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Noise-cancelling earbuds are a popular choice for many people, but if you're someone who wants to hear the world around them or finds an in-ear design uncomfortable, there's a better option out there: open earbuds.

• TikTok is laying off staff and instituting cost-saving measures as part of an efficiency push.
• Many of the cuts have focused on its US e-commerce team.
• TikTok Shop sales have slumped in the US this year amid tariffs and other uncertainty.

Belt-tightening is underway at TikTok.

Sitting at her sewing machine, Bernita Clark, 82, guides a piece of blue fabric as the needle bobs up and down. To her side sit scissors, measuring tape, thread, and a skull.

If you're reading this, you're looking for a little help playing Strands, the New York Times' elevated word-search game.

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