Negotiators are gathering in Busan, South Korea, this week in a final push to forge a treaty to address the global crisis of plastic pollution. “We must end plastic pollution before plastic pollution ends us,” Kim Wan-sup, South Korea’s minister of environment, said during the opening session on Monday. Led by Norway and Rwanda, 66 … Read more
Planning your will could make or break your family after your death, warns Berkshire Hathaway CEO and legendary investor Warren Buffett. “Father time always wins. But he can be fickle,” the 94-year-old billionaire noted in an unusually candid letter released on Monday. Conversations addressing one’s own death can be a difficult subject to broach. The … Read more
The expensive electronics get all the attention — thousand-dollar phones and $500 tablets. But the supporting players — the cables and batteries and chargers that make our electronics work properly — are just as important. Right now for Black Friday, many of those smaller gadgets are on sale for less than $50. There are even … Read more
November still has its icy grip around the calendar, the festive rush of fixtures has not even begun and the yellow ball is safely locked up. But the Premier League title may already have been decided. Liverpool’s 3-2 victory over Southampton on Sunday afternoon, coupled by Manchester City’s shock 4-0 defeat to Tottenham Hotspur one … Read more
Three men were busted by police in Nashville after an alert citizen called 911 to report seeing the men at the top of the AT&T Building on Sunday. Just before 5 p.m., a witness called police after noticing three men who appeared suspicious on top of the iconic skyscraper that is often referred to as … Read more
Andhra Pradesh is reportedly reviewing government files to determine if it can cancel a power supply contract linked to the Adani Group, whose founder, billionaire Gautam Adani, has been indicted in the United States on bribery charges. State Finance Minister Payyavula Keshav confirmed the review on Monday, a Reuters report claimed, stating the government is … Read more
If you’re new to VPNs or just want basic online privacy without having to contend with tons of gimmicky features, IPVanish is a decent choice. (Disclosure: IPVanish is owned by CNET’s parent company, Ziff Davis.) IPVanish delivers consistent performance across platforms and is mostly effective for streaming. However, my most recent evaluation of IPVanish revealed … Read more
Derek Hough. Disney/Eric McCandless Derek Hough is getting in on the fun of past scenes from Dancing With the Stars going viral. In a video shared via Instagram on Monday, November 25, Hough, 39, reposted a clip of a confessional with season 6 partner Shannon Elizabeth from 2008. (The show no longer has pros and … Read more
Gold prices held above the $2,100 level on Wednesday, near a record peak hit in the previous session as hopes for U.S. rates easing by mid-year mount, while traders awaited remarks on the economy’s health from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell. Uli Deck | Picture Alliance | Getty Images Gold prices lost about 3% after … Read more
Nvidia wants to let you know that your weirdest audio whims are now possible. The company’s latest AI project, along with its AI NPCs and in-game chatbot, is a text-to-audio AI called Fugatto. Like other modles, the Nvidia AI audio can create tracks from a simple description, but this program can also create “sounds never heard before,” such as … Read more