An anonymous reader quotes a report from Wired: Nearly seven years after Apple debuted the Apple Card, Samsung is following the iPhone maker's footsteps with the Galaxy Card, aiming for its own slice of the credit card market. The announcement comes two days before Samsung's second Galaxy Unpacked event of the year, where it's expected to showcase new smartwatches and folding smartphones. The Galaxy Card is issued by Barclays on the Visa network; the Apple Card, originally issued by Goldman Sachs but now transitioning to Chase, is on the MasterCard network. There is a physical card -- it's not made of titanium but recycled steel.
The virtual card will be provisioned to a user's Samsung Wallet account. With no annual fee, Samsung says cardmembers can earn 5 percent cash rewards on all in-store or online purchases made directly from Samsung in the US, 3 percent cash rewards on purchases made with the Galaxy Card using Samsung Wallet, 2 percent cash rewards on streaming service subscriptions, and 1 percent cash rewards on everything else with the physical card. The cash rewards can be redeemed as a statement credit or transferred to a checking or savings account. The annual percentage rate (APR) varies by cardmember, but the card has no foreign transaction fees. Other perks include a 20 percent discount on Samsung's VIP Advantage membership, which offers extended device protection, specialized support, and exclusive deals, and $200 in cash rewards after spending $2,000 in the first 90 days.
Applications open up on July 22. The Samsung Wallet app is only available on Samsung smartphones and watches, so what happens if a consumer switches to a different smartphone brand? The company says Galaxy Card is not limited to Samsung device owners and that anyone can use the physical card, but you lose the key perks; the card can be managed through a BarclaysUS.com online portal. (Similarly, if an iPhone owner switches to Android, their physical Apple Card will still work, but they lose access to the Apple Wallet app and the 3 percent daily cash perk on Apple purchases; there's a web portal to manage the account.)
The virtual card will be provisioned to a user's Samsung Wallet account. With no annual fee, Samsung says cardmembers can earn 5 percent cash rewards on all in-store or online purchases made directly from Samsung in the US, 3 percent cash rewards on purchases made with the Galaxy Card using Samsung Wallet, 2 percent cash rewards on streaming service subscriptions, and 1 percent cash rewards on everything else with the physical card. The cash rewards can be redeemed as a statement credit or transferred to a checking or savings account. The annual percentage rate (APR) varies by cardmember, but the card has no foreign transaction fees. Other perks include a 20 percent discount on Samsung's VIP Advantage membership, which offers extended device protection, specialized support, and exclusive deals, and $200 in cash rewards after spending $2,000 in the first 90 days.
Applications open up on July 22. The Samsung Wallet app is only available on Samsung smartphones and watches, so what happens if a consumer switches to a different smartphone brand? The company says Galaxy Card is not limited to Samsung device owners and that anyone can use the physical card, but you lose the key perks; the card can be managed through a BarclaysUS.com online portal. (Similarly, if an iPhone owner switches to Android, their physical Apple Card will still work, but they lose access to the Apple Wallet app and the 3 percent daily cash perk on Apple purchases; there's a web portal to manage the account.)
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Booswoestmakend nieuws uit onze prachtige en tevens lieve hoofdstad. De politie is op zoek naar getuigen van een incident bij het IJplein in Amsterdam Noord, waar zaterdag rond 18:00 een 60-jarige vrouw die op het punt stond de pont naar het Centraal Station op te fietsen ten val kwam en bewusteloos raakte. Hoe lang ze precies roerloos op het pleintje heeft gelegen is onbekend. De vrouw kwam bij en merkte op dat ze onder het bloed zat van de harde val en dat haar fiets en haar rugtas foetsie waren. Niet alleen was er dus even geen barmhartige samaritaan in de buurt (terwijl er daar toch best wat mensen zullen hebben gelopen aan het eind van een klaarlichte zaterdagmiddag) maar die vrouw is dus BEROOFD terwijl ze bloedend en bewegingsloos op straat lag. Zoals politiewoordvoerder Wander Wagenaar het duidt: "Wat laf is: dat je haar niet helpt, maar je haar besteelt van haar spullen". Mooi gezegd en precies wat wij vinden, Wander.
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I’m currently doing the thing I do after seeing a movie (The Odyssey) I really enjoyed or found interesting: digging into related media. Yesterday I had an hour in the car, so I listened to this episode of The Daily podcast with Madeline Miller and Emily Wilson.
I think it’s quite odd to think that one book or one translation erases the others. I mean, if people prefer some other translation or if people want to read the Greek, I would love for them to do that. I think it’s great. I have no desire to legislate about which versions of “The Odyssey,” or of any ancient text, people want to engage with. So I think there’s something quite strange about the idea that the canon doesn’t have room for many, many different interpretations, translations, engagements, reinventions.
I’ve also flagged this New York Review of Books podcast with Daniel Mendelsohn, another NYT podcast with Madeline Miller, and this WNYC podcast with Emily Wilson for future listening.
As for reading, Wilson and Mendelsohn both did contemporary translations of The Odyssey within the past few years: The Odyssey translated by Emily Wilson (I loved this, read it aloud to my kids) and The Odyssey translated by Daniel Mendelsohn. Actor Stephen Fry recently did a more approachable reimagining of The Odyssey. The Odyssey: A Graphic Novel by Gareth Hinds is even more accessible, especially for younger readers.
Miller is the author of two great novels based on the Iliad and the Odyssey: Circe (my personal favorite of the two…I love this book and tell everyone to read it)1 and The Song of Achilles.
Other novels based on Homer’s works: The Penelopiad by Margaret Atwood and A Thousand Ships by Natalie Haynes.
Mendelsohn also wrote An Odyssey: A Father, A Son, and an Epic back in 2018; it sounds really interesting:
When eighty-one-year-old Jay Mendelsohn decides to enroll in the undergraduate Odyssey seminar his son teaches at Bard College, the two find themselves on an adventure as profoundly emotional as it is intellectual. For Jay, a retired research scientist who sees the world through a mathematician’s unforgiving eyes, this return to the classroom is his “one last chance” to learn the great literature he’d neglected in his youth—and, even more, a final opportunity to more fully understand his son, a writer and classicist.
Do you have any recommendations for podcasts or favorite Odyssey translations/retellings?
I would love to see a $200 million blockbuster adaptation of Circe directed by, say, Céline Sciamma, Sarah Polley, Chloé Zhao, Celine Song, Patty Jenkins, or Greta Gerwig…no shortage of great options. ↩
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On Saturday, July 18th, 2026, Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan Tate were arrested in Miami, Florida, at the request of U.K. authorities, who are seeking extradition so that the brothers can be prosecuted for a slew of charges (42 for Andrew, 17 for Tristan) including rape, trafficking for sexual exploitation, and offences relating to extreme pornography. The Tates were subsequently denied bail and will be remanded to a Florida detention center while their extradition proceedings continue. As if that weren't delightful enough, the tight purple shirt and pedal pushers Andrew was wearing at the time of his arrest is sparking much joy and many memes among anti-misogynist, anti-asshole social media users, who are asking whether Andrew or Blanche Devereaux wore it better, telling you how to shop the look, deconstructing the look, and questioning whether Andrew was arrested by the fashion police.
Previously, if you have the stomach to learn more about Andrew Tate.
Previously, if you have the stomach to learn more about Andrew Tate.
AMSTERDAM (ANP/RTR/AFP) - De Europese vliegtuigbouwer Airbus wil zijn winstgevendheid de komende jaren flink opschroeven. Het bedrijf stelt als doel om de operationele winst tegen 2029 met ongeveer 75 procent te verhogen, werd dinsdag bekendgemaakt.
Airbus mikt over drie jaar op een winst voor aftrek van rente en belastingen van 12 tot 13 miljard euro. Dat zou een stijging betekenen van ongeveer driekwart ten opzichte van het winstbedrag in 2025 en ligt ook flink boven de doelstelling van 7,5 miljard euro voor 2026.
De vliegtuigbouwer probeert de winst te verhogen door meer vliegtuigen te leveren, om zo aan de grote vraag van luchtvaartmaatschappijen te voldoen. Hoewel de orders binnen blijven stromen, is het opvoeren van de productie de belangrijkste uitdaging voor Airbus.
Airbus kondigde ook een aandeleninkoopprogramma van 5 miljard euro aan. Het bedrijf liet de verwachtingen voor dit jaar onveranderd.
Such technology solves problem of longer, thinner, energy-saving wings not fitting in airports around the world
Airbus has said it will test folding wings for the next generation of its bestselling planes, as the world’s largest planemaker races to work out the shape of future commercial aircraft by the end of the decade.
Longer, thinner wings made of light but strong composite materials offer the promise of energy savings but present a problem for manufacturers because they will not fit in airports around the world, many of which are already at or near full capacity.
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