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Brits have 55million unused mobile phones hidden away with those in London, Birmingham, Cambridge, Leeds and Manchester the biggest tech hoarders. Researchers polled 2,300 adults from 20 cities to find out how many old mobile devices are in each home – and the capital came out top with more than two per household. In London […]
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The NFL has resisted the concept of a regular-season home-market bubble. The NFL may be warming to the idea of a postseason bubble. Dr. Allen Sills, the league’s chief medical officer, appeared Thanksgiving morning on Today. Among other things, Craig Melvin asked Sills about the possibility of an NBA/NHL-style bubble model over the balance of […]
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Our lives and our bodies are dynamic. The physical state of someone in their twenties is probably vastly different from that of someone in their fifties. Naturally, healthcare should also be oriented differently to different age groups. Older people are more likely to fall and hurt themselves because their joints are less flexible than younger […]
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Google faces fresh regulatory scrutiny in Britain over plans to revamp its ad data system, after an industry lobbying group complained to the competition watchdog that the changes would cement the U.S. tech giant’s online dominance. Marketers for an Open Web, a coalition of technology and publishing companies, said Monday that it’s urging the U.K. […]
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Just a few weeks after Facebook removed a huge “Stop the Steal” group for spreading election disinformation, others have sprung up in its place and appear to be continuing the push to delegitimize the US presidential election. OneZero discovered two large groups with a total of more than 100,000 members sharing disinformation that the election […]
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On the concrete terrace of Ashton United Football Club where supporters would usually gather is a trestle table laid out with bread, pasta and boxes of cereal. Matches are postponed because of coronavirus, but for single mother Emma Rebinska, this historic little ground on the edge of Manchester provides a weekly fixture far more vital […]
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Lions running back D’Andre Swift is officially inactive for the Thanksgiving game agains the Texans. Swift had been expected to sit out after suffering a concussion. Adrian Peterson and Kerryon Johnson will carry the ball for the Lions. Detroit’s other inactives are receivers Kenny Golladay and Danny Amendola, defensive linemen Da’shawn Hand and Austin Bryant […]
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Vision loss related to aging or inherited genetic disease, such as age-related macular degeneration and retinitis pigmentosa (RP), respectively, is estimated to impact 16 million people worldwide and is often caused by defects in the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) in the eye. The RPE is charged with clearing waste products arising during the normal visual […]
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The National Retail Federation, the nation’s largest retail trade group, expects that holiday sales could actually exceed growth seen in prior seasons, despite all the uncertainty surrounding the pandemic. The reason? Shoppers are looking for opportunities to spend and celebrate the holidays during tough times. The trade group said Monday that it predicts that sales […]
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Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp, the smartphone entry in the long-running Nintendo franchise, has been updated with a pair of new augmented reality features. The first, AR Camera, lets you place characters and furniture from the game in the real world and photograph them. Meanwhile, the AR Cabin feature lets players decorate a virtual cabin, fill […]
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