Fitbit’s Charge series has long been the Goldilocks of the brand’s fitness trackers — not quite a smartwatch, but far more capable than a basic step counter. With the Charge 6 (released in 2023), Fitbit brings basic smarts into a just-big-enough package, offering features like GPS, Google Wallet, and on-wrist music control alongside its best-in-class
Enhypen has scored its first No. 1 on the Billboard 200 with “The Sin : Bliss,” while Dolly Parton reentered the top 5 with “Ultimate Dolly Parton” following news of her death earlier this week. K-pop group Enhypen moved 98,000 equivalent album units in their first week with “The Sin : Bliss,” marking their seventh
Canada is hiring dozens of researchers away from US universities, including top research institutions such as Harvard as its relationship with its neighbour continues to sour. More than three-fourths of the 64 professors who are moving to Canada from around the world will come from the US. Under a new government programme, they’ll receive funding
The Maytag Man is one of the most enduring characters in American advertising, lonely because no one needs his help repairing a Maytag appliance. The Maytag brand, too, has endured—going back to the days when Frederick Maytag’s washers involved wooden tubs and cranks. Maytag was the first company to put an agitator at the bottom
Glamorgan brought in Dan Douthwaite for his first red-ball game in two years in place of the injured Andy Gorvin, while Pakistan paceman Mir Hamza, briefly with Glamorgan in 2024, replaced Kiwi Ray Toole as the overseas bowler. Hampshire fielded seamer James Fuller in place of Felix Organ given the damp conditions, while Scott Currie
Zak Crawley scored a vital unbeaten 82, his highest score of the season, to boost Kent’s promotion hopes on the opening day against rivals Northamptonshire at Wantage Road. Crawley continued the form he showed against Middlesex last week, smashing 12 fours and one six as he combined in an unbroken 154-run opening partnership with Ben
