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Comparing Our Favorite Digital NotebooksOur Favorite Smart PensNeo Smartpen M1+ for $129: Skip the tablet and write directly on paper with a smart pen instead. The Neo Smartpen M1+ is the thinnest and lightest of all the pens I tried, which makes it feel a bit more like your standard pen. Importantly, it’s comfortable to hold and use. You should be able to find whatever size and style of notebook you need as well as planners. The Neo Studio app (iOS, Android) is nice, with an easy-to-navigate notebook system and the ability to search for pages by page number or…

Georgia prosecutors are facing what one expert called “probably the highest-profile failure of using conspiracy charges to indict a protest movement” in US history, after a two-year attempt to prosecute a criminal conspiracy in connection with opposition to the police training center known as Cop City.Fulton county superior court Judge Kevin Farmer announced his decision to dismiss charges against the case’s 61 defendants during hearings this week on a handful of defense attorney motions.The hearings came after several years of delays in the case centered on Rico, a law created to go after the mafia and usually associated with organized…

Anime is back on top of the box office, with “Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle” earning $33 million across Friday and preview screenings from 3,315 locations. That’s the biggest opening day domestic gross ever for an anime film, crushing the previous $10.9 million high-mark set by “Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero” in 2022. Not only that, it’s also already the biggest opening weekend ever for anime, surging past the $31 million record held by “Pokémon: The First Movie – Mewtwo Strikes Back” since 1998 (though, “Mewtwo Strikes Back” debuted on a Wednesday, playing for two full days before…

372 The fragile truce between the Nigerian Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) and the $20 billion Dangote Petroleum Refinery has collapsed, sparking a fierce labour dispute that could threaten fuel supply stability across the country. The clash follows allegations by NUPENG that the Dangote Group reneged on a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed earlier this week, under which the refinery agreed to allow tanker drivers and other workers to freely unionise. On Thursday, NUPENG’s National President, Williams Akporeha, accused Sayyu Aliu Dantata, a cousin of Africa’s richest man Aliko Dangote and a key figure in the refinery’s…

“I give credit to my boys – we didn’t give up. And to the coach (Rassie Erasmus) as well,” said South Africa captain Siya Kolisi.”We played fearlessly. We didn’t want to hold back. We knew what we needed to do and we believed in ourselves – that was the most important thing out there.”South Africa made a strong start at the Wellington Regional Stadium but were denied a try following a brilliant Jordie Barrett tackle on Cheslin Kolbe.RG Snyman did go over for South Africa, only to have the effort ruled out.New Zealand responded through debutant Leroy Carter, who scored…

Hike, once one of India’s most valuable startups with unicorn status, has become the latest casualty of New Delhi’s recent real-money gaming ban, with the company — led by Kavin Bharti Mittal, son of Airtel founder Sunil Bharti Mittal — now shutting down. On Saturday, Hike founder Mittal (pictured above) said that the startup’s U.S. business, which launched nine months ago, was “off to a strong start.” But he said scaling it globally would require “a full recap, a reset that is not the best use of capital or time.” Initially launched as an instant messaging app rivaling WhatsApp in…

Rushdi AbualoufGaza correspondent andDearbail JordanReutersIsraeli air strikes hit Beach camp in western Gaza City on SundayIsraeli forces have stepped up their assault on Gaza City with a wave of heavy air strikes, marking a sharp escalation from previous military operations.Unlike earlier phases of the war, the current offensive has relied heavily on aerial bombardments, with entire apartment blocks and large concrete structures reduced to rubble.The intensification of strikes in recent days has triggered a surge in civilian displacement.Israel has warned all residents of Gaza City to leave immediately in anticipation of a huge ground offensive.On Sunday, the Israeli Defense Forces…

Contract workers say a council decision to stop outsourcing services has not been implemented Hundreds of people joined a march by the Municipal Employees and Civil Servants Union (MECSU) on Thursday over the outsourcing of cleaners and security guards by the City of Ekurhuleni. Council resolved in November 2024 to begin insourcing cleaners, security personnel, and waste collectors, rather than outsourcing these services to companies. Keep up with the latest headlines on WhatsApp | LinkedIn But MECSU general secretary Vukile Mlungwana says outsourcing is continuing. A security guard who has worked at the Tembisa Civic Centre since 2018, who asked…

A view From Afar Elections are scheduled for October 11, 2025, a pivotal moment for a country at a crossroads. President Paul Biya, aged 91, is expected to seek a seventh term. Since assuming office in 1982, he has led Cameroon through decades of stability and profound challenges. Now, as he prepares to run again, questions are mounting: Can a leader who rarely appears in public, speaks minimally, and relies on aides to communicate still guide a nation urgently in need of renewal? Follow us on WhatsApp | LinkedIn for the latest headlines Cameroon is not just aging — it…

One could argue that The Bachelor, the ABC reality juggernaut that has reified Christian-lite dating norms for 27 seasons, should be considered scripted content. The connections can be genuine, and the feelings often real, but the situations are contrived and manipulated, a pioneering brand of deliberately saccharine, hokey and ridiculous in the name of love and for the sake of entertainment. Watching The Bachelor and its spinoffs, as I occasionally have over its two-plus-decade run, is to be baffled, frustrated, annoyed and ultimately hooked. The show, with its in-group rituals and shocking sincerity, casts a strange spell over its contestants…