In this article NYT This photo illustration shows a person playing online word game “Wordle” on a mobile phone in Washington, DC on January 11, 2022. Stefani Reynolds | AFP | Getty Images The New York Times is acquiring Wordle, an online game that shot up to popularity seemingly overnight. The move highlights the importance
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For weeks we’ve been told to “wait for Sue Gray” but as soon as her report landed it was clear that judgment day was delayed. The 12-page “update” noted failings in leadership and concluded “some events should not have happened”. But it has nowhere near settled this whole sorry saga. As Ms Gray put it
Boris Johnson is heading to Ukraine where over the border more than 100,000 Russian troops are gathering – as he fights for his premiership after the publication of the Sue Gray report. The prime minister will hold talks with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Kyiv in a show of support for Ukraine as tensions on the
Wordle, an online word game which has seen a surge in popularity recently, has been bought by The New York Times. The deal, which saw the media company take over running the game from creator Josh Wardle, was for “an undisclosed price in the low seven figures”. Wordle sees players try and guess a five
A US judge has asked for Prince Andrew’s former assistant, Robert Olney, to give evidence as part of the civil sex assault case brought by the duke’s accuser Virginia Giuffre. Court documents reveal Judge Lewis A Kaplan has written to both the Senior Master of the Queen’s Bench Division and the Australian attorney general to
If you don’t yet own a solid string trimmer, then it’s time to finally add one to your yard care routine. String trimmers can put the finishing touches on a yard and choosing today’s deal will net you the ability to enjoy both a gas- and oil-free experience thanks to its 80V battery. Plus, it’s
A woman shovels her car out of the snow during a major snowstorm on Jan. 29, 2022 in Stony Brook, New York. Andrew Theodorakis | Getty Images After a few months of winter and two major snowstorms pounding much of the eastern U.S. in January, many Americans may be realizing they’re in for elevated heating
Internal messages have revealed a Boeing worker wouldn’t let his own family on a 737 MAX. The Boeing 737 MAX was mocked by an employee as being “designed by clowns” more than a year before the first of two fatal air crashes, it has emerged. SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel for more videos: http://www.youtube.com/skynews Sky
CNN’s Michael Smerconish discusses the controversy surrounding Sarah Palin dining out in NYC after she tested positive for Covid-19. #CNN #News
In this article 6758.T-JP A gamer plays the video game ‘Destiny 2’ developed by Bungie Studios and published by Activision during the ‘Paris Games Week’ on October 31, 2017 in Paris, France. Chesnot | Getty Images Sony Interactive Entertainment has agreed to acquire privately-held video game developer Bungie for $3.6 billion, adding to a flurry
8:00 AM ET BACK IN 1997, when I was in my second year with the Cubs, I vividly recall watching batting practice when Mark McGwire stepped in the cage for the Cardinals. It was awesome. I saw how far the ball flew, and, like so many of us, I suspended disbelief. It was like watching
Tesco has revealed that its Jack’s discount store experiment is to end, with seven of the 13 stores to be closed down completely, and that it is to shut down deli counters at hundreds of other sites. The UK’s biggest supermarket chain launched the Jack’s brand – named after its founder Jack Cohen – in
9:30 AM ET On this date in 2019, the St. Louis Blues were a .500 team that had given up 10 more goals than they had scored. They were outside the playoff picture, struggling to turn their season around under interim coach Craig Berube. They were also about to embark on an 11-game winning streak,
Rihanna is pregnant with her first child, new photographs of the star show. The singer-songwriter was pictured displaying her bare baby bump while out in New York with her rapper boyfriend A$AP Rocky. Despite freezing temperatures in the city, Rihanna can be seen wearing her bright pink coat open at the bottom, with nothing on
On 1 February 2021, Myanmar’s military seized power in a coup. Many democratically elected politicians including the country’s de-facto leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, and President U Win Myint were detained. Others fled or were forced into hiding. The military regime said concerns of widespread electoral fraud in the 2020 vote was the reason it
A British woman found guilty of lying about being gang-raped in Cyprus has won her appeal to overturn the conviction at the country’s Supreme Court, her lawyers said. The then 19-year-old, from Derby, was given a suspended four-month jail term in 2020 after a judge found her guilty of public mischief following a trial. The
“They can have Rogan or Young. Not both.” This was reportedly the ultimatum to Spotify from Neil Young, over the streaming platform’s deal with US podcaster Joe Rogan. Grammy-winning, multimillion-selling rock legend or the host of one of the most popular podcasts in the world? The row, which has dominated music industry headlines, is all
NASA’s Hubble telescope is known to capture spectacular glimpses of spatial objects as it is placed strategically and has an unrestricted view of the universe. It recently released an image of a group of three galaxies, collectively known as NGC 7764A. Placed in the constellation Phoenix, these galaxies are about 425 million light-years from the Earth.
I recently had an exclusive opportunity to visit Lucid Motors’ powertrain manufacturing and AMP-1 facilities and test drive a Lucid Air Dream Edition (Performance). Inside and out of my detailed tours full of manic note scribbling, I had tons of time to mingle with members of the Lucid team, from manufacturing employees at AMP-1, to
It would be “insane” for Russia to invade Ukraine — but that scenario is “not impossible,” says former Prime Minister of Sweden Carl Bildt. “A big invasion might not be the most likely, but it’s not impossible” given that Russian President Vladimir Putin has used military power against Ukraine in the past, said Bildt, who