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The report found that cutting APD would not deliver value for money as the cost would be taken from the block grant.

Monkey closes tap after drinking water in TikTok viral video. Internet is all heart

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Authorities have found a body in the Columbia River near Sauvie Island just northwest of Portland.

You're in a codependent relationship with technology. Here's how to bring the spark back.

Earlier this week, JPMorgan Chase announced that it had inked a five-year deal with Persado, a company with a product that produces AI-written marketing copy. Copywriters, don't start hyperventilating ... robots haven't come for your jobs, yet.

Mark your calendars: Aug. 1 was the day Jakobi Meyers’ hype train really started rolling. The Patriots’ undrafted rookie wide... Read More »

Screen Talk, episode 253: The costly Netflix production has a premiere date and a trailer for its big Oscar play. Here's what to expect.

In December of 2016, after receiving a firestorm of criticism about online disinformation during the presidential election, Facebook announced its Third Party Fact-Checking project. Independent organizations would debunk false news stories, and Facebook would make the findings obvious to users, down-ranking the relevant post in its News Feed. Now the project includes 50 partner organizations around the world, operating in 42 languages, yet it’s still very much an open question how effective the... Читать дальше...

NEWS – Bubble wrap – arguably the greatest invention for protecting packages, not to mention providing hours of satisfying popping fun.  How could you possibly improve on that?  I mean, shipping items is pretty simple – get a box, put in your item to ship, pad it completely with some bubble wrap, get out your …

You can’t improve bubble wrap. 3M, hold my beer and watch this… Read More

The last remaining African American Republican in Congress, Rep. Will Hurd of Texas, announced he will not run for reelection, a decision that could further shift Texas’ political landscape blue. Hurd, a former CIA officer, was elected in 2014 to represent one of the most racially gerrymandered districts in the country along the U.S.- Mexico border, […]

Corporate travel and expense management solution provider Serko has teamed up with FaceMe to design what it claims to be the world’s first digital human corporate travel assistant. Reports in CIO on Thursday (Aug. 1) said Serko and digital human technology company FaceMe created the virtual assistant that is a digital, visual representation of a […]

Councillors voted against half of constituents Re: Council votes 11-4 for Flames new arena deal, July 31 I understand public feedback on the arena was 47 per cent for and 47 per cent against. Council needed a two-third vote internally to move ahead. Under parliamentary rules, a tie vote loses, nevermind a requirement for a two-third […]

The candidacy of Kimberly Ellis for California Democratic Party chair — along with Sen. Kamala Harris' strong showing at a recent debate and in the polls — is fueling a renewed push by black women in the state to demand more clout in the party they have long fought for, an organization they say has failed to make enough room for them at the top.

The record-shattering heatwave that baked much of northern Europe last month was likely between 1.5 to 3 degrees Celsius hotter due to manmade climate change, an international team of scientists said Friday.

Ghana plans to release genetically modified cowpea seeds this year or next, which would make it the third sub-Saharan African country to approve the local production and sale of GM food. But will they benefit the small farmers they were designed for?

WEX results showed double digit percentage gains across fleet, travel and corporate segments. Management said on the earnings call that tailwinds come from a continued embrace of digital payments and a shift away from payments rendered by paper checks.

A look at the full lifetime emissions of the vehicles call into question the ecological assumptions around “micromobility.”

Guest post by Ted Malloch 8 votes. That’s the margin by which Ursula Von der Leyen (VDL), most recently the unsuccessful Defense Minister of Germany, became the President-Elect of the European Commission, the executive arm of the European Union’s two-headed administration. She will act as the Head of Government for the aspirational non-state that the […]

A Florida mother allegedly beat her sons with an extension cord for eating a can of ravioli while she was at work.

Forty years ago Friday, around 5:30 in the afternoon, a major-league baseball game froze.

It was initially the suggestion of a user on Reddit. Davis' initials — "AD" — sound like the number 80 when both are spoken aloud.

JACK Fincham is hoping to find love in the upcoming seventh series of E4’s Celebs Go Dating, just months after his shock split with Dani Dyer. But what has the former Love Island star been up to since calling it quits with his ex-girlfriend? Here’s all you need to know. When is Jack taking part […]

Digital small business banking technology firm Wise is collaborating with BBVA Open Platform to launch a new small business banking product. In a press release Thursday (Aug. 1), Wise said that it has launched its small business banking solution for web and mobile platforms. The solution includes an FDIC insured checking account and Visa debit […]