aazaidane@gmail.com – Page 150

3 Best Smart Displays (2025): Tested By a Smart Home Addict

0 CommentsTechnology

Comparing Our Favorite Smart DisplaysMore Smart Displays We LikeEcho Hub for $180: The Echo Hub isn't exactly a smart display. It lacks powerful speaker capabilities and doesn't have a camera for calls or Amazon's Drop-In video call feature. Instead, it focuses entirely on being a smart home dashboard with built-in Alexa, plus features like widgets and the photo frame. I think it takes the best, most easily used features of a smart display and cuts out the rest. But if you want a good speaker, don't choose this one.Echo Show 5 (3rd Gen, 2023) for $90: The smaller and cheaper…

Luke Littler: World champion suffers shock defeat to Beau Greaves in World Youth Championship

0 CommentsSports

Beau Greaves emerged victorious from a 6-5 thriller against Luke Littler as she became the first woman to reach the final of the World Youth Championship.Littler came into the tournament on the back of his 6-1 demolition of world number one Luke Humphries in the World Grand Prix final on Sunday.The 18-year-old had breezed through his three matches in the round-robin phase of the event, with wins over Dutchman Jeffrey Keen, Iceland's Alexander Thorvaldsson and Belgium's Matthias Moors.However, the world champion put in a below-par last-16 display against fellow Englishman Charlie Manby. Littler was on the brink of defeat at…

New vehicle prices top $50,000 amid rising auto loan delinquencies

0 CommentsBusiness

A salesperson (left) shows vehicles to a shopper at a Toyota dealership.Getty ImagesDETROIT — Look no further than the automotive industry for the latest indication that U.S. consumers could be facing a "K-shaped" economy, where the wealthy keep seeing gains while those who have lower incomes struggle.The average price paid for a new vehicle last month topped $50,000 for the first time ever, Cox Automotive's Kelley Blue Book reported Monday. Meanwhile, auto loan delinquency rates remain near all-time highs for those with low credit ratings.Consumers who can afford a new vehicle are on a buying spree, while those on tighter…

Reverse Engineering a 1979 Camera’s Spec

0 CommentsEntertainment

I bought a 1979 Chinon CM-4 film camera in Tijuana. Film is expensive, so before wasting a roll I decided to learn exactly how this machine works — by taking apart its specs, one line at a time.So here is my three step planUnderstand what I really have in my hands. Michael Butkus created a comprehensive document that covers the details and specifications of the Chinon CM 4. My main goal with this document (aside from knowing what every button does) is to understand the specs and know exactly how every aspect influences the photos captured.Make sense of the numbers…

Some Indigenous Peoples Day events strike conciliatory tone as Trump focuses on Columbus

0 CommentsPolitics

From Seattle to Baltimore, many Americans were celebrating Monday as Indigenous Peoples Day, determined to see it as a triumph of perseverance over centuries marked by trauma. Tribal nations and communities gathered at powwows, markets and musical performances among other joyful events to honor their culture and their history. Some states and cities have for decades now made the second Monday in October about honoring Native Americans alongside the Italian explorer Christopher Columbus, for whom the federal holiday was declared in 1937. And President Joe Biden signed a declaration recognizing both days. President Donald Trump, keeping a vow he made…

‘The vocals were on another level’: how Counting Crows made Mr Jones | Culture

0 CommentsCulture

Adam Duritz, songwriter, vocalsOur first four records had been mostly made in houses in the hills above Los Angeles. August and Everything After was our first major label album, so it was a pretty big deal. Our advance was $3,000 each; I bought a 1971 cherry red VW Karmann Ghia convertible and drove it to LA.I would get up every morning and listen to Pickin’ Up the Pieces by Poco, which is like the Beatles doing country music. I also had this Benny Goodman album that I was listening to a lot – my dad had picked it up as…

Final Flash Sale: Save up to $624 on Disrupt 2025 Passes

0 CommentsTechnology

The countdown is on! TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 kicks off in exactly two weeks — taking place October 27–29 at Moscone West in San Francisco — and this is your final chance to lock in up to $624 in savings before prices increase on Friday, October 17 at 11:59 p.m. PT. Join more than 10,000 founders, investors, and operators for three days of inspiration, connection, and dealmaking across 200+ sessions, 250+ tech leaders, and 300+ showcasing startups. Image Credits:TechCrunch Why attend Disrupt 2025 TechCrunch Disrupt is where the global startup ecosystem meets to shape what’s next — from AI and biotech…

FA Cup first round draw: Eighth-tier Maldon & Tiptree face League One Port Vale

0 CommentsSports

Weston-super-Mare v Aldershot TownSalford City v Lincoln CityLuton Town v Worthing or Forest Green RoversGainsborough Trinity or Hartlepool United v Accrington StanleyColchester United v Milton Keynes DonsTranmere Rovers v Stockport CountyWigan Athletic v Hemel Hempstead TownNewport County v GillinghamCheltenham Town v Bradford CityBarnsley v York CityReading v Carlisle UnitedBromley v Bristol RoversPeterborough United v Cardiff CityOldham Athletic v Northampton TownCrewe Alexandra v Doncaster RoversTamworth v Leyton OrientStevenage v Chesterfield Boreham Wood v Crawley TownFarnham Town or Sutton United v AFC Telford UnitedBolton Wanderers v Huddersfield TownChelmsford City v Braintree TownSpennymoor Town v BarrowWycombe Wanderers v Plymouth ArgyleHalifax Town v Exeter…

Broadcom, Warner Bros. Discovery, Bloom Energy, and More

0 CommentsBusiness

Major U.S.stock indexes rose sharply Monday morning after President Donald Trump softened his tone on China. The Dow Jones Industrial Average, S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite were each up at least 1.3% in recent trading, recovering from a selloff on Friday. Broadcom (AVGO) stock popped after the chipmaker and OpenAI announced a partnership for 10 gigawatts of custom AI accelerators. Shares of fellow chipmakers Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Nvidia (NVDA), and ON Semiconductor (ON) also rose. Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) shares surged after the company reportedly rebuffed a takeover approach from Paramount Skydance (PSKY) for being too low. Paramount Skydance shares also…

Jeep software update bricks vehicles

0 CommentsEntertainment

A software update to Jeep 4xE models caused major malfunctions over the weekend – leaving many owners stranded and some in danger after their power failed.The culprit appears to have been a buggy "over the air" (OTA) software update to the company’s uconnect software on Friday October 10, which “bricked” vehicles if owners installed it.A Jeep customer support representative on a 4XE forum posted Saturday: “Please exercise extreme caution this evening if you have completed the update. If you have NOT completed the update and see the pop-up, please continue deferring..."Posting as “Kori”, they told Jeep customers on the forum…