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A devastated family has paid tribute to their “special little star” killed in a horror smash which claimed the lives of four young people. Isabelle Floyd was killed in the crash alongside two other teenagers and a 21-year-old male driver on October 13. As the police watchdog launches an investigation into the smash, the 16-year-old’s […]
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It was always all about the money. No matter what NBA Commissioner Adam Silver was selling. In that regard, the NBA restart in a bubble on the Walt Disney Resort property in Orlando was a success, reports John Lombardo of SportsBusiness Daily: According to sources familiar with the league’s finances, the Disney restart allowed the […]
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Twenty years after the release of the human genome, the genetic “blueprint” of human life, an international research team, including the University of British Columbia’s Chris Overall, has now mapped the first draft sequence of the human proteome. “Today marks a significant milestone in our overall understanding of human life,” says Overall, a professor in […]
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Sometimes Cara Tocci feels like she is living in an underground bunker in a very strange world, like a character from the television series “Lost.” During this very curious moment in human history, Tocci started a new job as vice president of global corporate communications at sneaker and apparel giant Foot Locker. “I’ve never even […]
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The Roku Channel, Roku’s free streaming service that offers thousands of ad-supported titles and 115 live TV channels, is now available to Amazon Fire TV users, the company announced today. And while it may seem odd that The Roku Channel would live on Fire TV devices — Amazon and Roku are direct competitors in set-top-box […]
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Imagine sitting in KFC, tucking into your Bargain Bucket, and looking up to see the future king staring at you through the window. Well, that’s exactly what happened to a group of diners at the Waterloo branch of the fast-food chain. Prince William joined the Duchess of Cambridge to visit one of the 112 community […]
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Since college, Jamal Murray has drawn comparisons to Stephen Curry because of Murray’s ability to score at every level — and his 40.8% shooting from three — which fueled Kentucky. Murray unleashed that scoring potential in NBA’s restart bubble, and he lit up the Los Angeles Clippers. Who does Murray think is the toughest cover […]
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A breakthrough study, led by researchers from the University of California, Irvine, results in the restoration of retinal and visual functions of mice models suffering from inherited retinal disease. Published today in Nature Biomedical Engineering, the paper, titled, “Restoration of visual function in adult mice with an inherited retinal disease via adenine base editing,” illustrates […]
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Netflix Inc will tell investors on Tuesday how the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic affected membership in the third quarter – a period when analysts remain bullish on the company despite the return of live sports and more streaming competition. Shares of the online video pioneer, trading close to an all-time high at $530.79 on Friday, have […]
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Google is planning to build a gigantic new “Downtown West” campus in San Jose, and the company has shared renderings that give an idea of what that space could look like (via CNBC). Google intends to make the approximately 79-acre area feel less like a traditional corporate campus by creating a mixed-use development with office […]
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