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Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. You might think you don’t need a separate app for public transit directions, considering you get the feature built into Google Maps and Apple Maps—two very capable apps that are available for free, and which come preinstalled on Android handsets (Google Maps) and iPhones (Apple Maps, with Google Maps also available). However, sometimes a dedicated app works best: It’s more detailed, it’s more thorough, and it’s more focused. That’s the case with the apps we’ve listed below, which are often more useful than the public transit…

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Former defence minister Benny Gantz on Saturday offered to join Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a unity government to help secure the release of hostages held in Gaza. Reliant on far-right allies to remain in power, Netanyahu has launched a renewed military assault on famine-stricken Gaza City to put pressure on Hamas, who last week accepted a ceasefire proposal involving a partial hostage release.

Not all of The Verge’s staff live in the US. For example, news editor Dominic Preston is based in London and is, as he says, “responsible for keeping our news coverage ticking over in UK mornings before the US team comes online.” He also curates our new Verge Daily newsletter and covers Android phones, especially all the models that don’t launch in the US. And outside of work? “I’m a bit of a food obsessive,” he says, “and run a newsletter called Braise where I review London restaurants and cookbooks, and occasionally try my own hand at recipe writing. That…

HandoutNine-year-old Rex is allergic to peas and lentilsOne morning before school, Rex, aged nine, ate a hot cross bun. Minutes later, he was struggling to breathe and went into anaphylactic shock.Rex is allergic is to peas and lentils – ingredients you would not commonly expect to find in a hot cross bun. However, when Rex’s mum looked at the packaging, it turned out the glazing used on the bun contained pea protein – causing Rex’s allergic reaction.Pea is not one of the 14 allergens required by law to be listed on food labels but earlier this week, experts said it…

Yasmin RufoCulture reporterGetty ImagesDame Helen, Brosnan, Imrie and Sir Ben complete the quartet of The Thursday Murder ClubRichard Osman’s Thursday Murder Club book series is one of the most successful of recent years – more than 10 million copies have been sold, all four books have broken UK sales records and the fifth instalment will be released in the autumn.It’s no wonder, then, that the star-studded cast of the film adaptation would be somewhat nervous about how fans will receive the movie.Speaking to the BBC, Pierce Brosnan says the nerves have ramped up over the past few weeks. “It’s a…

In a finish that puts even some of the greatest last laps ever at Daytona to shame, Ryan Blaney won the Coke Zero Sugar 400 in incredible fashion, surging ahead on the last lap to beat Daniel Suarez, Justin Haley and Cole Custer as the four leaders crossed the finish line nearly completely four abreast. Blaney, who just nosed ahead as the field entered the trioval for the final time, wound out winning out over Suarez by .031 seconds.Blaney’s win is his second of the 2025 season, his second in Daytona’s summertime race after also winning in 2021, and it…

A firefighting helicopter drops water onto the Pickett Fire as it burns in the hills near a vineyard on Aug. 21, 2025 in Calistoga, California. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Evacuation orders are in effect as wildfires blaze across the West, including in California’s scenic Napa County. The Pickett Fire, which has burned nearly 6,000 acres, first sparked Thursday afternoon and continued to rage Saturday with 11% of the wildfire contained. The #PickettFire burning in Napa County is now 5,862 acres and 11% contained. New evacuation orders and warnings have been issued.Currently, 190 people are…

Aboubakar Gakou Of Angola Supplied/FIBA Africa The arenas in Namibe and Luanda have been electric every time Angola, hosts and now title favourites, took to the court in pursuit of their 12th FIBA AfroBasket Championship. Every rebound, every defensive stop, every shot is magnified, while any touch from their opponents is met with a chorus of boos from the crowd. The semifinal against Cameroon was no different. The game swung back and forth, with nine lead changes and 11 tied scores, each possession ratcheting up the tension. In the final seconds of the game, Angola’s place in the final came…

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