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February 19, 2025

Blind Man โ€œWatchesโ€ Live Sports in Real-Time With This Revolutionary Device

For sports fans, few things are as thrilling as attending a live match with their favorite team playing. For the visually impaired, however, this usually means forgoing the narration from TV broadcasts and relying on their companions to know what's going on in the game. Hoping to make the experience welcoming to all, OneCourt has created a clever tactile device that allows blind and low vision fans to follow the action as it happens.

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February 12, 2025

Man Who Fled Palisades Fire on a Bicycle Reunites With the Only Artwork Rescued From His Demolished Home

Last month, wildfires devastated Los Angeles, forcing thousands to evacuate their homes. Among them was Francois Auroux, who evacuated his home on Sunset Boulevard during the Palisades Fire on his bicycle, navigating through thick smoke and flying embers as he tried to salvage as many possessions as he could. Fortunately, he crossed paths with NBC4โ€™s Robert Kovacik, who was covering the scene and stepped in to help Auroux rescue two paintings.

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February 5, 2025

Bookshop.org Launches Revolutionary E-Book Platform for Independent and Local Bookstores

According to IBISWorld, Amazon accounts for 80% of all online book sales. Itโ€™s a well-established fact that the company dominates several e-commerce industries at the expense of independent and small businesses, but Bookshop.org now has a solution for going โ€œhead-to-head with Amazonโ€™s Kindle apps.โ€ Just in time for its fifth anniversary, Bookshop has launched a revolutionary ebook platform to support local bookstores.

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January 30, 2025

Fire Chief Used Milk and Beers Found in a Fridge To Save a Pair of Houses During the LA Wildfires

Being a quick thinker is part of the job for firefighters. In an emergency, they have to figure out the speediest and safest way to act, which sometimes includes improvising with the things at hand. Orange County Fire Authority Chief Brian Fennessy knows this all too well. He is now making headlines for saving two homes with milk and a couple of beers during the Eaton Fire in Altadena, California.

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