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The 2024 NBA Draft Lottery saw the Atlanta Hawks, despite having a 3% chance, awarded the No. 1 overall pick. They have not picked first since 1975.

Constantinos Psillides chooses the best of those ready for film/TV adaptions “Why is it that those who have never fought in a battle, are so eager to be in one?”. If you haven’t picked up on that quote, then you need to go see FX’s Shogun, arguably one of the...

Broad went on to name a handful of up-and-comers who could thrive, including Matthew Potts, Gus Atkinson, Josh Tongue, Brydon Carse and Jamie Overton.

Queen Elizabeth’s ‘favourite grandson’ was seen holding hands with NHS nurse at the Badminton Horse Trials

MADRID, May 13 (Xinhua) -- With three rounds of games to play this season, La Liga still has some issues to resolve regarding Europe and who will join Almeria and Granada in the second division. Here is what we learned from Matchday 35 in Spain.

In May of 1936, the folks at the Majestic Theater were planning to remodel the building inside and out and thought it would be an excellent opportunity to also rename the theater. They sponsored a naming contest, limiting the letters…

Police investigate the scene of a collision between an electric scooter rider and vehicle in Queens, New York, in March. New York last month made it possible to lower speed limits in the city — an effort to prevent crashes like these from becoming fatal amid a rise in deaths on America’s roads. | Shawn Inglima/NY Daily News via Getty Images

Drivers don’t need to go faster than 20 mph on most city streets.

It’s an easy guess that Peter Wehner, a onetime conservative who served in the Reagan and both Bush administrations, clicked on one of his laptop folders, added a few paragraphs, and sent “The Politics of Fear Itself” to The Atlantic, which published his latest anti-Donald Trump position paper last week. One of the fascinating byproducts of Trump’s hold on a portion of the American electorate (and media) since 2015 is how four score and seven neocons are stuck in time—not dissimilar from MAGA... Читать дальше...

The City of La Crosse, Municipal Service Center at 2000 Marco Drive, will be hosting a Department of Public Works Open House & Touch-A-Truck event on Thursday, May 16. This event is open to the public and several schools will…

The Children’s Museum of La Crosse presented the 2024 Judith A. Bouffleur Volunteer of the Year Award to Lissa Carlson. The museum team appreciates how dedicated Lissa has been and her contributions of time and talent could not go unnoticed.

I bought the AI-powered smart glasses with low expectations, but now they're my most-used tech gadget after my smartphone.

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Hot Chicken Takeover, the central Ohio chain with a cult-like following, will revamp its locations and receive new branding after being sold to the restaurant group owned by the former CEO of Jimmy John's. Untamed Brands, the chicken chain's parent company, was purchased earlier this month by another fast-casual restaurant company [...]

Tottenham Hotspur are keen on signing another central defender in the summer transfer window and have identified Royale Union Saint-Gilloise’s Koki Machida as a potential...

Wearable AI gadgets from Rabbit and Humane were panned by reviewers, including at WIRED. Their face-plants show that it’s still tough to compete with big tech in the age of ChatGPT.

Achieving the Toledo police department’s goal of 700 officers has become as challenging as solving the mystery of D.B. Cooper, who parachuted out of the plane he hijacked with thousands of dollars, never to be heard from again.

You don’t have to spend a lot of money for online security tools. In fact, you don’t have to spend a single cent to stay secure. There are a lot of great security tools that we recommend — features built into Windows, trustworthy free downloads, and protection practices that won’t cost you anything at all.

At a glance

Expert's Rating

Pros

• Great specs for the price
• Serviceable hardware all around
• Comes with lots of RAM and storage space

Cons

• Display could be better and brighter
• Not the nicest keyboard, touchpad, webcam, or speakers
• No IR camera for Windows Hello

Our Verdict

The Gigabyte G6X delivers a great GPU and CPU at a good price — and it comes with 32GB of RAM and 1TB of storage, too! Everything else is fine... Читать дальше...

Macworld

Welcome to our weekly Apple Breakfast column, which includes all the Apple news you missed last week in a handy bite-sized roundup. We call it Apple Breakfast because we think it goes great with a Monday morning cup of coffee or tea, but it’s cool if you want to give it a read during lunch or dinner hours too.

Simple is as simple does

One of the first things they teach you at tech journalist school is to put yourself in the shoes of the casual reader. I’m... Читать дальше...

A new Gartner survey of marketing leaders finds average budgets have declined in the years following the pandemic as marketers are tasked with doing more with less.

Cadillac has softened its drive to have an all-BEV showroom by 2030 as demand has slackened and federal regulators have lightened mandates.

Olakunle (Kunle) Arowolo stands at the forefront of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DE&I) initiatives at Actalent, a global leader in engineering and science services. With a rich background spanning 18 years across various roles from recruitment to DE&I leadership, Arowolo’s journey is a testament to the evolving nature of corporate inclusivity. Career Path to DE&I […]

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Discover three cruise stocks to avoid in the face of a stock market crash, as their vulnerabilities could lead to a significant loss.

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Protecting species from extinction is not nearly enough.

And it's National Bike to Work Week with group rides and a celebration in downtown Minneapolis.

A 44-foot-long endangered sei whale was found dead on the bow of a cruise ship entering New York, with authorities finding that the whale was likely healthy when it was struck dead by the ship. What do you think?