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Google’s Pixel Buds Pro 2 earbuds are on sale for $165 via Amazon. That’s a nice discount of $64, which breaks down to 28 percent. There is a spot of bad news. The deal only applies to the hazel colorway. Other colors are discounted, but they aren’t as cheap. It’s not as if the hazel is hideous. These are standard dark brown-hued earbuds.The device made our list of the best wireless earbuds, and this is particularly true for those tied into the Pixel ecosystem. These earbuds are on the smaller side and, more importantly, comfortable to wear for long periods…
00, the mission is simple: boot up Steam, select program file “007 First Light,” and select play. But please note that you will need 32 GB of RAM to meet the recommended specs for this operation. After delaying 007 First Light from its original March release date to May 27 last month, developer IO Interactive has revealed the PC specs and system requirements needed to run the game. Hopefully, you have the RAM to run it. Unfortunately, the specs revealed today are only for 1080p/30 FPS (minimum hardware requirements) and 1080p/60 FPS (recommended hardware requirements), so there’s no word on what…
What are you reading these days? Last night, I stayed up late reading The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny by Kiran Desai; and over Christmas, my 11-year-old niece informed me that I was talking too much about A Marriage at Sea, which is proof that I loved that, too. Please tell me your list. For an easy dinner, I’ve been eyeing this crispy halloumi with tomatoes and white beans (NYTimes gift link). Doesn’t it look good? Bonus points for anything you can dip a baguette into. I’m working on a just-for-fun side project — more on that later, if you’re…
Katya AdlerEurope editorBBCEarlier today, the so-called Coalition of the Willing, largely made up of European leaders, met in Paris with envoys of US President Donald Trump, to try to make further progress on a sustainable peace deal for Ukraine.With Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky insisting a plan to end the war with Russia is “90% of the way there”, no-one in that room wanted to jeopardise keeping the Americans onboard.But there was an immense elephant in that grand and glittering Paris meeting and the underlying atmosphere was extremely tense.Bear in mind the events of the last few days: the Trump administration’s…
Morgan McSweeney, a man instrumental to the rise of Sir Keir Starmer, is at the centre of a political row after a wave of anonymous briefings exposed tensions at the heart of government.Senior ministers have called for Sir Keir to impose order on the Downing Street operation run by McSweeney, his chief of staff, after media outlets were given reports cabinet colleagues were plotting leadership challenges.Some in government have blamed the 48-year-old adviser for being behind the briefings – and of importing a culture of off-the-record chats with journalists from opposition into Downing Street.But Sir Keir has said he is…
According to reports, Liam Rosenior’s ‘first request’ as Chelsea head coach is for the Premier League giants to sign a Real Madrid star. On Tuesday, it was confirmed that Rosenior has left Chelsea’s parent club Strasbourg to replace Enzo Maresca at Stamford Bridge. As soon as Maresca left Chelsea last week, Rosenior was named as the clear favourite to be their next boss. Rosenior is still relatively inexperienced as a manager and this is certainly a huge step up, but he is regarded as one of England’s best young managers and he has done a great job at Strasbourg in…
IO Interactive just revealed minimum and recommended specs for the PC build of 007 First Light. The company recommends 32GB of RAM and 12GB of VRAM. In a normal world, this wouldn’t be news, as modern NVIDIA GPUs certainly have more than enough VRAM. However, we live in a world where This has caused newer cards to tick up in price, . Older cards like the RTX 3070 just won’t cut it, as that one ships with 8GB of VRAM. Standard RAM is also getting much more expensive, putting that 32GB out of reach for many gamers. In other words,…
Former Naughty Dog president Evan Wells has been selected as the latest inductee into the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences (AIAS) Hall of Fame. His induction will take place during the 29th annual D.I.C.E. Awards on February 12.A 30+ year veteran of the video game industry, Wells began his career as a designer on ToeJam & Earl in Panic on Funkotron. He later moved to Crystal Dynamics to work as a programmer on Gex and then as lead designer on Gex: Enter the Gecko. Wells joined Naughty Dog in 1998 and worked as a lead designer and director on…
Getty ImagesHundreds of people were stranded at Amsterdam airport Intense snowfall and icy weather conditions have caused widespread travel disruption across Europe, with six reported killed in weather-related incidents on the continent. Five people died in two separate regions of France as a result of treacherous driving conditions, authorities said, while one woman was also killed in Bosnia’s capital, Sarajevo, after 16in (40cm) of snow fell on the city.Hundreds of flights have been cancelled across Europe, with thousands left stranded at airports in Paris and Amsterdam.Disruption is expected to continue into Wednesday.In France, three people died in two separate incidents…
When MPs, members of the House of Lords and their staff were warned about the threat from Chinese spies, in one office in Westminster, a quick check began.Simon Whelband is a Conservative councillor and also works for the Conservative MP Neil O’Brien, who was sanctioned by China in 2021.Simon went into his LinkedIn messages and there it was. A message from an account in the name of Shirly Shen sent some weeks earlier.He hadn’t responded to the unsolicited message and reported it to Parliament’s security services. He was then advised to block the account.The note comes across as pretty innocuous.He…