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Mike White will start for the Jets this week. Then, when Zach Wilson is ready to return from his knee injury, the Jets will decide the future at the position. That’s what coach Robert Saleh said earlier this week, and it’s what General Manager Joe Douglas reiterated Tuesday. “I’m in lockstep with the coach,” Douglas […]
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New research has discovered that young adults who are more focused on and concerned about their appearance are more likely to suffer from anxiety when dating. Led by Professor Viren Swami of Anglia Ruskin University (ARU), the study is the largest ever undertaken into body image and dating anxiety, which is defined as distress associated […]
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German broadcaster ProSiebenSat.1 Media (PSMGn.DE) on Thursday raised its 2021 full-year guidance for a third time this year after reporting a 15% jump in third quarter revenue at 1.06 billion euros ($1.23 billion). Its advertising business in the entertainment segment in particular surpassed its pre-pandemic levels, growing 18% year-on-year in the quarter, ProSieben said. The […]
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You’ve always wanted your very own Ghostbusters Proton Pack. Your options have been: find a cheap toy, 3D print, sand and paint your own, pay for someone to do it for you, start with a premade kit, or painstakingly build something even more intricate from scratch. Here’s a sixth way that might be the easiest […]
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Legendary football manager, a maverick genius with superstar levels of charisma, that’s Brian Clough, as Old Big ’Ead himself would have said. But there was far more to Cloughie than winning two European Cups, punching Roy Keane or giving pitch-invading fans a clip round the ear. Behind his brusque manner and lack of false modesty, […]
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The Vikings placed Danielle Hunter on injured reserve Tuesday. They did not announce a corresponding move. Hunter will miss the rest of the season with a torn pectoral muscle. Hunter missed all of last season with a neck injury. He returned to the field this season and made six sacks in seven games. Hunter’s contract […]
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It’s well known that 9 of 10 Americans who believe they are allergic to penicillin are not allergic. It’s also known that broad spectrum antibiotics are not as effective as penicillin and their use can increase antibiotic resistance. A new study being presented at this year’s American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (ACAAI) Annual […]
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Alphabet’s (GOOGL.O) Google said on Thursday it plans to allow third-party payment systems in South Korea to comply with a new law, marking the first time the U.S. tech giant has amended its payment policy for a specific country. Google’s announcement comes after a Korea Communications Commission’s (KCC) request for Google and Apple Inc (AAPL.O) […]
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Meta, the company formerly known as Facebook, held a presentation today where it announced its rebranding and showed off what it imagines the future of computing will look like — but amid all the fluff, it actually had some interesting tech demos. The first showed off its life-like Codex avatars and an environment for them […]
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Britain’s birth rates are plunging – the number of babies being born has been declining since 2017. In fact, the birth rate has been declining year on year since 2013 and is often linked to the 2008 global financial crisis and the Government’s austerity measures that followed. They led to rising rents, a decline in […]
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