A judge on Wednesday delivered a significant victory to AMC Networks in their long battle for “The Walking Dead” earnings. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Daniel J. Buckley held that the cable network had the right to define “modified adjusted gross receipts” under the terms of its contracts with the …
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Apple’s built-in translation app that works with 11 languages
Apple on iOS 14 added a new translation app, which, as the name suggests, is designed to offer translations from one language to another. The Translate app has some useful features that are useful both when learning a new language and when trying to speak to someone who speaks a …
Read More »HCA Hospital Chain Registers Massive Second Quarter Gains Despite Pandemic Slowdown
HCA Healthcare, the nation’s largest for-profit hospital chain, crushed Wall Street’s second-quarter profit expectations despite the coronavirus outbreak forcing hospitals to suspend elective procedures for several weeks during the quarter. The bottom line: Medical claims and revenue declined markedly among hospitals during the height of the pandemic, which has benefited …
Read More »Fox News separates from a morning host who caused a Covid-19 scare
Heather Childers, who had hosted Fox in the morning since 2012, was put on the bench after the incident in late March. They did not re-air it, despite their public campaign on Twitter and their messages to President Trump. This week, after sources said Childers was no longer affiliated with …
Read More »Launch of the Chinese Tianwen-1 Mars mission: when and how to look
Artist impression of the three spacecraft that China will send to Mars in the coming weeks. Astronomy of nature A Long March 5 rocket is ready to take China to Mars. On Wednesday night, the Chinese space agency will send a trio of spacecraft, an orbiter, a lander, and a …
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