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Comet Leonard has been dazzling the night sky before Christmas
Comet Leonard, which last passed by Earth 80,000 years ago, has been dazzling the night sky in the days leading up to Christmas, and there are only a few days left to observe it before it vanishes forever. In a spectacular animated sequence of photographs from Friday to Sunday, the imager onboard the Solar Orbiter,…
Xiaomi will release its next flagship phone on December 28
Xiaomi has officially announced the release date for its Xiaomi 12 smartphone series. The Xiaomi 12 phones, which have been the subject of much conjecture, will be unveiled on December 28, the same day as the Mi 11 series was unveiled to the globe last year. In total, four phones are scheduled to be released…
How to see, pause, or delete your YouTube history on a computer or mobile device
Every video you see on YouTube is saved. There are some strong reasons to do so: you can easily locate and rewatch or share a video you recently watched by checking your watch history. YouTube also makes better suggestions for new content based on your viewing history. This function, however, is completely under your control.…
NHL will not participate in the Olympics due to COVID-19 outbreak
Multiple sources told ESPN that the NHL and the NHL Players’ Association had agreed not to compete in the 2022 Winter Olympic men’s hockey competition in Beijing. After NHL players did not compete in the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, the NHL and NHLPA negotiated Olympic participation in 2022 and 2026 into the…
LG’s ‘first gaming laptop’ features an RTX 3080 graphics card and 11th Gen Intel CPU
The LG UltraGear 17G90Q is the company’s “first gaming laptop,” according to LG. The 17-inch laptop is powered by an Intel Tiger Lake H CPU and an Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Max-Q graphics card, with up to 32GB of RAM and 1TB of storage options. Although the company has a history of producing laptops, its…
Apple is working on a 15-inch iPad to challenge with Amazon’s Echo Show 15
Mark Gurman of Bloomberg published his monthly Power On newsletter today, in which he examined how Apple lags behind its competitors in the smart speaker market. According to Consumer Intelligence Research Partners (CIRP), Apple controls only 5% of the smart speaker market. Amazon has a massive 69 percent share of the smart speaker market, followed…
Disney and YouTube TV reaches deal to restore ESPN, ABC and FX channels
Today, Disney and YouTube TV announced a deal to bring back over a dozen Disney-owned channels to Google’s internet TV streaming service. The revelation comes after the two sides failed to reach an agreement before their contract ended on Friday, and customers were notified that they would lose access to ESPN, Disney, FX, and other…
Gabriel Boric, a 35-year-old leftist, wins election as Chile’s next president
After winning a presidential runoff election on Sunday, leftist and former student leader Gabriel Boric, 35, will become Chile’s youngest president since the country’s return to democracy in 1990. Boric received 55.87 percent of the vote with 99.95 percent of ballots counted, defeating his right-wing opponent, Jose Antonio Kast, who received 44.13 percent, according to…
Paul Maurice has resigned as head coach of Winnipeg Jets
After nine seasons as head coach of the Winnipeg Jets, Paul Maurice announced his resignation, citing “the law of diminishing returns” as the reason for his resignation. Before Friday night’s home game against the Washington Capitals, assistant coach Dave Lowry has volunteered to serve as the team’s interim head coach for the remainder of the…
Some NFL games will be delayed due to the Covid outbreak
The National Football League announced on Friday that three games will be cancelled this weekend owing to an increase in Covid-19 cases among players and as the virus’s new omicron strain spreads across the country. The NFL’s decision, which is the first postponement of professional football games this season, comes as the NHL announced it…