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Scammers are impersonating Joann Fabric & Craft stores

Joann, the fabric and craft retailer, is closing. Unfortunately, that means scammers are swarming: Warn the DIY crafters in your life. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued a consumer warning this week specifically addressing the Joann Fabric & Craft scammers. The deception is relatively sophisticated. The FTC warned that bad actors are running fake promos

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JBL Tour One M3 Review: Great Noise-Canceling Headphones

There are plenty of sonic-friendly features, including a volume limiter to keep your hearing safe, Smart Talk to pause sound when you speak, and personalized listening with a built-in hearing test. Spatial Audio is also accounted for, including available head-tracking for an anchored 3D effect. I found JBL’s interpretation particularly echoey, especially for stereo sources,

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Match to lay off 13% of staff

Dating app giant Match Group is laying off 13% of its staff as part of a reorganization that aims to reduce costs, shore up margins, and streamline its organizational structure. The layoff would affect about 325 employees, based on the 2,500 employees Match had as of December 2024, per its annual filing. Open roles are

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Did Ryan Coogler tease a ‘Sinners’ trilogy?

Let’s talk about the genius behind Sinners.  On the surface, the hit movie from Ryan Coogler is about Preacher Boy resisting a vampire. But it’s a film packed with history and lore. One where the closer you look, the deeper it gets. And there’s a bigger story you might have missed.  The film follows Sammie

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Panasonic S1R II Review: Capable, Affordable, Mirrorless Hybrid Camera

The S1RII features Panasonic’s latest phase-detection autofocus, which has much better subject recognition and tracking algorithms. The S1RII can recognize people, animals (dog, cat, bird), cars, motorcycle and bikes, trains, and airplanes. In my testing, Panasonic’s subject tracking system is very nearly as good as what you’ll find in Nikon, Canon, Sony, and Fujifilm. It

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Apple tries to delay ruling that bars it from taking a cut on external app payments

In an attempt to protect a valuable revenue stream, Apple is trying to delay a court ruling that forces the company to let iOS app developers in the U.S. redirect users to external payment systems and avoid paying a commission to the iPhone maker. The company filed an emergency motion late on Wednesday, asking an

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NBA livestream 2024: How to watch NBA for free

TL;DR: Live stream select NBA games for free on Ran.de. Access this free streaming platform from anywhere in the world with ExpressVPN. The NBA is a unique sport. There’s nothing else in which incredibly tall athletes can be made to look tiny by aliens who could probably touch the sun if they stood on tip

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This US Company Just Successfully Tested a Reusable Hypersonic Rocket Plane

“Demonstrating the reuse of fully recoverable hypersonic test vehicles is an important milestone for MACH-TB,” said George Rumford, director of the Test Resource Management Center, in a statement. “Lessons learned from this test campaign will help us reduce vehicle turnaround time from months down to weeks.” Krevor said Talon-A carried multiple experiments on each mission

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Instacart CEO Fidji Simo is joining OpenAI

Instacart CEO Fidji Simo is joining OpenAI as CEO of Applications, the ChatGPT maker said on Thursday. Simo, already a board member at OpenAI, will transition out of Instacart over the next few months and join the AI company full-time later this year. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said he would continue in his role, overseeing

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NYT Connections Sports Edition hints and answers for May 8: Tips to solve Connections #227

Connections: Sports Edition is a new version of the popular New York Times word game that seeks to test the knowledge of sports fans. Like the original Connections, the game is all about finding the “common threads between words.” And just like Wordle, Connections resets after midnight and each new set of words gets trickier

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