Новости за 28.12.2019

The guy who played the husband in exercise bike company Peloton’s much-mocked viral holiday ad is really committed to its products.

Microsoft researchers propose an approach to training AI that uses smiles as a reward signal. They say it achieves superior efficiency.

The FDA's call on whether to approve Biogen's experimental Alzheimer's drug, aducanumab, will be the "most important decision" it will make in 2020, Bernstein analyst Ronny Gal says.

Katie Price's appeal comes after her other four children spent Christmas with their dads - Peter Andre and Kieran Hayler

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Kansas City Royals signed third baseman Maikel Franco to a $2.95 million contract Friday to be their everyday third baseman next season. The deal, which was agreed to earlier this week, includes up to $1.05 million in incentives. The 27-year-old Franco hit .234 with 17 homers and 56 RBIs in

GOING from the architect of the “Wall of Sound” to prison walls, Phil Spector lost it all – including his hair. Spector, the legendary music producer, was revealed to be bald in his latest prison snap. The eccentric musical genius – and convicted killer – had worn a series of wigs during his court appearances. […]

Steelers backup quarterback Paxton Lynch has moved up on the depth chart this week with the injury suffered by Mason Rudolph, and if Devlin Hodges gets hurt or gets benched, Lynch will be the next man up. He says he’s ready for that. “It’s an exciting opportunity, especially the situation that we’re in,” Lynch said, [more]

1. New leak shows that the Galaxy S11+ camera design won’t be as insane as we thought  BGR
2. New Galaxy S11 Plus render shows cleaner camera layout with a periscope lens  Neowin
3. Samsung Galaxy S20, not Galaxy S11 -- because it'll be 2020  TweakTown
4. Latest Galaxy S11+ leak shows a much saner-looking camera array with only 4 lenses  Android Police
5. New leaked renders of the Samsung Galaxy S11 with a better-looking camera  PocketNow
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NAIA Football Postseason Top 25

COLUMBIA, Ky. – Five Mid-South Conference teams are ranked in the NAIA Football Postseason Coaches' Top 25 poll, NAIA officials announced on Friday.

Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) is the highest rated team from the MSC in the poll at No. 4. The Blue Raiders earned 349 points after finishing the 2019 season with a 12-1 record and reaching the semifinals of the NAIA Football Championship Series.

• Fodor's Travel recently released its fourth annual "No List," highlighting the destinations, activities, and businesses travelers should think twice about in 2020.
• This year's "No List" includes popular places like Big Sur, Bali, and Cape Town, select hotels and bars, and elephant riding as a tourist activity.
• Poison beer, dying coral, animal abuse, and hordes of tourists are among the reasons why Fodor's recommends visitors avoid the destinations and activities on their... Читать дальше...

BAGUIO CITY—Towns that are frequented by tourists must determine their carrying capacities to address traffic jams and overcrowding at any given time, Tourism Undersecretary Arturo Boncato said here. Speaking at a tourism forum here recently, Boncato cited as an example the tourist town of Sagada in Mountain Province, which had been suffering from traffic gridlocks […]

Dan Snow tells the story of Operation Mincemeat which was a successful British disinformation strategy used during the Second World War.

RAVENA, N.Y. (NEWS10)— Thursday night Albany County deputies conducted a traffic stop in the Village of Ravena. Upon approaching the vehicle and interviewing the occupants, deputies smelled a strong odor of marijuana coming from the car, they said. After searching the vehicle deputies located a sawed off Remington .22 caliber rifle, which was loaded. Agapito […]

Worse still, when I visited and peered through the windows as dusk began to fall, the interior was still lit up, one solitary security guard sat inside, perhaps guarding the memories of a once glorious past.

Manchester United target Erling Haaland is looking for €8m per year to join Juventus.

Due to the high demand and dropping reservoir levels in Tairua and Pauanui , and the aquifer in Hahei , a sprinkler ban is now in place to protect the water source. Whitianga also remains on a sprinkler ban .

The Kansas City Royals signed third baseman Maikel Franco to a $2.95 million contract to be their everyday third baseman next season

Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoygu’s address to the MOD Collegium on December 24 began with de rigueur descriptions of how the U.S. and NATO menace Russia. Not bothering, of course, to mention that it’s Moscow’s treaty-busting and its invasion of … Continue reading →

CNN chief legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin was mocked Friday after an outlandish prediction he made 18 months ago -- that conservatives on the U.S. Supreme Court would outlaw abortions in 20 states by now -- has failed to come true.

Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski (AK) said she was “disturbed” when she heard Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s comments that he plans to work closely with White House attorneys during the Senate’s upcoming impeachment trial of President Donald Trump. Murkowski expressed her concern while speaking with Alaskan news station KTUU Tuesday. “When I heard that, I […]

On The Real News, Steve Horn and I discuss major environmental developments in 2019, including a new climate model developed in Canada which has predicted devastating levels of global heating unless dramatic action is taken to address the climate crisis:

NEW YORK — Breakthrough singer-rapper Lizzo has been named Entertainer of the Year by The Associated Press. Voted by entertainment staffers of the news cooperative, Lizzo dominated the pop, R&B and rap charts in 2019 with songs like “Truth Hurts” and “Good As Hell.” Though she released her first album in 2013, Lizzo dropped her