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Sony Released a Quieter Version of the PS4 Pro Without Telling Anyone

Sony has released an updated version of the PlayStation 4 Pro without bothering to announce it, reports Eurogamer’s Digital Foundry. This new model runs a few decibels quieter than a previously updated version Sony released in 2017, which itself ran a few decibels quieter than the original 2016 model. In testing the new model while […]

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Watch Us Stream Two More Hours of Fallout 76 on IGN Plays Live

The world can’t be rebuilt after a nuclear apocalypse in a day, so we’re heading back into the Wasteland to stream another two hours of Fallout 76, this time on the Xbox One X. Join us as we travel the radiation-lined country roads of West Virginia today, November 19, from 12-2pm PT/3-5pm ET/8-10pm UK (Tuesday, November […]

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Norway to hand back thousands of artefacts taken by explorer from Easter Island

Norway has agreed to hand back thousands of skulls, stone figures, axes and other artefacts taken from Chile’s Easter Island by the renowned Norwegian explorer Thor Heyerdahl.  The gesture will increase the pressure on London’s British Museum to hand over its own ‘moai’ statue from Easter Island.  "This was what my father wanted," Thor Heyerdahl […]

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Strickland, Kauder, Tyra Named MaxPreps/NFCA National High School Players of the Week

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Senior pitcher/first baseman Ashtin Strickland (Santa Fe (Fla.) HS), junior pitcher/infielder Casey Kauder (Caldwell (Texas) HS) and senior catcher/third baseman Courtney Tyra (Desert Christian (Ariz.) HS) have been selected as the MaxPreps/NFCA National High School Players of the Week for games played March 2-8.   South Strickland keyed her team to a […]

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Jussie Smollett may face further legal woes over claims he staged racist attack

Jussie Smollett may face further legal woes over claims he staged a racist attack even after Chicago prosecutors dropped charges against him. Smollett, an actor on the hit US series "Empire", said he was ready to "get back to work and move on with my life" after prosecutors decided not to proceed with the 16-count […]

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U by Kotex Sleek Tampons Recalled In Canada And The U.S.

IRVING, Texas — Kimberly-Clark is recalling regular absorbency U by Kotex Sleek tampons in Canada and the United States after reports of the tampons coming apart upon removal. The American company says that in some cases, tampon users sought medical attention “to remove tampon pieces left in the body.” In a news release posted online […]

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Tokyo Opens Bidding for Sports To Be Added to 2020 Olympics

TOKYO – Japanese Olympic organizers opened the application process on Monday, May 11 for sports hoping to be added to the 2020 Tokyo Games. The Tokyo organizing committe launched a two-stage procedure that gives the host city a chance to add one or more sports to the program.   Baseball and softball, which have been […]

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Xavier Dolan's Long-Awaited 'The Death and Life of John F. Donovan' Premieres At TIFF

Quebec filmmaker Xavier Dolan’s “The Death and Life of John F. Donovan” has had a complicated death and life of its own. Expectations were high for Dolan’s English-language debut film, and his first featuring major Hollywood stars. It was shot in Montreal in 2016, and was initially slated to come out in fall 2017, but […]

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Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe granted rare diplomatic protection by Britain to help secure release from Iran

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, the British charity worker being held in Iran on spying charges, has been granted exceptionally rare diplomatic protection by the UK government in an attempt to secure her release. The decision escalates Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe’s case from a consular matter to a formal legal dispute between Britain and Iran and one that Jeremy Hunt, […]

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Settles, England and Belknap Named MaxPreps/NFCA National High School Players of the Week

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Sophomore Mikaelyn Settles (Harmony (Texas) HS), senior middle infielder Jessica England (Stoneman Douglas (Parkland Fla.) HS) and senior infielder Mallory Belknap (Xavier College Prep (Phoenix, Ariz.) HS) have been selected as the MaxPreps/NFCA National High School Players of the Week for games played March 9-15. South Central Settles clubbed her way to […]

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