The do's and don'ts of planning your holiday shopping to avoid the rush, according to a Google employee

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Google's data indicates that crowds are busiest at grocery stores, bakeries, airports, and salons on Saturdays.

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  • Google Maps unveiled a number of AI features ahead of the holiday season.
  • A Google Trends and tech expert suggests avoiding bakeries, salons, and grocery stores on Saturdays.
  • Google's data shows travel is busiest on the Friday, Tuesday, and Wednesday before Thanksgiving.

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Why women behaving badly are dominating our screens

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Naomi Ackie as Frida in

If the last 12 months of film and television are anything to go by, female protagonists are truly entering their villain era.

From psychological romantic thrillers like Rose Glass's Love Lies Bleeding and Zoe Kravitz's Blink Twice to horror romps including Zelda Williams' Lisa Frankenstein and Coraline Fargeat's The Substance, women are done playing by the rules. Films like these frequently harness

Trump's hush-money sentencing has now officially been postponed

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Donald Trump at his criminal hush-money trial in New York.

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  • Donald Trump's sentencing in his New York hush-money case has been officially put off.
  • The sentencing in the criminal case was scheduled for Tuesday next week.
  • The judge overseeing the case also granted Trump's request to file a motion to dismiss.

President-elect Donald Trump's sentencing in his New York

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When will your Pixel phone stop receiving updates?

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Pixel phones now get seven years of Android OS updates as standard, but that wasn't always the case. So let's take a look at how long your Pixel device will continue to get software updates.

I've lived in Delhi my entire life. The toxic smog is suffocating, but I can't bring myself to leave.

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Visitors wearing mask during Thick layer of smog amid rise in pollution levels at Humayun's Tomb on November 18, 2024 in New Delhi, India
Delhi's Air Quality Index hit 1,500 this week. The United States Environmental Protection Agency considers anything over 300 as "hazardous" to health.

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  • Varun Badhwar lives in Delhi where toxic smog hit severe levels this week.
  • Badhwar has lived in Delhi for 40 years and, despite pollution concerns, has not moved out.
  • He told BI he values the melting pot
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I was a registered dietitian for 10 years. Here are some of my favorite low-sugar products to get at Trader Joe's.

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When I shop at Trader Joe's, I like to grab ingredients and quick meals that are low in sugar.

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  • I'm a former dietitian who likes to buy items from Trader Joe's that are low in sugar.
  • I combine Trader Joe's English muffins, kale, mushrooms, and eggs for easy breakfast sandwiches.
  • I've been buying the retailer's one-ingredient creamy unsalted peanut butter for years.

As a former dietitian