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If you listen to music the way a lot of people do these days — with a pair of wireless earbuds, from a Bluetooth speaker, or just blaring directly out of your phone — you will never notice a difference between Spotify’s high-quality 320Kbps streams and its lossless audio. But, if you usually listen with wired headphones while working at your desk, or have a quality speaker from the likes of Bose that supports Spotify Connect, there actually is something to be gained here.Comparing Spotify’s normal quality streams (96Kbps) with the new 24-bit / 44.1kHz lossless FLAC files feels unfair.…

In introducing his new comedy just ahead of its TIFF world premiere, director Bobby Farrelly noted that Dumb and Dumber, the 1994 release that introduced him and brother Peter to jaded audiences hankering for something edgier or grosser, or, yes, dumber, was also a road movie. But while that 1994 Jim Carrey-Jeff Daniels hit firmly established the Farrelly Brothers brand, the latest solo effort is pretty benign stuff by comparison. In Driver’s Ed, an earnest but naive high school senior (Sam Nivola), worried that his college freshman girlfriend may have broken up with him, commandeers his driving instructor’s canary-yellow KIA…

Let’s go.A winning week. What do you know? After last season’s awful showing, it’s nice to sit here and brag about a winning record in Week 1 of the NFL season picking games, both against the spread and straight up. I went 13-3 straight up and 11-5 ATS last week. I’ll take it. Let’s keep the momentum rolling into Week 2. Just remember as you make your picks this week, nobody is as good as they looked last week and nobody is bad as they looked. Some even call Week 2 the get-even week. So be careful and let’s hope my Week…

Three nuns, aged 81, 86 and 88, enlisted the help of villagers and former school students to flee the retirement home they had forcefully been placed in at the end of 2023 and return to their convent in Elsbethen, just outside Salzburg in Austria. The sisters were the last nuns in the convent, which they regained access to thanks to a locksmith.

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – SEPTEMBER 13: Terence Crawford (R) throws a right punch against Canelo Alvarez (L) in their undisputed super middleweight title fight during Netflix’s Canelo v Crawford Fight Night at Allegiant Stadium on September 13, 2025 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Sarah Stier/Getty Images for Netflix)Getty Images for Netflix Terence “Bud” Crawford cemented his legacy with a statement-making performance on Saturday night from Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas. Crawford defeated Canelo Alvarez via unanimous decision, taking away his undisputed super middleweight titles in the process. The three judges scored the fight 116-112 and 115-113×2. I had it…

The popular perception of sex machines (thanks mainly to porn) is usually a dildo on the end of a long rod attached to a motor. That visual might be intimidating, but Lovense made it downright cute with the Lovense Mini Sex Machine (8/10, WIRED Recommends). A smaller, compact version of its flagship product, the Mini has a powerful motor in a small package, with easily adjustable legs that allow you to position the device at the best angle.Most sex machines—including Lovense’s larger flagship sex machine—are large and heavy, and can be cumbersome to set up, but the Mini reduces almost…

Ruth CleggHealth and wellbeing reporterGeorge HollandGeorge is currently in a “bulking” stage, but will then enter a “cut” phase where calories are reducedRipped. Shredded. Jacked. Swole. Which are you?Gym jargon such as this, which refers to the size and definition of muscles, has long been heard exchanged between pumped men in gym locker rooms – and now among teenagers too.TikTok videos show boys as young as 13 and 14 in school toilets, flexing veiny biceps which bulge out of their school uniforms.The quest for brick-like abs has become serious business – even if you’re still only in Year 8 -…

Motley Crue began a residency in Las Vegas Friday night that was supposed to commence last March, and singer Vince Neil has now revealed the reason for the six-month delay: He suffered a debilitating stroke last Christmas and has subsequently had to learn how to walk again, let alone rock again. In an interview with Las Vegas Review-Journal columnist John Katsilometes published Friday, Neil said that he had the stroke in his sleep on Christmas night 2024 and awoke the next morning realizing that “my whole left side went out.” Since then, the 64-year-old singer said, “I had to learn…

Who hasn’t looked into the sky and wondered if there’s life out there, somewhere, looking back at us? Is it possible there’s alien life closer to home — within the bounds of our solar system?The short answer is yes, there are several places researchers are looking for signs of life within our solar system, and there are some hints that life might be hiding in unexpected places.Is there life on Mars?While there don’t seem to be any “little green men” inhabiting Mars, it’s possible there was microbial life in the past. Mars is currently a frigid desert, but thanks to…

An electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft, flies above the Joby eVTOL aircraft, during a demonstration of eVTOLs Nov. 13, 2023, in New York. Bebeto Matthews/AP hide caption toggle caption Bebeto Matthews/AP The Trump administration has unveiled a pilot program to accelerate the use of electric air taxis, a move aimed at establishing U.S. dominance in airspace technology. The Department of Transportation on Friday said the Federal Aviation Administration’s Electric Vertical Takeoff and Landing Integration Pilot Program (eIPP) will develop “new frameworks and regulations for enabling safe operations” and form partnerships with private sector companies as well as with…