriek, let it play like my own little theme song. It only takes one glance from the security guard — their eye catching the light dancing off of the studs, the spikes, the grommets,…
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James Franco Makes His Microseries Debut in ‘Love, Lies & Frank’ For Shortical
James Franco is the first Academy Award nominee, and notably one of the first A-listers, to star in a microseries, embracing vertical scripted storytelling. His series, titled “Love, Lies & Frank,” was produced by Knockout Shorts and is available to stream now on Shortical. The drama series is one of the first microseries produced under…
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Cops arrest firebug accused of starting Fred Mountain Fire that merged into Bug Fire on California-Nevada border
A firebug has been arrested for allegedly igniting one of two fires that merged near the California-Nevada border and developed into a raging inferno. Christine Mitchell, 47, was detained for starting the Fred Mountain Fire, the Washoe County Sheriff’s Office announced Tuesday evening. Mitchell allegedly confessed after investigators said she intentionally started multiple blazes near…
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Matthew McConaughey and wife Camila Alves make rare appearance with all 3 look-alike kids
A family affair. Matthew McConaughey was supported by his wife, Camila Alves, and their three kids at the premiere of his new movie “The Rivals of Amziah King.” The couple posed with their three children — sons Levi, 18, and Livingston, 13, and daughter Vida, 16 — on the carpet of the Monday screening, which took…
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Internal Google Document Reveals That Its HR AI Has Been Throwing Résumés From Qualified Applicants Straight Into the Trash
Bad news for anyone seeking a job in this AI-infested hiring hellscape: not even Google’s top AI lab can figure it out. That’s according to an HR memo viewed by Bloomberg, encouraging job-seekers to fill out a special AI-proof form on top of their standard application so that a “real human” will know they applied.…