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The Pixel 9 Pro XL came out swinging with an impressive set of features that threaten Samsung and Apple's dominance in the smartphone market.

From its Super Res Zoom feature that allowed me to see strangers more than 5,000 feet away to its record-breaking battery life, the Pixel 9 Pro XL is the best Android phone I've ever tested. (And this is coming from someone who daily drives the Galaxy S24

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Hello there! Smartphones are great, but easy access to a camera means many of us have way too many photos. (Especially true if you have kids.) A professional declutterer offered

• School calendars are often shared as PDF files, lengthy written documents, or even images.
• I used AI to turn my school's PDF calendar into something I could add to my Google Calendar.
• As a working parent, this may be the greatest thing AI has done for me yet.

Anyone responsible for a school-aged child has dealt with the nightmare task of the

• Autry Stephens sold his oil company for $26 billion but died before the deal was completed.
• The Texan farm boy became an oil tycoon by betting big, minimizing costs, and working tirelessly.
• Here's a closer look at Stephens' life and the monster deal he struck months before his death.

Autry Stephens spent 45 years building one

• Chris Ellison, the billionaire managing director of an Australian mining firm, banned staff from working from home.
• Now, he says he doesn't want them leaving the office to get a coffee either.
• Ellison's comments come as companies crack down on WFH after the pandemic.

An Australian

LG has introduced a smart home hub called ThinQ ON that has the technology to control not just LG-branded appliances but also other smart home devices. It comes with a built-in speaker that gives you a way to talk to LG's AI voice assistant, so you can use it to look up information, as well as to control your smart devices with spoken commands. LG says its technology can "understand the context of

These high-speed electric models follow in the footsteps of 120 years of Ford racing.

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• A few months in, the North Korea-Russia alliance appears to be working out for both sides.
• According to a report, Russia is getting millions of artillery shells it needs to fight Ukraine.
• But the alliance carries risks for both leaders.

Earlier in the week, South

• Two passengers locked a crying toddler inside an airplane bathroom on a flight in China.
• The incident, filmed and shared on Chinese social media, has sparked intense online backlash.
• Juneyao Airlines said the child's grandparents permitted the strangers to "educate her."

Two passengers aboard a Juneyao

Here’s a timely reminder of the benefits that immigrants bring to startups: 39% of Britain’s 100 fastest-growing companies have a foreign-born founder. That’s according to new research the Entrepreneurs Network, a think tank based in London. The findings show “the critical contribution” that international talent makes to the UK, the report’s authors said. Undoubtedly, they have an outsized impact

It's a Wednesday night in south-east London and dozens of intrepid young single people are sitting cross legged on the floor and looking up at a disrobed life model.

"Am I doing feet again?" I ask, already knowing the answer.

"Who's drawing the boobs?"

"Is that where her bum is going?"

We've just arrived at Dulwich Art Group's "Draw and Date" event for single people in their mid-20s to mid-30s, and

GameStop has announced it’s launching a group of retro game retail locations, which will stock physical consoles, discs and cartridges from classic Nintendo, PlayStation, Xbox and Sega platforms. The company announced on X it’ll cover 18 classic systems, from NES through to PS Vita. You can search for retro-friendly locations within a 100-mile radius on Gamestop’s website, but most will find these