Historical Context The world's first commercially successful video game, Pong was manufactured by Atari and released in 1972. Initially it was just designed as a training exercise by Atari employee Alan Alcorn and took the form of a two-dimensional ping pong game based on table tennis. In 1975 a home version was sold through Sears and was their most successful product at the time. Today Pong's success is often regarded as one of the prime reasons for the establishment of the video gaming industry.
Samsung Recalls 1 Million Electric Ranges After Fires
NEW YORK — Samsung is recalling more than 1.12 million electric ranges used for stovetops after reports of 250 fires and dozens of injuries.
According to a Thursday notice from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, these slide-in ranges have front-mounted knobs that can be activated by accident if humans or pets unintentionally contact or bump into them. That poses a fire hazard.
To date, Samsung has received more than 300 reports of the knobs activating unintentionally since 2013, the CPSC noted, and the now-recalled ranges have been involved in about 250 fires.
Sexiness is a woman loving her body without having to show it all' - Ex- Miss US Andromeda on beauty
About Andromeda “Aside from being a model and Miss United States 2018, I am a therapist with a mission to bring mental health resources to the continent with a non-profit called Tis. Foundation based in Nigeria and Washington DC. My father is from Ghana and my mom’s side is mixed: Indigenous American, Nigerian, Filipino, and British.” ADVERTISEMENT
Why Lagos, Nigeria? “Lagos is important because I want to make sure we have mental health resources in the continent.
Should School Districts Drug-Test Teachers?
One could argue that some people–painters, fashion models, rock stars–perform better under the influence. But other jobs should go only to the perpetually sober. We don’t want our chemical-weapons handlers to be pulling a Michael Phelps on the job, which is why employees in high-risk positions are subjected to random drug tests.
But what about people who work in less perilous, if equally unpredictable, environments–say, with kids in public schools? Should teachers be randomly tested too?
Strika of "Beast of No Nation" currently begs for survival, says he is yet to receive his payment fo
According to Quaye, who currently begs on the streets of Ghana for survival, he was paid $30,000 for his role in the film - which he says represents 1% of the film's profit - but he was told by a certain producer - Kofi Robert - that the money is being kept in a bank account for him until he turns 18. “After the movie, I was to be paid 1% of the profit made from the movie.
Student Loan Payments Resume, Borrowers Reassess Own Budgets
NEW YORK — Millions of Americans must start repaying their federal student loans again in October, with monthly payments averaging hundreds of dollars. To get ready, borrowers are cutting expenses, taking on additional work, and looking for options to reduce their monthly payments.
Megan McClelland, 38, said she has started asking for October shifts with a catering company and a winery to help supplement her income.
McClelland's main job is as a counselor at Petaluma High School in California.
Sunday Night Football added a bizarre Green Zone feature and nobody seems to know its
The "Sunday Night Football" crew debuted a new feature during their broadcast of the Dallas Cowboys and Arizona Cardinals preseason game on Sunday — the "Green Zone" — which shades the area between the line of scrimmage and the first down marker a darker shade of green than the field on third downs. For fans who weren't prepared for the change, it was a bit visually jarring, but the "
The 100 Best YA Books of All Time
With a panel of celebrated authors—Elizabeth Acevedo, Kacen Callender, Jenny Han, Jason Reynolds, Adam Silvera, Angie Thomas and Nicola Yoon—TIME presents the most compelling, enlightening and influential young-adult books, in chronological order beginning in the 1800s
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The New Yorker Magazine 90th Anniversary: Most Memorable Covers
February 17, 2015 4:35 PM EST
There are few magazine-world traditions as instantly recognizable as the cover of the New Yorker, a space that’s only grown in prestige the further it moves from the actual contents of the magazine.
Most magazines use their covers to advertise a particular story within the issue, but the New Yorker—which is celebrating its 90th anniversary this week with nine different covers—uses its often-jokey covers to promote a general sensibility: Tuned-in but as often as not divorced from the news cycle, witty in an often absurd way, self-consciously erudite.
TIME100 Health: Jimmy Carter | TIME
May 2, 2024 8:15 AM EDT
I never expected the likes of former President Jimmy Carter to traffic much in vanity, but the one time I spoke to him, back in 2006, he allowed himself a tiny flicker of it. At the time, the then-octogenarian was preparing for a journey to Africa to help pursue his mission of eradicating Guinea worm, and, impressed that a man his age would be making such a journey, I said to him, “I’m sure you hear this all the time, Mr.