The social media app Bluesky just reached the top of the free download charts for Apple’s app store in the United States, making it—for the moment, at least—more popular than Meta’s Threads and OpenAI’s ChatGPT. The decentralized social media platform has received a fresh influx of users over the past …
Read More »Marco Angulo, FC Cincinnati and Ecuador midfielder, dies aged 22
FC Cincinnati midfielder Marco Angulo has died aged 22, five weeks after suffering serious injuries in a car accident. Angulo, on loan at Ecuadorian club LDU Quito this season, was involved in a crash in the Ecuadorean capital on October 7 and died at a local hospital 35 days later. …
Read More »How to Get Double XP Tokens in Black Ops 6 and Warzone
If you’re looking for your next hit of double experience in Call of Duty: Black Ops 6, you’re not alone. And with the release of the Season 1 battle pass, players will have more chances to stock up on double player XP and double weapon XP tokens to speed up …
Read More »John Krasinski Is People’s ‘Sexiest Man’ With Help From His Stylist
John Krasinski may not have the raw energy of Glen Powell, but a collaboration with the stylist Ilaria Urbinati has paid huge dividends. Source link
Read More »Indexes edge higher after tame October inflation report
TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP via Getty Images US stocks climbed higher as traders took in inflation figures from October that were in-line with estiamtes. Consumer prices rose 2.6% on a yearly basis last month and 0.2% for the month. Traders have upped their bets on another quarter-point rate cut from the …
Read More »Their Pissarro Is Staying in Germany, but Their Story Is Getting Out
A woman whose family had to sell a painting in the Holocaust and a museum have struck a deal. The museum will keep the work but will help to publish a book telling the family’s story. Source link
Read More »The US Election Is Tearing BookTok Apart
TikTok creator @lizabookrecs had a question: When did BookTok become political? It was in the hours after Donald Trump had won the election for US president and the subset of TikTok that likes to talk about literature was already starting to fracture. People had started unfollowing fellow BookTokkers whose views …
Read More »College Football Playoff rankings: Georgia bumped out of bracket while Oregon, Ohio State hold steady at top
Georgia plummeted from No. 3 to No. 12 in the latest College Football Playoff rankings Tuesday following a 28-10 loss to Ole Miss, its second loss of the season, while previously undefeated Miami dropped from No. 4 to No. 9 after falling to Georgia Tech. If the season ended today, …
Read More »Snag a Microsoft Windows 11 Pro Subscription for Less Than $20
Whether it’s for work, school or personal use, the vast majority of PC users are running Microsoft Windows. At retail, the latest version of this operating system, Windows 11 Pro, costs almost $200, so it’s a good idea to grab it on sale if you can. If you’re in the …
Read More »Ozempic Could Prevent Diabetes. Should We Use It For That?
New research shows that weight loss medications can stop the progression of prediabetes. Experts don’t all agree on such a use for the drugs. Source link
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