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Home prices rose for third straight month in April: S&P Case-Shiller

Ryan Ratliff (C), Real Estate Sales Associate with Re/Max Advance Realty, shows Ryan Paredes (L) and Ariadna Paredes a home for sale on April 20, 2023 in Cutler Bay, Florida. Joe Raedle | Getty ImagesHome prices peaked last June, falling sharply through the beginning of this year. Now, they're recovering steadily.Home prices in April were still down 0.2% compared with April 2022, according to the S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller national home price index. They were, however, 0.5% higher month to month, after seasonal…

Air Canada to Start Direct Flights From Singapore to Vancouver in April 2024

Last Updated: June 18, 2023, 11:46 ISTTravellers jetting off to Canada’s Vancouver from Singapore will be able to take a direct flight as Air Canada is ready to start non-stop service on this route in April 2024. The airlines will use Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft, which will run four times a week, Air Canada announced recently.The announcement comes after Singapore Airlines decided to stop direct flight operations between Singapore and Vancouver from coming October. With this proposed service, Air Canada is making a…

Star Trek Strange New Worlds Recap: “The Broken Circle”

Although time had passed on Star Trek: Discovery before its namesake ship jetted out of the 23rd century and into the far flung futures of the 31st, the series largely had other things to dwell on than the state of paradise in the wake of a devastating war with the Klingons. As Strange New Worlds returns, Star Trek hasdecided now is the time for that dwelling—and what it finds is fascinatingly imperfect.Strange New World's Melissa Navia Talks Flying the Enterprise | io9 Interview“The Broken Circle” sees the Enterprise

Foxconn to start manufacturing iPhones at K`taka plant by next April: Minister

Karnatakas Minister for Large and Medium Industries, M.B. Patil, said on Thursday that Apple Inc supplier Foxconn has plans to start manufacturing iPhone units at its proposed plant in Devanahalli by April 2024, and the state government will hand over the required land to the company by July 1 to facilitate the process. Patil said this after the representatives of the company led by George Chu met him as part of a courtesy visit in which Information Technology and Biotechnology Minister Priyank Kharge was also…

Nubia Red Magic 7 Pro With Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 SoC to Launch Globally on April 12

Nubia had launched its flagship series of gaming smartphones earlier this year in February, which includes two models — Red Magic 7 and the Red Magic 7 Pro. These smartphones boast high-end specs, including the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 SoC. The base model hit the global markets in March and now the Red Magic 7 Pro global launch event has been set for April 12. Both the models have already made their debut in the home market of China. The Pro model gets a display with a faster refresh rate and the Red Core 1 dedicated gaming…

Critics say hopes of a quick UK-US digital trade deal have dimmed due to soft-pedaling by the US, with no progress made since an April 2022…

Financial Times: Critics say hopes of a quick UK-US digital trade deal have dimmed due to soft-pedaling by the US, with no progress made since an April 2022 joint statement — Frustrations emerge as Prime Minister Rishi Sunak lands in Washington to meet President Joe Biden over economic ties Financial Times: Critics say hopes of a quick UK-US digital trade deal have dimmed due to soft-pedaling by the US, with no progress made since an April 2022 joint statement — Frustrations…

Instagram Posts: Meta took down 33.18 million posts on Facebook and Instagram in April

Social media giant Meta Inc said Friday that it removed 33.18 million posts, including photos, videos and comments, in India across both its platforms Facebook and Instagram for falling short of community standards.Meta published these numbers as part of new guidelines under the IT Rules, 2021, which mandate digital and social media platforms with more than 5 million users to publish monthly compliance reports.Meta said it took action against content across 13 policies for Facebook and 12 policies on Instagram for the…

When ‘Hermione’ Emma Watson Played A Terrible April Fool’s Prank On ‘Harry Potter’ Co-Star Daniel Radcliffe, Leaving His Face Ashen &…

‘Hermione’ Emma Watson Once Played An April Fool’s Prank On ‘Harry Potter’ Daniel Radcliffe & It Went Terribly Wrong, Leaving The Latter On The Verge Of Tears ( Photo Credit – Instagram ; IMDb ) The Harry Potter films have been an important part of our childhoods and its actors – ‘Harry’ Daniel Radcliffe, ‘Ron Weasley’ Rupert Grint and ‘Hermione Granger’ Emma Watson, gave us some of the best friendship goals. Well, their on-screen friendship isn’t the only thing you should see – their off-screen comradeship is…

Facebook Acted on Over 27 Million Pieces of Content in India for Guideline Violations in April

Social media giant Meta's Facebook took action against 41 percent of complaints it received from users and Instagram against over 54 percent of grievances raised by users in April 2023, according to the company's latest India Monthly Report. As per the category-wise information disclosed by Meta, Facebook "actioned on" less than one-fourth of grievances of users where they claimed that the content is showing them in partial nudity or in a sexual act.In the case of Instagram, the platform actioned on less than one-third of…

Director April Mullen Talks Sci-Fi Thriller ‘Simulant’

via Mongrel Media You’d think that a sci-fi thriller focusing on the ethical questions that arise when artificial intelligence lives life under the assumption that it’s completely and unequivocally human would have been plunged into development to capitalize on the current questions being asked about AI, but director and producer April Mullen’s Simulant has been in the works a lot longer than that. The futuristic fable – which releases on digital, VOD, and in select theaters today – finds Robbie Amell heading up…