This story was produced in partnership with Google. For more tools and resources to help you navigate technology with your family, explore families.google.Two-thirds of American parents Have the tech talk. Access to the internet is a powerful tool, and it’s important to talk with your kids about how to use […]
Day: March 16, 2021
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“It’s like the cliché that everyone’s been saying, that it’s forced us to all slow down as a family,” Vanessa said of the coronavirus pandemic, which shut down life as everyone knew it a year ago, meaning in their house no school for the kids and no film and TV […]
IMAGE: Robotics, digitalization and artificial intelligence are transforming the world of work. view more Credit: Francis Tseng We live in a world where robots increasingly build our cars, algorithms trade stocks and computers translate texts. Robotics, digitalization and artificial intelligence are transforming numerous professions. Some jobs are disappearing, while other new […]
guest at Disney World taking a selfie with a cell phone Olga Thompson/Walt Disney World Resort via Getty Disney is streamlining the guest experience with its newest innovation: the Disney MagicMobile service. Visitors to Walt Disney World Resort have been using MagicBands — wristband devices that allow guests to enter […]
You could not ignore Yaphet Kotto when he came on the screen. There was his sheer size: 6’3″ and broad as a barn in a business where most actors are much smaller than the camera makes them seem. There was that voice: hard as gravel, but also with an unmistakable […]
This is one in a series of articles written by students who received scholarships in 2020 awarded through the Fergus Falls Area Dollars for Scholars chapter. The purpose of these articles is to thank the community for its support of students and their higher education goals. For the longest time, […]
Valheim / Wikimedia Commons Like more than 5 million people who bought the game since it launched in February, I’ve been playing the surprise hit game Valheim. Its potent mix of Breath of the Wild and Minecraft with a viking aesthetic is shockingly polished and doesn’t feel like it’s missing […]
Jen Spyra is a distinctive voice in modern comedy— both literally and figuratively. She is both a writer and the announcer for CBS’s The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, and also voices Hillary Clinton and Jill Biden on Showtime’s animated Our Cartoon President. Her humor writing, both in publications like The […]
Warren Buffett says do this with your $1,400 stimulus check No surprise here: Warren Buffett isn’t getting a $1,400 stimulus check, and not necessarily because the investing legend’s net worth recently touched $100 billion. Eligibility for one of the new direct payments is based on how much money you make, […]
The Barnstable Youth Commission is hosting an extended run of its 5th annual youth summer job fair virtually through June this year. Last year, 32 businesses participated and 266 applicants, representing 21 schools from as far away as Texas, attended the two-hour event. Due to pandemic gathering restrictions, it is not […]
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Every day at 5 p.m., no matter what Dr. Debra Schwinn is doing, Palm Beach Atlantic University’s new president jumps on a Zoom call — not with faculty or donors, but with students in isolation due to the coronavirus. Schwinn, a physician and mom, worries […]
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – The city of Amsterdam will allow residents of its historic centre to offer their homes to tourists again, after a court ordered it to scrap a ban on vacation rentals. Amsterdam’s left-wing city council last year issued an outright ban on rentals through Airbnb and other platforms […]
From Woman’s Day While St. Patrick’s Day has been celebrated in Ireland for more than a thousand years, it was Irish immigrants living in the U.S. who, over time, transformed the day into the lively celebration of all things Irish that we’ve come to know and love. It turns out […]
The future of video is here. Spurred by the likes of YouTubers, vloggers and most recently, TikTok stars and influencers, video is now the medium of choice for any form of promotion and marketing — be it for self or business. And this evolution birthed another industry that is now more in-demand […]
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Six Flags Great Adventure is opening for the 2021 season on March 27, and guests will be able to make a reservation beginning Tuesday at noon. Due to the ongoing coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the Jackson, N.J., theme park will continue to use an online reservation system […]
A majority of U.S. colleges have canceled spring break, in an attempt to curb student travel. But the rise of online classes means students can now attend college from anywhere, including Miami Beach. Elissa Nadworny/NPR hide caption toggle caption Elissa Nadworny/NPR A majority of U.S. colleges have canceled spring break, […]
All the good shit you should be watching, as curated by the East London film club Deeper Into Movies. In their new film King Rocker, comedian/filmmaker Stewart Lee and director Michael Cumming (‘Brass Eye’) deconstruct the music documentary as they investigate a missing piece of British punk history: Robert Lloyd, […]
Feel comfortable and put together with our pick of fashionable buys available now (The Independent) Excited Brits are waging a war against dressing down as they celebrate Boris Johnson’s tentative plans to ease all coronavirus restrictions by 21 June. On Monday, the prime minister announced his roadmap for getting England […]
Hartford’s Traci Carter (25) is guarded by UMass-Lowell’s Obadiah Noel (11) during an NCAA college basketball game in the championship of the America East conference tournament Saturday, March 13, 2021, in Hartford, Conn. (Kassi Jackson/Hartford Courant via AP) Kassi Jackson AP Traci Carter vowed to help make a difference for […]
Savarino Companies is actively collecting community feedback as they continue phase one of their redevelopment plan for the second floor for the DL&W Terminal. BUFFALO, N.Y. — Two years after the NFTA awarded Savarino Companies pre-development rights to redevelop the second floor of the DL&W terminal along Buffalo’s waterfront, owner […]
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