The gear I used to photograph Paul McCartney

Engadget

This story about Paul McCartney begins with one of his old bandmates. "I'm not really Beatle George," the ever-philosophical George Harrison once said. "For me, Beatle George was a suit or a shirt that I once wore. And the only problem is, for the rest of my life, people are going to look at that shirt and mistake it for me."

On one hand, that’s, well, George being George. But his quote does

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AYANEO's Pocket Vert breaks cover in its first teaser video

Android Central
After briefly mentioning in a few months ago, the AYANEO Pocket Vert made its first appearance thanks to a new teaser video. Based on what we know now, expect to break out the wallet if you want to get one.

I commute to work by plane. People are shocked when they learn how affordable and efficient it really is for me.

Tech Insider
The writer waiting for a flight at her gate.
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Christine Ma-Kellams

  • When people hear that I commute to work by plane, they often assume I have lots of money.
  • Thanks to credit-card points, though, I often travel at virtually no cost.
  • I've also developed best practices for saving money, like booking flights during seasonal sales.

As a college professor who lives in Los Angeles but teaches in San Jose, I fly to work on a weekly basis.

I used to

Travel, Travel, Business

Your next Heineken beer may be brewed with steam from a 100MWh heat battery

Engadget

Brewing beer can be a highly polluting activity because gas boilers are normally used to create the enormous volumes of steam required for the process. Now, Heineken is teaming with a battery and electric company on a new solution at its Lisbon, Portugal brewery. They're building a 100MWh grid- and solar-powered heat battery that will generate the steam while reducing carbon emissions, Heineken

Technology

Vibe coding is Collins Dictionarys word of 2025

Mashable
An illustration of a brain surrounded by purple code.

It's been one of the biggest internet terms of the year, and now it's official: "vibe coding" is Collins Dictionary's word of 2025.

Beating runners up including clanker, aura farming, broligarchy, glazing, biohacking, and more, the term was coined in Feb. 2025 by former OpenAI co-founder Andrej Karpathy, who posted on X of a coding and software development mode that leans heavily on artificial

Style, Technology

Inside Shein's Paris store opening: Huge lines, protests — and prices that surprised shoppers

Tech Insider
Paris Shein store.
Dozens of people lined up for the store's opening.

Nathan Rennolds/Business Insider

  • Chinese fast-fashion giant Shein opened its first physical store in the world in Paris on Wednesday.
  • Protesters and shoppers faced off outside the French capital's iconic BHV department store.
  • It comes as the French government announced it would suspend Shein's online site.

Fast-fashion giant Shein's arrival in Paris

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