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A British hiker who went missing on a solo trek in the Pyrenees mountains was given a lift by a mystery man three days before she vanished. A Facebook post by adventurer Esther Dingley revealed she accepted a lift from a fellow hiker after bad weather forced her to change her plans. Police are reportedly […]
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New York Giants running back Saquon Barkley only got to play in two games under new head coach Joe Judge before he was lost for the season to a torn ACL. However, Barkley has been keeping an eye on the team as he works toward the 2021 season and he’s happy with what he’s seeing […]
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Your high school friends may have had a bigger influence on your behavior than you once thought. Prior studies about peer pressure have focused on why adolescents are likely to experiment along with friends who use drugs and alcohol. But do friends who avoid risks have similar influential power? Could observing a peer making a […]
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The “king of the high street” has lost his realm. The collapse of British businessman Philip Green’s Arcadia fashion empire into administration on Monday looks set to bring an inglorious end to a remarkable, and controversial, career. With about 13,000 jobs under threat, and an estimated 350-million-pound ($467 million) hole in the company’s pension fund, […]
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Good news for AMD Ryzen 5000 series CPU owners looking to run their shiny new processors in older 400 series motherboards as multiple board suppliers have seemingly decided not to wait until 2021 to roll out updated BIOSes supporting the new chips.AnandTech points out that several ASRock B450 motherboards now have updated BIOSes available to […]
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Met Office forecasters have warned parts of the UK face snow and ice as temperatures drop as low as -10C. Large parts of Scotland and areas of northern England, including the Pennines and the Yorkshire Moors, are predicted to see snow and icy conditions – which could cause travel disruptions. Temperatures may drop as low […]
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Monday night’s broadcast of the Seahawks-Eagles, due likely in part to the fact that one of the broadcasters was once fired by Eagles G.M. Howie Roseman, became a Roseman bash session. That attitude apparently spilled over into Tuesday’s press conference with coach Doug Pederson, as reporters tried to drive an apparent wedge between Pederson and […]
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Our gut microbiomes—the many bacteria, viruses and other microbes living in our digestive tracts—play important roles in our health and risk for disease in ways that are only beginning to be recognized. University of California San Diego researchers and collaborators recently demonstrated in older men that the makeup of a person’s gut microbiome is linked […]
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JPMorgan Chase & Co plans to freeze salaries for most employees with titles of vice president and above even as it expects to increase bonuses for some traders as much as 20%, according to a person familiar with the matter. The plans come as bank executives grapple with next year’s budgets and consequences of the […]
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Most major AAA publishers use some form of DRM in their games, but Denuvo is certainly among the most popular solutions around. Though it’s occasionally seen early cracks, typically Denuvo does a great job of protecting early sales by delaying piracy for at least a couple of weeks. However, exactly how much publishers pay for […]
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