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The jam-packed showcase that Xbox/Bethesda just had for E3 2021 was appropriately all about the games. It was reveal after reveal and trailer after trailer. The emphasis for Xbox going forward seems to be to underline the platform as an ultimate game hub, with an avalanche of new titles being made available on a regular basis. While this may ensure there is never a dull moment for consumers of Xbox content, there is a problematic side to the approach as well....

Over-Ear Headphones Over-ear models are probably the first thing you think of when you hear “headphones.” They’re larger and feature cups or cushions that surround your entire ear. The cushions are usually made of foam and come covered in various materials, including leather or suede. Noise-canceling is a popular feature for this type of unit. It comes in two types: passive and active. Passive noise-canceling means that the cups themselves block outside noise by both insulating with their filler material and forming a tight seal over your ear....

In the past, The Match has featured established golfers that are either playing solo against another or are teamed up with an athlete. In 2022, it will be Tom Brady and Aaron Rodgers teaming up against Josh Allen and Patrick Mahomes. This will be the third appearance in The Match for Brady, who has twice paired up with Phil Mickelson, and it will be the second appearance for Rodgers, who beat Brady and Mickelson in 2021 when he was teamed up with Bryson DeChambeau....

One of the few things HBO’s boxing department has done in recent years that has been universally praised is the showcasing of the sport’s smallest-in-stature fighters, particularly the 115-pound super flyweight division. Saturday at The Forum in Inglewood, Calif., Superfly 3 will take place. In 2017, “HBO Boxing After Dark” shined a light on the division, rather than placing it on the undercard of a heavier weight class’ slate. It’s only fitting that the main event features someone who has been on all three of Tom Loeffler’s 360 Promotions Superfly cards — Juan Francisco Estrada....

Which is the Best Trading App? If you are wondering about what are the best trading apps for iOS, we have listed below six of them:- Schwab Mobile– This is one of the best stock market apps available for iOS devices. There are no minimum balance requirements, no commissions for ETF or stock trades, and no recurring fees. It allows all kinds of investment including requirement and taxable accounts. It also provides support for common investments outside of the stock market....

Heretics like Rinke are still rare, but their ranks are growing. For months the used-car superstores have been the auto industry’s hottest story, and Saint Wayne has been lionized as the smartest automotive mind since Henry Ford. Now comes some revisionist thinking. Researchers at R.L. Polk say the superstores have overestimated the size of the used-car market by up to 50 percent. Wall Street seems to be having second thoughts, too....

Daredevil is a character who has heightened senses thanks in large part to his lack of sight. He may not see what he faces during patrols of Hell’s Kitchen in New York City, but his awareness is off the charts. Being so grounded in humanity as a character, the narrative potential of Matt Murdock’s crime-fighting escapades is endless. Mechanically, he could show off the PlayStation 5’s haptic feedback in a way that doesn’t feel gimmicky or half-hearted....

At one point, Weitz decided it was too steep. In 2004, Peter Jackson, who directed New Line’s previous fantasy trilogy, “The Lord of the Rings,” to 17 Academy Awards and more than $3 billion at the box office, invited Weitz down to New Zealand for a one-week crash course: Blockbusters 101. Jackson was directing “King Kong” at the time, and Weitz soaked up everything he could. Jackson also offered advice for dealing with New Line since his own relationship with the studio had soured....

However, one can also observe a group of young kids, decked in shorts and loose shirts brawling on a rectangular-shaped space of mud, sweating under the sweltering heat in an approach to emulate the stars of the Pro Kabaddi League. One such youngster, who tried his hand at nipping out wickets but then slowly shifted to the fast-paced game of kabaddi is Gujarat Fortune Giants’ left corner defender Sachin Vittala, who has slowly but steadily also managed to flood the Fortune Giants’ Instagram account with numerous pictures of him in action as well....

In a clear effort to mute such criticism, last week the bishops named Kathleen McChesney–the No. 3 official at the FBI and the agency’s highest-ranking woman–to head their newly created Office for Child and Youth Protection. The announcement came just three days after the new plan was unveiled. McChesney says she’ll work with the bishops to ensure abuse complaints are handled according to church guidelines. But the devil, as they say, is in the details....

Funko introduced the first Pop Vinyl figurines in 2010, being simple recreations of iconic characters with giant heads, large round eyes, and blocky bodies. Since then, Funko has expanded the Pop line to encompass almost every franchise someone could think of, making the figures more detailed while keeping their staple giant heads and large eyes. Funko has become an integral part of collector culture and almost everyone knows someone who has at least one....

By most accounts, the combination of Quaker and Snapple should make for a smooth blend. Snapple, founded as Unadulterated Food Products in 1972, brings to the table a knack for developing tantalizing flavors. It revolutionized the beverage industry in 1987 by introducing the first ready-to-drink iced tea to be brewed hot instead of mixed from cold concentrate. It also made a name for itself with such concoctions as Mango Madness and Kiwi Strawberry....

Wednesday’s 2-0 triumph over Saint-Etienne secured Monaco’s first Ligue 1 title since 2000 and the celebrations appeared to have rumbled on to Roazhon Park as the squad emerged for the warm-up with their hair sprayed in the club colours. Jardim and his staff also got in on the act with some dashes of red and white face paint, with the head coach’s cheeks still daubed as he reflected on a match where Brazilian trio Fabinho, Jemerson and Jorge – the latter on his full Ligue 1 debut – were all on target....

Talk of a potential Grand Theft Auto 4 remaster has been circulating the internet, and while the origins of the rumor are dubious at best, it would make sense for Rockstar games to give Grand Theft Auto 4 a proper touch-up. Not only is the timing right coming off the momentum from Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy - Definitive Edition and hype for any Grand Theft Auto 6 news, but it would also give Rockstar a chance to address some of the biggest complaints about Grand Theft Auto 4....

Washington has always been a town where politicians’ midlife crises are uncomfortably played out in public (paging Messrs. Condit, Clinton, Gingrich, et al)–but who expected it from stable old Al Gore? Yet there it was, staring out from page A14 of Friday’s New York Times: Al Gore sporting a new beard. And not just any kind of beard, mind you, but a scraggly, salt-and-pepper, chick-magnet, Ted Kaczynski kind of beard (which, come to think of it, might be appropriate, given how Gore has been a virtual hermit since he finished teaching his “journalism” class at Columbia in May)....

Today, fans of both actors are reveling in a bizarre anecdote shared by Rogen about his sometime co-star and friend, involving a massage prank. Taking to Twitter on July 5, Rogen, 39, of Bad Neighbors fame, randomly shared a story of an encounter he had with Rudd, 52, in Las Vegas. “Once I was in the spa in a hotel in Vegas getting a massage,” Rogen tweeted. “When I finished I turned over and to my shock Paul Rudd was massaging me....

If Elian had wandered across the U.S. border from Canada or Mexico, he would have been sent right back to his sole surviving parent. Instead, he became a hot international issue the moment he was found bobbing in an inner tube off the Florida coast on Thanksgiving Day, one of three survivors of a sinking that had drowned his mother, her boyfriend and nine other escaping Cubans. On both sides of the Straits of Florida, the boy quickly became a political symbol....

Abercrombie likely sets the “tone” of the world, while Sanderson sets its “texture.” Isaac Asimov’s Foundation series could be a bit of both “tone” and “texture” with its science fiction focus on political philosophy which explores why civilizations rise and fall, and the best form of governance for societies. RELATED: Destiny Could Have Been a Fantasy Looter Like Godfall Joe Ambercrombie’s The First Law Series To understand what Joe Ambercrombie and his The First Law series is to fantasy, and what it may mean as an influencing factor in Godfall, it is important to have an understanding of the sub-genre “grimdark fantasy” in its most contemporary context....

Like the minister in Hawthorne’s story, who alienated his flock, his friends and his fiancee by donning a veil for no apparent reason, Moody is obsessed with what’s hid-den: what’s hidden in the past, what we hide from friends and loved ones, what we hide from ourselves. A lot of “The Black Veil” is spent turning over rocks, spilling secrets, “because I was like the guy with the veil, or he was like me, or at least the idea of the veil connected that time back in the early history of the nation to me getting out of the [rehab] hospital....

Sometimes, when you install a freebie software on your machine, other software too gets installed without consent. That’s when you might have adware, pop-ups on your Mac. To check for the signs of infections, look out for these: Advertisement every now and then on the website blocking your way. Redirected to a different page instead of the page requested. Fake Pop-ups on browser asking to update the third party software....