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The cover of Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran features a closeup shot of Shakira crying, her tears turning into diamonds as they run down her face. It’s a neat summation of relatively recent developments in the singer’s career. Her 2023 single Bzrp Music Sessions, Vol 53 transformed the toxic fallout from her breakup with footballer Gerard Piqué into one of her biggest ever hits. Within days of release, it was the most streamed track in the world and had broken the record for the number of YouTube views for a Latin American song.…

There are few things that a spouse can do that would be worse than cheating. But infidelity can sting even more when you’re betrayed by your partner and a family member at the same time.One woman recently shared on Reddit that she caught her husband cheating with her cousin. But instead of calling them out immediately, she waited for the perfect moment to expose them. Below, you’ll find the full story, as well as some of the replies invested readers shared. This woman was shocked to find out that her husband had been…

Your Galaxy A53 might be starting to look like a classic in this multitude of highly-optimized Samsung phones with a similar design, which could work in its favor if you intend to use it until Samsung stops supporting it roughly two-to-three years from now. But if you don't intend to squeeze everything out of the Galaxy A53 for two more generations of Android OS updates, now might be a good time to consider a phone upgrade before you can say goodbye to any chance of a decent trade-in deal on your aging phone. Samsung has…

Adrian Kingsley-Hughes/ZDNETZDNET's key takeawaysThe Baseus Blade HD portable power bank is available on Amazon for $70 power bank, a product that I'd initially reviewed close to a year ago. Indeed I am. In fact, not only am I using the HD version of this power bank, but I'm also still using the original Blade modelBaseus Blade HD tech specsCapacity: 20,000mAh silicon-carbon lithium polymer batteryPorts: 2 x USB-C, 2 x USB-AUSB-C Output: 5V/3A | 9V/3A | 12V/3A | 15V/3A | 20V/5A (max 100W)USB-C Input: 5V/3.0A |…

Taylor Swift fans attending the Kansas City Chiefs playoff game against the Buffalo Bills on Sunday are in for a treat — pun intended. Bills foodservice partner Delaware North announced Friday they would be offering two new food options, named after popular Swift songs, at this weekend’s game. The Grammy-winning singer is almost certainly attending the match to support boyfriend and Chiefs tight end, Travis Kelce. The company will serve “Bad Blood” waffle fries, which consists of a 2-foot…

In order to survive long trips to other planets, astronauts are going to have to eat more than just easily-stored TV dinners and ramen noodles. With that fact in mind, scientists recently created what they determined could be the ideal fresh-food meal for space travelers.The dish was formulated by an international team of scientists, led by Prof. Volker Hessel of the University of Adelaide.They utilized a process known as linear programming, in which different variables are balanced in order to reach a specific goal. That…

Following X's alleged ad controversy involving antisemitic content, it is now Meta's turn to be put under the spotlight for its content algorithm. According to an experiment conducted by The Wall Street Journal, Instagram’s Reels video service would serve "risqué footage of children as well as overtly sexual adult videos" to test accounts that exclusively followed teen and preteen influencers — namely young gymnasts and cheerleaders. These sort of ads were supposed to be forbidden on Meta's platforms.To make matters…

The US Senate Judiciary Committee has issued subpoenas to the CEOs of Discord, Snap, and X, Jason Citron, Evan Spiegel, and Linda Yaccarino, respectively, to demand them to appear at a hearing fixed on December 6 on online child sexual exploitation. The institution has been investigating the child safety policies of social media platforms to find out how to improve the safeguards to protect them from harm in the digital space.Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Dick Durbin, D-Ill., and South Carolina Senator Lindsey…

Xiaomi India CFO Sameer Rao, former MD Manu Jain and three banks are said to have received show-cause notice from the Enforcement Directorate (ED). According to an official, the ED has served show-cause notice for FEMA violation of over Rs. 5,551 crore. The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Friday confirmed in a tweet that it has issued show-cause notices to Chinese mobile manufacturer Xiaomi, its chief financial officer and director Sameer Rao, former MD Manu Jain and three foreign banks for alleged foreign exchange…

Last month, Lewis, Brisbois, Bisgaard and Smith, one of the nation’s largest law firms, was rocked by the announcement that two top partners were starting their own boutique practice and taking as many as 140 colleagues with them.The shock inside Lewis Brisbois’ downtown Los Angeles headquarters soon gave way to anger as the recently departed partners embarked on a press campaign that portrayed their former employer as a profit-focused legal mill that ground down the aspirations of its lawyers.“We decided we didn’t want…