NPD’s March sales numbers for North America have been released and there were few surprises. On the software side, God of War III had a strong debut with 1.10 million units sold. Not to be outdone, the Nintendo DS had two Pokemon titles in the top five with Pokemon SoulSilver selling over a million copies, and Pokemon HeartGold moving 761,000 units. Looks like the Pokemon brand is still a license to print money....
Among the recent developments that have ratcheted up the pressure: the New York State Department of Financial Services is reportedly opening a probe into the NRA’s now-defunct Carry Guard insurance product, which purported to insure gun owners when they kill another individual. The NRA is believed to have pulled the product after inquiries by regulators in several states. Now New York’s financial regulator is taking a second look, according to The New York Post....
Newsweek spoke with several NSO Group external human rights advisors who have worked on the company’s new human rights framework, introduced in recent years amid concerns about the privacy implications of Pegasus. NSO and its advisors told Newsweek that the recent reports suggest its human rights and customer vetting processes may need reviewing or strengthening, but dismissed any suggestion of a moratorium on Pegasus use and sales. Pegasus is malware that can infect a smartphone and transform it into a surveillance device, accessing and activating its microphones and cameras without a user knowing....
The new polling, released Wednesday by CNBC/Change Research, showed that just 42 percent of likely voters said they will probably or definitely get the vaccine when it is first made available. That’s down from 58 percent—a drop of 16 percentage points—from when the same question was asked by CNBC/Change Research in July. The survey polled 1,430 likely voters and has a margin of error of plus or minus 2.6 percentage points....
The Premier League side roared back from a goal down to lead 3-1 by the break in Portugal, with Raul Jimenez, Matt Doherty and Adama Traore on target – the latter two strikes coming 81 seconds apart. But Braga maintained their grip on top spot in Group K courtesy of second-half goals from Paulinho and Fransergio. The point ensured Wolves’ qualification for the last 32 with a game to spare and Nuno was particularly delighted for the sizeable travelling contingent....
Date: 31 October 2020 Tournament: Astana Open 2020 Round: Semifinals Venue: Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan Category: ATP 250 Surface: Indoor hardcourt Prize money: $273,345 Match timing: Not before 4 pm ALMT, 3.30 pm IST Live telecast: USA - ESPN / Tennis Channel Frances Tiafoe vs John Millman preview When 22-year-old American Frances Tiafoe moved into the top 30 of the rankings last year, it seemed like he was set for bigger things....
This means more people want to build PCs for gaming, too, but the best graphics cards out there have been so hard to get. NVIDIA says that it doesn’t look like it’ll get any easier anytime soon. NVIDIA Says GPU Demand Continues to Exceed Supply NVIDIA recently held its first investors meeting for the 2022 fiscal year, where Chief Financial Officer Colette Kress discussed the GPU shortage that’s plagued the market for the past several months....
According to a recent report, the end of miners using graphics cards to farm for cryptocurrency may not come about until possibly the middle of next year. This means that, for many, sourcing a new Nvidia or AMD, or perhaps even the upcoming Intel, product is going to be borderline impossible, unless people are willing to pay extortionate prices. This latest development is down to Ethereum, with the company looking to move away from the current standard of power and hardware-intensive mining....
A recent report indicates that Nvidia will be doubling the price of its GeForce Now service to reflect the increased popularity of it. It seems as though its Founders Tier will be making way for a new Priority tier, which will cost around $10 per month as opposed to $5. As the name suggests, this tier will give paying customers priority access to its gaming servers, and will include extensions to login sessions, which will see play sessions stretching from one to four hours....
On Twitter Wednesday morning, Giambra mentioned a whole host of issues for his decision to exit the GOP, including the party’s attitudes toward the National Rifle Association, former President Donald Trump and “extreme thinkers who are unwilling to accept different points of view.” “I cannot stand with party leaders who double down in their support of the NRA after yet another mass shooting; who applaud the decision to take away a woman’s right to choose & who encourage the elimination of LGBTQ rights; & who still believe that Donald Trump is their president,” he posted on Twitter....
“We’re entering a time of uncertainty and we could either plateau here or our cases could get out of control,” Hochul said at a press conference on Friday. She told reporters that the mandate was implemented after increasing infection and hospitalization rates. The mandate will be in effect from December 13 to January 15 and could be reimplemented after evaluation. Hochul took the time to also acknowledge previous warnings she gave regarding COVID-19 and prevention protocols....
The more than 150 year-old oak tree has kept centre stage since the park was made into a sports ground in the late 1940s, in the coastal town of Orissaare on the Island of Saaremaa. The tree remains despite an attempt by two Soviet tractors to pull it down. The cables broke, the tree stood strong. The oak, which is about 15 metres high, won the European Tree of the Year vote in 2015 with over 50,000 votes....
The Oakland coach announced Monday he will team up with nine of the best coaches in college basketball to raise money for cancer research after two of his players lost parents to the disease in the last year. MORE: Why not stay with Calipari, UK stars? | Still learning from Skip | Petco Park set for hoops clash “The best thing I have going for me is the people I know,” Kampe said, according to Yahoo!...
“Organizations and certainly front offices are more a part of it now, and you have to understand that,” Melvin said Tuesday after winning his third manager award. Melvin won the American League honor after leading the Athletics to the playoffs despite the lowest opening-day payroll in the major leagues. Atlanta’s Brian Snitker won the National League award following a surprising first-place finish, a reward for a 63-year-old baseball lifer who has spent 42 seasons with the Braves....
Borrowing a few lines from the Seahawks safety, who was in attendance at the dinner, he rattled off a speech that sounded pretty familiar.
Speaking on a virtual fundraiser call last night, Obama said the “energy” on the streets was not an assurance of victory, and could still fail to result in “real change” being enacted. The former president also said Biden supporters had to guard against being “complacent or smug” heading into the November election, noting that President Donald Trump had already “won once.” “Just because this energy is out there does not mean that it assures our victory and it does not mean that it gets channeled in a way that results in real change,” Obama said....
After their lightsaber battle on Mustafar concluded with Vader being engulfed in flames, Kenobi left the man he once considered a brother to his fate and exiled himself on Tatooine, where he would watch over Skywalker’s son Luke until the events of A New Hope. As far as audiences who only watched the live-action Star Wars films were concerned, Obi-Wan and Vader had not met again since that moment on Mustafar until they crossed paths years later when an older Kenobi joined a grown Luke on a mission to rescue Princess Leia from the clutches of the Empire....
Singida United’s Deus Kaseke must also be rubbing his hands with glee as the committee said he is now free to feature for his team. Chirwa and Kaseke suffered the Ligi Kuu Bara board’s wrath together with former Yanga forward Simon Msuva, who now features for Difaa El Jadida of Morocco. The disciplinary committee chairman, Peter Hela, said Thursday that Singida United and Yanga were now free to field the duo in their league matches....
RELATED: Every “Exclusive” GameCube Game That Was Ported To The PS2 The idea of GameCube games heading to the Switch has been rumored for almost as long as the Switch has been out. If Nintendo isn’t going to add these games to their digital service then they should help developers create remasters for some of the bigger hits instead. These more obscure titles also deserve some love so that they can be played and enjoyed by a new generation....
However, arguably his most remarkable result of the year came in the quarterfinal of the ATP 500 Erste Bank Open in Vienna, where the Serb was demolished 6-2 6-1 by lucky loser Lorenzo Sonego. Novak Djokovic chose to play Vienna and give the Paris Masters a miss to consolidate his year-end World No. 1 ranking. He had no ranking points to gain in the French capital as the defending champion, while at Vienna he could accumulate up to 500 valuable points....
