Category: Entertainment

We’ve come a long way since the days of cable channels airing the same Christmas specials every year. The holiday movie canon has expanded exponentially since the era of A Charlie Brown Christmas and Rankin-Bass stop-motion films. And, while some classics are a must-watch every holiday season, there is always room for more titles to…

The HP Pavilion x360 Convertible 14 (dw0097nr) is a competent convertible laptop for handling the day-to-day workload of a work-from-home or distance-learning experience. It also offers some unique features, including a rare cellular option and a full-sized SD card slot. The USB-C and HDMI ports allow for two additional displays, including 4K support. While these attributes…

When you hear Raspberry Pi, you probably think of someone sitting in their bedroom with screwdrivers and pliers and a whole bunch of PC-building know-how. The newly announced Raspberry Pi 400 smashes that notion into a million transistors.The Raspberry Pi 400 looks a lot like the $20 Raspberry Pi Keyboard that launched last year, with…

It’s a big year for Microsoft’s hardware endeavors. Earlier this year, the company unveiled the Surface Book 3, a unique melding of notebook and tablet that Microsoft calls “the ultimate laptop.” Next week, the long-awaited Xbox Series X console launches on November 10, and it probably puts your PC to shame. But what I want is…

Monoprice markets this very same gadget that handily solves the problem of having too many HDMI sources and not enough inputs.

The Google Pixel 4a 5G sits in a very awkward place in Google’s 2020 smartphone lineup. As the newest member, the 4a 5G might initially seem like a no-brainer purchase over the Pixel 5 or the Pixel 4a. And for some it will be. But a closer inspection by a discerning buyer will reveal equally…

Sleep specialists might want to take a closer look at the connections between obstructive sleep apnea, chronic pain, and reported pain intensity in younger patients. Young adults with a diagnosis of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) are more likely to report moderate to severe pain intensity, compared with their peers who do not have the diagnosis,…

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Variants within the neighboring region of the apolipoprotein E (APOE) gene are also associated with Alzheimer’s disease (AD) risk, researchers suggest. “Although the APOE E2 and E4 alleles have a strong and robust association with risk of AD, our work provides further support that other genes and variation in the…

Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. In the past, a cough or sore throat would have been a pretty obvious sign that you’d caught a cold or the flu. During this year’s cold and flu season, you also have to wonder whether you have COVID-19. It’s an important distinction to make. Not only…

Real-world survival outcomes for cancer patients on immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) are inferior to outcomes reported in patients on clinical trials of ICIs, according to research published in JCO Clinical Cancer Informatics. However, the research also suggests that real-world patients who receive ICIs achieve longer survival than patients on standard-of-care medications. “Patients receiving ICIs in real-world practice…

Nearly half the nation’s hospitals, many of which are still wrestling with the financial fallout of the unexpected coronavirus, will get lower payments for all Medicare patients because of their history of readmitting patients, federal records show. The penalties are the ninth annual round of the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program created as part of the…

The past two decades have brought major advances in the understanding of the genetics of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), and it is now believed that close to one-third of cases have a family link and should be classified as heritable PAH. Advances in DNA sequencing technology have dramatically expanded the ability to perform large-scale genetic…

PHILADELPHIA — Joe Biden was spending the final days of the presidential campaign appealing to Black supporters to vote in-person during a pandemic that has disproportionally affected their communities, betting that a strong turnout will boost his chances in states that could decide the election. Biden was in Philadelphia on Sunday, the largest city in…

Wil Lutz made a 35-yard field goal with 1 minute, 40 seconds to play in overtime to lift the New Orleans Saints to a 26-23 victory over the Chicago Bears on Sunday at Soldier Field. Saints quarterback Drew Brees completed a 14-yard pass to Tre’Quan Smith to get the Saints into Bears territory on the…

The Chicago Cubs temporarily shut down their Arizona Instructional League season after one of their players tested positive for COVID-19. The test was taken Thursday night, and the positive result was revealed Friday. The Cubs medical staff deemed it safe to return to the complex Saturday, and they played an intrasquad game. But games Monday…

Police are investigating a suspicious death of a Jarrettsville couple who were found dead inside their home Saturday morning. Harford County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release Sunday that a family member found a 76-year-old Jarrettsville woman and her 75-year-old husband dead in their home in the 3600 block of Duxbury Court. Police said…

MIAMI — Rain-heavy Tropical Storm Eta grew rapidly to near hurricane strength Sunday while heading for a drenching collision with Central America, as this Atlantic hurricane system tied the record for the most named storms. Eta had maximum sustained winds of 70 mph late Sunday, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said. It was centered about…

Last weekend, when John Mulaney announced he would be returning to “Saturday Night Live” (“SNL”) for the fourth time, he made sure to shout out his beloved adopted hometown: “Three things define New York City,” tweeted the comedian. “SNL, the Strokes, and Ed Koch. Koch is dead, so they got me.”But to a younger generation,…

Paramount PicturesGetty Images If you’ve only ever experienced Sean Connery as James Bond, you’re missing out. As my colleague Nick Schager pointed out, Connery was “far from a one-trick pony.” In fact, the salt of the earth Scotsman made a concerted effort to venture beyond the Bond franchise, telling the New York Times in 1987,…

If you’re really into movies, I mean really into movies, Halloween can be a lot of pressure. Every year, from the moment I first spot all of the black-and-orange Fun Size bags of candy at the supermarket, I start obsessing over which movie I’m going to watch after the final doorbell rings on October 31st.…

This post contains spoilers for first episode of The Mandalorian Season Two. This is the way.The Mandalorian is back, and we’re going Krayt Dragon hunting, space cowboy! Yeee-hawww! In the first episode of Season Two, Mando, Baby Yoda, and his new friend Cobb Vanth—aka Earth cowboy Timothy Olyphant—team up with a crew of Tusken Raiders…