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Tyler Shane

5 Best French Presses (2024): Plastic, Glass, Stainless Steel, Travel

The humble French press is affordable, effective, and hard to mess up. Here are our favorites to make your morning cup of coffee.

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Mark Schofield

Alpine’s Jack Doohan chats reserve drivers, famous owners, and more with SB Nation

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Jack Doohan sat down with SB Nation at the Miami Grand Prix to talk the role of a reserve driver and more

MIAMI — It was supposed to be an innocent question.

But the answer was anything but.

On a hot and humid Friday afternoon at Hard Rock Stadium, I was thankful to be sitting inside Alpine’s hospitality space at the Miami Grand Prix. The reason? A media lunch with reserve driver Jack Doohan, which I was somehow lucky enough to be invited to. Over...

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21 Celeb Social Media Moments With "Facebook Grandma" Energy

Mark Ruffalo accidentally livestreamed the opening of his own movie from his pocket!

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Whether It Was This Year Or 25 Years Ago, I Bet I Can Guess What Color Prom Dress You Wore

Now the real question is whether or not you still have your dress tucked in a closet somewhere...

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37 Triple Threat TikTok Products (They're Pretty, Practical *And* Inexpensive)

It's not this collapsible travel coffee cup's fault that she also happens to be beautiful.

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Matt Simon

The One Thing Holding Back Heat Pumps

It’s not the technology itself. It’s that we don’t yet have enough trained workers to install heat pumps for full-tilt decarbonization.

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Kate O'Flaherty

Apple’s iPhone Spyware Problem Is Getting Worse. Here’s What You Should Know

The iPhone maker has detected spyware attacks against people in more than 150 countries. Knowing if your device is infected can be tricky—but there are a few steps you can take to protect yourself.

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Emily Mullin

The US Is Cracking Down on Synthetic DNA

Synthetic DNA could be used to spark a pandemic. A move by President Biden aims to create new standards for the safety and security of mail-order genetic material.

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Aaron Gordon

A Subreddit for Dumbphones Is the Smartest Place Online

R/Dumbphones is about having a better relationship with your smartphones—whatever that means to you.

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Vanessa Friedman

Met Gala 2024: A Guide to the Theme, Hosts and the Guest List

What’s the dress code, who’s hosting, who’s going and how to watch.

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Perri Ormont Blumberg

Condé Nast Employees Threaten to Walk Off Job on Eve of Met Gala

Unionized Condé Nast employees said they were willing to disrupt Anna Wintour’s carefully laid plans over stalled contract negotiations.

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Louis Lucero II

The 2024 Met Gala Arrives With Hosts Zendaya, Bad Bunny, Chris Hemsworth and Jennifer Lopez

Who will show up? How will invitees interpret this year’s “Garden of Time” theme? Fashion’s biggest red carpet is finally here.

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Winnie Hu

Congestion Pricing Will Fund Urgent Transit Upgrades

The $15 billion expected from new traffic tolls is earmarked for modernizing old infrastructure but is threatened by a raft of lawsuits.

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Benjamin Protess and Jonah E. Bromwich

Trump’s Criminal Trial Speeds Along, With Few Key Witnesses Remaining

The trial is entering its third week of testimony, and Stormy Daniels, the porn star at the center of it, could soon take the stand.

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Amy Qin and Patricia Mazzei

When Buying a Home Is Treated as a National Security Threat

A new Florida law prohibits many Chinese citizens from buying homes because of national security concerns. Critics say it has fueled discrimination and chilled the local property market.

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Tracy Mumford, Isabel Kershner, Marc Santora, Ian Stewart, Jessica Metzger and James Shield

Israel Warns Thousands to Evacuate Rafah, and Hollywood’s Summer Gets Off to a Rocky Start

Plus, Stormy Daniels is expected to testify.

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Liam Stack and Bilal Shbair

With Schools in Ruins, Education in Gaza Will Be Hobbled for Years

Most of Gaza’s schools, including all of its universities, have severe damage that makes them unusable, which could harm an entire generation, the United Nations and others say.

Mashable

The best Robin Williams movies available to watch now

In his decades-spanning career, Robin Williams ably leaped from comedy to drama, often in the same movie and sometimes even in the same scene. Whether you're going to snort-laugh or ugly-cry at the Oscar-winning actor's work — and we bet you do at least one of them, if not both — we've rounded up where you can watch Williams' greatest films in the privacy of your own home. 

Here are the best Robin Williams movies now streaming or available to rent.

1. Good Will Hunting ...

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Why fandom wars aren't helping pro-Palestine organizing

Over the last six months, young, digitally active people have been using any means necessary to show their support for victims of Israel's bombardment on Gaza, from filter fundraising to online takeovers. Many have also adopted the decades-old Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS), and anti-colonial movements on behalf of the Palestinians. 

While they're implementing standard algorithm-gaming techniques to keep Palestine trending, some have co-opted the movement, using it to validate which...

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