Launched in 2019, Lakeside Long Lunch is the brainchild of a group of Penrith friends who wanted to support local businesses.
But when the coronavirus pandemic derailed their plans to hold the festival…
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As part of the promotion, Taco Bell is encouraging fans to keep their eyes on the players as Taco Bell will once again honor the first player to steal a base in the 2023 World Series starting October 27 and crown them as this year’s Taco Hero, scoring free tacos for Taco Bell Rewards Members nationwide. This year, the biggest steal of the season comes with the opportuni…
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Netflix’s 2019 comedy crime caper Murder Mystery, reportedly watched by nearly 31 million households in its first three days, was such an outrageous surprise hit for the streaming service that a sequel was inevitable. Time flies when a pandemic interrupts life as we know it, and now Murder Mystery 2 has arrived. It’s an amiable enough picture, the sort of movie you…
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Marvel Studios embarked on the production of its first movie, Iron Man, in 2005. The studio’s leadership was confident it could connect with audiences—even if most people weren’t familiar with Iron Man’s backstory or mythology. The character had been neglected for so long that the only collection of Iron Man comics readily available was Demon in a Bottle, compiling the…
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On Thursday, at Facebook’s annual developer-focused Connect conference, keynote speaker and Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg took the stage—a virtual home—to announce the company’s latest update, along with a name change reflecting its new ambitions.
The new name: Meta.
But what about the Facebook name, originally derived from its first iteration, FaceMash, in …
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The French utility that partly owns a nuclear power plant near Hong Kong is seeking more information on a gas buildup in a reactor, even as its Chinese partner insists the facility is operating safely.
Electricite de France SA, which has a 30% stake in the Taishan nuclear plant in South China, has called for an extraordinary board meeting with majority owner China General Nuclear Power Co…
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Meta Platforms Inc. said UK online safety legislation “risks people’s private messages being constantly surveilled and censored” unless it’s changed, adding to a long list of complaints recently lodged against the proposed law.
The sweeping Online Safety Bill is winding its way through Parliament and it’s intended to come into force next year. The government …
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Good mental health seemed like a given to Kamini Cormier. Then, came the pandemic. Back in 2020, when she was forced to isolate herself at home with her husband and adolescent daughters, she started feeling aches and pains all over her body. She figured she’d probably caught COVID-19 and scheduled lab tests, and an online appointment with her doctor. But the results didn’t indicate …
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Remote workers used to be second-class citizens; they were less likely to get raises and promotions, and more likely to face discrimination and stigma due to the circumstances keeping them at home. The arrival of the COVID-19 pandemic upended this traditional office hierarchy—equalizing the workplace playing field by keeping most of us at home.
Now that offices are reopening, remote…
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