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Irene Church is a writer for The Failsafe Podcast. She has been working in the news industry for over 10 years, with a focus on arts, construction, automotive, travel, real estate and fashion. She also enjoys crafting, hiking and reading.

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1 The dark side of Instagram Reels An investigation reveals risque and disturbing recommendations

The dark side of Instagram Reels: An investigation reveals risqué and disturbing recommendations

Instagram Reels is a feature that lets you create and share fun videos with music, filters and other effects.  You might think that Reels shows you videos that match your interests and preferences, based on what Meta, the parent company of Instagram, claims. Meta says it uses artificial intelligence to find videos, guess what you …

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Charm And Romance: A Captivating Weekend Getaway In Belfast

Visiting Belfast for a romantic break is probably not the first place that comes to mind. Instead, you probably picture west Belfast’s segrated areas with their murals that were most affected by the Troubles. However, there is another side to Belfast, showcased in the recent Sky original series The Lovers, which visited some of Belfast’s …

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Officials confirm LeBron James was correctly granted key timeout against Suns

Officials confirmed that the Lakers indeed had possession of the ball when LeBron James called a late-game timeout, a pivotal play in a 106-103 win over the Phoenix Suns on Tuesday in the NBA’s inaugural in-season tournament quarterfinal game. Leading by two points with less than 10 seconds left, Austin Reaves took the inbounds pass. …

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Austin Reaves' three-pointer lifts Lakers past the Phoenix Suns for a trip to Vegas

The joke, publicly and privately, among the Lakers leading up to and during the NBA’s inaugural in-season tournament was the amazement at how badly a room of rich people could want to win the $500,000 prize waiting for each winning player in Las Vegas. “The bag,” they said was an amazing motivator, the kind that …

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Basketball roundup: West Ranch rallies to keep league streak alive with win over Saugus

The streak stays alive. West Ranch’s win streak in Foothill League play reached 39 on Tuesday night after a 73-66 win over Saugus. West Ranch had to come back from a 42-35 halftime deficit on its home court. James Evans scored 18 points and Bishop Brooks 17 for West Ranch. Justin Perez and Peter Burton …

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Port Sa’id, A Restaurant-Meets-Nightlife Spot For Music Loving Foodies

The musical setup at Port Sa’id Max Flatow @mflatowphoto On a recent Thursday evening, the place to be, if you were a ravenous music lover, was unquestionably Port Sa’id. In a cavernous, 4,000-square-foot space on Hudson and King Streets in Hudson Square—the New York neighborhood bounded by West Village, SoHo and Tribeca—the city’s most fashionably …

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Are EV Manufacturers Lying About Range? A New CR Study Sheds Light

The Smart Fortwo is an EV two-seater “city car” that offers a double-digit range—at best! ©2023 Michael Harley/Schnell Auto, Inc. Electric Vehicle (EV) owners have likely noticed that their combustion-free vehicles are not delivering the manufacturer’s advertised range—an observation now backed by recent testing by Consumer Reports (CR), an independent, nonprofit member organization noted for …

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