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June Wan/ZDNETThe other day, I plugged in my MacBook Pro for charging, something that I've done countless times over the past few years. The charge connector magnetically attached to my MacBook and then... Nothing.Uh oh.Also: How this $50 laptop accessory can save you thousands of dollarsI fiddled with the connector a few times and I got some intermittent bursts of charging, which, to be fair, didn't look all that promising. Had I damaged the cable? Had the charger blown up? Had I somehow caused some expensive mishap…

Monica J. White / Digital Trends At a time when ultrawide monitors are all the rage, I have just doubled down on my decision to stick to a dual-monitor setup instead. It’s true that some of the best gaming monitors are ultrawides, but my recent purchase finally made me fix the one thing that bothered me about running dual monitors — and I couldn’t be happier. Imperfect, but perfect for me Jacob Roach / Digital Trends I’ve been using two monitors for the past 10 years. Before that, I had been running a single 1080p…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeEuphoria star Sydney Sweeney has revealed the on-set wardrobe malfunction that led to a pause in filming on the set of new movie Madame Web. Sweeney stars as Julia Carpenter, one of three women protected by superhero Cassandra Web (Dakota Johnson), in the Marvel film released on Valentine’s Day. However, a problem with her wig derailed filming in Boston, as Sweeney shared that the…

Rejoice peons, for Madame Web is here! Yup, Sony Pictures’ latest entry in their ‘Spider-Man movies without Spider-Man’ universe is now in theaters, promising a “suspense-driven thriller” featuring a new team of spider-powered heroes so obscure even seasoned Marvel fans had to resort to fan wikis. The trailer generated.. uh.. let’s go with ‘much discussion’, and now the full product is out! So what’s the verdict? Image via Rotten Tomatoes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQeezCdF4mk Oh dear. The post-mortem on Madame…

Bengaluru as a city never fails to surprise. The Silicon Valley of India makes it to the headlines for one reason or another. We have come across several road rage incidents in the past from Bengaluru. This time around, we have a video where a Suzuki Access rider from Bengaluru bites a cop after he was stopped by the cops for a traffic violation. After the incident, action was taken against the rider. ಹೆಲ್ಮೆಟ್ ರಹಿತ ಚಾಲಕನ ಫೋಟೋ ಹಿಡಿದಿದಕ್ಕೆ ಫೋಟೋ ಅಪ್ಲೋಡ್ ಮಾಡಿದರೆ ಫೋನ್ ಒಡೆದು ಹಾಕುವುದಾಗಿ ಅವಾಜ್ ಹಾಕಿ ಎಳೆದಾಡಿ ಪೋಲೀಸರ ಕೈಕಚ್ಚಿದ ಸವಾರ…

Singer-songwriter Nick Jonas, who was recently in India for the maiden gig of Jonas Brothers, was stopped by airport security at the Mumbai airport. The video, which has gone viral, shows the singer, hounded by paparazzi at the airport, being temporarily stopped from entering the terminal. The security personnel at the airport asked his team for some documents as they checked for a solution while the singer had to wait outside the terminal. As per media reports, the singer was stopped due to an alleged oversight by his…

Arnold Schwarzenegger was reportedly detained by customs officials at Munich Airport over a luxury watch after arriving in Germany on Wednesday. The Associated Press reported that the actor and former California governor was stopped for a routine check, according to customs spokesperson Thomas Meister. He added that Schwarzenegger was able to leave nearly three hours later. The Schwarzenegger Climate Initiative said in a statement that The Terminator star was stopped “for traveling with a watch…

Too Long; Didn't ReadIn October 2023, 23andMe announced a data breach involving the theft of personal, genetic, and ethnic data of millions of users, subsequently sold on the dark web. The hackers employed "credential stuffing," using stolen username/password combinations from other sites, exploiting users' common practice of password reuse. This method exposed even accounts with strong passwords, as 23andMe's "DNA Relatives" feature interconnected user data. The incident highlights the inadequacy of relying solely on…

Let’s just say it bluntly - many things are so expensive these days that when you are buying them, you need to prepare a few days in advance psychologically. And I'm not talking about luxury items, but just simple things. Things like washing machine capsules, grapes or simply ordering food.But while everything is becoming more expensive, some items have ballooned in price so much that most folks have simply stopped buying them. I mean, most of the time it’s possible to live without them, but unfortunately this list…

An 11th-hour objection, complete with an allegation of forgery, has halted the $12.8 million sale of a partly built and weather-beaten condominium project in Summit County. “There have been a lot of twists and turns,” said U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Thomas McNamara. Uptown 240, in downtown Dillon, was to be an 80-unit, $80 million complex. Instead, it became a boondoggle during the pandemic, filed for bankruptcy last February and went up for sale. After its first buyer backed out, it was to be sold to Michigan-based Porritt…