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Review: Samsung Galaxy A3

Introduction and design Last year’s Galaxy Alpha and Note 4 signified the beginning of the end for all plastic, high-end Samsung smartphones. While the inclusion of a metal frame on both devices was certainly welcome, the Korean firm wasn’t ready to forgo its beloved plastic entirely. With the more affordable A Series, Samsung has bowed to consumer pressure, opting for a metal unibody design, waving goodbye to the company’s signature

The Continental: Killing Manuals, Dumb Exhaust Pipes, and Euro Electrics

– Each week, our German correspondent slices and dices the latest rumblings, news, and quick-hit driving impressions from the other side of the pond. His byline may say Jens Meiners, but we simply call him . . . the Continental. – – German carmakers appear to still be on a crusade to get everyone to forget manual transmissions. Just the latest example? Audi’s claim that at the end of the first-generation

Givenchy shakes up calendar with NYFW show, possible couture renewal

Givenchy menswear spring/summer 2016 French fashion house Givenchy may be reviving its couture collection after its creative director alluded to the restart in an interview. While speaking to John Koblin, style reporter for the New York Times, Riccardo Tisci said that Givenchy “would do couture again.” In 2012, Mr. Tisci discontinued Givenchy’s couture collection, a move that many in the industry assumed was temporary, as he worked to further develop

Now there's a wearable to tell you how excited you are during Wimbledon

The Wimbledon Championships of Tennis kick off today, June 29, in Wimbledon (obviously), London. In years past, this would mean strawberries, Pimm’s, immaculate greensward prowled by finely-honed, playboy athletes, watched over by blazered men on very tall chairs with tables on, like they’re absolutely enormous babies with a tennis fixation. This year, it means all those things, plus being able to track the excitement of the occasion on cryptic, wobbly

Car bomb attack kills Egypt's top public prosecutor

By Ahmed Hassan and Omar Fahmy CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt’s top public prosecutor died of wounds sustained in a car bomb attack on his convoy as it was leaving his home on Monday, the most senior state official killed in militant violence since the toppling of an Islamist president two years ago. Judges and other senior officials have increasingly been targeted by radical Islamists opposed to President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi