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'We need to rack up the points in this four-game block'

City's longest serving player still has a year left on his contract.

Kilmarnock manager Steve Clarke has called for the “sensible majority” to help authorities deal with the kind of crowd trouble that marred their defeat by Celtic.The Kilmarnock board reacted with “dismay” in a statement on Monday night following a number of issues from Sunday’s Rugby Park clash.Killie substitute Kris Boyd was hit with a coin as he warmed up, some Celtic fans invaded the pitch after their late winner and “confronted” home players, according to the Ayrshire club, and a number of seats were damaged.Clarke said... Читать дальше...

The VR-1, from Finnish company Varjo, isn't exactly chump change, but its resolution is so high that companies in multiple industries await it eagerly.

In a posh ballroom overlooking Central Park on Manhattan’s Upper West Side, a hushed roomful of state and local elected officials from across the country gathered for a 9 a.m. Sunday session. It was the sort of weekend conference that routinely fills banquet rooms across the country, but it was remarkable for one…

Believe it or not, Samsung has done something many of us didn’t think was possible: it has made great software. Tomorrow, it will unveil a pile of new phones — the thoroughly leaked Galaxy S10 lineup — and all them should be running the new “One UI” software, which is built on top of Android 9 Pie.

By now you’ve probably seen those top-down graphical images of a self-driving car as it navigates through a neon-hued world made up of yellow and purple boxes representing other cars and pedestrians. These images are used to translate the raw data produced by a self-driving vehicle’s hardware and software stack into something more visually appealing for operators, and helps them better understand how their cars “see” and interact with the world around them.

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It’s impossible to talk quickly enough to keep up with everything happening on a basketball court. The game moves too fast. And talking, said Washington’s Matisse Thybulle, is much too … Click to Continue »

Kron Gracie made family history at UFC Phoenix.

The son of Rickson Gracie, who was only 5 years of age when his uncle Royce Gracie scored the last win for the family under the UFC banner in 1994, entered the Octagon for the first time Saturday night in Arizona, making quick work of Alex Caceres with a first-round rear-naked choke finish.

Since Royce’s wins over Ron Van Clief, Keith Hackney and Dan Severn on Dec. 16 of that year, members of the clan went winless in four UFC appearances. Читать дальше...

“So You Want to Talk About Race” by Ijeoma Oluo is a thoughtful, but systematic blueprint for anti-racism training in Donald Trump’s America.

Ms. King also has directed episodes of “Scandal,” “Shameless,” “This Is Us,” “The Good Doctor” and “Southland,” among other shows.

A special concern: holding down costs of treating chronic conditions

One reason for Family Video’s success is slow internet connections in rural America, but that’s not the only reason.

Jeremy Corbyn was mocked for "having a Theresa moment" after he coughed and struggled to find his water during a speech.

THE UMBRELLA ACADEMY dropped on Netflix in what is the weirdest take on the superhero genre yet. One unusual character in the series is called Dolores - here’s what you need to know about her.

The San Jacinto Mountains towering over Palm Springs are all snow-capped this week and the Coachella Valley is sunny and crisp, the perfect conditions to pose next to one of your favorite Desert X installations dotting the desert or take in a Modernism Week tour (through Feb. 24) and get nostalgic with some retro eats.

Culinary masterminds Adam Fleischman (creator of Umami Burger, 800 Degrees and Cold Cocked Coffee) and Jeffrey Merrihue (founder of XtremeFoodies.com) have done it again, but this time, they are going Italian, Roman-style. Just this past week both Heroic Deli and Heroic Wine Bar opened in Santa Monica.

2018 was a crazy year for Detroit author and musician Josh Malerman. After having his debut novel, Bird Box, released to critical acclaim in 2014 and then optioned for a movie, the film was unleashed by Netflix at the end of last year. Starring Sandra Bullock and John Malkovich, the movie became an instant sensation with memes all over the internet, while breaking all sorts of viewing records on the platform.

VR is still in its infancy. It’s at the stage at TVs before color, or computers before they got personal. It’s easy to forget that because there are so many headsets (and cardboard boxes). But Varjo’s VR-1, a slick looking headset intended for the professionals making the content you’ll one day use, is a great…

Get a look at Creepshow’s spooktacular host. There might be more Doctor Who on the way this year, just not in the way you’d expect it. Melissa Rosenberg is already promising big things for Jessica Jones’ final season. Plus, meet a few more of Detective Pikachu’s horrifyingly adorable Pokémon pals, and a new Toy Story 4…

New to his list: a Tuscan charmer, a French lunch spot and a source for prime rib

In SoundCloud's latest move toward putting artists first, CEO Kerry Trainor on Tuesday (Feb. 19) unveiled a new feature allowing...