By the end of 2021, there will be 12 billion connected IoT devices, and by 2025, that number will rise to 27 billion. All these devices will be connected to the internet and will send useful data that will make industries, medicine, and cars more intelligent and more efficient. However, will all these devices be
Kim Potter, the former Brooklyn Center, Minnesota police officer who shot and killed Daunte Wright, was found guilty of first- and second-degree manslaughter. The decision was announced Thursday, Dec. 23, after four days of jury deliberation. Potter will likely face several years in prison. First-degree manslaughter typically carries a seven year sentence, and up to 15
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Man, I almost forgot about this absolute Christmas country gem. Dolly Parton and Kenny Rogers are two of the most recognizable/likeable names in country music history. And what happens when you bring the two together for a collab? It’s truly something special. “A Christmas to Remember” is a country all-timer. Straight off of Dolly’s legendary
You can’t have Christmas without cardboard, or Boxing Day without a box for that matter. Corrugated board and the paper from which it’s made – fibre as it’s known in the industry – is a fundamental raw material during the festive season. Many parents will be familiar with a child enjoying the box more than
The masculine urge for vengeance hits its zenith in the new trailer for filmmaker Robert Eggers’ upcoming Viking epic, The Northman, set to arrive April 22, 2022. The film tells the story of a Viking prince, Amleth, who watches his uncle murder his father and usurp the throne (if that core plot sounds familiar, Eggers
This article contains slight spoilers for HAWKEYE and SPIDER-MAN: NO WAY HOME. As Jessica Henwick rides momentum from a performance in The Matrix Resurrections as blue-haired plot-catalyst character Bugs, one would think that her 2018-wrapped role as the sword-swinging cage-fighting Netflix Marvel character, Colleen Wing, is far back in her rearview mirror. However, the Marvel
Huawei P50 Pocket foldable phone has been launched in China. This is the first clamshell foldable phone from the Chinese tech giant. Huawei already has the Mate X series of foldable smartphones under its belt. The new Huawei P50 Pocket is equipped with a multi-dimensional hinge designed to unfold without any signs of creasing. This
Play video content @survivordiet/Tik Tok If there’s one thing Chevy Chase‘s Clark Griswold character in ‘Christmas Vacation’ inspired, it’s lots of holiday shenanigans … just ask one man who created a decoration prank based on the movie’s most popular scene. In a now viral TikTok, the decoration’s creator shows how he constructed the homemade decoration
New York City’s famed New Year’s Eve celebration in Times Square will proceed, Mayor Bill de Blasio confirmed Thursday, but with tighter restrictions due to the Omicron outbreak. Capacity is one big change. In a normal year, about 58,000 people can stand inside one of the viewing areas enclosed by metal gates and supervised by
A centerpiece on-dock rail facility at the Port of Long Beach will receive $52.3 million in infrastructure grants from the U.S. Department of Transportation The Pier B on-dock rail facility is designed to speed up cargo movements and reduce pollution. The announcement came on Thursday, Dec. 23, from U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg. No Port
Five suspects have been arrested after US congresswoman Mary Gay Scanlon was carjacked in Philadelphia. The Democrat representative for Pennsylvania’s 5th congressional district was held at gunpoint as her car was stolen on Wednesday afternoon. She was unharmed in the incident which is said to have occurred as she walked to her sport utility vehicle
In the final episode of the All Out Politics podcast, Adam Boulton and guests review the political year of 2021. It was a 12 months dominated once again by the coronavirus pandemic but punctuated by Brexit, allegations of sleaze and questions about leadership. Joining Adam are The Times columnist and former Conservative MP Matthew Parris,
Cybersecurity agencies from Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the U.S., and the U.K. on Wednesday released a joint advisory in response to widespread exploitation of multiple vulnerabilities in Apache’s Log4j software library by nefarious adversaries. “These vulnerabilities, especially Log4Shell, are severe,” the intelligence agencies said in the new guidance. “Sophisticated cyber threat actors are actively scanning
In these desperate and terrifying times, Francis Bourgeois has been a beacon of hope for millions of people on TikTok. The charmingly winsome, floppy-haired Brit has made a name for himself as one of the world’s most famous trainspotters, capturing hearts with his unfettered enthusiasm and delightfully unhinged head-mounted camera footage of himself at railway
Joan Didion died at home in New York this morning at 87 from complications of Parkinson’s Disease, said Knopf, her publisher. Her accolades included a Pulitzer Prize, a National Book Award, and being a finalist for a National Book Critics Circle Award, among many others. She also wrote one of the first mainstream media articles
“Pretty Paper” is up there on my list of favorite classic country Christmas songs. Written by the one and only Willie Nelson in 1963, it was first made famous by Roy Orbison when it peaked at #15 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100. Willie later recorded his own version of the song in 1964 and again
The businessman drafted in by Boris Johnson to advise on the supply chain problems which hit the British economy in the autumn has concluded that major infrastructure changes are needed to avert repeated crises. Sky News has seen an email sent by Sir Dave Lewis, the former Tesco chief executive, to participants in his review
You remember the scene. If you didn’t catch it the first time, way back when, you certainly saw it the second time. You definitely know the meme. The set-up: An evil mastermind has donned a Spider-Man costume before committing a robbery, so the superhero will get blamed for the crime. Then the real webslinger shows
You know the Wham! song, but here are some fun facts about their smash hit Christmas track “Last Christmas.” “Over the course of his illustrious career, George Michael gave the world many gifts. One that keeps on giving is ‘Last Christmas,’ the 1984 holiday classic by Wham!, Michael’s pop duo with Andrew Ridgeley. ‘Last Christmas’