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What the Trump administration’s forthcoming rule expanding access to “junk” plans will mean for consumers

Republican Debbie Lesko defeated Hiral Tipirneni in Tuesday’s special election. But Democrats did well enough to stay excited about their midterms chances.

Wi-Fi networking is poised for a major update: The transition from 802.11ac to 802.11ax promises a modern networking hub that can cope with the burgeoning number and diversity of wireless devices that need access to your broadband connection.

Node.js 10.0.0 has been released, and will become the platform’s Long Term Support (LTS) line in October 2018. As the LTS line, it will be supported for three years.

Alex Henthorn-Iwane is vice president of product marketing and Ameet Naik is technical marketing manager at ThousandEyes. 

More than 20 years ago, Sun Microsystems’ co-founder Bill Joy offered up an insightful thought: “No matter who you are, most of the smartest people work for someone else.” This thought eventually became known as Joy’s Law, and today its applicability is only compounded by the sheer vastness of the tech industry.

The FIH Replacement Disciplinary Commissioner has concluded a disciplinary proceeding against the President of the FIH, Dr Narinder Dhruv Batra, regarding a Facebook post on 19 June 2017 on his personal account in which English law enforcement authorities were accused of acting in an inappropriate manner in relation to the summoning of Indian player Sardar Singh during the Hero Hockey World League Semi-Final London 2017. Dr Batra regrets his actions and has publicly apologised for his emotional statement. Читать дальше...

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan junior hockey team will be put through a training camp here at the Naseer Bunda Hockey Stadium from April 27 to prepare for their tour to Poland in July this year. The Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) has called up 41 players to report on April 27 at the Allama Iqbal Hostel of the Pakistan Sports Board in Islamabad. The main emphasis during the camp will be on physical conditioning for tours abroad in near future for which negotiations are going on. A spokesman for the PHF... Читать дальше...

India had fielded a relatively young team, with several regulars like Sardar Singh, Ramandeep Singh and Birendra Lakra dropped in favour of younger players.

It is learnt that Hockey India is upset with the erratic performance of the men’s team, which failed to qualify for the final for the first time since 2010. (Source: PTI)

IN the dock after a disappointing fourth-place finish at the Commonwealth Games, senior players have told Hockey India that the team would not have looked... Читать дальше...

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Limited players on the field, shorter playing area and also shorter periods of play times provide earnest coaches their space to chart their own glory. Yes, we are talking about about hockey's new avtar HOCKEY 5's. The Asian Youth Olympic Qualifier that has just started in Bangkok's Rang Sit complex TODAY will provide new stars and new vistas. That is not going to be just players but also coaches, for many of whom Hockey 5's is a news challenge, unknown territory and an area... Читать дальше...

This IT pilot fish has spent the past year and a half helping his company's clients prepare for the European Union's upcoming General Data Protection Regulation, and with a month to go, it's been smooth sailing -- mostly.

Everybody wants to go to Hogwarts. That's a fact.

With Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, you can finally live that dream.

Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery launches Wednesday on iOS and and Google Play, putting players in the shoes of a first year Hogwarts student as you get sorted into a house, cast spells, take classes, meet new students and iconic professors, and work your way all the way up to year seven. It's the entire Hogwarts schooling experience presented for the first time through... Читать дальше...

This post is part of Mashable's Spring Cleaning Week. Just a little something to distract you from the eternal dread of constantly wiping all those fingerprints off your screen. 

Soap, slime, sand: These are the mediums of choice for the current crop of young ASMR creators on Instagram.

They say there's an app for everything, but finding the best one isn't always easy.

We may not have reached the age where we can drive flying cars just yet, but that doesn't mean the age of AI isn't already here. You've probably been encountering AI-driven things more than you realize. 

A father shot in the course of a heated family argument in Għargħur last week has since forgiven his son, a court heard on Tuesday.  Steven Azzopardi, 31, has pleaded not guilty to charges of attempted homicide related to the incident. When the hearing before magistrate Yana Micallef Stafrace kicked off, Peter Azzopardi, father of the accused and victim of the shooting incident, declared under oath that he had since forgiven his son and had no intention of testifying against him. This declaration... Читать дальше...

Three local artists who adapted and continued their craft despite vision impairment exemplify the mission of the Sight Center of Northwest Ohio.

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• Roger Federer's consistent quality in men's tennis is a shining example to other players in the sport.
• That's according to former major tennis champion Francesca Schiavone, who says women should mimic Federer's aggression.
• Even Rafa Nadal is being encouraged to play like Federer.
• Nadal's uncle and former coach Toni Nadal says he wishes his nephew hit the ball like the Swiss.

Young tennis players are being encouraged to mimic... Читать дальше...

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• Exclusive research commissioned by Business Insider has found that ethnic minority politicians receive disproportionate amounts of abuse on Twitter compared to their white colleagues.
• Data scientists at Evolution AI studied more than 3 million tweets sent to British members of parliament from the beginning of 2017 to March 2018 and flagged tweets containing obscenities, aggression, and rude language.
• All politicians receive abuse but the data showed... Читать дальше...

DURBAN - The Cape Chamber of Commerce and Industry has launched a marketing initiative to help businesses market themselves better.

When Hillary Clinton was informed by her campaign manager Robby Mook that she had lost the 2016 election, she said, “They were never going to let me be president.” In an essay adapted from her new book, Chasing Hillary, New York Times reporter Amy Chozick traces the story of how she came to realize that by “they,” Clinton also meant reporters like her. “They were Facebook algorithms and data breaches. They were Fake News drummed up by Vladimir Putin’s digital army. They were shadowy hackers who... Читать дальше...

An unnamed woman, a Canadian writer approaching forty, has finally settled down with a wonderful man—her “soulmate,” as she sometimes calls him. Miles is beautiful. He supports her work. He makes her dinner. He buys her lilacs and waters them when they start to wilt. They have filthy, excellent sex. Miles also has a pre-adolescent daughter, a child from a previous relationship, and has come to believe that parenting is “the biggest scam of all time.” “You never know what you’re going to get,” he explains. Читать дальше...

Last March, Russian President Vladimir Putin posed for a photo beside a large Arctic glacier. Later, he asserted his country’s claim to the oil underneath it. “Natural resources, which are of paramount importance for the Russian economy, are concentrated in this region,” he said in remarks to Russian state media. Without supporting evidence, Putin claimed that $30 trillion worth of black gold lay beneath his country’s portion of the Arctic. Oil companies from other countries would be welcome to help extract these reserves... Читать дальше...

A major insurer has joined the pothole debate by urging motorists to take extra care as prolonged harsh weather and limited highway maintenance programmes are taking their toll on countryside routes.