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I'm a freelance writer based in South Florida. I write about technology for Trusted Reviews and sports for the Guardian. I currently write for Wareable, Wired UK, Shortlist, Pellicle and DigitalSpy. I have bylines for FourFourTwo, The Observer, Empire Online, TechRadar and T3 and have authored more than 10 on how to use technology for Flametree Publishing.
River Street-named for its proximity to the Rea-is deathly quiet on a drizzly Friday lunchtime. The stretch of water, which flows about 10 minutes walk eastward of Birmingham city centre, augments the pronounced cold edges of the rugged red brick buildings that surround it. As does the brisk Februar
Two-thousand, two-hundred and sixteen days after David Beckham arrived in Miami promising to establish a Major League Soccer team, there will finally be football. Club Internacional de Fútbol Miami - or Inter Miami - will play their first competitive game on Sunday, following six years of excruciating (and ongoing) wrangling over stadium sites, investment capital, and pleas to MLS bosses not to pull the plug on the entire project.
Smart home tech existed before Alexa, but Amazon's voice assistant was an epochal leap forward for the Internet of Things. No longer was it necessary to interact with a dozen different apps in the home setting, or fiddle with an app slider to dim smart lights.
Over the last few years we have been repeatedly teased about the prospect of hearables that can break down language barriers in discreet and elegant ways. Google's Pixel Buds, Waverly Labs' Pilot and former major hearable player Bragi all brought live translation powers in their own different ways.
The Miami Fusion flickered and died at the start of the century. But the league - and soccer in the US - is in a very different place these days During the darkest hours of his four-year quest to bring a Major League Soccer team to Miami, which was finally approved on Monday, David Beckham may have taken heart from studying parallels with the region's history.
Life in the Florida Keys is a little different from the mainland. Its residents will be the first to tell you. This rustic chain of islands stretching 113 miles from Florida City to Key West enjoys an intangible vibe that has enchanted everyone from Ernest Hemingway to Harry Truman.
Shropshire native Chris Smith lives in the United States. He says the fledgling Johnson administration is a little too familiar for comfort.
The Coen Brothers' first Netflix original movie, The Ballad of Buster Scruggs , is finally on streaming services now. For the series, cinema's greatest siblings (sorry Ben and Casey) have returned to the Wild West, bringing a familiar face along for the ride.
"We just wanted our games to matter," said Miami Heat head coach Erik Spoelstra before last week's thrashing of the Toronto Raptors, which earned his team a 21st victory in 25 games. "Ultimately you want your games to be significant. Whether you win or lose you want to feel that emotion."
Since he was diagnosed with borderline personality disorder in 2010, the New York Jets receiver Brandon Marshall's image has been transformed. Once as recognised for his troublesome behaviour as his outstanding talent, he has become one of the most important and proactive mental health advocates in the United States.
While performing a solo set in Orlando, Florida on Sunday night, the singer-songwriter Allison Weiss broke the cadence of her strum and sighed before singing the lyric: "I will make it out of this alive."
ESPN is, in theory, ready to pull the trigger on 4K live sports. It can capture and output at the Ultra HD resolution with ease. Now the company just has to wait for the rest of the industry to catch up.
He conquered football with Manchester United, Real Madrid and LA Galaxy, but now Becks is up against something completely new in a bid to fulfill his American dream, writes Chris Smith... During his first scouting mission last May, David Beckham sat courtside for the Miami Heat's crucial Game 7 NBA play-off battle with the Indiana Pacers.
Unless you've been ignoring tech news for the last year or so, you're probably aware of rumors Apple plans to ditch the 3.5mm headphone jack when the iPhone 7 launches later this year. All that has raised speculation about how Apple could handle the transition when it comes to the bundled in EarPods.
“Alright! Way-to-go Donny!” screams one of 13 bulky Walter impersonators currently vying for the best costume prize at the Lebowski-fest in Tampa, Florida. After a pin-crushing strike, I send the obligatory riposte his way: “I’m throwing rocks tonight.” Naturally, he barks back with “Shut the f**k up, Donny,” but it’s an endorsement. He likes my costume as well as my bowling.