Posts by Liam Redmond
AirPods Pro 3 Drop to $199 at Costco With AppleCare+: Here’s the Deal
If you’ve been waiting for a better reason to buy AirPods Pro 3, Costco just supplied one: the price has fallen to $199.99, and two years of AppleCare+ are included. Costco’s promotion cuts $50 from Apple’s $249 list price, bringing the earbuds down by 20%. The offer runs through roughly August 23–24, giving buyers a…
Read MoreStripe’s $7.5 Billion OpenRouter Deal: Why It Could Change How AI Is Bought
Three months ago, investors valued OpenRouter at $1.3 billion. This week, Stripe confirmed it’s acquiring the company for roughly $7.5 billion more than five times that valuation. The deal matters for a reason that has little to do with Stripe becoming an AI model company. OpenRouter doesn’t build models. It sits between developers and the…
Read MoreLindsay Clancy Trial: Defense Seeks Involuntary Manslaughter Option in Deaths of 3 Children
The defense in the Lindsay Clancy murder trial is pushing for jurors to be given the option of convicting on involuntary manslaughter rather than first-degree murder, arguing that her mental state and prescribed medications impaired her judgment at the time her three children died. Defense attorney Kevin Reddington told Plymouth Superior Court Judge William Sullivan…
Read MoreF1 Dutch Grand Prix Sprint Qualifying Live Stream: How to Watch, Start Time and TV Channel
Formula 1 returns from its summer break Friday, Aug. 21, with Sprint Qualifying for the 2026 Dutch Grand Prix at Circuit Zandvoort. The session begins at 4:30 p.m. local time (CEST), 3:30 p.m. BST, 10:30 a.m. ET and 10:30 p.m. Singapore Time (SGT), setting the grid for Saturday’s Sprint. The Dutch Grand Prix is the…
Read MoreTourist fell 120 feet trying to get better view at national park — and somehow survived
A tourist plunged 120 feet while trying to get a better view of the water at a Montana national park – and remarkably survived with the help of a good Samaritan. Ken Nurse, a 60-year-old Montana native now living in North Carolina, fell into a creek during a trip to Glacier National Park last Thursday…
Read MoreApparent sex toy thrown onto court during another WNBA game — and alleged hurler caught fleeing
Another WNBA game was momentarily interrupted by an apparent green sex toy being thrown onto the court Thursday night when the Sparks host the Dream. The alleged culprit was apprehended, according to The Athletic, and this incident comes a little more than one year after the league dealt with several similar situations. With 2:59 left…
Read MoreChina launches biggest ever auto recall campaign over door handle safety
Published Fri, Aug 21, 2026 · 08:29 PM [BEIJING] Eleven carmakers, including Tesla and Xiaomi, launched software updates and vehicle recalls on Friday (Aug 21), the companies said, in China’s largest-ever automotive recall campaign, as regulators tighten scrutiny of emergency door-release systems in EVs. Most of the actions, classified as product recalls under Chinese regulations,…
Read MoreDollar wobbles as Treasury’s bond market buybacks raise fresh concerns
Published Fri, Aug 21, 2026 · 08:14 PM [LONDON] The dollar slipped on Friday (Aug 21) and was set to end a bumpy week lower, as investors questioned whether the US Treasury’s efforts to calm the bond markets might end up undermining confidence in the currency. Those concerns pushed the euro up 0.21 per cent…
Read MoreSamsung expects shareholder returns up to US$80 billion this year
Published Fri, Aug 21, 2026 · 07:56 PM SAMSUNG Electronics plans to return as much as 110 trillion won (US$80 billion) to investors this year, joining SK Hynix in sharing an AI windfall and putting in motion the largest shareholder return programme in South Korea’s history. The world’s biggest memory maker will give about half…
Read MoreUS Blockade Pushes Iranian Oil Prices Higher In China
Iranian crude offers to Chinese buyers have risen from their traditional discounts as the U.S. blockade of Iranian shipping since July 13 has reduced available cargoes and increased supply uncertainty, according to shipping data reviewed by Reuters. Floating Iranian crude storage fell to about 80 million barrels from 105 million barrels after the blockade was…
Read MoreHayden Panettiere’s mom shares new statement after backlash, blames ‘toxic’ person for daughter’s death
Lesley Vogel released a new statement regarding daughter Hayden Panettiere’s death — after sparking backlash with her initial comments. “Although my daughter and I were estranged, it was not for lack of care or love,” the 70-year-old told Entertainment Tonight on Thursday. “It was due to the involvement of a toxic individual who I believe…
Read MoreAmerican tourist dies after falling from 18th floor of luxury Cancun hotel: report
An American tourist fell to her death from the 18th floor of a five-star Cancun hotel as her inconsolable husband told staffers afterward that his wife had done something “outrageous.” The woman, who has not been identified, plunged 150 feet in the fall that happened at the adults-only, all-inclusive Breathless Cancun Soul Resort & Spa…
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