Author name: Jamie Brady

Jamie Brady is a news writer for Default News Insider, where she covers politics, health, business, and finance. She's been with the site since it launched in 2016 and has been writing about these topics ever since. She's proud to be an American citizen, but she also feels lucky to have grown up in a multicultural family—her mother is from Jamaica and her father is from Ireland. It's this unique background that informs her perspective on the world around us today.

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ModRetro Chromatic review: an arms dealer’s Game Boy is among the best ever made

If Lockheed Martin made a Game Boy, would you buy one? In the 1990s, I was among the kids who thought military aircraft were devastatingly cool. By then, Tom Cruise and Top Gun had long established the F-14 Tomcat and a pair of aviator shades as a fantasy for young men; I personally preferred the

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TCL’s new AI short films range from bad comedy to existential horror

Earlier this year, TCL released a trailer for Next Stop Paris — an AI-animated short film that seems like a Lifetime movie on steroids. The trailer had all the hallmarks of AI: characters that don’t move their mouths when they talk, lifeless expressions, and weird animation that makes it look like scenes are constantly vibrating.

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Nio's budget EV brand Firefly launches £16,000 hatch that's bound for Europe

Chinese car maker Nio has unveiled the first car from its new Europe-bound Firefly brand that will focus on small budget electric cars. Dubbed the “small smart, high end electric car”, the EV – currently only known as Firefly – is positioned as a rival to the BYD Dolphin and Renault 5 in the growing

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10 excellent shows and movies from 2024 to stream on Max

Despite Max’s pivot to purging films and TV shows from its programming library, the platform still has plenty of excellent new releases to check out during this year’s holiday season. Whether you’re into live-action dramas, sci-fi spectacles, or animated epics, the streamer has a little bit of everything to offer. Naturally, we’ve put together a

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Josh King’s viral slide-out MagSafe gamepad found a home at OhSnap and looks amazing

It’s no taller or wider than an iPhone, so it should slide into a pocket. It’s got a MagSafe pattern of magnets to attach it to your magnetic ring device. You don’t have to remove it to use your phone like a phone, because the whole gamepad retracts underneath, a little like the slide-out keyboard

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Volkswagen to cut 35,000 jobs by 2030

Volkswagen will cut 35,000 jobs over the next five years as part of a comprehensive restructuring plan to save up to €4 billion (£3.4 billion). The decision was announced this evening after the car maker finalised an agreement with its works council. The manufacturer said the plan is designed to streamline operations, enhance efficiency, and secure a competitive financial footing as

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