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The House of Fortune by Jessie Burton review – a sequel to The Miniaturist | Fiction

When we rejoin Nella Oortman, the heroine of Jessie Burton’s blockbuster 2014 debut The Miniaturist, we find her almost as we left her. She still lives in her dead husband Johannes Brandt’s home on the Herengracht canal in Amsterdam, along with Cornelia the cook, Johannes’s once-enslaved manservant Otto, and Thea, the child Otto fathered with Johannes’s steely sister, Marin. So far so familiar, but 18 years have passed: Nella is now 37 and baby Thea a young woman. The three unrelated adults have bonded into a family after…

Wordle meets Wheel of Fortune in addictive new Hangman-style game WordHuddle | Gaming | Entertainment

While most Wordle clones are instantly forgettable and doomed to fail, every now and then one comes along that really hit the sweet spot. This includes newly released brain teaser WordHuddle, which mixes elements of Wordle with classic games like Hangman and TV's Wheel of Fortune. If this sounds like something you might be interested in, then read on for more on how to play WordHuddle.The aim of the game is to figure out the title of a book, movie, or popular phrase using as few guesses as possible.The longer it takes and…

Vanguard’ and ‘Warzone’ shares Mercenaries Of Fortune roadmap

Activision has shared the roadmap for Call Of Duty: Warzone and Vanguard’s upcoming fourth season, Mercenaries Of Fortune. Launching June 22, the update will feature the previously confirmed new map Fortune’s Keep alongside an updated version of Zombie map Shi No Numa. In a lengthy blog post, developers have also confirmed that Fortune’s Keep won’t be replacing Rebirth Island, while Caldera will be receiving a host of upgrades. The new map will also host resurgence battle royale matches, which “will have two major…

Top 10 Data Science Courses to Land a Job in Fortune 500 Companies

Students and working professionals constantly look for data science courses with 100% placement in reputed companies. Data science is one of the hottest professions of the decade, and it has created a plethora of job opportunities for aspiring data scientists and many more professions in recent years. Data science can add value to any business that can use its data well. From statistics and insights across workflows and hiring new candidates, to helping senior staff make better-informed decisions,…

Own this rare Nintendo game? You’re sitting on a small fortune | Gaming | Entertainment

Anyone that owns a rare game for Nintendo's ground-breaking NES console is sitting on a small fortune. This week retro gaming website PriceCharting, which tracks the prices of countless games and how this changes over time, released their latest 'Hot Items' list. This shows the games that have risen in value the most during the past week, and there's one game that has risen in value by over £2,000.This game is Family Fun Fitness Stadium Events for the NES.A loose version of this game (i.e the cartridge on its own) has…

Top 10 US-Born Companies Paying a Fortune for Data Scientists in India

Developing countries are buzzing with new ways of reinventing themselves and in the process, are including diverse opportunities Pandemic has seen the emergence of new cultures and work habits spawning across the globe. While Indians are struggling with keeping up with the pace of digitalization and making it inclusive, developing countries are buzzing with new ways of reinventing themselves and in the process, are including opportunities for the people from other countries yearning to realize their dollar dreams.…

Tim Cook second in Fortune 500 CEO pay rankings, earned $770M in 2021

Apple CEO Tim Cook took home $770.5 million in compensation in 2021, earning enough to put him second in a list of the top ten Fortune 500 CEOs. Fortune figures published this week reveal that Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk was the most highly compensated CEO, earnings an eye-watering $23.5 billion thanks to options on Tesla stock awarded in 2018. Cook followed up in second: Cook has been CEO of Apple Inc. since 2011. He earned $770.5 million in 2021 alone, mostly as a part of a 10-year grant of shares worth $1.7…

Intel’s Arc Alchemist laptops will cost a small fortune

Although there was some initial confusion regarding the launch of Intel’s Arc Alchemist GPUs at the start of April, it seems, at long last, laptops equipped with Team Blue’s latest boards will become available in the U.S. soon. There is a caveat, though. The prices attached to these systems, which come with an entry-level Arc GPU, are raising some eyebrows. Intel As reported by Tom’s Hardware, the first notebooks and ultrabooks that feature the A370M graphics card have been listed on Best Buy. An Asus model will cost…