• iPad vs iPad Pro: What’s the difference between Apple’s tablet ranges?

    The iPad and the iPad Pro are two different tablets for two very different types of people, but what’s the difference between them and which is best for your needs? Apple's iPad collection is much more vast than it once was, with a handful of iPad variants tailored to different needs and requirements. Take the iPad Pro, for example; it offers the very best tablet tech Apple has to offer, including support for high-end accessories, advanced screen tech and blisteringly fast processing...

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    Housing minister mocks Doug Ford’s concerns with fourplexes. Here’s what happened at Ontario’s Queen’s Park this week

    Canada’s housing minister openly mocked Ontario Premier Doug Ford on social media Friday over his concerns over fourplexes. Throughout the week, the premier has made it clear that he does not support a provincial mandate to build fourplexes in residential neighbourhoods—something that both the Ontario Housing Affordability Task Force and the federal government have recommended. Later, he clarified he was just against four-storey “towers.” “You have to differentiate between putting four...

  • Derry’s St Mary’s is Ireland’s Choir of the Year!

    The choir celebrated on stage of the magnificent RDs Concert Hall singing a triumphant rendition of ‘The Undertones’ standard, Teenage Kicks. The choir, under the direction of Emma-Jayne Kelly and accompanied by Trevor Burnside won the two- part Youth choir, were placed second in The Alice Yoakley Cup and won the overall Folen’s Publisher Award Cup and £3000 for the "School Choir of the Year 2024". Miss Kelly described the whole experience as “a fantastic day for Derry as Thornhill College also...

  • Ollie Watkins told he’s playing his way out of being Harry Kane’s England back-up and it’s Ivan Toney’s time to shine

    Ollie Watkins’ chances of booking a plane ticket for Euro 2024 could be ended on Tuesday night. That’s according to Arsenal great Perry Groves, who expects Ivan Toney to play and shine agains

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    Could Everton’s Jarrad Branthwaite Make The Difference For England?

    Everton defender Jarrad Branthwaite has made a big impact in the Premier League this season, but should he start for England at Euro 2024?

  • Why ‘Top Chef’s New Season Looks So Different

    'Top Chef' uses Kristen Kish's arrival as co-host to suggest it's entering

  • Reflecting on four years — The pandemic’s impact and adaptation

    JOPLIN, Mo. — Spotting COVID-19 using A.I. - it's the latest way to track it down according to researchers at Johns Hopkins University. This is as we hit the four-year mark for the pandemic, the latest change in the new normal. "We had to close on a Sunday. I don't normally work Sundays, but I []

  • Today’s top business headlines: Sam Bankman-Fried’s sentencing, Apple’s $490 million settlement, and a conversation with Delta’s CEO

    A new chapter in the Sam Bankman-Fried saga: On Friday, federal prosecutors asked a New York judge to sentence the founder and former head of cryptocurrency exchange FTX to between 40 and 50 years in prison. They cited claims that Bankman-Fried participated in a “historic fraud” and cost customers and investors at least $10 billion as the rationale behind the hefty jail time. Bankman-Fried’s lawyers have argued that five or six years behind bars would be appropriate, maintaining that he’s not an...

  • Why are Britain’s rules around advertising alcohol and tobacco so different?

    The long-running series in which readers answer other readers’ questions on subjects ranging from trivial flights of fancy to profound scientific and philosophical conceptsWhy is alcohol advertised openly in the UK, without pictures on the packaging highlighting the medical effects, for example, when tobacco is treated so differently? John Fisher, by emailPost your answers (and new questions) below or send them to [email protected]. A selection will be published next Sunday. Continue reading

  • Gap’s iconic logo hoodie is about to look a little different

    Gap’s logo is looking a little different. The retailer is replacing its iconic three-letter logo with a different three-letter-logo (“PAL”) as part of its new collaboration with the London skatewear brand Palace. The reimagined logo hoodie is one piece in a new ’90s-inspired collection with Palace that mixes and matches the collaborator’s branding across 55 pieces that include varsity jackets, oxford shirts, windbreakers, and socks. Some of the items swap out the “P” in Gap’s standard serif...

  • Marriages in the U.S. are back to pre-pandemic levels, CDC says

    U.S. marriages have rebounded to pre-pandemic levels with nearly 2.1 million in 2022. That’s a 4% increase from the year before. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released the data Friday but has not released marriage data for last year. In 2020, the first year of the Covid-19 pandemic, there were 1.7 million U.S. weddings — the lowest number recorded since 1963. The pandemic threw many marriage plans into disarray, with communities ordering people to stay at home and banning large...

  • After the pandemic, young Chinese again want to study abroad, just not so much in the U.S.

    In the Chinese city of Shanghai, two young women seeking an education abroad have both decided against going to the United States, a destination of choice for decades that may be losing its shine.