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Review: Aqara’s Hub E1 makes it even more affordable to get into HomeKit

Aqara's latest hub is perfect for those wanting to save space… and cash. Whenever I speak to anyone about smart home tech, the reason they usually opted for an Alexa or Google Assistant-based system is price. Though most of the folks I know are happy to splurge on the best iPhone or iPad, the thing that puts them off the HomeKit ecosystem is usually the high cost of entry. If you've been on the HomeKit train for a while, you'll know that it's true that the best HomeKit devices generally cost more, especially when you factor in the manufacturer-specific hubs that you need to pick up too. That's what up-and-coming HomeKit accessory maker Aqara has set out to solve with...

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Amazon sued over crashes by drivers rushing to make deliveries

By Spencer Soper |  Bloomberg Ans Rana was in the back seat of his brother’s Tesla Model S when they stopped behind a disabled car just before 9 p.m. on Atlanta’s busy Interstate 75. Seconds later, a blue Amazon.com delivery van slammed into them from behind — mangling the rear of the car and sending Rana, his brother and father to Wellstar Kennestone Hospital. Rana bore the brunt of the collision, suffering life-changing brain and spinal-cord injuries. Read more: Amazon triples Southern California delivery hubs to get packages out faster The 24-year-old spent months clinging to life, a ventilator helping him breathe, his family unsure if he’d ever leave the hospital. He slowly recovered enough to be released and now lives...

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Amazon sued over crashes by drivers rushing to make deliveries

By Spencer Soper |  Bloomberg Ans Rana was in the back seat of his brother’s Tesla Model S when they stopped behind a disabled car just before 9 p.m. on Atlanta’s busy Interstate 75. Seconds later, a blue Amazon.com delivery van slammed into them from behind — mangling the rear of the car and sending Rana, his brother and father to Wellstar Kennestone Hospital. Rana bore the brunt of the collision, suffering life-changing brain and spinal-cord injuries. Read more: Amazon triples Southern California delivery hubs to get packages out faster The 24-year-old spent months clinging to life, a ventilator helping him breathe, his family unsure if he’d ever leave the hospital. He slowly recovered enough to be released and now lives...

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Best Decorative Hanging Ornaments out of top 22 | Kitchen & Dining Features

  1. Basic Fundamentals Decorative Hooks for Hanging Clothes – Set of 3 Wall Hooks – Vintage Recorder, Floppy Disk & Stereo Cassette Coat Hooks – Wall Bath Towels & Clothes Hanger – 4.5” x 3.5” x 2” Basic Fundamentals - Perfect for all seasons planning to decorate your house for a certain holiday These wall mounts can help you out Display ornaments such as a led string light banner christmas garland or stocking and other holiday decorations with our versatile decorative hanging hooks Vintage record player theme feel the sense of nostalgia as you reminisce the old ways record streaming The hooks resemble different vintage recorders and will add a charming touch to any room or space Perfectly cute...

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The Problem With Emily Ratajkowski’s My Body

Rewatching the music video for “Blurred Lines,” the totemic Robin Thicke song, is an interesting project. In 2013, when it was released, the song spawned a new microeconomy of commentary denouncing it as a distillation of rape culture, or fretting over whether enjoying its jaunty hook was defensible. (“I know you want it,” Thicke croons presumptively over and over, even though honestly, no, I do not want it at all.) In the video, directed by the veteran Diane Martel, three models dressed in transparent thongs peacock and pose with a baffling array of props (a lamb, a banjo, a bicycle, a four-foot-long replica of a syringe) while Thicke, the producer and one of the co-writers Pharrell Williams, and the rapper...

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