China's Meituan launches $1 billion share buyback program
Chinese food delivery giant Meituan on Wednesday confirmed it had authorised a share buyback of up to $1
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OpenAI unlikely to offer board seat to Microsoft, other investors - source
(Reuters) -ChatGPT owner OpenAI is not expected to offer Microsoft and other investors a seat on its new board, a
1970-01-01 08:00
Man City 3-2 RB Leipzig: Player ratings as Cityzens come from behind to seal top spot
Match report & player ratings from Man City 3-2 RB Leipzig in the Champions League.
1970-01-01 08:00
These Squash and Leek Dumplings Are the Perfect Vegetarian Dish for the Holidays
If you’re looking for something to wrap besides presents this holiday season, consider making these squash and leek dumplings.
1970-01-01 08:00
Pat Noonan: Guiding FC Cincinnati to success
Pat Noonan has brought success to FC Cincinnati in just two seasons.
1970-01-01 08:00
Real Madrid vs Napoli: Complete head-to-head record
The complete head-to-head record between Real Madrid and Napoli with both sides drawn in the same group in the 2023/24 Champions League.
1970-01-01 08:00
Researchers: Maybe the Internet Isn't Making Us Miserable After All
The internet may be distracting but it’s not necessarily depressing, a new study suggests. Published
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How to predict your 2023 Spotify Wrapped
It's almost that time of year again, when we see how many hours we've shamelessly spent listening to mortifying music and just playing Taylor Swift on loop. Yes, Spotify Wrapped is almost here again and soon you social media feeds will be full of people either showing you how cool by how much Senegalese lounge Jazz they listen to or embarrassed that they still haven't moved on from The Libertines or The Strokes. Each and every year, even for the most dedicated of music lovers, Spotify Wrapped throws up countless surprises in your top artists and songs leading many to question just how it tallies what you listen to. With the big day somewhere on the horizon (it arrived on November 30 in 2022 and December 1 in 2021) music nerds are curious to know what their Wrapped will look like for 2023. Spotify have never officially said how they compile their data for Wrapped but a Reddit user in 2021 revealed how they believed it works. In the post Hudsonlovestech pointed out six key takeaways that they discovered after downloading their data from the music platform. They were: This year the data was logged from January 1st 00:00 to November 15th 23:59. You have to listen to a song for more than 30 seconds for it to count in your song rankings. Your top songs are calculated by play count rather than total time listened. In your top 100 playlist only the first 10 songs are sorted by play count, the rest are close but sorted by artist. Your total time listening includes podcasts. Your top artists are calculated by total play counts rather than total time listening. If you apply this date to your own listening history then there is a chance you might discover what your Wrapped will look like this year although there is no guarantee. Meanwhile, many users on X/Twitter are posting memes, imagining what their Wrapped will look like this year. To be honest, we're just dreading seeing how much we listened to Ryan Gosling sing 'I'm Just Ken' from the Barbie soundtrack. Sign up to our free indy100 weekly newsletter Have your say in our news democracy. Click the upvote icon at the top of the page to help raise this article through the indy100 rankings.
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How a Scottish boy digging for potatoes found an ancient Egyptian 'masterpiece'
For decades, archaeologists have been trying to work out how a trove of ancient Egyptian artefacts were buried in the grounds of a school in Scotland. In 1952, a schoolboy was sent to dig up potatoes as a punishment – how times have changed – when he found a statue. It turned out to be a masterpiece made some 4,000 years ago. Fourteen years later, more treasure was discovered by a boy during a PE class, before, in 1984, a group found another item with a metal detector. It turned out to be part of a set of 18 antiquities dug up over the next 30 years at Melville House, a historic building in Fife, Scotland. But nobody had any idea how they got there. Now, researchers think they might have unearthed what was going on. Alexander Lesie-Melville was a young heir to Melville House when he travelled to Egypt in 1856. A year later, he had returned to Scotland and died. Leslie-Melville might have picked up the collection on his travels – it certainly beats the Duty Free section at Heathrow – as antique dealers routinely sold ancient artefacts to rich foreigners during that period. After Leslie-Melville died, family members are thought to have moved the objects to an outbuilding, where they were promptly forgotten about. The outbuilding was then demolished. Margaret Maitland, principal curator of the Ancient Mediterranean at National Museums Scotland where most of the objects are housed, said: “The discovery of ancient Egyptian artifacts that had been buried in Scotland for over a hundred years is evidence of the scale of 19th century antiquities collecting and its complex history.” “It was an exciting challenge to research and identify such a diverse range of artefacts.” Dr Elizabeth Goring, who has since investigated the site, said: “Excavating and researching these finds at Melville House has been the most unusual project in my archaeological career, and I’m delighted to now be telling the story in full." The full story will be published in an upcoming article in the journal Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. How to join the indy100's free WhatsApp channel Sign up to our free indy100 weekly newsletter Have your say in our news democracy. Click the upvote icon at the top of the page to help raise this article through the indy100 rankings.
1970-01-01 08:00
Poland's CD Projekt posts 105% third-quarter profit jump
GDANSK Poland's biggest video game developer CD Projekt's third-quarter net profit jumped 105% year on year, it said
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What Premier League teams need to reach Champions League knockout stage
The results that Premier League sides Arsenal, Manchester City, Manchester United and Newcastle need to advance to the Champions League knockout stages.
1970-01-01 08:00
Why David Silva chose Man City instead of joining Real Madrid
Manchester City legend David Silva has revealed that he chose to join the club over Real Madrid because of the faith the English side showed in him and their absolute determination to sign him.
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