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Sex in cinema is back, baby. 2024 has been a banging year at the movies thanks to steamy fare like Rose Glass's neo-noir thriller Love Lies Bleeding, Luca Guadagnino's love-triangle drama Challengers, Sean Baker's sex-worker-centered comedy Anora, and last, but certainly not least Halina Reijn's May-December drama Babygirl.

Written and directed by Bodies Bodies Bodies helmer Reijn, Babygirl has



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Rates of breast cancer rose by 1% each year between 2012 and 2021.
  • More women under 50 are getting breast cancer, an American Cancer Society report found.
  • The reasons are complex, but breastfeeding and fertility may play a small role on a population-wide level.
  • Deaths caused by breast cancer have fallen, the report found, and if caught early, the disease is often treatable.

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The author, not pictured, made a travel mistake that almost derailed her travel plans.
  • I travel often, but my recent trip to Vietnam was the first time I had issues entering a country.
  • I was denied entry because my visa didn't have my middle name but my passport did.
  • I was able to buy an emergency visa because I had cash on hand.

After spending 33 hours traveling from Phoenix to


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Puerto Vallarta is a popular spot for tourists.
  • Once I found out I was pregnant, we relocated from the US to Mexico, where my husband was born.
  • We're able to afford decent healthcare, fresh food, and an apartment in a walkable city.
  • We've lived here for four years and don't have plans to return to the US.

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I've learned how to make the most of my work trips.
  • After starting a job that requires me to travel a lot, I've learned to make the most of each trip.
  • I turn every trip into a mini vacation by maximizing my evenings and mornings.
  • I try to extend my trip by arriving a day early and staying over the weekend.

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Adobe’s updated consumer-focused Elements apps are here. Photoshop Elements 2025 adds new Magic Eraser-style object removal, depth of field adjustments and more. Meanwhile, Premiere Elements 2025 for video creators introduces dynamic titles, color correction tools and a simplified timeline.

The Elements apps, which Adobe debuted 23 years ago, take select features from the high-end professional



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It's been about a year since Google first announced its Chromebook Plus initiative, a higher spec of hardware that also comes with software features you won't find on more basic Chromebooks. Google's getting into a pretty consistent every-six-month cadence with these updates, so today we're hearing more about some new hardware as well as some AI-powered features coming to various Chromebooks. 



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Explaining the benefits of the smart home isn’t always easy — it’s more of an “if you know, you know” deal. But that “aha” moment — when someone finally gets what’s so great about home automation — often comes when they see it in action. At least, that



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Today is a huge day for Chromebooks, particular the Chromebook Plus family. For the uninitiated, Chromebook Plus laptops support the most advanced AI features from Google Gemini.

When Google showed off a gaggle of new Chromebook Plus models in May, it boasted that, with the help of Gemini Advanced, it could help you write, generate graphics, brainstorm, write code, and more.

Now, Google is releasing