(CNN) — We’d heard about the new Microsoft Flight Simulator’s mega-realistic scenery, digitally distilled from satellite imagery. We knew the sim could recreate real-time weather conditions on the go, relayed from live climatic data feeds. Even real-world pilots say that the look and feel of the airplanes are, in so many ways, indistinguishable from the
Month: September 2020
Miami resident Willie Mae Daniels, with granddaughter, Karyah Davis, 6, was laid off from her job as a food service cashier at the University of Miami on March 17. Joe Raedle | Getty Images News | Getty Images In just the past six months, more than 22 million American jobs have been lost, and fewer
Ozzy Osbourne and Uriah Heep drummer Lee Kerslake has died after a long battle with cancer. One of Lee’s bandmates from Uriah Heep broke the news Saturday, saying, “It’s with the heaviest of hearts that I share with you that Lee Kerslake, my friend of 55 years and the best drummer I ever played with,
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When news of Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s passing broke late Friday night, the reaction was wider than is typical for the death of a Supreme Court Justice. The reasons for this are many, from the sad timing of the first Jewish woman to sit on the bench to die on the Jewish high holiday of Rosh
Public trust in charities has dipped despite belief in many institutions reaching record highs during the coronavirus pandemic, new research shows. Figures from the research consultancy nfpSynergy, which conducts regular polls on public trust in a range of institutions and sectors, show the proportion of people who said they trusted charities “quite a lot” or
Expert guide to Courchevel Overview Hotels Restaurants Apres ski Snow reports Of Courchevel’s six villages, Courchevel (also known as 1850) has by far the biggest selection of hotels, many of them with four-star, five-star or Palace status – the top hotels or ultra-luxury chalets lining the pistes can cost upwards of £1,000 per person per
Characters at the Berkshire Hathaway company Kraft Heinz booth pose with a reporter at the shareholder shopping day as part of the Berkshire Hathaway annual meeting weekend in Omaha, Nebraska, May 5, 2017. Rick Wilking | Reuters Kraft Heinz on Tuesday told investors it would cut $2 billion in costs through 2024 as part of its
Ferrari Portofino M Featuring the legendary ‘M’ suffix, for Modificata, in its name, the new and improved Ferrari Portofino boasts a slew of advanced technical and design features, such as an eight-speed dual-clutch gearbox and a five-position Manettino. Regarded a highly revolutionary build, the Ferrari Portofino M invites drivers on a voyage of rediscovery. Replacing
EXCLUSIVE: Break, which is one of Rutger Hauer’s finals movies, will be getting a multiplatform release via Conduit Presents, the distribution division of Conduit Now. Conduit Presents acquired the Michael Elkin-directed crime sports drama and has set a release for Jan. 5, 2021. Break follows a young inner city kid who is wasting his talents on petty crime.
The world is mourning the tragic loss of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the second female ever appointed as a Supreme Court Justice, who passed away Friday at the age of 87. A fighter up until the very end, Ginsburg was known as a feminist icon who fought for equality for all people and a liberal bastion
Lykke Li has released a new cover of Gloria Gaynor’s legendary 1978 disco hit “I Will Survive.” Li offers a stripped-down, voice-and-piano rendition of the track. Listen below. Lykke Li’s last full-length, so sad so sexy, arrived in June 2018. The following year, Li released the still sad still sexy EP. Check out Pitchfork’s “The
It’s awards season! Those of you who love book prizes and reading lists (a group that includes me) have a LOT to geek out about. Earlier this week we got the shortlist for the Booker Prize, and now we have the National Book Award Longlists from the National Book Foundation! So, so many good books
Colton Underwood’s friends have found his behavior ‘odd and out of character,’ a source EXCLUSIVELY tells HollywoodLife after Cassie Randolph filed for a restraining order. Colton Underwood, 28, “is shook with everything that has happened with the breakup” after splitting from Cassie Randolph, 25, midway into April of 2020, a source close to the Bachelor star
An appeal for Médecins Sans Frontières UK has been named Best Fundraising Campaign at the Purpose Awards EMEA 2020, run by Third Sector with sister titles PRWeek and Campaign. The awards – previously called the Campaigns for Good Awards – are open to agencies, brands, public sector bodies, charities and NGOs throughout Europe, the Middle
Always wanted to live abroad? Now may be your best chance. More countries are inviting travelers to trade their home offices for the opportunity to live and work abroad during the pandemic. Stanford University economist Nicholas Bloom estimates 42% of the U.S. labor force is now working from home full time. And workers may not
Chime CEO Chris Britt Source: Chime The fintech world has a new heavyweight. Chime, the start-up that delivers banking services through mobile phones, has closed a fundraising that values the company at $14.5 billion, CNBC has learned exclusively. That lofty figure makes Chime the most valuable American fintech start-up serving retail consumers. Robinhood, the popular
Host to the Centre for the Study of Democratic Institutions from 1958 to 1978, Montecito’s historic Solana estate graces and then exits the market, just as quickly as it appeared. Purchased with an extranomical price tag of $30.8M – who else could afford such palatial beauty amidst a pandemic, other than, Eric Schmidt, the former
Still, with other heroes from elsewhere in the DC multiverse expected to show up alongside these Batmen, it’s looking like The Flash will be quite the cinematic event. Furthermore, this may not be Michael Keaton’s swan song as Batman, as it was reported that he could end up serving in a “mentor capacity” in other
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates has had the opportunity to meet and work alongside major tech giants, including late Apple co-founder, Steve Jobs. In an interview with Bloomberg, Gates was asked whether his contemporary Elon Musk could be considered the “next Steve Jobs,” due to the advancements his companies Tesla and SpaceX have made in electric
If you’re a fan of The Boys, then there’s a good chance you were thrown for a loop when The Boys Season 2 launched. The Amazon Prime series opted for a weekly rollout this year, with three episodes launching on week one, followed by new episodes weekly. Fans have been largely unimpressed because The Boys
There’s prolific, and then there’s John Dwyer‘s perpetual motion machine OCS Thee Oh Sees Oh Sees Osees. Having just today released the new album Protean Threat, the rockers are back to announce an even newer album, Metamorphosed. It arrives October 16th via Rock Is Hell, and the band is offering a preview with the lead single “Electric War”. Metamorphosed comes
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The Savage x Fenty fashion show will soon be back and better than ever. In a video uploaded today, Rihanna and Amazon announced that the mogul’s extravagant presentation highlighting her hit namesake intimates line is indeed presenting Volume 2 this year—on October 2 to be exact. Featuring Rihanna in a protective face mask and shield
Queen Elizabeth has formally stripped disgraced Hollywood movie producer Harvey Weinstein of his honorary award following his conviction for sexually assaulting a former production assistant and raping an actor. “The Queen has directed that the appointment of Harvey Weinstein to be an Honorary Commander of the Civil Division of the Most Excellent Order of the
New panel will uncover insights into Jewish life in the UK London, UK and Oslo, Norway – September 17th, 2020: Confirmit has announced that JPR, the Institute for Jewish Policy Research, has selected Confirmit as its partner to create a new UK-wide panel. The panel will capture the experiences and opinions of people from all
The director for the Office of Civil Society is to join the National Lottery Community Fund as a senior adviser on a 12-month secondment. David Knott, who has been in post since being promoted from deputy director in 2017, will take up the new role in the middle of October. The NLCF said it regularly had
(CNN) — Birds are the undisputed masters of aerodynamics. No matter how many supercomputers and wind tunnels scientists throw at solving flight’s thorny calculations, they’ll never match the perfection of airborne avians. A focused peregrine falcon diving on its prey, a pair of feisty hummingbirds in a territorial dogfight, or a huge albatross soaring effortlessly
A symbol of TikTok (Douyin) is pictured at The Place shopping mall at dusk on August 22, 2020 in Beijing, China. VCG | Visual China Group | Getty Images BEIJING — The haggling over TikTok is the latest signal of a change in U.S.-China deal-making: rather than buying each other, companies may soon be looking to
With an aim to provide all customers with affordable and exquisite flower arrangements, the professional florists of Little Flower Hut, have successfully amassed a 99% customer satisfaction rate across Singapore. Catering to every occasion including but not limited to, anniversaries, weddings, graduation, prom nights, farewell parties, and funerals, Little Flower Hut even offers cheap daily
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