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Best Mattresses for Sex (2025)

These are the best mattresses for getting busy, according to our reviewers.

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The CEO

With the United States stepping back from its global leadership role, many around Europe and the world are waiting for Germany to step forward. Will it? Host Garry Kasparov is joined by Mathias Döpfner, CEO of the German multinational media and technology company Axel Sprin...

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What Hangs in the Balance of Trump's Meeting With Putin

Today, President Trump and the Russian president, Vladimir V. Putin, are meeting on U.S. soil for the first time, to discuss an end to the war in Ukraine. David E. Sanger, the White House and national security correspondent for The New York Times, discusses the wide range of...

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Best of the Daily Blast: Trump Hit by Harsh Takedown on The View, Igniting White House Fury

Original air date: July 25, 2025 A new Gallup poll finds that President Trump’s approval has dropped to 37 percent. But the White House has figured out how to get those numbers back up: by picking a huge fight with The View. This week, Joy Behar&nbs...

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Lelo Sona 3 Cruise Review: Stale Update

Lelo’s Sona 3 Cruise remains a great vibrator, but there’s not much new here to excite.

That Trippi Show
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"Donald Trump fired reality"

Trump's taking over DC - what are we supposed to do about it? Is this just the tip of the iceberg for Trump? And he's got to see his numbers with independents taking - can Trump do anything to save himself ahead of midterms? Plus: Beyond ICE or the tariffs or the deportations - what's the most damaging thing Trump has done so far? Joe has a take you won't want to miss.
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Sealy Promo Code: Save $300 on Mattresses in August 2025

Whether you’re switching from springs to memory foam or just want to sleep cooler this summer, these Sealy mattress deals will have you waking up refreshed—and with cash left in your wallet.

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I never want ads in the software I use to get things done, so this interview with Nick Turley of OpenAI was reassuring. Between what he said and what Sam Altman has said, their company seems very aware of aligning their business with users’ needs. Something Meta will never be able to get right.

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Bloomberg: ‘Trump Administration Said to Discuss Taking Stake in Intel’

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Bloomberg: The Trump administration is in talks with Intel Corp. to have the US government take a stake in the beleaguered chipmaker, according to people familiar with the plan, in the latest sign of the White House’s willingness to blur the lines between state and indus...

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The Wall Street Journal Marches Toward Pravda With American Characteristics

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Greg Ip, chief economics commentator for The Wall Street Journal, under the euphemistic headline “The U.S. Marches Toward State Capitalism With American Characteristics”: A generation ago conventional wisdom held that as China liberalized, its economy would come to resem...

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Nice Pitch From Dieter Bohn for the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7

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Dieter Bohn left The Verge to work for Google on their “Platforms & Ecosystems” team. He hasn’t had much of a visible presence since, or least not one that I’ve noticed. But this 90-second video he made showing off the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7 is nice. It’s a better pitch for the device than anything I’ve seen from Samsung itself, and it’s a good pitch for Google Gemini too.

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New Texas Congressional Districts

- - - Some people think this map looks gerrymandered, but we don’t see it. We also don’t see the innovation, economic growth, and kick-ass food scene that exists in this country, largely thanks to immigrants. Everyone, get your guns: Let’s kick out all the foreigners and s...

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Microsoft and the Rise of the Full-Stack Builder

Just a few years ago, the notion of “fusion dev teams” was a key part of Microsoft’s strategy to empower

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Cleaner email editor

Streamlined editor layout with actions moved to top-right for distraction-free writing.

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Build a DIY email-to-SMS gateway

Carriers are removing their email-to-SMS gateways, but you can build your own instead.

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How Jake Rayson shares nature recovery resources across Wales

Jake Rayson uses Buttondown to share nature recovery resources, funding opportunities, events, and activities across Wales.

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“I Have a Theory Too”: The Challenge and Opportunity of Avocational Science

Theories of the World Several often arrive in a single day. Sometimes they’re marked “urgent”. Sometimes they’re long. Sometimes they’re short. Sometimes they’re humble. Sometimes they’re conspiratorial. And sometimes, these days, they’re written “in collaboration with” an AI. But there’s a common theme: they’re all emails that present some kind of fundamental theory invented by […]

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★ Apple Issues a Workaround for the Blood Oxygen Sensor Ban for U.S. Apple Watches

What today’s workaround does is process and display the blood oxygen sensor data on your watch’s paired iPhone, rather than on the Apple Watch itself. That, apparently, is what the new US Customs ruling holds does not violate Masimo’s patent.

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AI Slop Is Ripping Off One of Summer’s Best Games. Copycats Are Proving Hard to Kill

Peak has sold millions of copies and is Aggro Crab’s biggest hit to date. That makes it a prime target for cloning.

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The thrill of rotary phones

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