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Google announced a new version of its two-year-old Pixel Buds headphones on Tuesday, alongside the new Pixel 4 phone. The Pixel Buds 2 are smaller and lighter, and they also ditch that fabric-colored cord that connected the original pair. They’re truly wireless earbuds now, and that makes them a better contender against Apple’s AirPods, the Samsung Galaxy Buds, and others.

South Korean electronics giant Samsung said Friday it will offer a software fix for a major security flaw that allows anyone to bypass fingerprint security on its Galaxy S10 and Galaxy Note S10 devices.

1. Google Pixel Buds 2 vs. the competition: which wireless earbuds look the best  The Verge
2. How the Pixel 4 LOST a lifelong fan  CNET
3. Google's Pixel 4 trade-in program is laughable  Notebookcheck.net
4. Google’s Pixel 4 face unlock has one major privacy weakness  The Verge
5. A Look at the Latest Smart Speakers From Google and their New Whole House Wifi System  KTLA Los Angeles
6. View full coverage on Google News

Okami fans, rejoice! Hideki Kamiya, director of the original Okami game, has announced plans for a sequel. This announcement was made via a tweet from Ikumi Nakamura, who rose to meme status earlier this year after her “spooky” E3 presentation for “Ghostwire: Tokyo.” Okami is going to be back! We want to make Okami sequel […]

SPURS will look to get their season back on track when they face Watford this Saturday. It’s been a tough campaign so far for Mauricio Pochettino – but former Spurs assistant Clive Allen has revealed his explosive encounter with ex-Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger. Get all the latest Spurs news here…

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The living, breathing, Swiss-Army knife of the NBA continues to flash impressive growth in his passing game, a frightening development for humankind as we know it.

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Authorities say a man whose body was found in a popular Boise park was likely the victim of a homicide, but they are still trying to determine the cause of death. Roque Leon Arellano was found dead at Ann Morrison Park around 8:30 Thursday morning. Police say the 43-year-old Boise man’s […]

A police spokesperson said the driver of one vehicle left the scene, but officers caught up a short distance away and made an arrest.

The electricity authority (EAC) announced that its customer service offices will open at 8.30am on Monday instead of 7.30am. The reason for pushing the opening of the offices an hour is because the trade unions will be briefing their members on various matters. The EAC apologises for any inconvenience.

They've been one of the best dynasties in the history of college football, but Alabama in 2019 is being overlooked, according to Tim Tebow.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Officials say California’s unemployment rate fell to a new record low of 4% in September. The state Employment Development Department said Friday that employers added 21,300 nonfarm payroll jobs. That extended California’s record job expansion to 115 months. The unemployment rate in August was 4.1%, matching the previous record low first […]

A man whose body was found at a house in Tipton has now been named by police.

Donotpay started as a project to help people automatically fight parking tickets, before its then-teenaged creator, the UK-born Stanford computer science undergrad Joshua Browder expanded it to help homeless people apply for benefits, then to help you sue Equifax for doxing you, then to apply for rebates if your plane tickets' prices went down after you applied for them, then to easily file small claims suits against companies that ripped you off, then to apply for airline compensation for late flights... Читать дальше...

The Lord is believed to inhere in five forms, Para, Vyuha, Vibhava, Archa and Antaryami, according to Vaishnava tradition and Azhwars have shown how i

Grab the blanket, the pumpkin bread, and the pillow to hide behind (or scream into).

Three groups of lawmakers are key as the prime minister aims to get approval for his deal on Saturday. He needs around 30 lawmakers to change sides.

At least 62 people have been killed following a blast inside an Afghan mosque during prayers, officials have said, a day after the United Nations said violence in the country had reached "unacceptable" levels.

Boris Johnson could be forced to delay Brexit as MPs fearing a no-deal ambush bid to scrap a crunch vote on his deal. 

Eddie Choi, member of the WallStreetBets Reddit page, turned $766 into $107,758 by trading options on Roku stock and an S&P 500 exchange-traded fund.

• A member of the Reddit page WallStreetBets grew $766 into $107,758 in two late-September trades, Bloomberg reported Thursday.
• Eddie Choi first purchased put options for Roku stock, profiting $49,787 when the streaming provider's shares tanked more than 19% on September 20.
• The trader then used his profits to buy put options for the SPDR S&P 500 ETF — or SPY — an exchange-traded fund that tracks the benchmark's performance. When its price tumbled on September 24, Choi's investment surged to $107,758. Читать дальше...

The number of hyperscale data centers hit a new high-water mark in the third quarter, according to Synergy Research Group. The number of hyperscale data centers increased to 504 at the end of 3Q, which tripled the total from the beginning of 2013.

Joel Matip has agreed to a new contract with Liverpool, saying: "It is an honour to be a part of the club."

The thing that separates us apes from monkeys is the range of motion of our shoulders. Able to swoop from vine to vine, apes have a very complex joint whose motion hasn’t been studied in full detail. That’s because it is very difficult to position sensors on and around the shoulder that will conform to […]