Amazon Echo Show 5 smart display coming in June for $90 – CNET
Amazon’s Echo Show 5 has a 5.5-inch screen and costs $90. Amazon Amazon didn’t wait long after Google announced the Nest Hub Max at its May developer conference to introduce its latest smart display, the $90 Echo Show 5. But unlike the 10-inch Hub Max — a direct competitor to the 10-inch second-gen Echo Show — the Echo Show 5…
Boeing CEO says company is working to regain public trust following deadly 737 Max crashes – CNBC
Boeing Chief Executive Dennis Muilenburg speaks during their annual shareholders meeting at the Field Museum on April 29, 2019 in Chicago, Illinois.Jim Young-Pool | Getty ImagesBoeing has to regain the public’s trust that was hurt by two fatal crashes of 737 Max planes since October, the manufacturer’s CEO Dennis Muilenburg said Wednesday.Aviation authorities across the…
Robert Mueller to Make Statement on Russia Investigation – The New York Times
Politics|Robert Mueller Says He’s Resigning and Closing Special Counsel’s OfficeVideoThe special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III, is making his first public comments about the Russia investigation.CreditCreditAl Drago/Associated PressWhat he’s said so far:• Robert S. Mueller III announced his retirement from the Justice Department, ending his two-year appointment as special counsel overseeing the Russia investigation.• “It…
Jenelle Evans’ Husband David Eason Screams ‘You Could Die Right Now’ – TMZ
David Eason, Jenelle Evans ‘You Could Die Right Now’ … ‘You’re a F***ing Piece of S***’ 5/29/2019 6:49 AM PDT Jenelle Evans has lost custody of her kids, largely because her husband, David Eason, has created an abusive environment at home … and this video seems to be evidence of that. We’re told the video…
Huawei asks court to declare US government ban unconstitutional – Engadget
The company also preemptively tried to dismiss claims that there are facts up for dispute. This is a simple “matter of law,” according to lead counsel Glen Nager.A hearing on the motion is due September 19th.This won’t get Huawei off the Commerce Department’s Entities List, which forced US companies to stop doing business with the…
Pokémon Sleep app and new games announced in Tokyo – CNN
Hong Kong (CNN Business)Pokémon thinks we gotta catch ’em all — even in our sleep.Three years after the Pokémon Go craze temporarily boosted Nintendo’s market value, the Pokémon Company on Wednesday revealed a handful of products in Tokyo including an app called Pokémon Sleep. The company shared few details on the app, but said it…
Mitch McConnell says he would seek to confirm a Trump Supreme Court pick in 2020 if a vacancy opened, after he refused to do it in 2016 – CNBC
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) talks to reporters with Senate Majority Whip John Thune (D-SD) (R) following the weekly Senate Republican policy luncheon at the U.S. Capitol March 05, 2019 in Washington, DC.Chip Somodevilla | Getty ImagesSenate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., would seek to confirm a Supreme Court justice if a vacancy opened…
Boris Johnson Is Ordered To Face Accusations That He Lied To The Public – NPR
Boris Johnson must appear in court to face accusations that he lied to the public about the costs of being in the European Union. He’s seen here on Monday, arriving at his girlfriend’s home in London. Peter Summers/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Peter Summers/Getty Images Boris Johnson must appear in court to face accusations…
Apple defends itself against monopolistic App Store claims in new webpage – 9to5Mac
After the US Supreme Court gave the go-ahead for an antitrust case against Apple in regard to its App Store practices, Apple responded with a brief statement. It has now expanded on that with a new webpage entitled App Store Principles and Practices. The company takes a pretty strong line, stating that while it welcomes competition,…
Jared Kushner aims to build support for ‘deal of the century’ with Mideast trip – NBCNews.com
Breaking News EmailsGet breaking news alerts and special reports. The news and stories that matter, delivered weekday mornings.SUBSCRIBEMay 29, 2019, 12:57 PM UTC / Updated May 29, 2019, 1:03 PM UTCBy F. Brinley Bruton and Lawahez JabariLONDON — Jared Kushner is traveling in the Middle East this week to drum up support for President Donald Trump’s long-awaited…
Curry favored to win elusive NBA Finals MVP – ESPN
playStephen A.: Curry worthy of being in world’s best player conversation (1:49)Stephen A. Smith makes the case for Steph Curry as one of the best players in the world. (1:49)10:29 AM ETDoug KezirianESPN CloseSportsCenter anchor Behind The Bets podcast hostGolden State Warriors superstar Stephen Curry is the betting favorite to be named NBA Finals MVP…
What’s causing Mount Everest’s deadly season? Overcrowding, inexperience and a long line to the top – USA TODAY
CLOSE There is basically a traffic jam on the world’s tallest peak. USA TODAYEleven people have died scaling the peaks of Mount Everest this year in a particularly crowded season atop the world’s highest mountain. While government officials in Nepal say bad weather limiting the number of days people can attempt to summit the mountain is to…
The Supreme Court has overturned more than 200 of its own decisions. Here’s what it could mean for Roe v. Wade – CNN
(CNN)As surprising as it might seem, it isn’t uncommon for Supreme Court justices to change their mind. The nation’s high court has overturned 236 rulings in its history, some of which marked sea changes in American society and rule of law. However, it seems remarkable when the case in question is as tightly woven into…
Laptops are getting weird and wonderful again – The Verge
It’s been nearly seven years since Windows 8 first debuted, ushering in an era of weird and wonderful laptop designs. We witnessed the birth of Lenovo’s Yoga laptop, some crazy hinge gymnastics from Acer, and even the early beginnings of Microsoft’s Surface line. While most of the more wacky designs have come and gone, we’re…
Boston Celtics and Los Angeles Lakers will pursue Anthony Davis harder than ever in trade talks – The Bird Writes
Despite whatever drivel you’ve heard out of two major markets, the Boston Celtics and Los Angeles Lakers will both desperately be seeking to make a big splash this offseason; thus, expect the bidding for Anthony Davis to include everything but the kitchen sink once trade discussions heat up — if they haven’t already behind the…
Scientists Find Possible Traces of ‘Lost’ Stone Age Settlement Beneath the North Sea – Live Science
Deep beneath the North Sea, scientists have discovered a fossilized forest that could hold traces of prehistoric early humans who lived there around 10,000 years ago, before the land slipped beneath the waves a few thousand years later. The discovery gives the researchers new hope in their search for “lost” Middle Stone Age — or…
Today in science: Einstein’s triumph | Human World – EarthSky
May 29, 2019, is the 100th anniversary of a total solar eclipse, during which Sir Arthur Eddington observed the bending of light around the sun, thereby proving Einstein’s general relativity theory and catapulting Einstein into rock star fame. One of Sir Arthur Eddington’s photographs of the total solar eclipse of May 29, 1919. Eddington’s observations…
Chicago White Sox staffer throws worst (or maybe best) first pitch ever – Fox News
One of the worst ceremonial first pitches of all time involved an Employee of the Month and an unsuspecting cameraman, and it quickly went viral.Prior to Monday’s game between the Chicago White Sox and Kansas City Royals, the Chicago club invited one of its workers to try her arm at throwing out the ceremonial first pitch. The…
Mandy Moore arrives at Mount Everest base camp… as an 11th person this season – Daily Mail
Mount Everest has proven to be more deadly than usual this climbing season, with an 11th climber falling victim to the mountain’s ‘death zone.’Amid the danger and heartbreak, Mandy Moore has been undertaking a much more manageable trek: up to the mountain’s base camp, where serious climbing parties begin their journey.The 35-year-old This Is Us…
Renault’s message to Nissan: Fiat deal is good for all of us – The Detroit News
Ma Jie and Maiko Takahashi, Bloomberg Published 7:25 p.m. ET May 28, 2019 | Updated 7:48 p.m. ET May 28, 2019Jean-Dominique Senard speaks after being appointed Renault chairman following a meeting of the board held at Renault headquarters in Boulogne-Billancourt, on Jan.24, 2019. Fiat Chrysler on Monday May 27, 2019 proposed a merger with French…
Commentary: Why the US may call a truce in the trade war – CNA
HONG KONG: Dashing hopes of a quick agreement on trade relations with China, US President Donald Trump’s administration has imposed punitive tariffs on another US$200 billion of Chinese goods.Now that the Chinese government has responded with new tariffs on US$60 billion of US products, the United States is threatening tariffs targeting yet another US$300 billion…
Stocks making the biggest moves premarket: Dick’s Sporting Goods, Boeing, Uber, Workday & more – CNBC
Check out the companies making headlines before the bell:Dick’s Sporting Goods — The sporting goods retailer beat estimates by 4 cents a share, with adjusted quarterly profit of 62 cents per share. Revenue beat forecasts as well. Comparable-store sales were flat, better than the forecast of a 1.3% decline by analysts polled by Refinitiv. Dick’s…
Iran ‘almost certainly’ sabotaged ships off UAE, Bolton says – Fox News
U.S. national security adviser John Bolton said Wednesday that ships sabotaged off the United Arab Emirates coast were attacked “almost certainly by Iran” and warned that the U.S. would strike back if attacked.Bolton made the comments to journalists in Abu Dhabi ahead of planned meetings with Emirati officials. His statement echoes Pentagon officials who said Friday that Iran’s…
Kit Harington checks into wellness retreat after ‘Game of Thrones’ finale – CNN
(CNN)”Game of Thrones” star Kit Harington has reportedly checked into a wellness retreat to deal with “personal issues,” after the blockbuster series came to an end. “Kit has decided to utilize this break in his schedule as an opportunity to spend some time at a wellness retreat to work on some personal issues,” a representative…
Lamar Odom “Threatened To Kill” Khloé Kardashian While High On Drugs – BuzzFeed
It’s no secret that Khloé Kardashian and Lamar Odom’s four-year marriage was incredibly tumultuous and eventually ended in divorce in 2016. Ajm / EMPICS Entertainment The pair met and married within a month back in 2009, but things went badly wrong in 2011 when Lamar started abusing drugs and cheating on Khloé. Lisa Maree Williams…
Boris Johnson ordered to appear in court over alleged lies during Brexit campaign – NBC News
Breaking News EmailsGet breaking news alerts and special reports. The news and stories that matter, delivered weekday mornings.SUBSCRIBEMay 29, 2019, 10:37 AM UTCBy ReutersLONDON — Boris Johnson, the favorite to replace Theresa May as British prime minister, must appear in court over allegations he lied to the public about Brexit, a judge ruled Wednesday.The former…
What the M87 black hole and a 1919 eclipse reveal about Einstein – Science News
A century ago, British astronomer Arthur Stanley Eddington and his colleagues photographed a solar eclipse, and changed the way humankind thought about the heavens.Those photographs, taken on May 29, 1919, from Sobral, Brazil and Príncipe Island off Africa’s west coast, affirmed for the first time a key prediction of Albert Einstein’s general theory of relativity:…
Energy drinks may have unintended health risks – CNN
(CNN)Energy drinks may promise a boost, but experts are increasingly concerned that their cocktails of ingredients could have unintended health risks.A study published Wednesday in the Journal of the American Heart Association found that caffeinated energy drinks altered the heart’s electrical activity and raised blood pressure. The extent of these electrical changes — which signal…
Nepal Says Everest Rules Might Change After Traffic Jams and Deaths – The New York Times
Asia Pacific|Nepal Says Everest Rules Might Change After Traffic Jams and DeathsImageClimbers on Mount Everest in 2009.CreditCreditAgence France-Presse — Getty ImagesKATHMANDU, Nepal — After human traffic jams at the top of Mount Everest and an aggressive, unruly atmosphere that has been described as “a zoo,” Nepalese officials said on Wednesday that they were considering changing…
Bruins notebook: Blues refuse to let statistics bring them down – Boston.com
There was a statistic making its way around TD Garden Tuesday morning, about 12 hours after the Bruins overcame an early two-goal deficit to edge the St. Louis Blues, 4-2, in Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final. According to the NHL, 77.2 percent of teams that win the opener in the best-of-seven series go…
Microsoft hints at new modern Windows OS with ‘invisible’ background updates – The Verge
Microsoft still hasn’t officially confirmed the existence of its rumored Windows Lite operating system, but the software giant is dropping some pretty big hints about the future of Windows today. Nick Parker, Microsoft’s corporate vice president of consumer and device sales, appeared on stage at Computex today to detail the company’s vision for a modern…
Australian ‘Egg Boy’ donates $70,000 to Christchurch victims – New York Post
May 29, 2019 | 4:23am Enlarge Image Will Connolly breaks an egg on the head of Senator Fraser Anning while he holds a press conference, in Melbourne AP SYDNEY — The Australian teenager who cracked an egg on the head of a politician for his remarks about the New Zealand mosque massacre has donated almost…
A warming Arctic produces weather extremes in our latitudes – Science Daily
Atmospheric researchers at the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) have now developed a climate model that can accurately depict the frequently observed winding course of the jet stream, a major air current over the Northern Hemisphere. The breakthrough came when the scientists combined their global climate model with a…
Mandy Moore Reaches Mount Everest Base Camp as Death Toll Rises to 11 – Extra
“This Is Us” star Mandy Moore has made it to the Mount Everest Base Camp in Nepal during a deadly year on the mountain. View this post on Instagram There is so much magic in these mountains. They represent adventure in the grandest form and in a language all their own. The idea of standing…
Kit Harington checks into wellness center post-‘Game of Thrones’ – NBC News
Breaking News EmailsGet breaking news alerts and special reports. The news and stories that matter, delivered weekday mornings.SUBSCRIBEMay 29, 2019, 9:46 AM UTCBy Associated PressLOS ANGELES — “Game of Thrones” star Kit Harington has checked into a wellness retreat to work on what his representative says are “personal issues.”A representative for Harington said Tuesday the…
The ‘Forbidden’ planet has been found in the ‘Neptunian Desert’ – Phys.org
Exoplanet NGTS-4b — also known as ‘The Forbidden Planet’ Credit: University of Warwick/Mark Garlick An exoplanet smaller than Neptune with its own atmosphere has been discovered in the Neptunian Desert, by an international collaboration of astronomers, with the University of Warwick taking a leading role. New research, led by Dr. Richard West including Professor Peter…
China or the US? Europe’s ‘impossible choice’ in trade war – South China Morning Post
US President Donald Trump at a welcoming ceremony in Beijing with China’s President Xi Jinping in 2017. Photo: ReutersThe EU is a top trading partner of both China and the US Bloc now in a difficult spot as Trump moves to ratchet up pressure on Beijing Topic | China-EU relations Shi Jiangtao Published: 1:00pm, 29 May,…
Tankers almost certainly damaged by Iranian naval mines, US says – BBC News
Image copyright AFP Image caption The Norwegian vessel Andrea Victory was one of four oil tankers damaged on 12 May US National Security Adviser John Bolton has said “naval mines almost certainly from Iran” were to blame for the damage to oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman earlier this month.Mr Bolton provided no evidence…
Bruins still buzzing over Torey Krug’s instant-classic hit – Boston.com
The first Stanley Cup Final matchup between the Boston Bruins and St. Louis Blues ended with the ‘Flying Orr‘. The rematch 49 years later saw a Superman-like moment of a different kind. Torey Krug’s thunderous, helmetless hit on Blues forward Robert Thomas still has his Bruins teammates and all of the hockey world buzzing less…
R.J. Hampton, 5-star point guard, to forgo college, play professionally in New Zealand – OregonLive
Recruiting Updated May 28, 3:46 PM; Posted May 28, 2:36 PM 5-star PG R.J. Hampton announced his intentions to play overseas in New Zealand on national television, then posted this photo to Instagram By Andrew Nemec | The Oregonian/OregonLive Consensus five-star point guard R.J. Hampton entered the week as the last uncommitted class of 2019…
Australian helicopters targeted by lasers in South China Sea – CNN
Hong Kong (CNN)Australian military helicopters were targeted with lasers during operations in the South China Sea this month.”Some helicopter pilots had lasers pointed at them from passing fishing vessels,” Euan Graham of the Australian Strategic Policy Institute wrote on The Strategist blog, who was aboard the warship from which the aircraft were operating.Graham told CNN…
SpaceX satellites pose new headache for astronomers – Phys.org
In this screengrab taken from a video shot by Marco Langbroek, a group of SpaceX Starlink satellites passes over Leiden, Netherlands on May 24, 2019 It looked like a scene from a sci-fi blockbuster: an astronomer in the Netherlands captured footage of a train of brightly-lit SpaceX satellites ascending through the night sky this weekend,…
Too far? Trump invokes Kim in denigrating Biden – Fox News
For President Trump, his weekend excursion to Japan could have been a welcome respite from the political warfare back home, as he watched sumo wrestling and performed on the world stage.Most presidents used such foreign forays to change the subject. Bill Clinton, in particular, would grow annoyed when reporters halfway around the world would press…
Lamar Odom slept with up to 6 women a week, paid for ‘plenty of abortions’: book – Fox News
Lamar Odom, the former NBA star and ex-husband of Khloe Kardashian, reportedly opened up in his new book “Darkness to Light” about “demons” that tormented him in the past and his empty flings with women in an effort to “fill a void.”Odom said he used to sleep with up to six women a week and…
Feeling ‘burned out’ is now an official medical diagnosis – BGR
Do you ever just feel totally burned out? I don’t mean the run-of-the-mill exhausted feeling we all endure from time to time, I mean really, really burned out? Most of us assume that a feeling of “burn-out” is just one of the many pleasures of modern lives, juggling work, family, friends, and other responsibilities, but…
Godzilla II: King of the Monsters – impenetrable action-adventure – South China Morning Post
A still from the lacklustre Godzilla II: King of the Monsters (category IIA), directed by Michael Dougherty. Entertainment Godzilla returns in this dreary monster thriller, plagued by terrible CGI and rotten dialogue Millie Bobby Brown is the only stand-out in her role as Vera Farmiga’s daughter Topic | American films James Mottram Published: 10:48am, 29 May,…
Malaysia to send back plastic waste to foreign nations – CNBC
Malaysia’s environment minister Yeo Bee Yin (L) shows a container of plastics waste shipment from Australia on May 28, 2019.Adli Ghazali | Anadolu Agency | Getty ImagesMalaysia will send back some 3,000 metric tons (3,300 tons) of non-recyclable plastic waste to countries such as the U.S., U.K., Canada and Australia in a move to avoid…
Asian shares falter, bonds rally on global growth fears – Reuters
LONDON (Reuters) – With no sign Sino-U.S. trade tensions will let up and fears of an Italy-European Union confrontation growing again, the global bond rally accelerated on Wednesday, as investors dumped shares and scurried for the safety of German and U.S. government debt. The German share price index DAX graph is pictured at the stock…
Five Things You Need to Know to Start Your Day – Bloomberg
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Democratic WH hopefuls Bennet, Ryan jab at DNC over debate rules – Fox News
Two of the Democratic presidential candidates gunning to make the first round of presidential debates say it’s too soon for the Democratic National Committee (DNC) to exclude some hopefuls from the debate stage.“I don’t think the DNC should be winnowing the field early in the process,” one candidate, Sen. Michael Bennet of Colorado, told Fox News…
‘Egg Boy’ donates $69,000 to Christchurch Foundation – ABC News
“Egg Boy,” the Melbourne teen who cracked an egg on the head of an Australian senator after his inflammatory remarks about the New Zealand mass shooting in March, said he’s donated almost A$100,000 (about $69,000 U.S.) to the Christchurch Foundation and Victims Support. “For those of you who don’t know,” Will Connelly wrote on Instagram,…
Global recession fears hit stocks, bonds rally – Investing.com
© Reuters. The German share price index DAX graph at the stock exchange in Frankfurt By Sujata Rao LONDON (Reuters) – With no sign Sino-U.S. trade tensions will let up and fears of an Italy-European Union confrontation growing again, the global bond rally accelerated on Wednesday, as investors dumped shares and scurried for the safety…
GODZILLA: KING OF THE MONSTERS Review: Monsters 3, Humans 0 – Birth.Movies.Death.
Horrible at all but the most important thing, and just okay at that. By Evan Saathoff May. 28, 2019 I love Godzilla movies. Even the horrible ones. Truthfully, this is not a great series to begin with. Very few have the moving human characters or interesting plots required to ascend them to great cinema. It’s…
Investigation into Crew Dragon incident continues – SpaceNews
by Jeff Foust — May 28, 2019 A SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft testing its SuperDraco thrusters. The investigation into the April 20 anomaly that destroyed a Crew Dragon spacecraft is ongoing, NASA said May 28. Credit: SpaceX WASHINGTON — More than a month after a Crew Dragon spacecraft was destroyed in a test of its…
SpaceX Serious Satellite Internet – PC Perspective
This Lucky Gerbil Gets To Watch SpaceX Launches LiveThere is a benefit to living in Florida, the chance to watch SpaceX do their thing in person which is what inspired The Tech Report to take a look at SpaceX’s Starlink project. The idea behind this venture is to place thousands of satellites in LEO, somewhere…
Ex-wife of Amazon founder pledges half her $37 billion fortune to charity – KCCI Des Moines
MacKenzie Bezos has promised to give at least half of her fortune to charity, just months after finalizing her divorce from the world’s richest man.The newly minted billionaire has signed the Giving Pledge, which encourages the world’s richest people to dedicate a majority of their wealth to charitable causes, either during their lifetimes or in…
Bolton says Iran ‘almost certainly’ sabotaged ships off UAE – Fox News
FILE: National Security Adviser John Bolton arrives to speak at the commencement for the United States Coast Guard Academy in New London, Conn. (AP)U.S. national security adviser John Bolton said on Wednesday that ships sabotaged off the United Arab Emirates coast were attacked “almost certainly by Iran.”Bolton made the comments to journalists in Abu Dhabi ahead of…
MediaTek Announces 7nm 5G With Cortex-A77 CPU, Mali-G77 GPU Coming – AnandTech
by Andrei Frumusanu on May 29, 2019 1:30 AM EST Posted in Mobile SoC MediaTek 5G Today MedaTek is making quite an unusual announcement: The company is the first to announce a SoC with an integrated 5G modem. Even more interesting is the fact that the new silicon is the first announced design to employ…
Huawei Ramps Up U.S. Legal Challenge, With the Media in Mind – The New York Times
Business|Huawei Revs Up Its U.S. Lawsuit, With the Media in MindImageSong Liuping, Huawei’s chief legal officer, at a news conference at the company’s headquarters in Shenzhen, China, on Wednesday. “The U.S. government has provided no evidence to show that Huawei is a security threat,” he said.CreditCreditJason Lee/ReutersSHANGHAI — Huawei is ramping up its legal challenge…
Rivers makes lofty comparison between Kawhi and Jordan – NBCSports.com
Programming note: Watch the NBA Finals pregame edition of Warriors Outsiders on Thursday at 4 p.m., streaming live on the MyTeams app. On June 25, 2015, the Warriors selected Kevon Looney with the No. 30 overall pick in the NBA Draft. Less than two months later, Looney underwent surgery on his right hip. He ended up appearing in five games…
Australia’s ‘egg boy’ donates $70,000 to Christchurch victims fund – CNN
(CNN)The Australian teen dubbed “Egg Boy” for smashing an egg on the head of a far-right politician on camera says he will donate 100,000 Australian dollars ($69,000) to the victims of the Christchurch mosque attacks.Will Connolly gained international prominence after egging Australian Sen. Fraser Anning, who had blamed the massacre on immigration policies that “allowed…
‘Godzilla: King of the Monsters’ Stomps Into Box Office as ‘Aladdin’ and ‘Rocketman’ Duel – TheWrap
“Aladdin” exceeded box office expectations with a $112 million Memorial Day weekend, but its lasting power in theaters will be challenged as the next two weekends will be loaded with new releases that will cater to family and musical-loving audiences that served as the Disney remake’s core demographic. But the film projected to take No.…
news Antonio Brown talks building camaraderie and a sound foundation during OTAs Jon Gruden and Mike – Raiders.com
Jon Gruden and Mike Mayock traded for Antonio Brown in March knowing he would provide an elite level of production, and a work ethic that would inspire and help the Oakland Raiders elevate their game.In the two months, he’s been a member of the Silver and Black, the head coach/general manager duo was spot on…
Axios PM – May 28, 2019 – Axios
Good afternoon. Today’s PM is 497 words.1 big thing: The Giving Pledge snags a BezosIllustration: Aïda Amer/AxiosMacKenzie Bezos is part of the latest tranche of billionaires to sign on to the Giving Pledge, which commits participants to giving away at least half of their fortunes.Why it matters: Bezos is estimated to be worth more than…
Jessa Duggar and Ben Seewald welcome third child – Page Six
May 28, 2019 | 2:14pm Enlarge Image Jessa Duggar and Ben Seewald with their children Henry (right) and Spurgeon TLC/Theseewaldfamily.com/ Jessa Duggar and Ben Seewald have three kids and counting … Ivy Jane SeewaldTLC/duggarfamily.comThe “Counting On” couple welcomed daughter Ivy Jane Seewald at their Arkansas home on Sunday, Page Six has confirmed. The baby weighed…
11 dead on Mt Everest in one of the worst seasons on record – Guardian News
433K Want to watch this again later? Sign in to add this video to a playlist. Sign in Like this video? Sign in to make your opinion count. Sign in Don’t like this video? Sign in to make your opinion count. Sign in Published on May 28, 201911 people have died in their attempts to…
Kit Harington, Jon Snow from Game of Thrones, has reportedly checked into a Connecticut rehab facility. – Slate
Kit Harington attends a Game of Thrones Season 8 screening in Ireland. Charles McQuillan/Getty Images British actor Kit Harington, who played Jon Snow on Game of Thrones for the last eight years, reportedly checked into a rehab facility in Connecticut for treatment of stress and alcohol problems, Page Six reports. One of Harington’s friends told…
Intel’s gaming laptop prototype is a dual-screen PC with a point – Engadget
ASUS might have beaten the chipmaker to the punch with its ZenBook Pro Duo — and that’s here, too — but Intel’s own design was arguably a better sales pitch for dual-screen laptops.So let’s take a look at this laptop. Yes, despite what it looks like unfolded, this is still a laptop. The prototype design…
Business Live Wednesday 29 May – BBC News
Got a TV Licence?You need one to watch live TV on any channel or device, and BBC programmes on iPlayer. It’s the law.Find out moreSummaryGet in touch: bizlivepage@bbc.co.ukLive ReportingBy Dearbail Jordan and Bill WilsonAll times stated are UKPosted at 7:327:32US-China trade tensions weigh on oilGetty ImagesCopyright: Getty ImagesOil prices fell by more than 1% on…
China Is Receiving An Enhanced Version Of Pokémon Quest – Nintendo Life
Includes social and verse features by Liam Doolan 4 hours agoAt last year’s 2018 Pokémon video game press conference, The Pokémon Company announced Pokémon Quest for Nintendo Switch and mobile devices. The game was released on the Switch on the same day and eventually rolled out on mobile devices in June. Now, one year later,…
Huawei asks U.S. court to declare defense bill ‘unconstitutional’ – Investing.com
© Reuters. Huawei’s Chief Legal Officer Song Liuping leaves after a news conference in Shenzhen By Sijia Jiang HONG KONG (Reuters) – China’s Huawei Technologies Co Ltd has filed a motion for summary judgment in its lawsuit against the U.S. government, in the telecoms equipment maker’s latest bid to fight sanctions from Washington that threaten…
Blind, autistic singer earns season’s first golden buzzer on America’s Got Talent – NBC4i.com
(Photo by: Trae Patton/NBC) Copyright 2019 Nexstar Broadcasting, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. (Photo by: Trae Patton/NBC) (WCMH) — A singer and pianist from California received Gabrielle Union’s golden buzzer on Season 14 of America’s Got Talent. Kodi Lee, 22, of Lake Elsinore, California performed Donny Hathaway’s ‘A…
Durant travels with Warriors to Toronto ahead of Finals – NBA.com
Kevin Durant will miss his sixth straight game when the Golden State Warriors open The Finals on Thursday against the Toronto Raptors. OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Kevin Durant is traveling with the Golden State Warriors to Toronto for the first two games of the NBA Finals, leaving open the chance he could be ready to…
Every single county in Oklahoma is under a state of emergency – CNN
Take a look at this state map put out by the Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management. It shows the counties that are under a state of emergency because of historic flooding. There are 77 counties in the state and every one of them is under the declaration.The Department of Emergency Management says it’s because of…
If You’re a Zillionaire Neat Freak, iRobot’s New Roomba and Mop Bot Are a Dream Come True – Gizmodo
The iRobot Braava jet m6 and the Roomba s9+Photo: Victoria Song (Gizmodo)While most home robots never see much success with consumers, iRobot’s made a nice little niche for itself with its Roombas. Today, the company is announcing its most advanced bot to date—the Roomba s9+: A self-emptying, room-memorizing cleaner that also costs a whopping $1,300…
Did ancient supernovae prompt human ancestors to walk upright? – Science Daily
Did ancient supernovae induce proto-humans to walk on two legs, eventually resulting in Homo sapiens with hands free to build cathedrals, design rockets and snap iPhone selfies? A paper published today in the Journal of Geology makes the case: Supernovae bombarded Earth with cosmic energy starting as many as 8 million years ago, with a…
‘America’s Got Talent’: Soulful singer with autism draws cheers, tears and a golden buzzer – USA TODAY
CLOSE Season 14 of NBC’s “America’s Got Talent” will premiere Tuesday with a two-hour episode at 8 p.m. EDT/PDT. America’s Got Talent, NBCSpoiler alert: This story contains significant details from Tuesday’s season premiere of NBC’s “America’s Got Talent.”Musician Kodi Lee captivated “America’s Got Talent” judges and its audience Tuesday with an inspirational story and a…
Asian shares falter, bonds rally on global growth fears – Reuters
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Asian shares sank on Wednesday and bonds rallied as investor sentiment soured over growing worries about world growth with trade tensions between Washington and Beijing showing no signs of easing. FILE PHOTO: A passerby walks past in front of a stock quotation board outside a brokerage in Tokyo, Japan, May 10, 2019.…
Not Sure If You’re Burned Out at Work? These Are the 3 Tell-Tale Signs You Should Look For – POPSUGAR
If you’ve ever experienced a bad day at work, your performance was lackluster, you were focused on everything else but your job, and felt exhausted, you’re not alone. In a 2018 study of 7,500 full-time employees, Gallup found that 23 percent of employees reported feeling burned out at work often or always. Additionally, 44 percent…
Jessa Duggar Gives Birth to Baby No. 3 With Husband Ben Seewald – Entertainment Tonight
The Duggar clan keeps growing!Jessa Duggar and husband Ben Seewald welcomed their third child together, a baby girl named Ivy Jane Seewald, on Sunday. The Duggar family shared the wonderful news on their website on Tuesday, as well as shared the first photo of the latest addition to the Counting On bunch.”Ivy Jane Seewald was welcomed…
Holy Crap! Avengers: Endgame Might Beat Avatar – Collider Live #143 – Collider Videos
Streamed live 13 hours agoIt’s Tuesday at Collider Live and we’re talking about…well the same thing we’ve been talking about for the last few weeks, Avengers: Endgame! So apparently the movie is getting closer to passing Avatar’s worldwide total and you know what that means: Everyone’s gonna take credit for predicting this! Who predicted it…
Nine Takeaways From BottleRock 2019 – SFist
by Katie SweeneyFor many people, Memorial Day weekend means one thing: BottleRock Napa Valley. Over 120,000 people flooded downtown Napa for the seventh edition of the annual music and food festival, presented by JaM Cellars. The three-day festival featured headliners Santana, Mumford & Sons, Neil Young, Pharrell Williams, and Imagine Dragons. And although Sunday started…
Huawei calls on Washington to ‘halt illegal action’ against the company – CNN
Shenzhen (CNN Business)Huawei is pressing on with its lawsuit against the United States, challenging the constitutionality of a US law banning federal agencies from buying its products.The embattled Chinese tech firm said Wednesday that it wants Washington to “halt illegal action” against it, calling US restrictions on Huawei an attempt to put it out of…
The Rise Of Roomba And iRobot – CNBC
Published on May 28, 2019Since its release, Roomba has become synonymous with robot vacuums. Worldwide sales of consumer robots reached $5.6 billion in 2018 and that’s in no small part thanks to iRobot and the Roomba. But in order to stay at the top of the market, iRobot has launched even more cleaning robots.» Subscribe…
Intel’s beautiful dual-screen concepts show what laptops could be in 2 years – CNET
Intel has changes in store for laptops. Daniel Van Boom/CNET Laptops have gotten thinner and smaller, but their basic design hasn’t really radically shifted. Intel thinks that will change within two years. At Computex 2019, the chipmaker brought several proof-of-concept devices that show what laptop makers like Asus, Dell and HP can do with its tech. The…
Defensive Magic Johnson blasts ESPN’s Lakers report head-on – New York Post
May 28, 2019 | 10:33pm | Updated May 29, 2019 | 1:30am The ESPN spotlight shined on a defensive Magic Johnson Tuesday night, as the former Lakers club president was left to answer for countless allegations laid out in an explosive exposé published on its website earlier that morning. “Do you think (Lakers owner) Jeanie…
SpaceX satellites pose new headache for astronomers – Yahoo News
1 / 2In this screengrab taken from a video shot by Marco Langbroek, a group of SpaceX Starlink satellites passes over Leiden, Netherlands on May 24, 2019 (AFP Photo/Marco Langbroek)Washington (AFP) – It looked like a scene from a sci-fi blockbuster: an astronomer in the Netherlands captured footage of a train of brightly-lit SpaceX satellites…
Pokemon Go Snorlax is Now Sleeping – Future Game Releases
Home > News > Pokemon Go Snorlax is Now Sleeping Dejan Kacurov May 29, 2019 News Trainers, Snorlax’s spawn rate increased and you can find Snorlax sleeping at the moment. The Normal-Type Pokemon from Gen 1 Snorlax has fallen asleep in Pokemon Go and it seems like no one can wake it up. If Snorlax…
Pokemon Sleep Is Actually a Pokemon Game You Play While You Sleep – IGN
Play Pokemon while you sleep! By Adam Bankhurst Pokemon Sleep is a new app/game for smart phones that “tracks a user’s time sleeping and brings a gameplay experience unlike any other!” This new mobile app for iOS and Android devices will allow players to “wake up with Pokemon every morning” and aims to “turn sleeping…
‘AGT’ by the numbers: Gabrielle Union and Julianne Hough are the 10th/11th ‘America’s Got Talent’ judges across 14 seasons – Gold Derby
WARREN TODA/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock and John Salangsang/REX/Shutterstock Throughout its now-14 seasons on the air, the judging panel at “America’s Got Talent” has gone through many different facelifts — but hey, this is Hollywood after all. For the current cycle, which debuted May 28 on NBC, the reality TV show welcomed Gabrielle Union and Julianne Hough alongside returning…
Divisions among leaders as EU’s ‘Game of Thrones’ begins – Al Jazeera English
Brussels, Belgium – First it was the votes, and now it’s the Game of Thrones. As the dust settles on the result of last week’s European Parliament elections held across the European Union’s 28 countries last week, alliance-building discussions have begun in Brussels for the appointment of the bloc’s tops jobs. Leaders of all EU…
Wichita, Kansas News, Weather, Sports – Large tornado Touches down near Kansas City – KAKE
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) – The Latest on tornadoes in the Midwest and Plains states (all times local):9 p.m.The Kansas City International Airport has temporarily suspended flights and moved people from the terminals to parking garage tunnels for shelter because of storms passing through the area including tornadoes.Passengers were in parking garages for about an hour…
CrossFit Leaves Facebook – The Wall Street Journal
It seems that Facebook’s army of editors—and the algorithms that police expression on the social media network—have been particularly busy lately. And it’s not just political speech getting caught in the Facebook filter. On Thursday Facebook published its latest “Community Standards Enforcement Report,” covering the last quarter of 2018 and the first quarter of 2019.…
Mexico Charges Former Oil Official With Bribery in Anticorruption Drive – The New York Times
ImagePresident Andrés Manuel López Obrador of Mexico at the National Palace in Mexico City last week. His administration has launched its first major anticorruption prosecution, charging the former head of the state-run oil company.CreditCreditHenry Romero/ReutersMEXICO CITY — The administration of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador of Mexico has launched its first major anticorruption prosecution, delivering…
Opinion: Brazil’s Prison Violence Sends Dire Message – NPR
Family members of inmates wait and pray in front of the Puraquequara prison in the city of Manaus, the capital of northern Brazil’s Amazonas state, on Monday. Dozens of inmates were killed in four jails in northern Brazil on Sunday and Monday, authorities said, in the latest wave of violence to rock the country’s severely…
‘Teen Mom 2’: Barbara Evans Ironically Sticks up for Jenelle at Reunion, Months Before Their Bitter Feud Reignited – The Cheat Sheet
Jenelle Evans must have known that her life on Teen Mom 2 was coming to a close because she was sure to bring all the drama she could to the reunion special. The mother of three has spent nearly a decade on MTV’s docuseries that follows the lives of several women who became mothers as…
‘Pokémon Go’ gamified walking, so now ‘Pokémon Sleep’ scores your naps – Engadget
Latest in Gaming The next ‘Detective Pikachu’ game is headed to Nintendo Switch 2h ago View Pokémon Home cloud service connects games across platforms 2h ago View ‘Pokémon Go’ gamified walking, so now ‘Pokémon Sleep’ scores your naps 3h ago View What’s on TV: ‘Archer: 1999,’ ‘Always Be My Maybe’ and ‘Good Omens’ 4h ago…
Pokemon Home Announced for Nintendo Switch and Smartphones – IGN
The evolution of the Pokemon Bank will be compatible with Sword and Shield By Jonathon Dornbush The Pokemon Company announced Pokemon Home, which is meant to bring all Pokemon together throughout players’ journeys, wherever they play, including integration with Pokemon Sword and Pokemon Shield. Planned for an early 2020 launch for iOS and Android devices,…
What the Bruins had to say about reuniting with their former Cup winning teammates – Boston.com
June 15, 2011. A day that lives on in Bruins lore. Only five members from that Stanley Cup squad remain in 2019: Zdeno Chara, Patrice Bergeron, Brad Marchand, David Krejci, and Tuukka Rask. Steven Kampfer also served as one of the extra defensemen during the historic run that saw the Bruins become the first team…
Amash battles MAGA supporter over impeachment during town hall – Fox News
Rep. Justin Amash, R-Mich, clashed with a MAGA hat-wearing constituent during a town hall on Tuesday over his support for the impeachment of President Trump.Amash has made headlines in recent weeks for his lengthy Twitter threads laying out his argument for impeachment based on the Mueller Report. His latest tweetstorm took aim at Attorney General William Barr…