Misplacing your car keys is worrisome, but it’s nothing like the free-fall panic of losing your phone. Hollywood could make a horror movie about somebody just looking for their iPhone XR and going slowly insane. The telephone began to pervade our lives at the end of the 19th century, and then — as you can […]
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A look at what’s happening around the majors today: ON THE BLOCK With the trade deadline set for 4 p.m. ET, the hot stove is brimming with big arms that have long been mentioned in rumors. Madison Bumgarner, Noah Syndergaard, Mike Minor, Zack Wheeler and Robbie Ray are the biggest names that might move. Of
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Boris Johnson said he placed “huge importance” on the letter and spirit of the Good Friday Agreement as he arrived at Stormont. The prime minister will meet with representatives of the main Northern Ireland parties on Wednesday, having already held talks with the DUP on Tuesday. He said he was committed to upholding the 1998
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U.S. and Chinese envoys met Wednesday for talks aimed at ending a tariff war after President Donald Trump rattled financial markets by accusing Beijing of trying to stall in hopes he will fail to win re-election in 2020. The meeting ended about 40 minutes ahead of schedule. Neither delegation spoke to reporters before U.S. Trade
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An unheard album recorded by Miles Davis will be released this autumn, almost 30 years since the jazz legend’s death. Rubberband has been finished by the original producers and Davis’s nephew Vince Wilburn Jr. Davis was one of the most influential, acclaimed and controversial figures in the history of jazz and 20th Century music. The
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve is poised to cut its key interest rate Wednesday to counter what it sees as threats to the U.S. economy ranging from uncertainties caused by President Donald Trump’s trade conflicts to persistently subpar inflation to a darkened global outlook. It will be the Fed’s first rate cut since December
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Director of Disney’s The Lion King, Jon Favreau, has told BBC Click how they created a completely digital 3D environment with 3D digital animals. “We had a full live-action film crew in VR, operating camera equipment as though it was a live-action set,” said Favreau. The crew achieved a documentary look by limiting themselves to
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John Elway is glad he had the chance to return the favor and dedicate a championship to his beloved boss 18 years after Pat Bowlen jabbed the Super Bowl 32 trophy into the San Diego night and hollered, “This … one’s … for … John!” Elway called it the greatest moment of his career, and
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Hi, and welcome to a special post-debate edition of On Politics. I’m Lisa Lerer, your host. Raise your hand if you knew John Delaney was running for president before last night’s debate. Oh, Mrs. Delaney, thanks for reading! The former Maryland congressman may not end up as our next president. But it sure seemed like
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Actress Jameela Jamil branded British media personality Piers Morgan an “irrelevant s**t stain, smeared across our country” on Twitter after he criticized her appearance on the cover of British Vogue. “The Good Place” star is featured alongside 14 other inspirational women on the front page of the magazine’s September issue, titled “Forces For Change” and
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