Apple Ditches Blood Oxygen Feature on Its Watches to Escape Import Ban

Photo: Florence Ion / Gizmodo Apple has finally come up with a workaround for the recent ban on two of its watches: the Apple Watch Series 9 and the Ultra 2. It will ditch the blood oxygen measurement feature on its watches altogether. The M3 MacBook Pro: Made Dark for Halloween The Cupertino giant has … Read more

Heat escape Nets in OT on Jimmy Butler free throws

Miami Heat forward Jimmy Butler (22) moves the ball around Brooklyn Nets center Nic Claxton during the first half of an NBA basketball game, Monday, Jan. 15, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer) NEW YORK — Jimmy Butler returned after missing seven games with a sprained toe and scored 31 points, including two free … Read more

Guiao feels Rain or Shine escape would serve well in playoffs

Tree Treadwell (with ball) turns out to be the right fit for Rain or Shine in the PBA Commissioner’s Cup. —AUGUST DELA CRUZ/INQUIRER After closing out the PBA Commissioner’s Cup eliminations with six straight wins, Rain or Shine coach Yeng Guiao will be spending the next few days trying to whip his Elasto Painters to … Read more

Dillinger Escape Plan to reunite with original vocalist for Brooklyn show

The Dillinger Escape Plan have announced a reunion concert to mark the 25th anniversary of their 1999 debut album, ‘Calculating Infinity’, where they will reunite with original vocalist Dimitri Minakakis. The reunion concert will take place on Friday, June 21, 2024 at New York’s Brooklyn Paramount theater. The show will see the band performing ‘Calculating … Read more

Gaza civilians find no good options to escape widening Israeli strikes

Comment on this storyCommentAdd to your saved storiesSave AMMAN, Jordan — Israel on Sunday launched strikes in northern and southern Gaza, hitting densely populated areas where it says Hamas militants are hiding, and squeezing civilians into ever smaller patches of territory as options dwindle for hundreds of thousands of Palestinians seeking refuge. Casualties appeared to … Read more

Los Angeles criticized for its handling of homelessness after 16 homeless people escape freeway fire

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The fire erupted after midnight where 16 people were living under the Los Angeles freeway, including a pregnant woman who was only weeks from giving birth. As the flames engulfed the storage yard and the inferno’s heat melted some of the thoroughfare’s steel guardrails and concrete pillars, rescue crews were able … Read more

Peter Tarnoff, U.S. envoy who helped craft ‘Argo’ escape in Iran, dies at 86

Add to your saved storiesSave Peter Tarnoff, a U.S. diplomat who rose to No. 3 in the State Department in the 1990s after years as a behind-the-scenes envoy, including helping to craft a plan to smuggle six State Department employees out of Tehran during the Iran hostage crisis, in a ruse recounted in the film … Read more

Inside Gaza’s vast tunnel network: Web to attack, escape and regroup

Comment on this storyCommentAdd to your saved storiesSave JERUSALEM — So threatening is the vast subterranean maze dug by Hamas that Israelis in past battles dubbed the structures “terror tunnels.” This underworld of passageways, arms caches and escape routes beneath Gaza may prove even more terrifying now. As Israel’s ground troops drive to encircle Gaza … Read more

Israel music festival survivor tells D.C., Congress her story of escape

Comment on this storyCommentAdd to your saved storiesSave A 25-year-old woman who barely survived the massacre at a music festival in Israel this month trembled as she recounted her story in Washington. Rockets flew overhead at the festival site in Re’im and gunmen overran it, Noa Ben Artzi said at the Sixth & I Historic … Read more

Ohm’s Quest is an electronic puzzle console inspired by escape rooms

Ohm’s Quest is a steampunk-inspired cubical device that acts as a sort of escape game console. You can scan an NFC-enabled card on a side of the cube, and it starts a new story with interactive challenges that you should solve as a team. While we don’t cover board games very often on TechCrunch, there … Read more