Feelings of anxiety and helplessness may be consuming millions of people these days. If you are experiencing these feelings, you are not alone. Stress in the time of a pandemic can be overwhelming and make you feel inadequate. The kids may be driving you crazy. You may think that other people are more successful than…
Tom Hanks and his wife Rita Wilson have both tested positive for the coronavirus. The actor is in Australia filming the movie Elvis. He reportedly began feeling tired and unwell, and thought he had a cold. His wife Rita also reported having mild chills which they assumed was the common cold. In an abundance of…
Presidential candidate Joe Biden significantly expanded his delegate lead with three big wins in Michigan, Missouri and Mississippi tonight, bringing the future of the Sanders campaign into question. Strengthening his path to the nomination, the former VP’s wins made a statement of who Democrats feel will beat Donald Trump in the General Election. A Democratic…
If you thought it couldn’t happen here, you were wrong. And for New Yorkers who are as tough as they come and can handle pretty much anything, Coronavirus hitting the State hard may have many residents seriously bracing themselves. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo called it “a matter of Life and death” as he declared…
Abel and Ola Osundairo, the brothers who allegedly attacked Jussie Smollet, seem to have taken a new turn in career choice. The two fitness buffs and would be actors have decided to go into the comedy business to showcase their acting abilities. The new move, sources say, is an attempt to re-enter the showbiz industry…
The lack of women nominees for Best Director category at this year’s Academy Awards in February made waves, with Greta Gerwig’s (Little Women) perceived snub causing quite a bit of heartburn all around. It is true that only five women have ever been nominated and only one – Katheryn Bigelow (The Hurt Locker) – has…
TSmart vending machines are common sights across Japan, a country where jidohanbaiki dispense everything from beer to sake and from batteries to magazines. Some of these machines are able to develop relationships with shoppers, and this is something that is clearly lacking in the United States, a market that is ripe for revolution in automated…
A week before Super Tuesday, presidential candidate Bernie Sanders may have thought he would be taking a victory lap in Vermont as a precursor to taking front-runner control of the Democratic Party. Instead, Joe Biden earned the moniker “the comeback kid” once so aptly applied to Bill Clinton way back in 1992. In a superior…
The use of artificial intelligence and facial recognition technology has sprung numerous debates related to privacy. In some countries, face recognition is used for mass surveillance purposes. Such is the case in China, where you cannot get a new SIM card for your smartphone unless your face is scanned. In the case of technology startup Clearview AI,…
If you’ve ever watched the 1995 Michael Crichton movie “Outbreak” it may have given you the shivers, but think how glad you must have been, safely tucked away on the couch as you watched people succumb to a viral attack on screen. Or perhaps you remember a more recent “viral” movie based on the 2003…
On November 7th, former VP Joe Biden defied the odds and prevailed after a protracted battle for the white house, defeating Donald Trump to be elected the 46th president of the United States. President-elect Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris made history as the oldest president, and the first female vice president elected. Jubilation was…
No, it’s not the loonies, it’s balloons! In rural areas in Africa, internet service is still somewhat of a rarity, leaving many Africans disadvantaged. According to a 2019 report, only 28 percent of Africa’s 1.3 billion people have internet access. A new partnership between Google and Telkom Kenya is seeking to change that. Using a fleet…
The United States Postal Service will celebrate its 50th anniversary next year, but this independent agency of the federal government will face its biggest challenge in history within the next three months. As a result of the coronavirus pandemic of 2020, the USPS will play a crucial role in the way the elections are conducted.…
For the first time in the history of the United States, a woman could be elected to the second-highest political office. California Senator Kamala Harris welcomed the nomination for VP on the Democratic ticket in a moving acceptance speech at the DNC convention. Biden’s VP pick was filled with anticipation as well as with a…
