There’s one big question looming over anyone who considers smart glasses tech right now: Do you want to wear something with tech on your face? And, for how long? The decision when it comes to display-enabled tethered glasses and wireless glasses is pretty different. Display glasses vs. camera and audio …
Read More »BougeRV’s portable solar fridge is quietly annoying
Keeping humans alive at home in post-agrarian societies requires refrigeration. Meat bags on the move must either load up a cooler with ice for a soggy weekend barbecue or do the evolved thing and use a 12V fridge instead. The $509.99 battery-powered BougeRV CRD2 40 refrigerator and freezer combo I’ve …
Read More »Celtic: Are Scottish champions ready for fight on all fronts?
With Celtic about to begin the defence of their Scottish title and facing a crunch Champions League qualifying play-off, just how equipped are they to build on recent success and progress again this season? Recruitment, aligned to key departures, has been a central theme of Celtic supporter conversation of late, …
Read More »Car finance judgement ‘a hard pill to swallow’
Tom Espiner BBC business reporter BBC Marcus Johnson says he is upset for the hundreds of people who won’t be able to make a claim A ruling by the UK’s most senior judges has closed down an opportunity for millions of motorists to claim compensation for motor finance mis-selling. The …
Read More »The major question thrown up by Labour’s benefits plans
BBC In the next 24 hours and then over the following fortnight up until the Spring Statement, the government is going to talk a lot about a broken welfare system that is failing the people who use it, the economy and taxpayers. Taking a tough call on fixing it goes …
Read More »Geese in March in Cambridgeshire to get their own calendar
John Devine BBC News, Cambridgehire John Devine/BBC The British Trust for Ornithology says it has never heard of examples of geese visiting shops A market town that has become well known for a gaggle of gregarious geese is to have a 2026 calendar produced in their honour. A flock of …
Read More »Huge crowds expected for two-day Hyrox outdoor event
BBC Ebrington Hyrox organisers Darryl McDermott (left) and Sean McLaughlin (right) say the event will be one of the biggest of its kind on the island of Ireland Thousands of competitors and spectators are expected in Londonderry for an outdoor Hyrox fitness challenge to be held over two days at …
Read More »The biggest fighting game tournament is a little smaller this year — but still exciting
Evo 2025, the biggest fighting game tournament in North America, starts this weekend. If you tune into one of the nine different Evo Twitch channels, you’ll see some of the top players in the world compete in fighting game staples like Street Fighter and Tekken and newer games like Fatal …
Read More »Dating apps try something different to keep search for love online
Alex Taylor Culture reporter BBC Waiting for a date I’d hardly chatted to was certainly a different experience I’m sitting – trying to look composed – in a London bar. Cocktail ordered, there’s a rollercoaster knot of anticipation building in my stomach – I’m waiting for a date. Except this …
Read More »Gaza woman, 21, lost baby after ‘being blown up in her tent’, British doctor says | World News
A British doctor who has just returned from Gaza has described how one of her patients, a 21-year-old woman who was six months pregnant, lost her baby after she was “blown up in her tent”. “Her husband was killed, she lost her eye, she had an open fracture, and both …
Read More »Mid Copeland low income families offered vegetable boxes
A charity is offering free vegetable boxes for low income families who struggle to purchase fresh food. Growing Well will donate up to 30 of its weekly boxes for free to households across Mid Copeland in Cumbria. The mental health recovery charity said the areas covered include Thornhill, Haile, Calderbridge, …
Read More »League One and League Two: Five things to look out for on opening weekend
Image source, BBC Sport/Getty ImagesImage caption, League One kicks off with Luton Town v AFC Wimbledon on Friday, while League Two begins the following Saturday Kate Holloway BBC Sport England Forget the Premier League and the Championship, Leagues One and Two will be getting the party started at the weekend. …
Read More »Video shows underneath Lowestoft’s Gull Wing Bridge
Video shows what it is like to travel under a crossing known as the world’s largest rolling bascule bridge. The Gull Wing Bridge in Lowestoft, Suffolk has a bascule span 130ft (39.5m) long, 72ft (22m) wide and 115ft (35m) tall. It won The Bridge Award for design and construction in …
Read More »England vs Spain: Red Roses jostle for position before Rugby World Cup
Zoe Harrison, in competition with Holly Aitchison, has a chance to cement her spot at 10. Lucy Packer, England’s starting nine in their World Cup final defeat by New Zealand three years ago, is trying to unseat Natasha Hunt. In the front-row, there is Springbok-style strength in depth, with hooker …
Read More »Detainees at ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ on hunger strike for 10 days | US News
Detainees at a US immigration detention centre nicknamed “Alligator Alcatraz” have been on hunger strike for 10 days – protesting against what they say are inhumane and dangerous living conditions. One detainee in the centre in Florida, Pedro Hernandez, has been hospitalised but continues to refuse food. He pleaded for …
Read More »Tesla found partly to blame for fatal Autopilot crash
A jury in Florida has found Tesla partly liable for a 2019 crash in which a Model S sedan using self-driving software killed a pedestrian and severely injured another. Plaintiffs had argued the assistance software, called Autopilot, should have alerted the driver and activated the brakes before the crash. Tesla …
Read More »Xbox Game Pass Added Grounded 2 and These Other Games In July
The award-winning, quirky survival game Grounded is like the game version of the classic ’80s comedy film, Honey, I Shrunk the Kids. And Xbox Game Pass subscribers can get early access to that game’s sequel, Grounded 2, now. Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, a CNET Editors’ Choice award pick, offers hundreds …
Read More »Bose’s QuietComfort Headphones are $130 off for back-to-school season
Finding peace among the chaos on campus can be more challenging than a midterm. But a quality pair of over-ear headphones can block out distractions when it’s time to lock in. If that sounds like you, we’ve found a deal on the Bose QuietComfort Headphones, which are currently down to …
Read More »I don’t identify as Nigerian any more
Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch has said she no longer identifies as Nigerian and has not renewed her passport since the early 2000s. Badenoch, who was born in the UK, grew up in both Nigeria and the US. She returned to England aged 16 because of Nigeria’s worsening political and …
Read More »County Championship: Essex draw with Warwickshire after rain
Tom Westley passed fifty for the fifth time in eight County Championship innings before rain arrived at Chelmsford to confirm the inevitable draw between Essex and Warwickshire. The rejuvenated Essex captain was 51 not out, with seven fours in his 103-ball innings, to follow his 148 first time round. He …
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