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Android Authority
9 hours ago
- Business
- Android Authority
Get the Apple MacBook Air M4 at a record-low price before the deal is gone!
If you were to ask me what the best laptop for most people is, I would have to say it's one of the M-series MacBook Airs. Which one you get depends on the price and needs, but the best one to get right now is the Apple MacBook Air M4. Not only is it the newest version, but it is also $200 off at just $799. Buy the Apple MacBook Air M4 for just $799 ($200 off) This offer is available directly from Amazon, and the discount applies to all color versions. These include Midnight, Silver, Sky Blue, and Starlight. We just reported on this deal on Monday, but it's so good that we would like to remind you of it again. It's a record-low price for the Apple MacBook Air M4, and I often say it could be the best laptop for most users out there (except for gamers, of course). So much so that I find it hard to recommend anything else these days. The Apple MacBook Air M4 is a premium laptop, so don't underestimate it because of its price. Remember, this lineup launched as a high-end offering with a portable and super-thin design. Arguably, they used to be pretty expensive, but the introduction of M-series chips made them very powerful, while keeping the prices at the same level. This change is really what made them such a good offering. Let's start with performance. The Apple M4 chip is excellent, and this base model gets 16GB of RAM. It may not sound like much, but Apple's chips are so good that people use them for tasks like 4K video editing, RAW photo editing, and everything below that. Many of our team members use these chips (and as old as M2 ones) to process work here at Android Authority! Unless you're running specialized tasks or need Windows-exclusive software, you'll do more than fine with this one. Design is another area where the MacBook Air excels. This one looks exactly like the M2 and M3 models, but this isn't exactly a bad thing. The full metal construction looks and feels great, offering that iconic Apple look many love. There's also the 0.44-inch thinness, which is what made the MacBook Air lineup so popular. You'll enjoy the premium backlit keyboard and large glass trackpad, too. It also comes with an outstanding display. This model has a 13-inch screen with a 2,560 x 1,664 resolution. It can reproduce the DCI-P3 color gamut, so it's very color accurate, making it an excellent choice for media consumption, editing, and more. And while super thin, it gets up to 18 hours of battery life! Only a few years ago, getting a computer this good at just $799 was unheard of. Especially coming from Apple, which has been known for overpriced products. It's interesting that it is now hard for competitors to match its quality and prices. Anyways, this is a record-low price for this laptop, and it has been going for a bit now. These offers don't tend to last long, so get yours for cheap while you can! Follow
New York Post
13 hours ago
- Politics
- New York Post
Mass shooting on Park Avenue shows how dangerous a Mayor Mamdani would be for NYC
New Yorkers' collective sense of safety was bruised and rattled this week — a chilling wake-up call. On Monday, a deranged gunman waltzed into a Park Avenue skyscraper toting an M4 rifle. There he killed four innocents, including 36-year-old NYPD Officer Didarul Islam. The flood of frantic 9-1-1 calls reporting an active shooter drew an immediate and robust police response, led by officers in its specially trained Strategic Response Group, who arrived on the scene within six minutes. Both Officer Islam's sacrifice and the selfless professionalism of the hundreds of officers who bravely rushed to the scene brought home a crucial reality: The NYPD is an institution the city simply cannot live without. None of this is good for the victor of the Democratic mayoral primary, Zohran 'Nature Is Healing' Mamdani, who has a long and troubling history of statements deriding, taunting and calling to defund and dismantle the NYPD — whose officers are often the ones holding the very thin line between good and evil, order and chaos. Perhaps sensing a vibe shift, the mayoral hopeful called a press conference Wednesday to do some damage control. His performance struck me as contrived, insincere and deeply misguided. The policy proposal at the center of Mamdani's prepared statement — stronger national gun controls and a nationwide assault weapons ban — was especially frustrating. After all, how effective will additional gun controls be in a city with fewer police, and fewer opportunities to enforce those laws? During his campaign, Mamdani declared his intention to get the NYPD out of traffic enforcement. Yet more than 40% of the NYPD's gun arrests begin as traffic stops, as former NYPD executive John Hall explained in a 2021 Manhattan Institute report. And what would a Mayor Mamdani propose be done with gun-toting lawbreakers who are caught in a city without the jail space to house them? Seems like something he should think about, given his full-throated support for the plan to close the Rikers Island jail complex and replace it with a system whose maximum capacity is approximately half of the current jail population. Mamdani on Wednesday repeatedly turned up his nose at opportunities to retract any of his many troubling anti-NYPD statements. Rather than exhibiting sincere contrition for his anti-cop extremism, Mamdani chose deflection and indignation when reporters asked whether would explicitly disavow his prior calls to defund and dismantle the NYPD, or his smearing of its officers as racist. In fact, Mamdani merely restated the idea undergirding many of the 2020 calls to defund the police: That other actors — like violence interrupters, social workers and, as Mamdani has proposed, community safety agents — are better suited to take over NYPD functions like traffic enforcement, mental health crisis response and even domestic violence calls. He continued to defend his calls to dismantle the SRG unit, despite its admirable response Monday. Worse yet, he actually thought it appropriate to reiterate criticisms of the unit for its handling of unruly protests, accusing officers of First Amendment suppression and excessive force. Even in the wake of tragedy, Mamdani couldn't fully conceal his inner NYPD critic. If Wednesday's event was meant to make Mamdani's candidacy more palatable to those who had reservations about his history of anti-police stances, it missed the mark. From beginning to end he was, in every way, the wrong man for the moment. Cop-haters like Mamdani fail to acknowledge a fact the rest of us recognize: Our police are our protectors. The work they do — whether it's arresting armed gang members, taking fire from mass shooters or enforcing the subway fare — shields us from the crime and disorder that once defined this city. The calls coming from those Park Avenue offices on Monday were not asking for mediators, or social workers, or unarmed safety agents. They were pleading for armed police officers. This attack reminds us that the public rarely has control over whether or when evil will darken our doorsteps. But we do have some control over who will be there to meet it when it does. For that, those of us who live or work in the Big Apple will always owe the police our thanks and support. But from Mamdani, they are owed an apology. Rafael A. Mangual is the Nick Ohnell fellow at the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research, a contributing editor of City Journal, and author of the book 'Criminal (In)Justice.' All views expressed are those of the author and not the Manhattan Institute.
Newsweek
18 hours ago
- Newsweek
Woman Films Herself Hiding in Sauna During NYC Office Building Shooting
Based on facts, either observed and verified firsthand by the reporter, or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources. As panic gripped New York City's Midtown Manhattan area during a shooting at a high-rise office tower, one woman sought safety in a gym sauna. Her tense experience was captured in a viral video posted on TikTok. New York City resident Meesha Farzaneh (@persianaperolspritz on TikTok) is a 37-year-old content creator and artist who is originally from Texas. She was working out at the TMPL gym on Lexington Avenue on Monday evening when a shelter-in-place order was issued following a deadly shooting nearby at 345 Park Avenue. Farzaneh works at a building nearby and "my gym is also located across the street from the building," she told Newsweek. Farzaneh shared a video of herself in the locker room of the sauna area on her TikTok account, just when the shelter-in-place order was lifted. Text overlaid on the video says: "Marked safe! I was hiding in the sauna." The clip has amassed over 828,000 views since it was posted on July 29. The shooting began around 6:30 p.m. local time when a man entered the lobby of 345 Park Avenue carrying an M4 rifle. He opened fire, killing NYPD Officer Didarul Islam—who was working a security detail—and a woman in the building's lobby. He then shot a guard at the security desk and another man before taking an elevator to the 33rd floor, where he fatally shot one more person before turning the gun on himself, according to law enforcement. Farzaneh was walking toward her gym around 6:45 p.m., just minutes after the shooting began. She noticed the chaos unfolding on Lexington Avenue. "There were a bunch of cop cars racing through … and people crowding around," she said. "Sadly, in New York, you kind of become desensitized to chaos because there are always ambulances, cop cars and spectators … so you just kind of learn to mind your own business and get out of the way." Meesha Farzaneh hides in the sauna area at her gym in New York City. Meesha Farzaneh hides in the sauna area at her gym in New York City. Meesha Farzaneh @persianaperolspritz on TikTok Once inside the gym, Farzaneh checked in at approximately 6:50 p.m. Later at 7:15 p.m., while doing some exercises on a mat, she heard a loudspeaker announce a shelter-in-place order due to "an active shooter in the area." The message warned members not to exit and to avoid the upper lobby. Farzaneh said she initially thought, "Did he just say active shooter?" and "then it clicked" that the emergency vehicles she saw earlier were related. "I was just so silly to not be more vigilant … pay attention to what was going on," she added. As the announcement was repeated every 10 to 15 minutes, confirming that the shooter had not yet been apprehended, Farzaneh made a decision to go to the sauna at the gym's spa, which is "tucked into the far back of the building." She thought that it was likely the most-secure spot. She even changed into her swimsuit to maintain her normal post-workout routine. "I was pretty deep into the lower part of the back of the building, and so the Wi-Fi wouldn't connect in the sauna," Farzaneh said. She was joined by six or seven others in the sauna area who were "a little on edge, but trying to stay calm," Farzaneh said. "As a New Yorker, you just learn to stay calm through chaos and so everyone was keeping it pretty cool." At around 7:54 p.m., Farzaneh began filming a short video in the locker-room area, later posting it to TikTok. In the background of the clip, an announcement is heard, saying: "As you exit the building, please head north and east; do not go south and west." Farzaneh exited the gym at around 8:43 p.m. to find a city in turmoil. "It's just complete chaos outside of the building," she said. "Helicopters, so many cop cars everywhere, crowds of people … I didn't know what was happening." With only 5 percent battery power remaining on her phone, Farzaneh skipped trying to get more information and walked along Third Avenue to Grand Central Station. "Luckily, there was no blocks there and a lot less chaos … so I was able to just quickly get on the subway." The next day, Farzaneh said she was "quite rattled" and felt "a bit off" the next morning, and "really sad" reflecting on the victims. She added: "A friend of mine, he knew someone who was shot because he has a lot of colleagues in the building." Farzaneh noted, "I'm from Texas, so I'm not used to this," and the incident was "a really big reminder to be careful and not be so nonchalant around situations like this." Do you have a similar story to share? Let us know via life@ and your story could be featured on Newsweek.
The Sun
19 hours ago
- Automotive
- The Sun
Major motorway closed over crash involving two lorries as drivers warned of long delays
A MAJOR motorway is closed after a multi-vehicle crash with drivers warned of long delays. The crash involved two lorries with emergency services now at the scene, say National Highways. 1 The M4 was closed westbound between Junction 7 (Slough) and Junction 8 (Maidenhead) following the collision this morning. One lane has now opened but three lanes remain closed for recovery and clear up works. Drivers can expect delays of up to 30 minutes with approximately three miles of congestion. National Highways has urged motorists to plan ahead.
Irish Independent
a day ago
- Sport
- Irish Independent
NFL shooter Shane Tamura (27) had history of mental illness, yet had been given concealed-carry firearms permit
Shane Tamura (27) stormed the Midtown office building which houses the NFL, Blackstone and other businesses, and began 'spraying' the lobby with bullets from an assault rifle. Four people – a security guard, an off-duty NYPD officer and two female corporate executives – were killed before Tamura turned the gun on himself, authorities said. Tamura, a former high-school football player, claimed in a suicide note that he had chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) and blamed the NFL. Mr Tamura has a documented mental health history CTE, a disease caused by repeated head trauma and related to football, can only be discovered after death. In the note, Tamura aired his grievances against the NFL, and blamed CTE for his mental health struggles, officials told NBC News. He had travelled to 345 Park Avenue to target the NFL, Mayor Eric Adams said in interviews. 'According to our law enforcement partners in Las Vegas, Mr Tamura has a documented mental health history,' NYPD commissioner Jessica Tisch said. 'His motives are still under investigation and we are working to understand why he targeted this particular location.' According to Eyewitness News, Tamura was twice sectioned, in Nevada in 2022 and 2024. During what in the US is known as a 'hold', someone is detained for up to 72 hours in hospital if they are deemed a danger to themselves or others. It was unclear how long Tamura was held in both instances. Tamura has a previous arrest for trespassing in the state, though the Clark County District Attorney's office declined to prosecute the case, according to the Las Vegas Review-Journal. A Las Vegas police source told Eyewitness News Tamura obtained his concealed-carry permit in 2022 in Las Vegas, Nevada. A photo obtained by The New York Post showed the permit, which has a 2027 expiration date. ADVERTISEMENT When asked if Tamura's history should have prevented him from obtaining the firearm, police in Las Vegas deferred to the NYPD. The NYPD did not respond to further questions on Tamura's mental health history when contacted. You can't go against the NFL, they'll squash you Individuals who are 'declared mentally incompetent' and are 'admitted into a mental health facility within five years' are disqualified from holding concealed-carry permits, Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department said. Other disqualifiers include being a fugitive, prior felony convictions, having a restraining order against you, and being on parole. Nevada, where the deadliest mass shooting in US history took place in 2017, has worked to strengthen its gun laws in recent years, though handguns, rifles and shotguns can be purchased without a licence or registration. Tamura used a Palmetto State Armory M4 assault rifle, according to The Post. In the suicide note found with Tamura's body, Tamura also reportedly requested that his brain be studied. 'Football gave me CTE and it caused me to drink a gallon of antifreeze,' the note read, according to CNN. 'You can't go against the NFL, they'll squash you.'
