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MirageC/Getty ImagesI'm always having to take notes for one thing or another. Whether it's notes for a book I'm writing, an idea for a book to be written, an item I need to add to a shopping list, or just about anything else that pops to mind, I turn to my Android phone to jot things down.Without a good note-keeping app, I'd have a heck of a time remembering those all-too-important ideas or thoughts I need to keep track of. There's a plethora of note-taking apps on the Google Play Store, but the four below rise above…

What’s your ideal Saturday night? Are you going out with friends until 3am, or staying home to watch a movie and snuggle with your cat? At the end of a long day, would you rather call your family and chat for hours, or turn off your phone and finally enjoy the peace of being alone? There’s no right or wrong answer, but if you're choosing the latter options, you just might be an introvert. So if you’d like to bond with your fellow homebodies (without having to see anyone in person), you’ve come to the right place. We’ve…

Real Housewives of New York City alum Bethenny Frankel, who has maintained herself even at the age of 53, recently shared her secret of eating patterns. She posted a video on her Instagram and captioned it, “How do I stay so thin?” She has decided on a pattern to consume her food. She said, “So, I pick my spots. If I know I’m going to some crazy doughnut place or hotdog place, I may not have the meal that comes before that. I’m not eating all the doughnuts, or all the hotdogs or all the pizza. You’re really tasting…

Nikki Haley doubled down on her refusal to withdraw from the Republican presidential primary despite facing virtually insurmountable odds in her bid to defeat former President Donald Trump.  “Some of you, a few of you in the media, came here today to see if I’m dropping out of the race. Well, I’m not,” Haley told a crowd of supporters and reporters in Greenville, South Carolina, on Tuesday, adding that the Republicans who dropped out of the race have “surrendered” to the “herd mentality” in coalescing behind Trump.…

Amid all the grading and grousing around last week’s NBA trade deadline, there was one odd winner and one unusual loser.Odd and unusual, because both wear the same uniform.The winner was the Lakers.The loser was LeBron James.The winner was the Lakers because basketball boss Rob Pelinka smartly refused to trade an important first-round draft pick and important young star Austin Reaves for the marginal improvement that would have come with Atlanta’s Dejounte Murray.The loser was James because he wanted Murray, bad.The…

It was no day at the beach when the Kansas City Chiefs played host to Miami Dolphins last month, the temperature at Arrowhead Stadium plunging to a frostbite-inducing -4F (-15.5C). The only thaw came late in the playoff game when the Fast Life Yungstaz (FLY) track Swag Surfin’ filled Arrowhead.The rap song, a jock jam du jour that is likely to receive plenty of airplay on Super Bowl Sunday, starts off slow and brassy – but once the beat dropped, a rave kicked off that had the 71,492 in attendance swaying and lunging in…

The morning Ana Tijoux jumps on a Zoom call from Barcelona to talk to Rolling Stone about her new album, South African lawyers are making a case for Palestinians at The Hague. The Franco-Chilean rapper’s life has always been marked by politics. Born in Lille to Chilean immigrants fleeing the Pinotchet coup, she’s now a mother of two. Like much of the world, she’s been following the siege in Gaza closely and thinking about how people around the world can connect to what’s happening and speak out. “Art finds its core…

While the tech sector suffered a downturn in 2023, leading to swathes of job cuts, there remains a high demand for certain tech jobs within the industry itself and beyond. Nonetheless, these job losses, alongside the rapid growth of generative AI tools in the past year sowed seeds of doubt for many, begging the question: do tech jobs offer good job security? In a recent interview, Nobel Prize-winning economist Prof Christopher Pissarides cautioned students on selecting to study STEM subjects…

Rapper Curtis James Jackson III aka 50 Cent in a post shared with his fans that he has been practicing abstinence in 2024 so that he can stay focused on his goals. The dad of two, 48, told fans he was making the pledge to focus on his goals and avoid distractions. He captioned an Instagram post that showed him smoking a cigar and dressed in a suit: “My new idea is so big, I don’t have time to be distracted. I’m practicing abstinence, I have been meditating and focusing on my goals. I hope this New Year…

When he's not directing movies like Army of the Dead or the upcoming Rebel Moon, Zack Snyder likes to play video games like the rest of us. In particular, he has a strong fondness for Fortnite.In fact, Snyder--who's also known for helming 300 and Man of Steel--revealed to Wired that his wife tried to convince him to do pottery instead of playing the battle royale game. "Yeah, I was playing too much Fortnite. I'm pretty good at Fortnite, actually," he said. "But it was also, you know, 3 in the morning, and…