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Welcome to The Best of Book Riot. Here’s your weekend edition with the most popular stories from the week that was. Somehow, we are already knocking on November’s door, which is great for new books, but also nerve-racking because of…just everything. I don’t know about y’all, but I am tired tired. There are, at least, a lot […]
Apple Inc. agreed to buy software maker Pixelmator, adding a popular high-end photo-editing app to its lineup. Pixelmator announced the acquisition on its blog Friday, saying its Lithuania-based team would be joining Apple. The 17-year-old company — founded by brothers Saulius Dailide and Aidas Dailide — makes apps for the Mac, iPad and iPhone. The […]
Something you’ll often hear when you enter the market to buy a home is ‘don’t buy the first one you see’. It’s exactly what the owner of this Nungurner home was told before she went to view the property for sale — and it’s exactly what happened. It’s not hard to see why. The half […]
The Wallabee is a simple yet distinct moccasin-style shoe crafted out of leather and suede. After launching in the 1960s, the style’s popularity has traversed from its UK origins to Jamaica’s streetwear scene, where the brand was a mainstay as a result of colonization and emigration between the countries. After a wave of Jamaican immigrants […]
Zyn nicotine pouches have become a new symbol of American masculinity — and a surprising political lightning rod. Source link
They say the Insta algorithm doesn’t discriminate, but when it comes to jumping on the hottest trends, it could be playing favorites 👀. That’s why you can’t ignore the latest Instagram Reels trends when you’re trying to keep your reach and engagement at an all-time high. And if you really want to nail it, knowing […]
Kerry Wan/ZDNET Google today announced a new Certified Refurbished Program, which lists older Pixel phone models at an “up to” 40% discount. The catalog includes ZDNET-recommended picks like the Pixel 6a, Pixel 7, and Pixel 7 Pro, and I’m seeing devices sell for as little as $249. Also: Best Google Pixel phones of 2024: Expert […]
Probably not too many people around the world celebrated November 1st, 2023, but on this momentous date FreeBSD celebrated its 30th birthday. As the first original fork of the first complete and open source Unix operating system (386BSD) it continues the legacy that the Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD) began in 1978 until its final release […]
Furious protesters in a popular Spanish city are demanding access to affordable housing and an end to the touristification of their city. A rally attended by tens of thousands of people was held a week ago in Valencia under the slogan “Valencia is drowning” (València s’ofega). Organisers want the city to be declared a stressed […]
As the West howled its outrage, Russia retaliated, closing its airspace to most Western airlines. Instead of traversing Russian airspace on a direct flight across Russia, Finnair was forced to reroute its China flights across Turkey and Kazakhstan. What had been an 8½ hour flight became an 11½ hour flight, which massively increased fuel costs, […]