family holiday The pandemic has made me soppy, so I am on holiday with my parents. Mum is a semi-retired ophthalmologist and Dad is a semi-retired vicar (most retirement is semi these days, it seems) and they live in my home town of Belfast; in recent months, the Irish Sea […]
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12 unexpected ways algorithms control your life Mashable’s series Algorithms explores the mysterious lines of code that increasingly control our lives — and our futures. Blame the algorithm. That’s become the go-to refrain for why your Instagram feed keeps surfacing the same five people or why YouTube is feeding you […]
© @Copyright HELLO! Hello! Magazine Kristen Bell wished her friend a very happy birthday with a bikini selfie which none of her fans were expecting. The Frozen star, 40, shared a snapshot alongside the birthday girl but they weren’t sunning themselves on a beach in a tropical location… they were […]
My Hero Academia had a huge week at the end of March, and April promises to treat the series just as well with season five now underway. Of course, manga readers are anxious to learn more about Izuku and his big turn which came around within the last month. The […]
Given the momentum of the previous 12 months and the fact that the threat of COVID-19 has seemingly begun to recede in many parts of the world, including the U.S., traders may have been hoping 2021 would see continued high growth throughout the broad market. Unfortunately, the stock market is […]
Flashback to The Before: It was the end of 2019 and Michelle Obama had just wrapped up hush-hush filming of the yet-unannounced Netflix series Waffles + Mochi, a technicolor dream of happy puppets discovering the joys of healthy eating under the tutelage of “Mrs. O,” who plays the neighborhood grocer. […]
If you’re like most investors, at least some of your stocks were likely chosen because they were prominently featured in the news. There’s nothing inherently wrong with choosing trendy stocks. But such an approach just might steer you away from better-grounded, less splashy holdings that offer much-needed stability. To this […]