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(NewsNation) — Members of Congress oftentimes do better at beating the stock market than professional fund managers. About 20% of them beat the S&P 500 last year compared to just 10% of fund managers who have beaten it over the past 10 years. NewsNation’s Leland Vittert said the lawmakers make Warren Buffett look like a “rank … Read more

It’s over for Windows Mixed Reality. In an update to a list of deprecated Windows features, Microsoft added Windows Mixed Reality, along with the accompanying Mixed Reality Portal app and Windows Mixed Reality for Steam VR. The company says Windows Mixed Reality is “deprecated and will be removed in a future release of Windows.” Microsoft … Read more

There are times when other customers browsing the malls in Gifu city, Japan, seem to wonder why Kenneth Gongon Watanabe is buying so many items, and why he is talking so energetically on his phone. But the goods in his trolleys – which can range from hoards of shoes and anime socks, to stacks of … Read more

(The Hill) — Schools are finding creative ways to stop students from using their cellphones during the day, fueling debates about the effectiveness and wisdom of such bans.  Some schools have partnered with companies to implement the use of pouches that students are required to put their phones into at the beginning of the day … Read more

What is an “arthouse” movie in the age of streaming? The term’s origins define it by where it isn’t: showing at your mainstream cineplex. While (like “indie”) it’s just as often a marker of aesthetic or ambition, that pragmatic distinction has faded as more films get their first run online. But in a world where … Read more

It is a terrifying statistical fact that if you have a roomful of friends and relatives gathered at Christmas, you are only ever 20 minutes away from someone suggesting Trivial Pursuit. Don’t become a victim this year – have an alternative ready. Here are my 12 board games of Christmas, some of which I’ve played, … Read more

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — A cute coyote made headlines this fall when it was caught on camera enjoying a nap in one San Francisco home’s pristine backyard. The young male “couch coyote” spent a quiet November morning snoozing on an outdoor couch until an animal control officer encouraged him to move on. A new article … Read more

If rumors are to be believed, we’re less than a month away from the launch of Samsung’s latest flagship smartphones, the Galaxy S24 range. Over on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, leaker Evan Blass has shared what appears to be an early look at a countdown to the next Galaxy Unpacked that says … Read more

PlayStation 5, Xbox, Nintendo Switch, PCA game about the importance of cooking and the immigrant experience, in which we see vignettes of the daily life of a family who have emigrated from India to Canada. The mother uses food to keep herself and her son connected to their homeland and as a distance grows, perhaps … Read more