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The media landscape is almost shifting more quickly than consumers can keep up.

But certain trends have emerged that will carry the media industry into the future.

For the past eight years, IGNITION, Business Insider’s flagship conference, has collected the best minds in media and technology to share what they see as the future. Through unscripted interviews, cutting-edge demos, and insights from industry pioneers, attendees learn what key trends to be aware of and what they need to do to stay ahead. Читать дальше...

As a sharp-suited commodities trader at a Midtown hedge fund, Michael Berkowitz was trained to assess risk. And every winter, he evaluated his lose-lose outerwear position: He could freeze in a best-practice wool overcoat or bask in the warmth of a career-killing down parka. He chose to shiver. “In that kind of environment, if you...

NEW YORK (AP) — Aaron Boone was pulling into the driveway of his home in Scottsdale, Arizona, last Thursday, bringing 8-year-old daughter Bella home from school so his wife could drive her to a dance lesson, and he noticed a missed call from Brian Cashman. Boone called back the New York Yankees general manager as his wife looked on and said Cashman told him: "Hey, just first and foremost, I want to make sure you're completely on board and understanding the commitment level that is now expected of... Читать дальше...

COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) — Reserve Ieshia Small scored 21 points, three starters added 16 and No. 15 Maryland rolled to a 97-57 win over Mount St. Mary's on Wednesday night for its sixth straight win. Stephanie Jones, Kaila Charles and Kristen Confroy each scored 16 points and combined for 18-of-32 shooting and 23 rebounds. Blair Watson added 13 points and seven assists for the Terrapins (8-2). Watson opened the scoring with a 3-pointer and made a layup to cap a 15-0 run. After a basket by Mount St. Читать дальше...

Twenty-seven finalists. Nine awards. And one awards show — Thursday at 6 p.m. on ESPN — at which to hand out all that college football hardware.

US President Donald Trump’s decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel was roundly denounced by the UN General-Secretary and even US allies in Europe including Germany, France and the UK. But the sharpest rebukes came from Muslim leaders.

Nearly eleven months ago, the popular short-form video platform Vine was shuttered for good. It was replaced with an app called Vine Camera, which carried the same name and featured the same functionality, but lacked the enormous community that made Vine such a weird, interesting and worthwhile app in the first place. Vine as was...

No spoilers are ahead about the fourth season of “Black Mirror,” except for this one: As of this season, there are more episodes of “Black Mirror” about artificial life than about anything else. And “Black Mirror” isn’t sold on the idea. Often the characters on the Netflix anthology series are given endless life by digital means — their souls are copied and uploaded, either into new bodies or data centers. Occasionally things appear to turn out well, as in Season 3’s beloved “San Junipero,” in which... Читать дальше...

In Episode 11 of "Know Your Job, Do Your Job,'' Bulls beat writer Joe Cowley talks all things LaVine, and why he now likely won't play until January.

Buck Showalter got the Yankees manager job after he was initially told he was not under consideration. Joe Torre got it in a disheveled process, notably because his pal at the time, a George Steinbrenner sycophant, happened to have The Boss’ ear in that period and kept bringing Torre up. Joe Girardi got it despite...

Things got hot for Chelsea Handler in more ways than one on Wednesday. Wednesday morning, as raging fires caused havoc in Southern California, the former “Chelsea Lately” host hit up Twitter to inform her followers that she was evacuating her home — and to drag President Donald Trump into the conversation. “Just evacuated my house. It’s like Donald Trump is setting the world on fire. Literally and figuratively,” Handler wrote. “Stay safe everyone. Dark times.” Also Read: Chelsea Handler Ripped... Читать дальше...

The city of Kingston speaks up about the controversial Homestead Land Holdings Limited project that could see two high-rise apartments on lower Queen Street.

From heartfelt to bizarrely offensive, the debates to allow same-sex marriage couples to marry became emotionally charged ahead of the final vote on same-sex marriage on December 7. Thursday was set to be a historic day for gay marriage advocates in Australia, with same-sex marriage expected to pass in the late afternoon. More than 100 MPs had delivered speeches, many emotional, in the lead-up to the final vote with most in support of changes to the Marriage Act. Before the vote was to be finalised later on Thursday... Читать дальше...

Astronomers have discovered a super-size black hole that harks back to almost the dawn of creation. It's farther away from Earth than any other black hole yet found. A team led by the Carnegie Observatories' Eduardo Banados reported in the journal Nature on Wednesday that the black hole lies in a quasar dating to 690 million years after the Big Bang. That means the light from this quasar has been traveling our way for more than 13 billion years. Banados said the quasar provides a unique baby picture of the universe... Читать дальше...

Ryan Reynolds is at it again with the trolling.

The Deadpool star, 41, revealed his new target, his mother Tammy, in an Instagram post on Wednesday. Reynolds, who is known for his hilarious pranks on social media involving his costars and loved ones, didn’t spare his mother from his antics.

The father of two shared a photo of his mother on Instagram with fake tattoos scattered over her face.

“My Mom had the best time in the #Deadpool tattoo booth at Brazil Comic Con. #ccxp2017,” he wrote in the caption. Читать дальше...

Roughly 70 people gathered at My Sister's Place over the noon hour, Wednesday for a memorial service hosted by The Circle, a women's collective in London.

• Court proceedings

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) judgement rejecting the petition filed by former prime minister Nawaz Sharif contains a silver lining for the petitioner, by allowing the simultaneous recording of statements and cross-examination of witnesses in all three references.

• ‘Undermining peace’
• ‘Destroys two-state solution’
• ‘Open gates of hell’
• ‘Violation of international law’
• ‘Irresponsible, illegal’
• ‘Unhelpful for peace’
• ‘Avoid violence’
• Israel salutes ‘historic’ day

PARIS: Donald Trump’s decision on Wednesday to recognise Jerusalem as Israel’s capital drew sharp criticism, with the significant exception of Israel.

KARACHI: Pakistan’s second liquefied natural gas (LNG) re-gasification terminal at Port Qasim inaugurated by Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi a fortnight ago suffered a serious technical fault at an underground pipeline, resulting in a failure to inject re-gasified LNG into the system.

An opposition alliance in Mexico wants to launch a universal basic wage to combat the poverty that blights the lives of almost half the population, touting an experimental reform discussed globally as a solution to job losses from automation. The center-right National Action Party and center-left Party of the Democratic Revolution are running on a joint ticket with the leftist Citizens Movement (MC) for next July’s presidential election, and the income plan is a key part of their manifesto. Details... Читать дальше...

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Wednesday joined the international community in expressing its strong opposition and condemnation of the US decision to recognise the occupied city of Al Quds Al Sharif / Jerusalem as the so-called capital of Israel and the plan to relocate the American embassy there.

ISLAMABAD: As the deadline for furnishing Pakistan’s response before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) is approaching, Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi is expected to preside over a meeting on Thursday (today) to finalise Islamabad’s memorial to India’s claim on the conviction of Indian spy Kulbhushan Jadhav.