Videogames have grown to resemble competition-based, interactive movies, and the COVID-19 pandemic has propelled the industry to make more money than movies and sports combined. Global videogame revenue is expected to surge 20% to $179.7 billion in 2020, according to IDC data, making the videogame industry a bigger moneymaker than […]
Day: December 22, 2020
Walker Ryan got two important things when he was 14: his first skateboarding sponsor and a box of books written by his grandmother. He can’t remember whether it was the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles or his friend’s older brother who got him interested in skateboarding. Forgive his fuzzy memory: He […]
Billie Eilish. DAVID SWANSON/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock She’s not having it! Billie Eilish shuts down haters who criticize her signature green-and-black hairstyle in the most epic way. On Monday, December 21, the 19-year-old hitmaker took to her Instagram Story to share a story about her dog. But before she got to it, she […]
Consumer Reports has no financial relationship with advertisers on this site. Sales of pedal-powered bicycles and electric bikes were on the rise even before the coronavirus pandemic left many consumers spending more time at home, with less need for a car. Since then, bicycles and their electric-motor-powered cousins have been […]
A Singapore court sentenced an Indian woman to over six years in jail for cheating people of over Rs 3.31 crore or 6 lakh Singapore dollars. Kaveena Jaya Kumar, 42, pleaded guilty for the offence on Monday. Deputy Public Prosecutor Tan Zhi Hao told the court that she had difficulty […]
World Red Eye Maria Bakalova may not be a household name (yet) but you probably remember her star turn in “Borat 2” earlier this year. The Bulgarian actress played Tutar, the daughter of the title character, fictional Kazakh journalist Borat (Sacha Baron Cohen). In the mockumentary, Tutar memorably hosted Trump […]
A large Northern California church has established what it is calling a “freedom fund,” designed to dedicate thousands of dollars to local businesses as most of the state has landed back in an economic shutdown. But the fund isn’t for businesses that have closed their doors. It’s intended chiefly for […]
BERLIN—The new coronavirus variant that is spreading across the U.K. could make it more difficult to reach so-called herd immunity, according to the chief executive of BioNTech SE, the German company that developed the Covid-19 vaccine with Pfizer Inc. British authorities have said the new variant of the coronavirus is […]
WASHINGTON, DC — Mayor Muriel Bowser confirmed Monday she was extending the coronavirus public health emergency for D.C. to March 31, 2021. She issued her first emergency order early last March, so the District will be under a public health emergency for more than a year. With the number of […]
We can’t help but wonder… did these tips make the trip from the Sussex’s royal residence to their new California home? Long before she was the Duchess of Sussex, Meghan Markle was a confident “hostess with the mostest,” according to some savvy Christmastime entertaining advice from an old interview that recently resurfaced — […]
Learning at home doesn’t have to be stressful or boring (at least not all the time!). Depending on how old your child is, they’ll likely have schoolwork to complete while at home, but if you want to help them learn a subject they’re not grasping or further their education in […]
The Week Putin critic Navalny reportedly tricks Russian agent into revealing how he was poisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has reportedly uncovered details of his own poisoning by successfully duping a Russian agent into revealing them.Navalny, a leading critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin, is recovering after being poisoned […]
Us Weekly has affiliate partnerships so we may receive compensation for some links to products and services. I was sitting on the beach next to the woman I’ve loved for a long time. She reached for my hand, and, at that moment, I realized that I’ve never purchased her jewelry […]
Goldman Sachs announced in October an investment of up to $500 million in data center infrastructure, and the private equity firms Blackstone and KKR have recently announced data center investments. Real estate investment trusts focused on data centers delivered returns of 19 percent in the first half of 2020 — […]
Here’s a market forecast: 2021 will be hard to predict. At the outset of the coronavirus pandemic, investors and bank strategists put out public prognostications for what would happen in the markets, but 2020’s combination was so unusual it was missed, it seems, by everyone. Below, some of the best […]
Terri Betzer, 46, is a UPS delivery driver based in Phoenix, Arizona. She’s been working for UPS for 25 years, and in the past week has been one of many drivers tasked with delivering the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine to health centers around the country. As someone who’s worked bringing essential […]
Eric Thayer/Getty Images Text size Is Apple jealous? According to Reuters, Apple, the world’s most valuable company, is planning to make a battery-powered self-driving car. That sounds a lot like what Tesla, the world’s most valuable auto maker, does. Apple has been toying with the idea of a car since […]
One of Matt Bliss’s earliest holiday memories is of lying under his grandfather’s special Christmas tree as Lawrence “Bud” Stoecker spun the tree — which was created from concentric plastic circles —making reflections of light dance in a hypnotizing pattern. “At the time, I didn’t even realize my grandpa had […]
Sherean Malekzadeh, who runs a marketing firm in Atlanta, hasn’t been out to eat once since the pandemic was called in March. She skipped grocery stores for much of the year as well. Ordering online takes more time, “and you have to be on standby when the shoppers are there, […]
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AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) – Early voters continue to come out to cast their ballots in the Georgia Senate runoff. More than 1,400 people voted Monday in Richmond County yesterday, bringing the total of ballots cast to nearly 12,000. The Columbia County Board of Elections says almost 3,000 early voters cast […]
In defence of Fonetti, the platform has limited its offering to stories of summertime, animals, and magic and mischief. Yet as someone who devoured Blyton as a child, I well remember that summertime was an opportunity for the Famous Five to get together and for ‘tomboy’ George to be regarded […]
Between volatility in infection rates and shifting guidance from federal and local agencies, it can be hard to determine how best to travel, or whether it’s safe to travel at all. Somewhere between “it’s OK to travel” and “it’s not OK to travel” lies a vast gray area of caveats, […]