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Amini, a 22-year-old Kurdish woman, was arrested by Iran’s morality police on September 13 for allegedly wearing “unsuitable attire.” She died on September 16 in a Tehran hospital after spending three days in a coma. Iranian authorities said Amini died of a heart attack, but her family disputes this, saying her body showed bruises and other signs of beating. United Nations experts have referred to reports that say she died as a result of torture and ill-treatment by the authorities....

One of the all-time most loved features of the Xbox has been Xbox Games with Gold. Users who have Xbox Live Gold subscriptions, which allow the player to compete online in games that feature multiplayer, will also get multiple free games per month. For example, the month of July had free games for the Xbox including WRC 8 FIA World Rally Championship for Xbox One and Saints Row 2 for Xbox 360....

How exactly will Nintendo do that? Well, one of the easiest ways Nintendo could get more gamers interested in picking up a Wii U is with a price drop. And if a recent development with GameStop is true, that might be just what Nintendo plans to do. According to a source for Kotaku, the 8GB Basic version of the Wii U is being recalled from GameStop store shelves starting on June 18th....

Another unique thing about Kohli’s innings was that his score of 149 was more runs than he got in the entire five-match Test series against England in 2014. I talked about the change in strategy that Kohli brought in the Edgbaston Test match in my article England vs India: What Virat Kohli did differently in the first Test. However, Kohli does not consider the Edgbaston hundred as the best one; he still rates the second-innings Adelaide hundred that he scored during the 2014 Australian tour as the best one....

The winners didn’t just squeak by. Last month, South Korea’s Lee Myung Bak crushed the ruling-party candidate by more than 20 percent, despite allegations of stock manipulation against him. A proxy party for Thailand’s former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra also won big, even though Thaksin had to campaign from exile in London, having been overthrown by the military and charged with using his office for sweetheart deals. And South Africa’s Jacob Zuma beat Thabo Mbeki for the leadership of the African National Congress, making him heir apparent for the presidency—despite claims he’d pocketed $170,000 from a French arms maker (he’s since been formally indicted)....

To be sure, the most spectacular of the predicted disasters–ranging from elevators that refuse to budge from the lobby, to malfunctioning air-traffic-control systems, all the way to the unintended launch of a nuclear missile–failed to materialize. Essential services were maintained throughout the developed–and even the developing–world, as far as anyone could tell in the first hours of the new year. But other, subtler flaws may yet lurk in the interstices of banks, insurance companies, utilities, transportation services and government agencies....

“Sleeptrackers could be useful tools—if their accuracy can be proven—but they come with a host of medical privacy implications,” Marco Bellin, the CEO of the cybersecurity firm Datacappy, told Lifewire in an email interview. “HIPPA regulations exist to preserve the privacy of your medical records, but they don’t apply to the data Big Tech gleans from its devices monitoring your breathing, heart rate, and sleep patterns. There are no assurances that Big Tech will use that data to your benefit....

Idealized Sleep May Not Reflect Reality Many people have an idealized vision of what sleep should be: you should fall asleep instantly, sleep through the night without waking, and jump out of the bed in the morning fully recharged. Children may sleep like this, but many adults do not. As we become older, more awakenings occur at night and more time may be spent awake. Why do these occur? What Causes Awakenings at Night?...

DuckDuckGo’s new Email Protection sanitizes emails sent to you, removing the trackers before you receive them. It also lets you create throwaway Private Duck Addresses, which you can deactivate if they’re leaked or become overwhelmed with spam. And the DuckDuckGo browser extension can automatically fill out your Duck Address, or use a randomly generated Private Duck Address that also forwards to your inbox. All of this to minimize who’s tracking you online....

Apple is holding an event on October 13, during which reports say the latest iPhone models will be unveiled. The range of iPhones is expected to include 5.4-inch, 6.1-inch, and 6.7-inch screen sizes and will sport faster processors, 5G, and OLED displays. The new models may even be cheaper than the current generation with prices possibly ranging from $699 to $1099. “As soon as the iPhone 12 is launched by Apple the price of older iPhones will tumble,” Sarah McConomy, COO of phone trade-in site SellCell, said in an email interview....

Many Instagram users want to download these apps because Instagram doesn’t offer this as a native feature. However, these apps aren’t always reliable or safe for download. If you’re thinking of downloading one of these apps or already have one downloaded, be sure to read this first and think twice about using these apps. Security Issues With Instagram Follower Tracking Apps One of the biggest issues with these apps relates to security....

This is irrelevant for Mac users since many modern Macs have SSDs (solid-state drives) instead of HDDs (hard-disk drives). For Windows 10, press the Win button and type “Startup” in the search bar. Click to open “Startup Apps” from the results, then click the switch next to the app’s name to disable it (the switch will be grey and pointing left if it’s off). You should also see the sort of impact it has on your laptop’s speed, like “High Impact” or “No impact....

Now, they face India, who are currently unbeaten in the World Cup with the likes of Jasprit Bumrah and Virat Kohli in prime form for the Blues. With this being a crucial game for both sides, expect a highly competitive game between them as Chris Gayle and Rohit Sharma take centre stage on Thursday. Here are a few tips to help you pick your Dream11 team. Squads to choose from:...

The 24-year-old Holder, a rising star in the game, was last month drafted by franchise team Quetta Gladiators but confirmed recently he was forced to turn down the offer after not securing an NOC from the WICB, reports CMC. However, newly appointed WICB marketing and communications manager Carole Beckford said the players the West Indies “retained” had an “obligation” to turn out in the regional tournaments. “The WICB has created the window for its retained players to participate in the Indian Premier League, and the Caribbean Premier League,” she said on Monday....

The first line of Fred VanVleet's media guide bio is an understated masterpiece. Describing his 2012-13 freshman season, it reads, "Played a steady role off the bench in every game." While technically true, that's underselling at its finest. It's like listing your 6-9, 235-pound power forward as 6-6, 189. That's kind of similar to saying Mike Trout had an adequate first season in the majors. That's almost akin to saying LeBron James adjusted to wearing that mask in his 61-point game against the Bobcats....

Line: Kansas -2, Total: 133.5 (current NCAA Tournament spreads and totals) Kansas Record: 27-8 ATS: 18-16 OVER/UNDER: 16-17 Overview: The Jayhawks’ 75-56 win as 9.5-point favorites over New Mexico State was just their third cover in their last 10 games, and some of the early Big 12 exits from this Tournament won’t make bettors any more comfortable backing Kansas on Sunday. Bill Self’s squad, though, has advanced past this round six of the last eight years and is 5-3 ATS in those games....

The seventh-seeded Shockers will head to Cleveland to play No. 3 Notre Dame on Thursday. MORE: Best teams without a Final Four | Behind Duke’s new motto | MSU to “Shriek 16” Led by senior guard Tekele Cotton, who scored 19 points to go along with two rebounds and three assists, the Shockers used a suffocating defense. Wichita State (30-4) forced 14 turnovers and held the Jayhawks to just 28....

According to a report by Taiwan news, a man named Jin Wu recently purchased a PS5 from a re-seller. When Jin Wu met with the man who owned the console, he asked why he was selling it for a low price (the exact price wasn’t specified), thinking that he must have an extra console or something. Apparently, the man explained that his wife was forcing him to sell it. “It turns out that women can tell the difference between a PS5 and an air [purifier]....

In Italy, one woman was forced to sacrifice the fruits of a shopping expedition to a team boars when its members surrounded her in the parking lot of the supermarket. One or more bystanders filmed the encounter. The resulting video eventually made its way to the Italian Association for Rural Culture’s (ACR) official Facebook page. “These animals can’t be allowed to walk around the city streets without anyone doing anything....