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The 49ers, Jets, Giants, Jaguars, and Lions were all affected by the Cowboys’ seemingly meaningless win in Week 17.

Bridgewater’s Pure Alpha Strategy fund, benefiting from what billionaire founder Ray Dalio described as a “Goldilocks period” for the stock market, crushed the competition last year. Dalio didn’t get into the details of his outperformance, but he did share this “one important thought” in a LinkedIn post.

Tim Sweeney, the founder of Epic Games, entered the Bloomberg billionaires index, according to Bloomberg. The head of the studio that produced the ultra-popular “Fortnite” is worth $7.16 billion, placing him at spot 195 on the list of billionaires. This puts him ahead of Valve’s head, Gabe Newell, who is at spot 368. Valve is the […]

The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment has hired a security firm to increase staff skills in using fake social media profiles to gather intelligence. Among the modules offered are harvesting ...

Look out, Nanoleaf: LaMetric wants a spot on our walls, too -- and it's funky LED panels might be the best ones yet.

The Ezviz DB1 Video Doorbell comes with an integrated microSD card slot and offers optional cloud storage.

Parties across the board Tuesday extended their support to the government's move to provide 10 per cent reservation in education and government jobs to economically weaker sections, but the Opposition termed it "election stunt" ahead of the Lok Sabha polls. The Congress said it supported the bill, but doubted the government's intentions. It said the move was merely a "poll gimmick" aimed at political gains in the upcoming elections. Various parties, including the BSP, SP, TDP and DMK, also called it the BJP's poll stunt, but welcomed the move.

Amazon’s Alexa got a head start on its smart home invasion compared to its primary competitor Google, and that early lead has extended beyond the home. Now, Google is aggressively pushing to catch up by partnering with third-party brands to further extend the reach of Google Assistant. One new area is connected car tech, which is served by a scattershot approach that involves often wonky built-in car infotainment systems, Apple’s CarPlay, Google’s Android Auto, and now Alexa and Google Assistant. Читать дальше...

1. Anker’s Roav Bolt is a USB car charger with Google Assistant built in  The Verge
2. Anker's Roav Bolt puts Google Assistant in your car  Engadget
3. The Anker Roav Bolt lets drivers plug Google Assistant into their car  TechCrunch
4. Roav Bolt is like a tiny Google Home for your car  CNET
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Fisherman Bruce Ngapera had a big heart. He loved fishing and was always thinking about those around him so it's no surprise he was always sharing what he caught with others in the community. "After ...

Ever since AT&T finalized its purchase of Time Warner last June, the company has been eager to unleash Xandr, its advertising and analytics unit, on Turner's ad platform. That moment has finally arrived. Xandr and Turner have teamed up for a quartet of new or Xandr-infused ad offerings, which will tap AT&T's first-party set-top-box data...

Mitchell Pearce says Newcastles tough new stance on poor behaviour is fair and necessary as the NRL clubs rebuild continues. The Knights have drawn a line in the sand for 2019 by fining young prop Jac

It was not Richard Harris' day. A large pine tree fell the wrong way while being cut down near the pensioner's Dunedin home yesterday morning, smashing into the roof of his garage and sending timber ...

Natalia V. Veselnitskaya was charged on Tuesday with seeking to thwart a Justice Department investigation into money laundering.

A 6-year-old boy called out that he had "found some treasure", when he dug up what appears to be a man's wedding ring from within a sandy Auckland beach. The ring seems to have slipped off the finger ...

COMMENT: What a scandal. Bloated material costs, bloated construction costs, dull designs, obstructive and inefficient consenting, obstructive financing, wrong-headed urban planning, neglected infrastructure ...

Elite Preparatory Academy fired Ruben Saldana when a parent complained about his criminal record.

Herrera made changes to his slider in 2018 that attributed to his improvement, but all the hope lies in the fastball.

The career minor leaguer will look to make good on an MLB deal in 2018

Well, almost nothing.

Recently, there has been honest-to-goodness Kansas City Royals news. The Royals cut Cheslor Cuthbert, using his 40-man spot to re-sign the oft-injured Kyle Zimmer to a Major League deal. This transaction is probably the biggest news of the entire offseason. For one, it means a vote of confidence for Hunter Dozier when it was by no means assured considering Dozier’s very poor 2018 season. By extension, it might also be a secondary vote of confidence for Ryan O’Hearn... Читать дальше...

Comcast has announced a new service as part of its Xfinity xFi internet platform at CES 2019: xFi Advanced Security, a new $5.99 per month subscription that offers additional security protection on your network, including automatically blocking suspicious activity and quarantining devices.

Yubico has announced a new version of its popular Security Key for use in Lightning ports, the first such device to enable physical token authentication for iPhones. The device also supports a USB-C connection.