Friday, July 19, 2024

You’re Holding Your Phone Wrong

Life Would Be Better If We Added This Line to Every Email. Worst National Anthem Performances, Ranked.

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July 19, 2024
George R. R. Martin, Fake Photos, and the Best Athletes of the Century
Ten picks for today, curated by our editors. Plus, an ode to corn off the cob.
 
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Developing
IT Outage Live Updates: Planes Grounded As Mass Worldwide Issue Hits Airlines, Media and Banks
More than 1,000 flights are cancelled and payment and healthcare services affected after Crowdstrike software update triggers Microsoft outages.
BBC
Staff
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Election 2024
Biden Weighs Future, Trump Airs Grievances in Convention Speech
Democratic President Joe Biden weighed his political future at his Delaware beach house on Friday, one day after Donald Trump accepted the Republican presidential nomination in a rambling speech that featured his familiar mix of grievance and bombast.
Reuters
Joseph Ax, Andy Sullivan and Jeff Mason
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Up for Debate
ESPN's Top 100 Professional Athletes of the 21st Century
Who tops our list of the top athletes since 2000? We're unveiling the top 25, including our voters' pick for the No. 1 spot.
ESPN
Staff
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Who Knew?
You're Holding Your Phone Wrong
Try a few simple tips and lifestyle changes to minimize hand, eye and brain problems.
The Washington Post
Heather Kelly
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Hot Take
Free George R. R. Martin From the Winds of Winter
It might be time to let go.
Polygon
Maddy Myers
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Oof
Worst National Anthem Performances, Ranked
Ingrid Andress is actually not in the top spot.
The Cut
Olivia Craighead
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Thought Provoking
How Political Opinions Change
A clever experiment shows it's surprisingly easy to change someone's political views, revealing how flexible we are.
Scientific American
Jay Van Bavel, Philip Pärnamets
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Altered Reality
Eight Photos That Make Us Question What We See
"The effect that scares me most is not that we'll be fooled by fake photos but that we'll ignore the real ones" – how photographers are dealing with shifting perceptions of reality.
BBC
Deborah Nicholls-Lee
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In The Zeitgeist
Katy Perry Just Flopped so Hard It's Shocking. Can She Recover?
Katy Perry's new single "Woman's World" got such a critical thrashing and ignited such a discourse that we wonder whether there's any hope of a career comeback.
The Daily Beast
Alec Karam
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Pro Tip
Life Would Be Better If We Added This Line to Every Email
It may seem off-putting at first, but in time we'll all be thankful.
Quartz
Leah Fessler
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Further Reading
 
Collection of the Day
7 Ways to Enjoy Corn off the Cob
From sweet-heat chili corn pancakes to a miso butter corn and tomato pasta. Plus, your new favorite dessert.
Pocket Collections
Pocket Editors
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Yesterday's Most Read Story
These Are America's Best States for Quality of Life in 2024
These 10 American states offer residents the best quality of life in the nation, from low crime to a clean environment, and access to health and child care.
CNBC
Scott Cohn
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