Living comfortably in a major U.S. city now requires a six-figure income in more than half of the country’s largest metropolitan areas, according to a new study. The analysis by by GOBankingRates found that Americans must earn at least $100,000 per year to live comfortably in 26 of the nation’s 50 biggest cities. The financial website analyzed data from the 2024 U.S. Census …
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If you’ve been eagerly anticipating Samsung’s Project Moohan VR headset, I’ve got good news and bad news. The good news is, we now (probably) know just about everything there is to know about its upcoming Vision Pro competitor. The bad news? We still have no idea when we’ll be able to use one for ourselves. Thanks to a comprehensive leak …
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Battery life is arguably the most important thing a phone can offer, far more than high performance, AI features, or even high-quality cameras. Fortunately for iPhone users, it seems that the days of mediocre battery life are long over — and the iPhone 17 is no exception to that trend. We put the iPhone 17, iPhone 17 Pro, iPhone 17 …
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How do science prizes such as the Breakthrough Prize and the Turing Prize compare with the Nobel science prizes?Credit: Yomiuri Shimbun via AP/Alamy The Nobel prizes are the most famous awards in science — and for many, the ultimate badge of research excellence and achievement. But in the past few years, a flurry of other prizes have popped up — …
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The arrival of the iPhone 17 might have you wondering if it’s time to swap your older Apple device for the latest model. Depending on your current iPhone, getting the iPhone 17 could be a notable step up. The iPhone 17 starts at $829, or $799 if you activate through a carrier. But unlike previous generations, the lowest storage option …
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For years, debates have raged over whether a vegan diet or an omnivorous one is healthier. Two British twins, Ross and Hugo Turner, decided to put the question to the test—using themselves as the experiment. The results, after three months of identical training and carefully prepared meals, reveal just how differently our bodies can respond to diet. A controlled experiment …
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With their debut, the official AirPods lineup now looks a little different: the fourth-gen AirPods and their ANC counterpart remain the entry-level models, but now the AirPods Pro 3 are Apple’s most premium earbuds. The AirPods Max, meanwhile, continues to be the company’s only set of over-ears. Priced at $249, the new AirPods Pro 3 push into fitness territory with …
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A year ago, nobody really knew who Nick Woltemade was. Not really. Nor what he was, or what he could become. Certainly nobody foresaw a €70million (£60m, $81m) transfer to the Premier League this summer. Not much further back in time, Woltemade had decided to allow his Werder Bremen contract to lapse and was about to leave the Weserstadion for …
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Scientists from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem say they have developed a groundbreaking technique that can help uncover hidden differences between seemingly identical bacteria and may open new avenues to cure bacterial diseases. “Our method, Microcolony-seq, is important because it enables us to characterize the different subgroups of bacteria that are causing infection,” Dr. Raya Faigenbaum-Romm, a postdoctoral researcher, recently …
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[This story contains major spoilers from the series finale of And Just Like That, “Party of One.”] There’s been a sense of déjà vu for the writers on And Just Like That who were there for the first series finale when Sex and the City signed off back in 2004. Julie Rottenberg and Elisa Zuritsky joined the SATC writers room …
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