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When I travel to Asia this summer, I plan to leave my iPhone at home. Instead, I’ll pack a different phone lacking my staple apps, like Instagram, Slack and Signal. It won’t even be logged in to my work email.No, I’m not planning a digital detox. I’m choosing to travel with what’s known as a burner phone because my personal device contains sensitive data that I don’t want others, particularly U.S. border protection officers, to search.For over a decade, the federal government has had the authority to conduct border searches of travelers’ personal electronics, including phones, laptops and tablets. In…
In David Cronenberg’s newest film, “The Shrouds,” a widower named Karsh Relikh, played by Vincent Cassell, takes a woman on a blind date to his dead wife’s grave. They stop in front of her tombstone — a double plot, with empty space for Karsh to occupy in the future — and pay their respects in a very Cronenbergian way. On a screen on the headstone is a real-time image of his wife’s body, decaying in its grave, captured by the high-tech metallic “shroud” she was buried in; it is also transmitted to a smartphone app that allows Karsh to zoom…
What is Yoga? Yoga happens to be a combination of body postures or ‘asanas’, breath work, and meditation that do wonders for human health and mental well-being, by increasing smoothness in blood flow, body flexibility, body balance, mental alertness, and so on. Originating as early as 5000 years ago in India, the magic of yoga has now crossed boundaries and taken the western culture under its umbrella. What is Erectile Dysfunction? Erectile dysfunction (ED) is a medical condition when a man is under much inability to achieve or maintain a penile erection in most of his attempts to get intercourse…
With the 2025 NFL Draft behind us, we can start to focus on the important things. No, no, not how these players will fit with their new teams, but instead what kind of new fits you want to rock. That’s right, the Official NFL Shop revealed the top-10 jersey sales from ’25 draft class, and there are some surprises.Travis Hunter didn’t go 1:1, no, but the new Jacksonville Jaguars’ two-way player is No. 1 on this list. Followed by Cam Ward, the new Tennessee Titans’ quarterback who did go first overall. And while Shedeur Sanders had to wait until the…
The Supreme Court will hear arguments on Wednesday over the fate of the nation’s first religious charter school, in Oklahoma, which seeks to use government money to teach a curriculum infused by Catholic doctrine.In earlier cases from Maine and Montana, the court ruled that states that decide to create programs to help parents pay for private schools must allow them to choose religious ones. The main question in the new case is whether the First Amendment permits — or even requires — states to sponsor and finance religious charter schools, which are public schools with substantial autonomy.The Oklahoma school, St.…
Higher tariffs on U.S. imports of products from China appear to be taking a toll on the world’s second-largest economy, according to monthly surveys of Chinese factory managers released Wednesday. The official survey by the China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing shows export orders slowed in April, with Beijing and Washington in a standoff after U.S. President Donald Trump ordered combined tariffs of up to 145% on Chinese goods. China has imposed duties of up to 125% on U.S. products, with some exemptions. It has also ordered other retaliation, such as tighter restrictions on exports of some strategically important minerals…
The CEO says that the third and fourth plants will use its most advanced N2 and A16 process technologies and the fifth and sixth plants will use even more advanced technologiesPublished Wed, Apr 30, 2025 · 10:47 AM[TAIPEI] Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has begun construction on a third chip plant in Arizona, ramping up its US expansion as the Trump administration threatens further tariffs to spur American manufacturing.The world’s most advanced chipmaker announced the third phase of its US expansion the same day Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick toured TSMC’s site, which the company called the single largest foreign investment…
It’s been almost a year since Miranda July released her hit novel, “All Fours.” The novel features a woman in her mid-40s who heads out on a solo road trip across the country, only to stop at a roadside motel 30 minutes from her home. She winds up staying there for three weeks, exploring and questioning what she actually wants and needs out of midlife, things she can’t really focus on when she’s busy being a wife, a mom and a working artist. In the motel, she redecorates the room, designs her days the way she wants to and gets…
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