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When it comes to money, we all love to find little ways to save the pennies here and there – from using store cards to earn vouchers to swapping our energy suppliers to get the best deal. But one man has taken things further than that in a bid to cut the costs around the […]
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Ian WrightOn Sunday’s season finale of Match of the Day, Ian Wright managed (much to the bewilderment of Gary Lineker and Alan Shearer) to mention UK rappers Russ Millions and Tion Wayne, described Leeds United as an “imperial star-fleet coming out of hyperspace” and even voted for a Tottenham player, Érik Lamela, to win goal […]
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Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have developed an algorithm that combines data from a simple blood test and brief memory tests, to predict with great accuracy who will develop Alzheimer’s disease in the future. The findings are published in Nature Medicine. Approximately 20-30% of patients with Alzheimer’s disease are wrongly diagnosed within specialist healthcare, […]
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General Mills Inc said on Friday it would buy Tyson Foods Inc’s pet treats business for $1.2 billion in cash, as the cereal maker builds its pet food portfolio at a time people are increasingly adopting cats and dogs. The deal would add Nudges, Top Chews and True Chews brands to General Mills’ portfolio that […]
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MGM has a storied history that stretches back nearly a full century and a massive catalog to boot. More than 4,000 films including Robocop, Poltergeist, Raging Bull, Rocky, Silence of the Lambs, Stargate, Tomb Raider and James Bond will soon be available on Amazon, in addition to 17,000 TV shows such as Fargo, The Handmaid’s […]
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A man has beaten a billion to one odds after he found two incredibly rare lobsters – at a fishmongers in a landlocked county of Britain. Joseph Lee, 47, is a caterer and was shopping at Makro Wholesale, a cash and carry, when he stopped by the fishmongers to peruse their wares. When there he […]
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Lewis Hamilton believes that every point will be vital in the Formula One title fight this season after a comprehensive defeat by Red Bull at the Monaco Grand Prix. The world champion finished seventh while Red Bull’s Max Verstappen scored his first win in Monaco and in so doing took the lead of the drivers’ […]
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A new study, carried out by the D’Or Institute for Research and Education (IDOR) and the Federal University of ABC (UFABC), has shown for the first time that storytelling is capable of providing physiological and emotional benefits to children in intensive care units (ICUs). The study was published in the Proceedings of the National Academy […]
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A unit of Japan’s Toshiba Corp said on Friday it had been hacked in Europe by the DarkSide ransomware group widely believed to have been behind a crippling fuel pipeline attack in the United States this week WHO ARE DARKSIDE? Experts who have tracked DarkSide said it emerged in the middle of last year and […]
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As someone that grew up in a single-child home, something like this could be really appealing. When playing games as a kid, I often found that games were either too difficult to trivially easy. It wasn’t until I found the PC and got into multiplayer gaming that I really started having a good time competing […]
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