Technology
UAE Hired Lobbyists To Promote Itself As Green Energy Hub Ahead Of Cop28
The UAE has spent lavish funds in hopes of promoting itself as a green energy hub. Emirates will be the host of next year’s UN climate conference. Emirates made an announcement last year that the country will be hosting Cop28. A big-name lobbying firm Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld has reportedly been paid $2.85m…
Apple might soon launch its first brick-and-mortar stores in India
According to the initial report, Apple has already begun hiring to fill out its yet-to-be-announced Indian stores. New openings for 12 retail positions, including store leaders, senior managers, Genius Bar employees, and others, can be found in the company’s most recent job postings, which are located in “various locations” across the nation. Although there is…
Learn about 5 surprising health benefits of drinking cinnamon water
Cinnamon is a spice that has been used as a natural medicine and in cooking for centuries. It comes from Cinnamomum trees, which are native to Sri Lanka, Indonesia, and India, and is made from their bark. Cinnamon is a popular ingredient in a variety of dishes, including baked goods, curries, and teas, due to…
South Dakota State defeats North Dakota State to win the first FCS championship
Nearly two decades after the border-state rivals moved together to Division I, a different Dakota is celebrating a national championship. “I continue to reflect on 2004 and wonder how things would turn out. After South Dakota State won its first Football Championship Subdivision title on Sunday, head coach John Stiegelmeier said, “Well, this is pretty…
‘Avatar: The Way of Water’ maintains the top spot at the box office, but “M3GAN” dominates with a $30 million debut
Neve Campbell and Jamie Lee Curtis should go. A new scream queen has arrived in town. The creepy doll thriller “M3GAN,” which stands for Model 3 Generative Android, was released by Universal and Blumhouse this past weekend. It opened to a better-than-anticipated $30.2 million from 3,509 theaters across North America. To date, the film has…
FDA approves Alzheimer’s medication that delayed cognitive decline in clinical trials
Lecanemab, a treatment for Alzheimer’s disease, received an expedited approval from the Food and Drug Administration on Friday. This is the second treatment from Biogen and its Japanese partner Eisai to receive an early green light in less than two years. After clinical trial results that were published in November showed that lecanemab slows cognitive…
NFL approves proposed neutral-site AFC championship game plan
The owners of the NFL have given their approval to a plan that allows for a neutral-site AFC Championship Game and the use of a coin flip to determine which team will have home field advantage in a wild-card game between the Baltimore Ravens and Cincinnati Bengals. Following the cancellation of the Bills-Bengals game on…
HTC releases a stand-alone VR headset
The HTC Vive XR Elite, an all-in-one virtual reality headset designed to compete with the Meta Quest 2, has finally been unveiled by HTC. At Amazon, you can pre-order it right now. Because it is so small, the HTC Vive XR Elite appears to be unlike the majority of gaming VR headsets. Only a few…
Qualcomm releases Snapdragon Satellite for Android, and it’s not just for emergencies
In the fall of last year, models of the iPhone 14 were the first to include emergency satellite connectivity. Android devices obviously wouldn’t be long behind. Snapdragon Satellite, a two-way satellite messaging service that will be available on “next-generation premium Android smartphones,” was unveiled today at CES. A partnership with Iridium, which operates a 66-satellite…
Michael B. Jordan & Aubrey Plaza Debut As Hosts On The Year’s First SNL Shows
Two new hosts will be taking the stage at the start of the new year on Saturday Night Live. The first two shows of the year will be hosted by Aubrey Plaza and Michael B. Jordan, with music guests Lil Baby and Sam Smith. On January 21, the first show back of the year, White…