Google’s latest Pixel phones are down to some of their best prices

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Google’s latest Pixel phones are down to some of their best prices If you’re on the market for an excellent Android phone, multiple retailers are offering some of the best prices we’ve seen on some of Google’s devices. The last-gen Pixel 8 (8GB RAM/128GB storage) starts at $399 ($300 off) at Amazon and Best Buy, for example, but the real highlight is the Pixel 9 lineup. Right

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What Car Really Has The Worst Drivers?

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What Car Really Has The Worst Drivers? If you want to spot a bad driver on the highway, is there a telltale sign that gives them away? You know, something like a tacky bumper sticker, some slight drifting between lanes or maybe copious amounts of damage that shows that the driver doesn’t really know what they’re doing. According to a recent study, the best… Read more…

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These Are The Non-Mercedes Vehicles That Hide AMG Power Under the Hood

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These Are The Non-Mercedes Vehicles That Hide AMG Power Under the Hood Unless you’re Bavarian, AMG is the defining three-letter initialism of German performance cars. The Mercedes division began in the late 1960s as an independent racing engine builder founded by two of the automaker’s former engineers. Despite its close ties to the three-pointed star, outside manufacturers have long… Read more…

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Mazda And Toyota Developing The Next-Generation Miata and GR86 Together Would Just Make Too Much Sense

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Mazda And Toyota Developing The Next-Generation Miata and GR86 Together Would Just Make Too Much Sense In a perfect world, housing would be affordable enough, salaries would be high enough and cities would be walkable enough that anyone who wanted a sports car owned one. Sadly, we don’t live in a perfect world, and it’s getting harder and harder to justify buying a two-door car regardless of whether it’s a coupe or… Read more…

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You Wake Up In 1996 And Your Dodge Viper Has Just Arrived

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You Wake Up In 1996 And Your Dodge Viper Has Just Arrived Open your eyes: It’s 1996. Ol’ Slick Willie Clinton is in the White House, Donald Trump is still just a tacky businessman from “Home Alone 2,” the Dallas Cowboys have won Super Bowl XXX. You’ve never heard the terms “social media” and smart phones aren’t a thing yet. Dodge just introduced an updated version of its Vip… Read more…

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Google Is Tired Of Being Told Its ‘Gulf Of America’ Name Change Is Wrong

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Google Is Tired Of Being Told Its ‘Gulf Of America’ Name Change Is Wrong Earlier this year, after presumably solving every other more urgent problem facing American citizens, President Donald Trump signed an executive order renaming the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America. This move has very little meaning internationally, but American companies are already falling in lockstep with the… Read more…

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We Need A Cheap Second Car To Pair With Our Outback! What Should We Buy?

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We Need A Cheap Second Car To Pair With Our Outback! What Should We Buy? Dan and his wife live in Portland and predictably drive an Outback. They are looking for a second car mostly for driving around town in something more fun to drive than the Subaru. With a budget up to $15,000, what car should they buy? Read more…

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Ford Quietly Kills The Transit Trail Over Supply Issues

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Ford Quietly Kills The Transit Trail Over Supply Issues Ford quietly discontinued one of its off-road vehicles but don’t worry, it’s not the Bronco or any of the Raptormodels. It’s the Ford Transit Trail which you may have forgot existed unless you’re an influencer living that #VanLife. Read more…

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Ted Cruz Claims Researching Self-Driving Cars And Solar Eclipses Advance ‘Neo-Marxist Class Warfare Propaganda’

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Ted Cruz Claims Researching Self-Driving Cars And Solar Eclipses Advance ‘Neo-Marxist Class Warfare Propaganda’ There are plenty of completely valid reasons to be skeptical of self-driving cars. Safety concerns are very real, especially since even the most advanced robotaxi prototypes don’t always get it right in what should be simple situations, and that’s before you throw inclement weather into the equation. There are also… Read more…

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Google Updates Product Markup To Support Member Pricing & Sales via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern

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Google Updates Product Markup To Support Member Pricing & Sales via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Google updates structured data guidelines, enabling merchants to showcase sale, member, and strikethrough pricing in search results. The post Google Updates Product Markup To Support Member Pricing & Sales appeared first on Search Engine Journal.

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Finishing my 1-year emergency fund, needing encouragement

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Finishing my 1-year emergency fund, needing encouragement Throughout a terrible six months after a layoff, I never needed to use my six month emergency fund because of side jobs and just grabbing any work I could find even if it was just food delivery. Now that I’m settled back into an office job at a better role, I’ve spent the last four months in full hording mode. I have two contact gigs from my lay…

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What is the best credit card to get after Chase Sapphire Preferred? Currently planning to pay for a wedding

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What is the best credit card to get after Chase Sapphire Preferred? Currently planning to pay for a wedding For further context, I recently got engaged and was thinking about opening up a new card to get the sign on bonus to hopefully help pay for the honeymoon. Currently have the Chase Sapphire Preferred and have utilized it pretty well which allowed me to travel to Europe last year. Before I start swiping my card for this wedding, would it make sens…

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Does replacing ESPP shares with lower priced shares make sense?

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Does replacing ESPP shares with lower priced shares make sense? Hi, I participated in my employer’s stock purchase plan ESPP which offers a 15% discount on the lowest price during a purchase period. The problem is I now own thousands of shares and the share price has lost 75%. I left the company and am now returning, so all my shares currently in the plan are long term, though at a loss. Does it make sense t…

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ESPP – sell after it qualifies as capital gain or hold?

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ESPP – sell after it qualifies as capital gain or hold? The company I work for’s parent company gives us an ESPP. Later this year, I will hit 2 years since the grant date and would qualify for selling that stock and being taxed as a capital gain. However, the stock performs pretty well, 1 year pre-tax return says 46%. Our parent company is large and mature as well. My plan was always to hold until it…

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Buying a home – price around current temporary situation (ie daycare) or long-term?

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Buying a home – price around current temporary situation (ie daycare) or long-term? My wife and I both work and earn healthy salaries in stable jobs (or at least as stable as any job can be). Contributing 20% to retirement, no debt besides our current mortgage on a condo. We have a 1 year old and are planning to add to our family soon. Before that happens, we are hoping to move to a single family home in a desirable suburb. But…

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Head of Household or Single?

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Head of Household or Single? Im not sure which to file for. I have my daughter, my only dependant and we live with my boyfriend. She lived with me the whole 2024 year. We both pay our own half of rent/utilities and buy everything else seperate. If im understanding right, that is what I should filling as but I keep getting conflicting answers from every source. I’ll add any…

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