Josh Miller/CNET The heavily hyped, Andy Rubin-backed Essential phone launched late in August. Now, two months later, its price has been cut from $699 to $499. The news was announced in a Sunday blog post by company president Niccolo de Masi. He said the price cut comes in lieu of the […]
Daily Archives: October 23, 2017
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Flu symptoms include sore throat, coughing and fever, and catching the virus risks complications such as pneumonia and even death. Public Health England and the NHS are encouraging people, particularly those in high-risk groups such as children, the elderly and those with chronic illnesses, to protect themselves by getting the […]
ALBERT Einstein’s secret to happiness has been revealed in 95-year-old notes written in Japan ahead of their auction. In a note given to a courier at the physicist’s hotel room in Tokyo, the Nobel Prize winner shared his hidden secret to a happy life. The note reads: “A quiet and […]
Apple and Samsung will be heading back to court for another damages retrial. CNET Get ready for Apple v. Samsung round number… oh, forget it, we don’t remember, either. Apple and Samsung will head back to district court for yet another design patent infringement trial. Judge Lucy Koh, in an […]
Toys”R”Us offers the Hatchimals Surprise Twin Giraven for $69.95. Coupon code “SAVE15” cuts it to $59.49. With free shipping, that’s the lowest price we could find by $11, although we saw it for $14 less two weeks ago. It includes two hatchimals that tell each other jokes, play games, say […]
Experts say shark attacks are increasing in Australian waters but fatalities remain rare (AFP Photo/) More Sydney (AFP) – An Australian teenager has survived a terrifying encounter with a great white shark, with her harrowing screams alerting her father who was certain it was about to “eat her”. Sarah Williams, […]
TAMPA, Fla. — Romano Whitley had just gotten home on Oct. 11 when she heard it: pop-pop-pop-pop-pop. Whitley believed the sounds were firecrackers, and after peeking out the bedroom window of her home in Seminole Heights, a residential section of Tampa, she thought little more of it. “I didn’t see […]