Staind concert, Haunters Convention, cannabis fest, jazz fest among regional events highlights The following events are planned for the week ahead throughout the region: • Multi-platinum rock band Staind brings its “Tailgate Tour” to Santander Arena, Reading, with long-time ... 04/23/2024 - 9:59 pm | View Link
Interactive list: The top 100 things that make Melbourne, Melbourne Melbourne is a bustling city praised for its culture and liveability. But what makes Melbourne, Melbourne? View our list of the top 100 things and vote for your favourite. Recognised globally as the ... 04/23/2024 - 8:06 am | View Link
Luke Bryan Suffers Hard Fall on Stage, Laughs It Off [Watch] Luke Bryan's Vancouver concert took an unexpected turn when he had a fall on stage, but his quick recovery and humor won over the audience. 04/22/2024 - 4:15 am | View Link
Ferreira mixes perfect halfpipe year, 'Hotdog Hans' pranks Freestyle skier Alex Ferreira won every contest in the halfpipe this season. His 80-ish-year-old costume-wearing alter-ego named "Hotdog Hans" also charmed unsuspecting terrain-park visitors. 04/18/2024 - 10:22 am | View Link
Masters champ again, Scheffler is never satisfied Scottie Scheffler is a Masters champion for the second time in three years. And all he wants to do is to keep winning. He manages expectations because he never looks too far behind or too far ahead. 04/15/2024 - 10:17 am | View Link
Connections is the latest New York Times word game that's captured the public's attention. The game is all about finding the "common threads between words." And just like Wordle, Connections resets after midnight and each new set of words gets trickier and trickier—so we've served up some hints and tips to get you over the hurdle.
Enlarge / A meeting of the UN Security Council on April 14. (credit: Fatih Aktas/Anadolu via Getty Images)
Russia vetoed a United Nations Security Council resolution Wednesday that would have reaffirmed a nearly 50-year-old ban on placing weapons of mass destruction into orbit, two months after reports Russia has plans to do just that.
Russia's vote against the resolution was no surprise.
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Logitech announced a new mouse last week. A company rep reached out to inform Ars of Logitech’s “newest wireless mouse.” The gadget’s product page reads the same as of this writing.
I’ve had good experience with Logitech mice, especially wireless ones, one of which I'm using now.
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Trendy, unproven "vampire facials" performed at an unlicensed spa in New Mexico left at least three women with HIV infections. This marks the first time that cosmetic procedures have been associated with an HIV outbreak, according to a detailed report of the outbreak investigation published today.
Ars reported on the cluster last year when state health officials announced they were still identifying cases linked to the spa despite it being shut down in September 2018.
The HMD Pulse base model. [credit:
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HMD has been known as the manufacturer of Nokia-branded phones for years now, but now the company wants to start selling phones under its own brand. The first is the "HMD Pulse" line, a series of three low-end phones that are headed for Europe.
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In the world of AI, what might be called "small language models" have been growing in popularity recently because they can be run on a local device instead of requiring data center-grade computers in the cloud. On Wednesday, Apple introduced a set of tiny source-available AI language models called OpenELM that are small enough to run directly on a smartphone.