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Jets head coach Adam Gase has heard plenty of calls for his head this season and, given how many Jets fans hoped to land Trevor Lawrence, that number may go up after Sunday’s 23-20 win over the Rams. The win allows the Jets to avoid an 0-16 season, but it knocked the Jets out of […]
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For the first time, researchers have provided physiological evidence that a pervasive neuromodulation system—a group of neurons that regulate the functioning of more specialized neurons—strongly influences sound processing in an important auditory region of the brain. The neuromodulator, acetylcholine, may even help the main auditory brain circuitry distinguish speech from noise. “While the phenomenon of […]
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GoDaddy CEO Aman Bhutani often returns to a question his parents asked him as a child – one that is especially applicable now. “‘How do you ride a tiger?’” asked Bhutani, 44, a native of New Delhi. “The answer is: You ride a tiger on its neck. And the reason is that if you ride […]
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BioWare has dropped a surprise teaser for its next Mass Effect game, which is still in the early stages of development. The trailer isn’t subtle. It begins with a long zoom from outer space back into a familiar-looking galaxy – while another, presumably Andromeda, is left on the horizon. We hear radio messages from Earth, […]
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It’s a Merry Clickmas as Santa goes online from the North Pole. Father Christmas and his helpers are elf-isolating meaning many grottos are shut due to Covid-19. But the big man is trying to talk to as many children as possible by zoom, phone and on video calls and he has this year recruited lots […]
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Chiefs rookie running back Clyde Edwards-Helaire was injured late in the fourth quarter, and it did not look good. On a 4-yard run with 5:15 remaining, Edwards-Helaire’s left leg got trapped underneath him and bent awkwardly in the pile. Edwards-Helaire appeared in a great deal of pain. The LSU product was carried off the field […]
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The first of millions of doses of Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccine were being prepared Saturday for shipping to locations across the United States, a top official said, hours after it was authorized for use in the hardest-hit country in the world. The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced late Friday that it had granted emergency […]
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U.S. banks would have no longer than 36 hours after finding a cybersecurity breach to flag the issue to their regulators, under a new rule proposed Friday. The proposal from U.S. banking regulators would direct banks to notify their primary regulator as soon as possible after a breach is discovered that could impair services or […]
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Super Meat Boy Forever comes out on the Epic Games Store this month, Team Meat has announced. The sequel to the brutal but brilliant Super Meat Boy launches on 23rd December on Epic’s digital store. There’s no word on other platforms – Epic has timed exclusivity on this one. Super Meat Boy has Meat Boy, […]
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The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have been accused of inadvertently breaking coronavirus rules after being pictured with Prince Edward and his family at a public attraction. William and Kate took their children Prince George, seven, Princess Charlotte, five, and Prince Louis, two, to the festive Luminate woodland walk at the Queen’s estate of Sandringham. […]
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