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Seki Nobuhide Sensei, a martial arts and katana instructor, rates portrayals of samurai battles in movies and TV shows.

He explains why samurai employed different types of spears in battle in "Shogun." He breaks down the differences between samurai and ninja fighting techniques in "The Last Samurai," starring Tom Cruise and Ken Watanabe. He describes how to best anticipate your opponent's moves in



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New research finds that humankind's once-steady rise in life expectancy is slowing down, raising the question of whether we'll be able to expand our lifespan much further.



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Jolie Steele reduced her spending drastically to start her life after divorce.
  • Jolie Steele is a mom of two kids, who are 11 and 8.
  • She knew she wanted a divorce but was scared to make the leap because of her finances.
  • She held pop-up events at her house and rented a room to help rebuild her career.

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Jolie Steele. It has



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Palace Diner cheeseburger with fries.
  • I recently visited Palace Diner in Biddeford, Maine, which is nearly 100 years old.
  • I waited over an hour for a spot at the diner's 15-seat counter but thought it was worth it.
  • However, I had to return the next day to try a famous menu item that had sold out before I sat down.

On a road trip from Connecticut to Portland, Maine, I


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I started "no buy year" in January and I'll never go back to my old ways.
  • Mia Westrap decided to partake in a "no buy year" after years of struggling with her finances.
  • Westrap has tried to abstain from buying anything unnecessary — and it's taken a weight off her shoulders.
  • Her "no buy year" has led to more meaningful relationships, less laziness, and independence.

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That’s a cheap OLED. | Image: Sansui

Last week, Sansui debuted a new 4K 120Hz 55-inch OLED TV (S55VOUG) that’s available now for between $799 and $899 “depending on retailer promotions.”

The new OLED’s list price is the higher of those two amounts, Elitelux and Sansui Senior VP of Marketing Victor Elmann told The Verge in an email. (You can find it at Micro Center for the



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Stockholm-based Lovable has raised $7.5mn in pre-seed funding for its newly-launched AI coding assistant that promises to make everyone a dev. Dubbed GPT Engineer, the AI coding tool generates production-ready code in real-time, without requiring developer experience. According to the startup, users need only chat with the assistant to build websites and web apps. “We want to expand the world’s



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Nissan is coming aboard vehicle-to-grid (V2G) EV integration company ChargeScape as an equal investor, alongside founding automakers BMW, Ford, and Honda.

Once the investment transaction is complete, Nissan said it plans to roll out ChargeScape’s services to its electric vehicle customers in the US and Canada.

Formed last year (with operations starting i