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Google gifts Buddy Pass to Stadia Founder's Edition owners
While Stadia comes in a free version, the Pro subscription offers streaming up to 4K resolution, a growing array of free games and discounts as well as 5.1 surround sound all for $10/month. Without looking a gift horse in the mouth too much- because Stadia is a cool idea, it works reasonably well, and here's a chance to try it sooner - it's hard to see this as much of a "gift" right now. [Full Article...]
Google, Apple and Amazon working together on a new smart home standard
The initiative called " Project Connected Home over IP " could promote more smart home products, making it easier for developers of products ranging from smart refrigerators to voice-activated lightbulbs, who are now forced to choose among various standards. [Full Article...]
Heavy Winds To Batter NI
The Met Office has issued a yellow weather alert for fog in the Wrexham area through the morning. A Met Office spokesperson said: "Strong south-easterly winds are expected to develop during Wednesday afternoon". The warning for rain which covers all of Wales south of Dolgellau will see 30 to 50mm of rain accumulate quite widely between 2pm Wednesday and Friday. [Full Article...]
Google scraps Chrome 79 update over critical data bug
According to Reuters, Google has alerted its partners in Turkey that it will not be able to continue working with them on new Android devices, after the Turkish competition agency has labeled insufficient changes in contracts made by Google. [Full Article...]
Karol Sanchez, girl forced into vehicle on video, found after Amber Alert
Sources told CBS New York that Karol Sanchez confessed that the apparent kidnapping was staged after being reunited with her family on Tuesday. As of right now, Karol won't be charged but police are still looking for the four men involved. [Full Article...]
India's Supreme Court delays hearing citizenship law pleas
Backers of the bill argue that it is meant to help asylum seekers and refugees fleeing religious prosecution from the three predominantly Muslim nations. The government, led by the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), says this will give sanctuary to people fleeing religious persecution. A memorandum was submitted by leaders of opposition parties to President Ram Nath Kovind during th... [Full Article...]
National Weather Service confirms Cenla tornado size
Forecasters said an area of northeastern Louisiana and southwestern MS - where about 1 million people live - had a moderate chance of risky weather. The weather service in Birmingham said it will send out two survey teams to look at damage. No one was in the church when the weather pushed through, said state Sen. [Full Article...]
Seven day local weather forecast for December 15 through December 21
Tonight will be mainly clear and colder with a low of 41 and wind chills in the 30's after midnight. Lows early Wednesday and Thursday will hover around or below the freezing mark. Mostly cloudy and seasonable. "Very cold temperatures combined with brisk winds will result in unsafe winds chill readings as low as 15 to 20 below zero", the National Weather Service said. [Full Article...]
Sydney face à "une urgence de santé publique", selon des médecins
Ce chiffre a même atteint les 80 % le 10 décembre, jour où la qualité de l'air s'est considérablement détériorée à Sydney. "La pollution de l'air en Nouvelle-Galles du Sud est une urgence de santé publique ", alerte ainsi cette Alliance pour le climat et la santé. [Full Article...]
Microsoft Gives Windows 10 Mobile a Little Longer to Live
Microsoft will be pushing out the update, replacing the old Edge, to all Windows 10 users on Windows 10 RS4 (April 2018 Update) and newer. Meanwhile, for those last few stragglers rocking a Windows Phone handset - you've been given a stay of execution - but make sure you get a new phone for Christmas, as you'll be back in the same boat in just over a month. [Full Article...]
Sony’s controller add-on turns any Dualshock 4 into a high-end gaming pad
PlayStation is officially touting the attachment for competitive players on the Sony PlayStation platform, and we'll have to wait a little longer for confirmation on whether this attachment will work across PC. This may seem a odd time for Sony to launch such an accessory, given that the PlayStation 5 is likely less than a year out from release . Why not put the rest of your lazy digits to work w... [Full Article...]
Japan cites progress as talks with South Korea restart
South Korea hit back by removing Japan from its list of preferential trade partners, and, similarly tightened export controls on some of its products bound for Japan. Earlier on Monday, Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga downplayed expectations for any quick solution to the dispute, saying he looked forward to "a comprehensive assessment". [Full Article...]
United Nations urges 'reboot' of refugee response as millions are uprooted globally
The prime minister, who is in Geneva to co-convene the first Global Refugee Forum World, said that Pakistan came into being out of the biggest refugee crisis in the history of mankind. "Take notice of what's happening", he said, adding, "We in Pakistan are not anxious that there will be a refugee crisis but we are anxious that this could lead to a conflict 'a conflict between nuclear armed count... [Full Article...]
Nicola Sturgeon warns Boris Johnson on Scottish independence vote
However Mr Gove told the Sophy Ridge programme on Sky that "we were told in 2014 that that would be a choice for a generation - we are not going to have an independence referendum in Scotland ". "These are just basic statements of democracy". The First Minister recalled that in the 1980s and 1990s, the Conservatives were "adamant there would never ever be a Scottish Parliament", but added tha... [Full Article...]
Former Pakistan army chief given death sentence in high treason case
The ruling Tuesday by a three-judge panel was not unanimous and one of the judges had opposed the death sentence , according to Akhtar Shah, one of Musharraf's lawyers. The Pakistani goverment imposed a travel ban on him, but the measure was lifted in 2016, allegedly to allow the now-76-year-old general to seek medical treatement overseas. [Full Article...]
Global gender equality will take another 100 years to achieve, study finds
While approximately 66.8% of adult women work in the US, they "still struggle to enter the very top business positions", with only 21.7% of corporate board seats filled by women. European countries dominated the ranking, with Iceland holding the top spot and others such as Norway, Finland, Sweden and Ireland placing within the top 10. [Full Article...]
Vitrolles : Une jeune fille de 13 ans meurt électrocutée dans sa baignoire
Un tel drame, si la cause est avérée, ne serait malheureusement pas une première. Une adolescente a été trouvée morte chez elle dans son bain à Vitrolles , en France. Selon l'Observatoire national de la sécurité électrique (ONSE), 40 personnes meurent d'électrocution chaque année en France et on recense environ 3 000 électrisations (choc électrique sans conséquence mortelle). [Full Article...]
Microsoft clarifies that the next Xbox generation is just called ‘Xbox’
The Series X bit is to denote a specific model of next-gen Xbox , with other next-gen Xbox models set to pop up later on down the line. A Microsoft representative explains, "The name we're carrying forward to the next generation is simply Xbox ". [Full Article...]
U.S. envoy Stephen Biegun tells North Korea: 'Let's get this done'
Biegun also had a direct message to Pyongyang: "Let me speak directly to our counterparts in North Korea". Senior North Korean officials have recently said denuclearisation is already off the negotiating table and have threatened to lift a self-imposed moratorium on nuclear and long-range missile tests. [Full Article...]
Police, protesters clash for 2nd consecutive day in Beirut
The clashes rocked a commercial district of Beirut for hours late into the night, and army soldiers closed off some roads. The Lebanese Civil Defence said it had treated 54 people for injuries, taking more than half to hospital. Lebanon urgently needs a new government to pull it out of the crisis. "President Aoun responded to the wishes of (caretaker) prime minister Saad Hariri to postpo... [Full Article...]