F1 | What tyres will the teams and drivers have for the 2023 Singapore Grand Prix?

Pirelli have announced which tyres they will be bringing to this weekend’s Singapore Grand Prix, as the drivers and teams get set to go racing under the lights at the Marina Bay Circuit.

F1’s official tyre supplier has revealed it will once again be bringing the three softest tyres in their range to Singapore, with the drivers able to call upon the C3 (hard tyre), C4 (medium tyre) and the C5 (soft tyre) as they did in Monza.  –read more–

CNN style | The best red carpet looks from MTV’s VMAs 2023

You could almost hear Selena Gomez’s fiery Oscar de la Renta dress crackle.

(CNN) — Hollywood’s red carpets have been eerily quiet amid the ongoing actors’ and writers’ strikes, but the music industry was out in full force at this year’s Video Music Awards (VMAs).

Since it was first broadcast almost four decades ago, MTV’s annual awards have become known for fun and eye-catching looks. And there were plenty of risqué outfits on show at New Jersey’s Prudential Center this year — from Doja Cat’s webbed Ap0cene gown to Bebe Rexha’s black leather dress with rear cut-outs, which evoked Prince’s butt-baring yellow lace suit from the 1991 VMAs.  

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CNN underscored Electronics | What is USB-C? Here’s everything you need to know

USB-C is so hot right now. Even though it’s been in laptops, tablets, phones and even video game controllers for nearly a decade, the port is on the tip of everyone’s tongue, thanks to the rumors of Apple’s next iPhone. But that’s a story for a different day — let’s dive into what makes USB-C (also called USB Type-C) so important.

You likely remember USB-A, that rectangular port that’s cables can only be inserted one way. We all accidentally stuck it in the wrong way a bunch of times, and that was always a terrible experience. Today’s tech is also moving away from Micro USB, that smaller port with those two little “teeth.” USB-C replaces both of them, and many more.  –read more–

CNN Sports | Coco Gauff’s US Open victory given presidential seal of approval

(CNN) — The stadium erupted in an explosion of noise and celebration when Coco Gauff defeated Aryna Sabalenka in three sets to win the US Open, fans jumping to their feet in unison as Gauff collapsed to the floor.

Celebrations stretched all across the US as celebrities, fellow tennis players and several Presidents gave the 19-year-old their seal of approval as she fulfilled the potential she had first displayed as a 15-year-old defeating Venus Williams at Wimbledon.  –read more–

CNN style | Best red carpet fashion from the 2023 Venice Film Festival

Model Madisin Rian wowed in an all-white Armani Privé outfit.

(CNN) — The actors’ and writers’ strikes have rendered one of the movie industry’s most glamorous red carpets eerily quiet.

Celebrities have traditionally flocked to the Venice Film Festival each September, arriving at the historic Palazzo del Cinema — sometimes by boat — for premieres and the waiting cameras. But with the Writers Guild of America (WGA) and the Screen Actors Guild and American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFRA) locked in industrial disputes over residuals, higher wages and artificial intelligence, among other things, actors have this year been prohibited from promoting their movies.  –read more–

CNN travel | The complicated truth about San Francisco

To help curb auto break-ins, the San Francisco Police Department is beginning to deploy bait cars, notably in high tourist areas such Alamo Square, pictured here on August 9, 2023.

(CNN) — San Francisco is undeniably having a moment.

Over the past year, headlines claiming the city is caught in a spiraling “doom loop” have become so prominent that a city commissioner decided to cash in on downtown San Francisco’s storefront vacancies, homelessness and opioid issues by anonymously advertising an hour-and-a-half long tour showcasing “doom and squalor.” For $30 a person, you could see the city’s “open-air drug markets” and “abandoned tech offices” first-hand.  –read more–

CNN politics | FBI Director Wray issues warning about number of Russian spies in the US

Washington (CNN) — FBI Director Christopher Wray warned Thursday that the number of Russian spies operating inside the United States is “still way too big,” despite efforts to kick them out. 

“The Russian traditional counterintelligence threat continues to loom large,” Wray said during public remarks at the Spy Museum in Washington. “The Russian intelligence footprint, and by that I mean intelligence officers, is still way too big in the United States and something we are constantly bumping up against and trying to block and prevent and disrupt in every way we can.”  –read more–

CNN entertainment | Little Richard embraced fluidity in rock ‘n’ roll. These are some of the artists he influenced

(CNN) — When Little Richard performed, he didn’t just sing and dance — he howled, commanding the stage like a peacock on display.

Though he struggled to reconcile his sexuality with his devout Christian faith throughout his life, he had no such trouble in his performance, donning feminine dress, wearing makeup and generally breaking down gender conventions with confidence.

Late icons like Prince and David Bowie and contemporary stars like Janelle Monáe, all of whom have played with gender expression onstage, owe much to Little Richard. Other artists have adopted his audacious vocal style or showmanship — Dick Clark once called him the “model for almost every rock ‘n’ roll performer in the ‘50s and years thereafter.” Here are the artists inspired by Little Richard’s onstage daring.

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CNN World | ‘Dinner plate sized’ device found inside woman’s abdomen 18 months after cesarean birth

(CNN) — A surgical tool the size of a dinner plate was found inside a woman’s abdomen 18 months after her baby was delivered by cesarean section, according to a report by New Zealand’s Health and Disability Commissioner.

An Alexis retractor, or AWR, which can measure 17 centimeters (6 inches) in diameter, was left inside the mother’s body following the birth of her baby at Auckland City Hospital in 2020.

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