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September, 2024

  • 15 September

    Your Next Vacuum Cleaner Should Be Cordless. Here’s Why

    CNET If you’ve shopped for a vacuum cleaner recently, then you know well that the options are basically limitless. There are so many styles and types of vacuums to choose from these days that it can be daunting to even big researching, let alone buying the best one for you. …

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  • 15 September

    39 Movies to See This Fall: ‘Joker’ Sequel, Bob Dylan Biopic and More

    From the “Joker” sequel and Timothée Chalamet’s Bob Dylan biopic to a handful of festival darlings, it’s a jam-packed season. Plan accordingly. Source link

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  • 15 September

    What to know this week

    Stocks managed to secure solid wins ahead of a critical interest rate decision from the Federal Reserve, which has investors on edge over how aggressively the central bank will bring down interest rates. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite (^IXIC) led markets higher to nab its best week of the year, up …

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  • 15 September

    This Airbnb Offers Unbeatable Views of Kamala Harris’s Past

    A Silicon Valley software engineer bought a modest one-bedroom condo in San Francisco once owned by the vice president. He rents it out. Source link

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  • 15 September

    The Best Audiophile Gear (2024): Headphones, Speakers, Amps, DACs

    I’m a pretty lazy listener, which is why I love modern streaming amps. These amps have controls for Spotify, Apple Music, Tidal, and other streaming services built directly into easy-to-use interfaces. Streaming amps have gotten really great over the last few years. It used to be that anything with an …

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  • 15 September

    Try This Hack to Clean Your Kitchen’s Toughest Spot

    CNET Nearly every kitchen has one thing in common: the annoying less-than-an-inch wide gap between the stove and counter. This tight space is one of the hardest-to-reach places in your entire home, making it nearly impossible to clean without some serious rearranging of major appliances.  But since the counter and stovetop …

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  • 15 September

    The Wicked Witch of the West: A Heroine for Our Time

    “Wicked,” which arrives to the big screen this fall, redeems the villain who is barely a character in L. Frank Baum’s classic novel. Source link

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  • 15 September

    Is Pfizer’s 5.7% Dividend Yield Worth the Risk?

    High-yield dividend stocks offer two key benefits. They provide regular cash flow through dividend payments and, when dividends are consistently reinvested, have often outperformed the S&P 500 over extended periods. High yields, however, warrant scrutiny. They often result from falling share prices or overly generous payout policies. The payout ratio, …

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  • 15 September

    How the False Story of a Gang ‘Takeover’ in Colorado Reached Trump

    The claim that Aurora, Colo., has been overrun by gun-toting migrants stemmed from the city’s fight with a landlord. Now it is central to one of former President Donald J. Trump’s anti-immigrant campaign promises. Source link

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  • 15 September

    Stephen Hawking Was Wrong—Extremal Black Holes Are Possible

    Now two mathematicians have proved Hawking and his colleagues wrong. The new work—contained in a pair of recent papers by Christoph Kehle of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Ryan Unger of Stanford University and the University of California, Berkeley—demonstrates that there is nothing in our known laws of physics to prevent the formation of an extremal …

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