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Apple Inc. lost a bid to dismiss a lawsuit alleging that its AirTag devices help stalkers track their victims. US District Judge Vince Chhabria in San Francisco ruled Friday that three plaintiffs in the class-action suit had made sufficient claims for negligence and product liability, though he dismissed the others.About three dozen women and men who filed the suit alleged that Apple was warned of the risks posed by its AirTags and argued the company could be legally blamed under California law when the tracking devices are used for misconduct.In the three claims that survived, the plaintiffs “allege that, when…

As we’ve discussed in our previous Fire Country reviews, if the current season has a fatal flaw, it’s the writers’ apparent desire to cram 22 episodes worth of drama into a season that’s been shortened by the writer and actors’ guild strikes. In fairness, recent episodes have delivered some of the series’ most gripping action sequences to date, but we can’t help but think that all of this breakneck pacing is coming at the expense of characterization. So it was a welcome change of pace when Fire Country Season 2 Episode 4 opened with Bode and Cole…

Senate Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Chairman Bernie Sanders (I-VT) questions witnesses with ranking member Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) during a hearing about working hours in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill on March 14, 2024 in Washington, DC.Chip Somodevilla | Getty ImagesSen. Bernie Sanders and Senate Democrats cited advances in artificial intelligence and automation Thursday in their argument for a bill that would mandate a 32-hour federal workweek.”Despite massive growth in technology and worker productivity, millions of workers in our country are working longer hours for low wages,” Sanders said after gaveling open a hearing…

We’ve waxed lyrical about how men’s dress codes are breaking down, how casual dress is taking over and why sportswear is the de facto king of men’s fashion. But in this new relaxed world, there is one mainstay that refuses to disappear: the suit. We’ve seen it rise and fall in popularity over the years, but it never truly went away. In a true sign of the times, tailoring featured extensively in the first Louis Vuitton collection from Virgil Abloh, shown alongside cutting edge streetwear suggesting the two have finally become symbiotic. The suit, and old ideas of formal attire…

Mastering Grind Size & Consistency The grind size of your coffee beans significantly impacts the extraction process and is directly related to the type of equipment used in brewing your coffee. For instance, French Press and Pour Over requires a coarse, chunkier grind. Your drip coffee brewers need a medium grind (the size of kosher salt), but an espresso machine requires a fine grind (closer to table salt, almost a powder) to properly extract flavor and aroma from the coffee.   Medium Like Kosher salt Develop Your Palate Like wine, coffee has a diverse array of tasting notes and flavor…

Prime Video was eager to reach for more Reacher, launching production on Season 3 months before releasing Season 2 — and months before announcing that a third season was in the works. The action-packed crime drama, based on Lee Child’s Jack Reacher novel series, stars Alan Ritchson as the title character, an itinerant ex-military police investigator with a knack for finding himself in mortal danger. In Season 3, Reacher “must go undercover to rescue an informant held by a haunting foe from his past,” according to Prime Video. Here’s everything else we know. Will there be a Reacher Season 3?…

The Google office in New York on February 2, 2023.Ed Jones | Afp | Getty ImagesAllison Croisant, a data scientist with about a decade of experience in technology, was laid off by PayPal earlier this year, joining the masses of unemployed across her industry. Croisant has one word to describe the process of looking for a job right now: “Insane.””Everybody else is also getting laid off,” said Croisant, who lives in Omaha, Nebraska, where she worked remotely for PayPal.Her sentiment is reflected in the numbers. Since the start of the year, more than 50,000 workers have been laid off from…

Bitcoin may start to lose its reputation as a volatile asset.According to Bitwise Asset Management’s Matt Hougan, the cryptocurrency’s wild price swings have come down substantially over the past decade.”What’s driving the bitcoin market right now is a simple demand-supply imbalance,” the firm’s chief investment officer told CNBC’s “ETF Edge” on Monday. “We have this huge new source of demand from these ETFs, and we have supply that’s inelastic.”On Jan. 11, the first bitcoin exchange-traded funds began trading. Since then, the asset is up more than 50%. Bitcoin hit an all-time high this week of just under $74,000.Yet, Hougan acknowledges…

HashiCorp at the Nasdaq market site, December 9, 2021.Source: NasdaqHashiCorp shares jumped 12% in extended trading on Friday after Bloomberg reported the software developer was considering a sale.The company has engaged an outside firm to explore interest from potential buyers, Bloomberg said, citing unnamed sources. A company representative didn’t immediately respond to CNBC’s request for comment.HashiCorp, whose software helps developers control resources in public clouds and data centers, debuted on the Nasdaq in late 2021, right at the peak of the tech market. The stock dropped 14% last year while the S&P 500 posted a 24% gain.As of Friday’s close,…

After inviting abortion funds to distribute contraceptive supplies at tour venues, Olivia Rodrigo’s management has bowed to political pressure to put the handouts to an end, Jezebel reports. Prairie Abortion Fund, which had amassed supplies for tonight’s show in Saint Paul, Minnesota, confirms that the National Network of Abortion Funds (NNAF) relayed the instructions from Rodrigo’s team. It will instead distribute buttons, stickers, beanies, and resource pages.Pictures of condoms and emergency contraception handed out at shows have gone viral this week, prompting international media coverage. While most has been positive, Jezebel notes pushback from right-wing figures including Bill Eigel, a…

Rumours of Aya Nakamura performing at the Paris Olympics has sparked a huge outrage from far-right critics. According to French newspaper Le Monde, local media reported that the French-Malian musician met with President Emmanuel Macron last month to discuss singing a song by iconic French artist Edith Piaf. Nakamura has racked up over 1billion views on YouTube for her 2018 hit ‘Djadja’, whilst Le Monde has dubbed her “the world’s most popular French-speaking artist”. Whilst these reports have not been confirmed by either Macron or Nakamura, the rumours caused significant fury with the far-right. The Reconquest party, who held a rally on Sunday…

Starbucks is pulling the plug on Odyssey, its Web3 rewards program that gave members access to collectible NFTs. The company updated its on Friday to let members know that the beta program is closing on March 31, and they have a little over a week left to complete any remaining activities (called journeys). Those will shut down March 25. Users won’t lose their Stamps (Starbucks’ NFTs), which are hosted on Nifty Gateway, but they’ll have to sign up for Nifty using their Starbucks Rewards email to access them there, if they haven’t already.Starbucks was late to the NFT game with…

Motorola has announced that it will launch a new smartphone in India soon. The Lenovo-owned smartphone maker has begun to tease some of the specifications of its next smartphone, with a few days to go before the phone makes its debut in the country. While Motorola is yet to officially reveal the name of the upcoming smartphone or a launch date, the specifications revealed by the company suggest that it will be a mid-range smartphone — like the purported Motorola Edge 50 Fusion.In the series of posts on X (formerly known as Twitter) Motorola has revealed that its next smartphone…

Australian author Liane Moriarty is known for her layered characters, complex family dynamics, and intriguing mysteries. After the success of her book-to-screen adaptation of Big Little Lies on HBO in 2017, she’s been in high demand. In 2021, Hulu adapted another novel, Nine Perfect Strangers, which expanded on the characters’ arcs from the book. It became a hit because of the humor in the series. Peacock’s Apples Never Fall combines the best of both, but it was most like the book and a fun, binge-worthy watch. I couldn’t stop watching because I couldn’t wait to see the…

Rudy Giuliani, the former personal lawyer for former U.S. President Donald Trump, arrives at the E. Barrett Prettyman U.S. District Courthouse in Washington, D.C., on Dec. 15, 2023.Anna Moneymaker | Getty ImagesCreditors want to force Rudy Giuliani to sell his $3.5 million Florida condo to help pay his significant debts, according to a court document filed on Friday.The former New York City mayor filed for bankruptcy protection in December, citing myriad unpaid debts including a $148 million payment to two Georgia election poll workers who he falsely claimed had tampered with the 2020 election ballots while he was serving as…

Electric Literature is pleased to reveal the cover for the poetry collection Ominous Music Intensifying by Alexandra Teague, which will be published by Persea Books on October 1, 2024. Preorder the book here. In poems that swirl together traditional American patriotic music with current horrors—from gun violence to climate change—and in which Yeats’ famous apocalyptic figure of the Rough Beast takes a painting class, wears a spacesuit, and listens to public service announcements, Ominous Music Intensifying takes on the too-muchness of contemporary, apocalypse-prone America with its own hard-hitting music, dark humor, and the occasional fiddle duel. Teague expands her subject matter here to…

If you’re questioning whether the best pipe lighters are really worth it over a standard Bic, I’m here to assure you that yes, yes, they are. Rather than constantly fumbling to get a flame or cursing under your breath with every gust of wind, the best pipe lighters will carry you through any situation with minimal stress and maximum smoke. For a peaceful pipe smoking experience without singeing the bowl (or your hair), the top lighter will ensure you have it and so much more. I’ve rounded up the six best pipe lighters based on personal recommendations from pipe-smoking men…

Question for you: What’s the first concert you have ever attended? My first was a Shania Twain’s country music concert in the early ’00s. Since then, I’ve been lucky enough to attend shows, festivals, and even album release parties for almost every type of music genre. But what makes attending a folk concert quite fun, in my humble opinion, is that there’s a sense of community reflected through the cords as much as the clothing. Hear me out here: You show up to a Stagecoach festival without context and automatically know that country musicians headline it because of what everyone…