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Forbes
12-06-2025
- Forbes
Garmin Venu X1 Takes Smartwatches In An Unexpected Direction
Garmin Venu X1 The Garmin Venu X1 is the latest watch in Garmin's most smartwatch-like family, and it is the most expensive Venu yet by some margin. Garmin Venu watches typically introduce us to new smartwatch features lines the Forerunner and Fenix don't even have yet, like voice assistant support. But the Garmin Venu X1 starts to bring in features of those more athlete-driven series. It's the screen you may notice first, though. The Garmin Venu X1 screen is a rounded rectangle, and the largest seen in a Garmin watch like this to date. It has resolution of 448 by 486 pixels, is an AMOLED display, and measures two inches across. Screen bezels appear to be far smaller than in other Garmin watches too, leading to fairly petite — for the screen size — dimensions of 41mm by 46mm. At first glance it looks comparable to something like a Huawei Watch Fit 4 Pro, a series that was often compared to the Apple Watch in its earlier generations. A Garmin Venu X1 is more expensive than the base model of either, though. It costs $799, and comes in either Moss green or black colors. What can possible justify such a high cost for what isn't exactly the last word in smartwatch style? It does have core features to match other Garmin watches in the same cost ballpark. On-watch maps is the most obvious high-end addition. You will be able to store many countries' worth of map data on the 32GB storage, complete with roads and points of interest to let you navigate when offline. And those maps may well look better here than they do on any other Garmin watch. After all, the original Garmin watch made famous for its maps, the Garmin Epix from 2015, had a rectangular screen. Garmin Venu X1 rear The Garmin Venu X1 also has a high-grade build, of a style that many confuse some shoppers. This is a part titanium watch, but the metal parts are hidden. The back of the cashing is titanium, but the rest is Garmin's 'fiber-reinforced polymer' plastic. This stuff is great, and tough as anything, but does mean the most expensive-looking and expensive-feeling parts are not up front. It does keep weight low, though. The Garmin Venu X1 weighs just 34g, or 40g with the nylon strap. Comfort is likely to be exceptional among Garmin wearables. What else is there to note? The Garmin Venu X1 has an ultra-hard Sapphire Crystal display surface, just moderate 5ATM water resistance, and is just 7.9mm thick — very thin. Despite that thickness, the Venu X1 still has an LED flashlight built into its top. Garmin Venu X1 LED flashlight As in the Venu 3, a microphone and speaker are baked-in, allowing for handsfree calls, voice commands to control the watch's features and interactions with your phone's own digital assistant. This is the first Venu-series watch that could be a direct alternative to a Forerunner 970 or Fenix 8 for true fitness enthusiasts. But there is one catch. The Garmin Venu X1 only claims to have eight days of battery life. And that drops to two days if you use the always-on mode. Garmin battery life typically halves in 'always-on' rather than dropping to a quarter, suggesting the watch's screen is exceptionally bright, much like the Forerunner 970's. There are a few important feature omissions to note, too. The Garmin Venu X1 does not have the company's top HR sensor hardware, meaning you will not be able to take ECG readings. It also lacks dual-band GPS, suggesting that while Garmin has made the Venu X1 for serious exercisers, it's not really made for adventuring but for the suburbs. Dual-band GPS improves location tracking in areas with poor signal. The Garmin Venu X1 costs $799 and will be available to order from June 18.
Spectator
11-06-2025
- Business
- Spectator
OnlyFans is giving HMRC what it wants
Fenix International occupies the ninth floor of an innocuous office block on London's Cheapside. The street's name comes from the Old English for marketplace, and once upon a time Cheapside was just that: London's biggest meat market with butcher shops lining either side of the road. Today, the street houses financial institutions and corporate HQs. But Fenix still runs a marketplace. Some may even call it a meat market, albeit one that operates on the phones of hundreds of millions of users worldwide. Its name: OnlyFans. OnlyFans is best understood not just as a porn site, but as a social media platform with a paywall. Creators – mostly women – post photos, videos and voice notes behind monthly subscriptions. Users pay extra to tip the women, customise content and have one-to-one chats with their favourite models. Not everything on OnlyFans is X-rated, but that's the content that makes the money. An entire ecosystem has grown around OnlyFans since it was founded nine years ago by two British brothers, Tim and Thomas Stokely. One 'e-pimp' explained that successful models outsource much of their work to offshore call centres to give the illusion of intimacy with customers. Low-paid workers in Venezuela or the Philippines are hired to impersonate creators over text chats, maintaining dozens, even hundreds, of relationships with lonely men. OnlyFans' profits are enormous. In 2023, it generated nearly £5 billion in sales – up more than 2,000 per cent in four years. The company paid £127 million in tax last year, £110 million of that in corporation tax. Because Fenix is based in London, the bulk of that cash is flowing straight into the Treasury. For comparison: Britain's fishing industry – supposedly a red-line issue in Brexit – brings in just £876 million and pays next to nothing in corporation tax, while also receiving £180 million a year in tax concessions. We don't think of OnlyFans as a media company (if we think of it at all) and so we ignore what it is in business terms: a staggering success. With more than four million 'content creators' and 305 million subscribers, it would easily rank in the top three British publishing companies. It is perhaps the most successful creator-based subscription service ever. Traditional platforms can't compete – OnlyFans' revenues are twice that of North America's Aylo, which operates the world's biggest porn websites. Britain's sex industry brings in far more to the economy than politicians are comfortable admitting Britain's sex industry brings in far more to the economy than politicians are comfortable admitting. The Office for National Statistics estimates Britons spend in excess of £6 billion annually on it. It is one of the few British industries which remains a net (digital) exporter. Indeed, OnlyFans is perhaps the strongest unicorn (a privately held start-up worth more than $1 billion) in the country. It's more profitable than any other British tech start-up. And it's doing something our other digital start-ups can't: exporting to America while keeping tax revenues onshore. Two-thirds of its revenue now comes from the US, proving that even in a global tech economy dominated by Silicon Valley, British firms can still compete. OnlyFans' success makes it all the more striking that, according to Reuters, Fenix is in talks to sell. Los Angeles-based Forest Road Company is leading a group of investors in negotiations to buy the business for £6 billion. It's rumoured that other suitors are vying for attention and that shares may be sold on the stock market. Either way, one of Britain's few successful exports could soon be gone. It's awkward to defend pornography, and so politicians don't try. Parliament hosts thousands of lobbying events every year – payday lenders, bookies, vape companies, even arms dealers turn up for drinks and canapés. There is no 'sex tech reception'. Ministers fall over themselves to visit impressive-looking factories that are in fact barely relevant. For example, Glass Futures, a research and production plant for the glass industry based in St Helens, was recently picked by Keir Starmer as the perfect location for his speech decrying 'Farage's fantasy economics'. The plant is a not-for-profit that makes £7 million in annual sales. OnlyFans pays more in tax in a month than Glass Futures earns in a year. But no MP would be caught dead at OnlyFans' Cheapside HQ, despite, I'm told, many invitations to visit. Neither has any politician ever defended the porn industry in a debate on innovation, exports or growth. The most recent House of Lords research note on 'the impact of pornography on society' contains no mention of the words 'economy', 'tax' or 'finance'. Of course, money isn't everything. The harms of porn – to women, to relationships, to the minds of teenage boys – are real and considerable. We might well be better off banning the whole thing. But if we are going to wage a moral war on porn, we should at least be honest about what we're sacrificing. The money is real – and it's already in the bank of HMRC.
Gizmodo
09-06-2025
- Sport
- Gizmodo
Want the Garmin Fenix 8 but Can't Afford Full Price? Amazon Just Dropped It to an All-Time Low
If you're looking for the ultimate sports smartwatch, the Garmin Fenix 8 stands as the very best of what's available today. Known for its premium build and unrivaled feature set, this watch is a dream for athletes but it comes with a price tag to match its elite status. However, if you've been holding off due to cost, now is the time to act: Amazon has just slashed the price of the Garmin Fenix 8 to an all-time low, dropping it from $1,199 to just $999 which is a 17% discount that makes this high-end device suddenly much more accessible. See at Amazon Best Sports Watch With its powerful 51mm titanium case and clear 1.4″ AMOLED screen behind the protection of a scratch-resistant sapphire lens, the Garmin Fenix 8 is built to withstand the toughest conditions. The rugged build of the watch is matched by its advanced features and it is a top seller among those who demand toughness and capability from their gear. The built-in LED flashlight gives an extra dose of safety and convenience for evening adventures and the titanium and spark orange/graphite band add a rugged and distinctive look. The watch boasts over 30 built-in sports apps, ranging from running, cycling, and swimming to more specialized activities like skiing, golfing, and even scuba diving. For endurance athletes, the watch features strength training programs that are specific to your objectives in-real-time endurance tracking and sport-specific training to push you to your limits and beyond. In smartwatch mode, the Fenix 8 runs for up to 29 days on one charge and in GPS mode, it gives up to 84 hours of continuous use which is significantly ahead of much of the competition. The watch also comes with a microphone and speaker so you can receive and make calls from the wrist with your smartphone pairing. You can even use your smartphone's voice assistant to read messages and commands and there is an off-grid voice command that allows you to access some watch controls even if you're not connected to your smartphone. Convenient navigation is delivered through multi-band GPS with SatIQ technology to ensure the most accurate positioning regardless of where you are. Built-in sensors like a 3-axis compass, a gyroscope and a barometric altimeter also help keep you on track when venturing outdoors. Dynamic round-trip routing also introduces variety in your workouts by enabling you to enter a chosen distance and obtain turn-by-turn directions that dynamically optimize to have you back at your start point on schedule. For water sports enthusiasts, the Fenix 8 is dive-rated to 40 meters and has leakproof metal buttons so it is ready for scuba and apnea diving. Health and wellness monitoring includes comprehensive with 24/7 wrist-based heart rate tracking, advanced sleep monitoring, respiration tracking. Whether preparing for a marathon run or hiking in the backcountry, the Fenix 8 does not fail on any front. See at Amazon
Time of India
07-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Time of India
WWE Worlds Collide 2025: Ethan Page defeats Fenix, Evans, and Laredo to retain the North American title
Ethan Page walked into WWE Worlds Collide 2025 with his North American title on the line against Je'Von Evans, Laredo Kid, and Rey Fenix. And after one of the wildest matches of the night, he somehow walked out with the gold still in his hands. The champion was targeted right away. All three challengers threw him out of the ring to start the match. Laredo Kid showed early fire but was cut off by a quick enziguri from Evans and a clothesline from Fenix. The pace picked up after that. Fenix and Evans exchanged quick strikes and close pin attempts. Page tried to sneak back in, only to get taken out again. Fans were on their feet as the action spilled to the outside. Laredo flew with a moonsault. Fenix landed a corkscrew splash. Evans launched himself through the air and sent Page flying over the announce table. It was hard to keep up with the chaos. Ethan Page delivers in the big moment Ethan Page retains in a incredible fatal 4 way everyone absolutely killed it and a good match finish #WorldsCollide Back in the ring, the pace never slowed. Fenix hit a tornado DDT and nearly pinned the champion. Laredo crushed everyone with a twisting moonsault. Evans went coast to coast with a huge kick and followed it with a springboard cutter. Every time someone went for a pin, another star broke it up just in time. Fenix hit his Fenix Driver on Evans. Laredo answered with a jumping DDT. Evans pulled out a cutter again. Page hit the Ego's Edge on Fenix, but Evans flew in from the top rope to break the pin. The crowd loved every second. In the end, it came down to timing. Evans had just taken out Laredo when Page threw him outside into Fenix. That left Laredo alone, and Page quickly hit his Twisted Grin finisher to steal the win and keep his title. Ethan Page may have been outnumbered, but he showed why the North American Championship still belongs to him.
Straits Times
07-06-2025
- Politics
- Straits Times
Three killed in Russian attack on Ukraine's Kharkiv; Ukrainian drones injure two near Moscow
Residents walk in front of an apartment building hit by a Russian drone strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kharkiv, Ukraine June 7, 2025. REUTERS/Vitalii Hnidyi Rescuers assist an injured resident after she was released from debris of a building hit by a Russian drone strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kharkiv, Ukraine June 7, 2025. REUTERS/Sofiia Gatilova Servicemen of the unmanned aircraft systems unit 'Fenix' of the Ukrainian State Border Guard Service prepare a Vampire heavy combat drone before its flight over positions of Russian troops, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, near the frontline town of Kupiansk, Kharkiv region, Ukraine June 6, 2025. REUTERS/Anatolii Stepanov Firefighters work at the site of a building hit by a Russian drone strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kharkiv, Ukraine June 7, 2025. REUTERS/Sofiia Gatilova TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY Firefighters work inside an apartment building hit by a Russian drone strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kharkiv, Ukraine June 7, 2025. REUTERS/Vitalii Hnidyi Three killed in Russian attack on Ukraine's Kharkiv; Ukrainian drones injure two near Moscow LONDON - Overnight missile and bomb strikes by Russia on the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv left three people dead and 22 hurt, while a Ukrainian drone attack in the Moscow region wounded two people, officials from both countries said separately on Saturday. Russian forces used high-precision long-range weapons and drones to hit designated military targets in Ukraine overnight, hitting all of them, according to Russia's Defence Ministry. Separately, Ukraine has indefinitely postponed accepting the bodies of its killed soldiers and the exchange of prisoners of war, Kremlin aide Vladimir Medinsky said. This was counter to an agreement between the two countries at a second round of peace talks in Istanbul on Monday, where they said they would swap more prisoners and return the bodies of 12,000 dead soldiers. The northeastern city of Kharkiv, one of Ukraine's largest, is just a few dozen kilometres (miles) from the Russian border and has been under frequent Russian shelling during more than three years of war triggered by Russia's full-scale invasion. "Kharkiv is currently experiencing the most powerful attack since the start of the full-scale war," Mayor Ihor Terekhov said in a post on Telegram earlier on Saturday. Residential buildings, educational and infrastructure facilities were attacked, he said, and photos showed buildings burnt and reduced partially to rubble, as rescuers carried the wounded away for treatment. Kharkiv regional Governor Oleh Syniehubov said there could still be people buried under the rubble after one civilian industrial facility was hit by 40 drones and several bombs. In the Moscow region, two people were injured after a drone attack by Ukraine overnight and on Friday, Governor Andrei Vorobyov said on Telegram, with nine drones shot down. Russia's aviation watchdog said operations had resumed at the Domodedovo, Sheremetyevo and Zhukovsky airports in the Moscow region after being suspended temporarily for flight safety reasons. The Defence Ministry said that since midnight, air defence units had intercepted and destroyed 36 Ukrainian drones over Russian territory, including the Moscow region. Ukraine's air forces also shot down a Russian Su-35 fighter jet on Saturday morning, its military said without providing further details. Russian forces have not yet commented on the matter while Reuters could not independently verify the report. A Ukrainian drone attack deep inside Russian territory last weekend likely damaged around 10% of Russia's strategic bomber fleet and hit some of the aircraft as they were being prepared for strikes on Ukraine, a senior German military official said in a YouTube podcast set for broadcast later on Saturday. REUTERS Join ST's Telegram channel and get the latest breaking news delivered to you.
