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Reports show that the iPhone 11 has been the bestselling smartphone in the first half of 2020. It exceeded last year´s top seller in the same period, the iPhone XR, by 10.8…
India and Russia share chess gold medal after Internet fails.
The gold medal for the 44th Chess Olympiad has been shared by India and Russia. The countries received joint-gold because of a glitch with the Internet. The Olympiad takes place…
New record: The man in ice.
An Austrian extreme athlete broke his own world record by spending 2 hours, 30 minutes, and 57 seconds completely submergedin ice. The previous record for full-body contact with ice was 2…
Hope takes flight: L.A.’s Natural History Museum will reopen its Butterfly Pavilion & gardens.
One can only hope that an exhibition of fluttering butterflies — a mess of gold-speckled, zebra-striped and shimmering silver wings swooping through the garden air — brings a resurgence of…
Apple and Google Make It Easier to Opt In to Virus Tracing.
Several state governments might quickly ship residents an alert asking them to activate “exposure notifications.”On Tuesday, Apple and Google stated they’d make it simpler for states to use their new…
Coming soon to Hollywood Boulevard: ‘All Black Lives Matter’ art will be permanent.
As a rarity, a stretch of the famed thoroughfare stayed serene — without performers, without traffic.That’s been the case since Monday, when officials from the Los Angeles Bureau of Street…
ABC to air ‘Black Panther’ as tribute to Chadwick Boseman.
ABC will air “Black Panther” commercial-free Sunday as a prime-time tribute to Chadwick Boseman.The film will be followed by an ABC News Special, “Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King.”…
Melting Glaciers Are Filling Unstable Lakes. And They’re Growing.
Nearly freezing and often an otherworldly shade of blue, glacial lakes form as glaciers melt and retreat. These lakes are a source of drinking and irrigation water for many communities.…
AMC to reopen 140 Theaters Ahead of ‘Tenet’ Release.
AMC plans to reopen 140 additional theaters by Friday. AMC Entertainment announced that it would reopen roughly 140 additional theaters by Sept. 4, bringing a total of 70 percent of its…
Wolverhampton casino worker who resigned over money laundering fears wins employment tribunal
Bayne Bailey was promoted to compliance officer and money laundering reporting officer (MLRO) at Casino 36 in Wolverhampton in 2017 and part of her role was to ensure that they…