On a sunny afternoon this January, south Lantau’s Cheung Sha Beach was quiet, with few people other than a couple sunbathing by the trees, another strolling along the sand. Slowly, a yacht approached from the southeastern horizon and rode the breeze to within a couple of hundred metres from shore. Out dropped an inflatable kayak,…
Simon Stone, chief football news reporter The images of Rodri out on the first-team training pitches, running, turning and kicking the ball, will gladden the heart of every Manchester City fan. Even the sun came out. Manager Pep Guardiola has played down talk of an imminent return to action and evidently, there is a long…
There’s a new Priority Notifications feature in iOS 18.4 to ensure important messages and alerts get prominent Lock Screen placement. But a different feature entirely was added in a recent iOS update—‘Critical Messages’—that enables apps to send your iPhone highly important messages via SMS. Here’s how it works. New messaging feature involves very specific parameters…
Billionaire businessman Jeff Bezos is ready to send another group of passengers into space, and a Warped Tour alum is going to be onboard. Why Is Jeff Bezos Sending People Into Space? What happens when you can buy anything you want on Earth? You travel to space. The founder and former CEO of Amazon started space…
Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email Moments after saying he wished to be remembered as a “peacekeeper,” Donald Trump launched into a blistering admonishment of Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky to his…
Microsoft is pulling the plug on Skype, the pioneering Internet telecommunications and video call platform it bought nearly 14 years ago for $8.5 billion. “We will be retiring Skype in May 2025 to focus on Microsoft Teams (free), our modern communications and collaboration hub,” already used by hundreds of millions of people at work, school and…
WASHINGTON — On a recent cold day in February, Virginia resident Raymond Fong sat outside the Tysons Corner mall for nearly two hours on a stool he brought from home to wait in line for a taste of milk tea from a new China-based beverage business. China’s popular fruit and milk tea chain, Heytea, is…
Reactions to an extraordinary Oval Office clash between US President Donald Trump, Vice President JD Vance and visiting Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday laid bare America’s political divisions on the grinding three-year conflict between Ukraine and Russia. Democrats accused Trump and Vance of doing Russian leader Vladimir Putin’s “dirty work” after they berated Zelensky…
According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control, heart disease is the No. 1 killer of men and women across most ethnic and racial groups. In 2022, it accounted for 1 in 5 of all U.S. deaths. Image for illustration purposes Mega Doctor News – Advertisement – By Indiana University Newswise — According to the U.S. Centers for…
Change is the only constant in the tech world, and recently, that change has manifested in Microsoft’s decision to retire Skype. By May, the familiar blue icon will fade, replaced by the more robust Microsoft Teams. This isn’t just a simple software swap; it’s a reflection of how we communicate today. For those who’ve…