REUTERS/Carlos Barria President Donald Trump on Thursday canceled the US delegation’s annual trip to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, “out of consideration” for the furloughed federal employees amid the ongoing partial government shutdown. Trump attended the forum in 2018 but was expected to send a delegation of senior US officials this year. The […]
Tag: hours
This $350 robot vacuum maps your home and avoids obstacles — and gives you back hours of your life you’d otherwise spend cleaning
The Insider Picks team writes about stuff we think you’ll like. Business Insider has affiliate partnerships, so we get a share of the revenue from your purchase. ECOVACS Ecovacs is back at it with its latest robotic vacuum, the $ 350 Deebot 711. This may just be my favorite robot vacuum yet, with its Smart Navi Mapping […]
Gatwick Airport reopens for limited flights after rogue drones over the runway shut it down for 32 hours
GLYN KIRK/AFP/Getty Images Britain’s Gatwick Airport reopened on Friday after a rogue drone saboteur wrought travel chaos for hundreds of thousands of Christmas travelers by playing cat-and-mouse with police snipers and the army. After the biggest disruption at Gatwick, Britain’s second busiest, since a volcanic ash cloud in 2010, Gatwick said its runway was open and that a limited number of […]
Why Americans and Britons work such long hours
Society as a whole must judge whether or not there is more to life than work
Why Americans and Britons work such long hours
THE YEAR ahead will, like every year, consist of just under 8,800 hours. Most people will spend about a third of that time sleeping, and another third or so arguing on social media. Much of the remainder will be spent at work. There is increased interest in corners of the political world in trying to […]
The first long-term study on how screen time affects children’s brains found more than 2 hours a day could do major damage
Adam Berry / Getty A new and ongoing study from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) is testing how screen time affects children’s brains, CBS News reported. When complete, the study will have followed more than 11,000 children for a decade, monitoring how digital screens like smartphones, video games, and tablets are changing the young […]
Mesut Ozil: Arsenal star's back injury due to 'FIVE HOURS of FORTNITE' a day – expert
That is according to Sports physician Ingo Frobose, who thinks the Arsenal star’s dedication to the computer game could be putting his football career at risk. Ozil, 30, has not played for Arsenal since November 11, when he was hooked after 75 minutes during the 1-1 draw with Wolves. He has missed four games since, […]
Strictly Come Dancing 2018: Lauren Steadman suffers blow hours before tonight's live show
Strictly Come Dancing is in the quarter final stage of the competition and tonight the remaining six celebrity contestants will take to the dance floor to perform again. However, for Lauren Steadman, 25, and professional dance partner AJ Pritchard, 24, their dreams of lifting the Glitterball Trophy could be crushed. It comes as Bookmakers have […]
Passengers Stranded for Nearly 30 Hours Due to Technical Issue With Scoot Plane
Flyers Stranded 30 Hours Due to Issue With Scoot Plane Advertiser Disclosure The credit card offers that appear on the website are from credit card companies from which ThePointsGuy.com receives compensation. This compensation may impact how and where products appear on this site (including, for example, the order in which they appear). This site does […]
Burger King has been tweeting gibberish nonstop for hours
Facebook/Burger King Burger King is tweeting nonsense posts that seem to be just a random assortment of letters and numbers. The bizarre tweets are going viral. Burger King’s representative would not tell us why the chain is tweeting gibberish, but one possible reason is that it debuted a flame-grilled dog treat on Wednesday. Burger King […]