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Most people use media streaming devices with regular Wi-Fi connections, but as 4K video and cloud gaming become more popular, wired internet is always a good option to have. There was some concern that the upcoming Chromecast with Google TV dongle wouldn’t support Ethernet at all, but Google has now confirmed it will — with…

During Launch Night In, Google unveiled Nest Audio, a major revamp of the original Google Home speaker, and it’s available on October 5 for $99. At last year’s Made by Google event, the company revamped the popular Home Mini speaker and brought it under the Nest branding. This year, the Nest speaker lineup is expanding…

September 30, 2020 | 2:01pm Enlarge Image Timothy Ray Brown poses for a portrait in Seattle. AP Timothy Ray Brown, the so-called “Berlin patient” and the first person known to have been cured of HIV infection, has died at age 54. It was recently revealed that he was terminally ill from a recurrence of leukemia…

This combination of pictures created on September 29, 2020 shows US President Donald Trump (L) and Democratic Presidential candidate and former US Vice President Joe Biden during the first presidential debate at Case Western Reserve University and Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, Ohio, on September 29, 2020.AFP | Getty ImagesThe group that sponsors the presidential debates…

Setting the Holocene — And it’s been over 7,000 years since it was even close. Scott K. Johnson – Sep 30, 2020 5:38 pm UTC Enlarge / Clouds obscure the waters off Greenland’s southwest coast.While the GRACE satellites were active, their incredibly precise gravity measurements tracked a loss of about 280 billion tons of ice…

Europe|Foul-Mouthed Parrots to Return to Park, Possibly ReformedFive birds who moved to an English park had unprintable vocabularies, which they deployed on amused guests. Keepers said the parrots also learned to laugh at one another.Billy, one of the five parrots at the Lincolnshire Wildlife Park in Friskney, England, that has been swearing at visitors. “Billy…

A 19-year-old college student at Appalachian State University in North Carolina died on Monday night from Covid-19 complications, school officials said Tuesday.Chad Dorrill, an apparently healthy second-year student, was living off campus and taking all of his classes online when he developed flu-like symptoms earlier this month, university officials said in a statement.He went to…

A man, 36, has been charged with attempted murder in the ambush shooting of two Compton police officers earlier this month, two weeks after he was involved in an armed standoff with cops over an alleged carjacking.    Deonte Lee Murray, 36, was charged Wednesday with two counts each of willful, deliberate and premeditated attempted murder of…

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson leaves 10 Downing Street for PMQs at the House of Commons on 30 September, 2020 in London, England.Alberto Pezzali | NurPhoto via Getty ImagesLONDON — U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Wednesday called on Britons to stick to the rules in order to avoid tougher coronavirus restrictions, as the country grapples with a…

Are we witnessing a trend or a pandemic aberration? It’s a big question as we take in an NBA postseason unlike any other. It hangs over our assessments of Milwaukee’s early flameout and over the success of the Heat. By parting ways with Doc Rivers, the Clippers seem to have decided that the bizarre bubble…