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Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) said Sunday that he would meet with Judge Amy Coney Barrett, President Trump ’s Supreme Court nominee, and would ask her whether she was willing to recuse herself from cases relating to the 20

Some Pixel 5 owners report gaps between their phone’s screen and body. There are concerns it might affect dust and water resistance. It’s not clear how widespread the issue is. It wouldn’t be a new phone launch without early hardware problems, and Google’s latest flagship is no exception. Early Pixel...IP CodeDustPixel 55GPhone HardwareGoogle Inc.Water QualityDesignPixel PhonesGapsScreen TintingHardware Quality IssuesFlawsUnitsEarlier PhonesRead Full Story

Anxiety and distress go connected at the hip. This is what you have to know whether they strike simultaneously. Do you now and then concern so much that it meddles with your regular exercises? Or then again do you feel so blue that it thoroughly mists your viewpoint? Do you have these or related feelings together regularly? Definitely, you’re not alone.Read Full Story Mental Health ConditionSecurityMental Health ProblemsHealth IssuesWellnessMedical ConditionsPsychological Well-beingMedical ProblemsAnxiety IssuesWellbeing ExpertsTherapyBipolar ConfusionSocial Uneasiness IssueDisposition IssuesMedicines

Using your Android phone's dedicated dark mode, be it across the entire system or within specific apps, is more than just a preference for how your phone's interface looks. According to Google, using dark mode as much as possible saves battery life and reduces eye strain when you're using your phone in a dim environment.Read Full Story Dark ModeGoogle MapsGmailAndroid AppsAPPVideo ModeIPhone AppsAndroid PhoneDark ThemeGeneral [email protected] & PrivacyGoogle CalendarPocketCastsReddit

It's always winter on the internet, so you'd better put on some extra layers. At the bare minimum, that means virus protection for your laptop, tablet, or phone. But that only protects from one type of threat, and these days, hackers and bots have numerous ways of infiltrating your device—especially via public Wi-Fi. Of course, that shouldn't stop you from using your gadgets the way they were meant to be used. Not only are virtual private networks (VPNs) the most effective way to protect your data, but they've also evolved to become a lot more user-friendly over the years.Read Full Story Internet DataAntivirus SoftwarePassword ManagerData PrivacyData NetworksMalwareNordPass PremiumVPNsPublic Wi-FiServer SelectionVirtual Private NetworksRoute DataData Protection ToolsHackersLaptop

Prince Harry’s life has always been a struggle of privacy issues. After the death of his mother in 1997 caused by the unrelenting paparazzi and press, the Duke of Sussex has continued to fight for his right to privacy despite leading a very public career. Recently in Tatler's report, the...Read Full Story CelebritiesThe Duke Of SussexCopyright InfringementRoyal ExclusiveHackedPaparazziCelebrity NewsNews Of The WorldThe Associated Press Inc.The Royal FirmTatlerUnnamed MediaVoice MessagesConspiracyClive GoodmanAndy CoulsonPrince WilliamMeghan MarklePrince HarryPrince

Both campaigns laid out their plans for the military last week at a virtual convening with Military Times, a news outlet dedicated to covering service members and their lives, addressing what they would do for veterans. Formulating policies that exclusively focus on veterans is probably a necessary part of any presidential platform; a candidate wants a good portion if not all of the 17.4 million veterans in the country to support him.Read Full Story  Military ServiceMilitary TimesService MembersMental HealthMilitary VeteransFocus GroupsHealth EducationSupport GroupsMilitary WomenCongressDepartment Of DefenseKelsey BakerVeterans Health IssuesPhysical HealthAdvocacyAmy Klobuchar

Valery Giscard d’Estaing. (PA Archive)Valery Giscard d’Estaing, the president of France from 1974 to 1981 who became a champion of European integration, has died at the age of 94 after contracting Covid-19.Mr Giscard d’Estaing’s office said he passed away in his family home in the Loir-et-Cher region, in central France. He had recently been admitted to hospital in the town of Tours with heart problems.“In accordance with his wishes, his funeral will take place in strict privacy,” his office said.Tony Blair & Valerie Giscard d’Estaing (PA Archive)Born in 1926, Mr Giscard d’Estaing served in the Free French army that helped liberate France during World War II. Charles de Gaulle named him finance minister at age 36.As president, he helped forge a single Europe with his close friend, German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt. Together they laid the foundations for the euro single currency.Mr Giscard d’Estaing wrote the article in the EU charter that allowed Brexit to happen – the brief measure that permits a member state to leave the bloc.On the eve of Britain’s departure this year, Mr Giscard d’Estaing told The Associated Press it was a “step backward” geopolitically, but took the long view.“We functioned without Britain during the first years of the European Union … So we will rediscover a situation that we have already known,” he said.Royalty – Queen Elizabeth II – French Embassy, London (PA Archive)Born in Germany in the wake of World War I, Mr Giscard d’Estaing helped liberate Paris from the Nazis in the next world war, and later laid the groundwork for the shared euro currency and helped integrate Britain into what became the EU in the 1970s.Seeing the Britons leave, “I feel great regret,” he said.He remained unfailingly optimistic in the European project, forecasting that the EU and the euro would bounce back and gradually grow stronger and bigger despite the challenges of losing a major member.When he took office in 1974, Mr Giscard d’Estaing began as the model of a modern French president, a conservative with liberal views on social issues.Abortion and divorce by mutual consent were legalised under his term, and he reduced the age of majority from 21 to 18.He played his accordion in working class neighbourhoods. One Christmas morning, he invited four passing garbage men to breakfast at the presidential palace.He lost his re-election bid in 1981 to Socialist Francois Mitterrand.Valery Giscard d’Estaing. (PA Archive)Born in 1926 in Coblenz, where his father was a financial director of the post-World War I French occupation administration in Germany, Mr Giscard d’Estaing grew up with a pan-European view.After joining the French Resistance during World War II, he next saw Germany as a tank commander in the French military in 1944.In 1952, he married Anne-Aymone de Brantes, the daughter of a count and heiress to a steel fortune. They had four children: Valerie-Anne, Louis, Henri and Jacinte.Young Giscard d’Estaing studied at the prestigious Polytechnical Institute and then the elite National School of Administration, before mastering economics at Oxford.President Charles de Gaulle named him finance minister at the age of 36.Theatre – Charity Concert for Dr Barnardo’s and the Children’s Foundation – Palace of Versailles (PA Archive)After his defeat to Mr Mitterrand, he temporarily retired from politics.He then found a second calling in the European Union. He worked on writing a European Constitution which was formally presented in 2004, but rejected by French and Dutch voters. However, it paved the way for the adoption of the Treaty on European Union in 2007.At age 83, he published a romance novel called “The Princess and the President,” which he said was based on Princess Diana, with whom he said he discussed writing a love story.Asked about the nature of their relationship, he said only: “Let us not exaggerate. I knew her a bit in a climate of a confidential relationship. She needed to communicate.”Earlier this year, a German journalist accused Mr Giscard d’Estaing of repeatedly grabbing her during an interview, and filed a sexual assault complaint with Paris prosecutors. His French lawyer said the 94-year-old “retains no memory” of the incident.Former French President Francois Hollande paid tribute to “a stateman who had chosen to open up to the world and was thinking that Europe was a condition for France to be greater.”Mr Hollande’s predecessor, Nicolas Sarkozy, expressed his “deep sadness”, saying Mr Giscard d’Estaing “made France be proud”.Francois HollandeGiscard D'estaingPrime MoverUnion MinisterEUBrexitThe Associated PressThe European UnionNazisBritonsPan-EuropeanPolytechnical InstituteOxfordValery Giscard D'EstaingCentral FranceCharles De GaulleHelmut SchmidtNicolas Sarkozy

Every week this fall, we’re covering technology and education. Because Monday mornings are way more complicated than they used to be. One question we’ve gotten a lot is what all this tech means for privacy, how much

Biodegradable glitter causes the same ecological damage to rivers and lakes as the ordinary product, according to the first study of its kind on the impact of the microplastic on the environment. Tests on ordinary glitter and so-called biodegradable or eco glitter were carried out by Anglia Ruskin University (ARU)...MicroplasticsEcological DamageEnvironmentally FriendlyPlasticEnvironmental IssuesPetEnvironmental DamageAnglia Ruskin UniversityWater DamageFreshwater EcosystemsARUMorrisonsMRCDannielle GreenJohn LewisRead Full Story