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Russia launches massive overnight attack on Ukraine with 728 drones
By Euronews
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Russia launched a record 728 drones against multiple Ukrainian cities overnight , Ukrainian air forces said on Wednesday.
Defence systems destroyed 718 of the drones and seven cruise missiles, the air force posted on Telegram, in what appears to be one of Moscow’s largest assaults on Ukraine in the three-year war.
Dozens of Russian attack drones and ballistic missiles targeted regions in Ukraine’s far-west, with overhead drones reported in the cities of Lutsk, Lviv, Khmelnytskyi, and Ternopil.
The western city of Lutsk was hit hard in the attack, according to local media, with explosions heard in the early hours of Wednesday morning.
The mayor of Volyn Oblast, Ivan Rudnytskyi, said “nearly everything” was aimed at Lutsk, which had 50 drones and five missiles present in the airspace overnight.
In Kyiv, Mayor Vitali Klitschko announced Russian drones were attacking the city centre and air defences were shooting down targets.
At least one person was injured in the city of Brovary in the wider Kyiv area, according to the regional military administration.
This is a developing story and our journalists are working on further updates.
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Live updates on Galaxy Z Fold 7, Z Flip 7 and Watch 8
Welcome to Brooklyn, NY where Samsung is unveiling new foldable phones at its latest Galaxy Unpacked event. According to a massive leak yesterday, we’ll likely see the Galaxy Z Fold 7, Z Flip 7 and Z Flip 7 FE. That’s in line with the expectations of Samsung’s usual summer foldable releases that have happened for the past few years.
Adding weight to that report is the fact that Samsung even teased “the next chapter of Ultra” in early June, showing the silhouette of a foldable spinning around in an animation. You can read our whole article on what we expect to see at Unpacked today for the details, in case you can’t wait a few more hours.
Otherwise, buckle in to watch the livestream below and follow live commentary from our own Sam Rutherford on the scene.
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A flashy video showed off the Z Fold 7’s new very thin profile, which looks a lot the Galaxy S25 Edge, ending on the Z Fold 7 taking the place of New York’s famous Flatiron building.
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A ‘click-to-cancel’ rule, intended to make cancelling subscriptions easier, is blocked
A “click-to-cancel” rule, which would have required businesses to make it easy for consumers to cancel unwanted subscriptions and memberships, has been blocked by a federal appeals court just days before it was set to go into effect.
The Federal Trad Commission’s proposed changes, adopted in October, required businesses to obtain a customer’s consent before charging for memberships, auto-renewals and programs linked to free trial offers.
The FTC said at the time that businesses must also disclose when free trials or other promotional offers will end and let customers cancel recurring subscriptions as easily as they started them.
The rule was set to go into effect on Monday, but the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit said this week that the FTC made a procedural error by failing to come up with a preliminary regulatory analysis, which is required for rules whose annual impact on the U.S. economy is more than $100 million.
The FTC claimed that it didn’t have to come up with a preliminary regulatory analysis because it initially determined that the rule’s impact on the national economy would be less than $100 million. An administrative law judge decided that the economic impact would be more than the $100 million threshold.
The court decided to vacate the rule.
“While we certainly do not endorse the use of unfair and deceptive practices in negative option marketing, the procedural deficiencies of the Commission’s rulemaking process are fatal here,” the court wrote.
The FTC declined to comment on Wednesday.
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Apple’s AirPods Pro 2 are cheaper than ever thanks to this Prime Day deal
It’s Amazon Prime Day again, except this time it’s a four-day affair, the longest Prime Day ever. There are an overwhelming number of deals and discounts to sift through, but this steep sale on Apple AirPods Pro 2 is one of the best out there. For Prime Day, these wireless, noise-canceling headphones are selling for $149. That’s a new record-low price, and at a regular price of $249, you’re looking at 40 percent off.
The Apple AirPods Pro 2 were our overall pick for best wireless earbuds for iPhone, as well as our pick for best overall AirPods. In our hands-on review, we were impressed with the Active Noise Cancelling, as well as the transparency mode for when you’re trying to hear the outside world. We found that the audio quality on the 2nd generation of AirPods Pro was an improvement over the first, thanks to a new amplifier, driver and transducer. We also liked that you could seamlessly switch between Apple devices while using them.
We do wish the battery life was a bit better, as they offer just six hours of listening per charge with an additional 30 hours provided by the case. In looking at the design of these AirPods, we wouldn’t be mad at a bit of an update. I guess if it isn’t broke, don’t fix it? After all, the design of an AirPod is almost instantly recognizable, so perhaps Apple wants to keep it that way.
Far and away our biggest gripe is the price of the Apple AirPods Pro. $249 is a hefty price to pay for a set of earbuds, so we’re grateful that sales like Amazon Prime Day provide a great opportunity to snag a pair for far less. If you’re looking to spend even less, both models of the AirPods 4 are also on sale for Prime Day. You can get the standard version for $89 or the model with active noise cancellation for $119.
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