Month: December 2024

Excavations by the Kuwaiti-Polish Archaeological Mission at a site in Northern Kuwait’s Al-Subiyah desert have uncovered a bizarre-looking clay head representative of the culture of a prehistoric people who flourished in the region between 5500 and 4900 BCE. With an elongated skull, flat nose, absent mouth, and narrow, squinting eyes, the small sculpture looks well
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These books are just the thing for screen buffs who want to revel in their favorite stories and auteurs, with deeply knowledgeable experts as their enthusiastic guides. 4 modern takes on the eternal quest for self-improvement Humans have been trying to improve themselves since they discovered they had selves that needed improving. As the search
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My Rating ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Rating: 5 out of 5. “Helen of Wyndhorn” Helen Cole has recovered from the wounds sustained battling enemies in the other world, but her return to the fantasy realm her father made famous in his pulp fiction comics has been banned by Barnabas. Even the armory once trusted to her inside the
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Vodafone Idea (Vi) on Monday announced a new artificial intelligence (AI) solution that will proactively detect spam SMS and warn users. The telecom operator highlighted that this network-based system uses both AI and machine learning (ML) technologies to look for potential harmful messages in real time. The company has already conducted an initial test phase
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MONDAY AM: Everything is higher: Disney’s Moana 2 is settling its 5-day at $225.2M, while Universal’s Wicked is coming in at $118.2M, and Paramount’s Gladiator II at $44.3M. Disney 3-day for Moana 2 is $139.7M after a $34.7M Sunday, -31% from Saturday. For a project that was originally destined to be on Disney+, and was
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WASHINGTON — Varda Space Industries secured a $48 million contract from the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory to test military payloads on the company’s reentry capsules.  A California-based startup focused on in-space manufacturing, Varda Space developed a factory-in-orbit spacecraft — a compact, 120-kilogram satellite engineered to produce high-value materials such as pharmaceuticals in zero-gravity conditions.
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Australia proposed a law on Monday that could impose fines of up to AUD 50 million ($33 million or roughly Rs. 279 crore) on global technology companies if they suppress competition and prevent consumers from switching between services. The centre-left Labor government has targeted Big Tech’s influence, and parliament passed a law last week that banned social media for children aged under 16. The proposed law would empower Australia’s competition regulator to oversee compliance, investigate
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No question that the “story” of the day is that it is *groan* Cyber Monday (is this shopping day the last thing, along with the *double groan* Cyber Truck to use “cyber” as a descriptor?). Like I am sure is true with you, I have had dozens and dozens of emails this morning from companies
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Quentin Tarantino, 1995. ph: Claudette Barius / © Miramax/courtesy Everett Collection Generationally, we’re seeing more and more younger audiences resistant to watching older movies, especially older horror movies. The impression seems to be that older movies, despite their best efforts, just aren’t as scary as the newer ones. That’s wrong, of course. There are plenty
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