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The new Brooks Glycerin Flex running shoe provides a mix of minimalism and maximalism. BrooksA movement toward running shoe minimalism swung the other direction over the last five-plus years as the maximalism era has taken root. Brooks Running, the #1 brand in U.S. specialty running sales, is ready to usher in the next wave: essentialism. And they’ll do so with the new Glycerin Flex shoe in early 2026. While the Flex Zone technology makes its debut in Brooks’ popular Glycerin silhouette, Carson Caprara, Brooks Running’s senior vice president of footwear and apparel, tells me it’s a technology that can span…

Amazon has launched a new AI-powered feature for Fire TV that lets you jump to specific moments of a movie by describing the scene to Alexa Plus. The feature, which was previously announced during Amazon’s hardware event in September, works with Prime Video and builds on the X-Ray feature that provides information about the content you’re watching.“Our number one mission at Fire TV is getting you to what you want to watch — fast,” Amazon says in its announcement. “Just describe a movie scene like you would to a friend, and Alexa Plus will jump directly to that specific moment…

Getty ImagesThe Covid-19 Inquiry has begun hearing evidence about the measures taken to help support workers’ incomes and keep businesses afloat during the pandemic.It follows the publication of the inquiry’s second report, which described the government’s response to Covid as “too little, too late”.Just under 227,000 people died in the UK from Covid between March 2020 and May 2023, when the World Health Organization said the “global health emergency” was over.What is the Covid public inquiry?Former UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson launched the Covid-19 Inquiry in June 2022, more than a year after he said the government’s actions during the…

I like year-end list season. I like an opportunity to remember and reflect on the records that stuck with me over the course of a year – especially when there is a chance to recommend something that others may have overlooked. I like looking through friends’ favourites for albums that I missed completely, and making a big listening queue. I like following along as critics attempt to determine the year’s “best”, even when I end up yelling into a group chat about how wrong they all are. I like it because it all requires looking back, racking your brain and…

Frustrated footballers are pointing to an A-Leagues website crash as representative of the incompetence of the competition’s operators, the APL, as the players’ union warns it is not ruling out a strike ahead of what is expected to be brutal pay negotiations beginning this month.The A-Leagues website was unavailable for more than 24 hours on Tuesday and Wednesday, although club websites remained live.The glitch drew criticism from Sydney FC’s Ben Garuccio, who called it “one part” of the APL’s inability to market the competition, among a suite of “bigger” issues.“The AFL grand final? Every single person in Australia is watching,”…

Getty ImagesSome hospitals in Delhi now have clinics to treat pollution-related illnessesMore than 200,000 cases of acute respiratory illnesses were recorded in six state-run hospitals in Delhi between 2022 and 2024 as the Indian capital struggled with rising pollution levels, the federal government has said.The government said in parliament that more than 30,000 people with respiratory illnesses had to be hospitalised in these three years.Toxic air is a recurring problem in Delhi and its suburbs, especially during winters.For weeks now, Delhi’s Air Quality Index (AQI) – which measures different types of pollutants, including PM2.5, a fine particulate matter that can…

Your support helps us to tell the storyFrom reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it’s investigating the financials of Elon Musk’s pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, ‘The A Word’, which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging.At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground. Your donation allows us to keep sending journalists to speak to both sides of the story.The…

Max Verstappen can win a fifth straight world title but will need to overcome McLaren’s Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri.Formula One will crown its champion in Abu Dhabi on Sunday with McLaren’s Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri both seeking to dethrone Red Bull’s Max Verstappen and deny the Dutchman his fifth title in a row.Norris is favourite in the three-way showdown, 12 points clear of Verstappen and needing “only” to finish on the podium at Yas Marina whoever wins on what could be a night of high drama.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of listThe last season before the start…

Archie MitchellBusiness reporterReutersAdverts for Nike, Superdry and Lacoste have been banned for making misleading claims about their green credentials.The UK’s advertising watchdog challenged the brands over the use of the word “sustainable” in paid-for Google ads which were not backed up by evidence of their sustainability.The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) identified three adverts from the retailers promising customers “sustainable materials”, “sustainable style” and “sustainable clothing”.The UK’s advertising code states that the basis of claims about environmental sustainability must be clear and “supported by a high level of substantiation”.In each case, it asked the companies for evidence to back up the…

“I’ve tried different brands of hearing aids, and they’re good, but they’re not this good,” says Martin in a Zoom interview. He visited the team in Soho, did the street test, and was delighted when he tried it with his wife and daughter at their favorite restaurant, with de Jonge sitting with the laptop several tables away. But the clincher for Martin was a cocktail party.“I was here in our building, and I was at a party upstairs, and I had my old hearing aids in,” he says. “I’m sitting talking to four people, and I realized I can’t understand…