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Jazz Corner: Celebrating a Hundred Years of Miles Davis and John Coltrane

Music On what would’ve been the jazz legends’ centennial, we look back at the indelible impact they left through their music For the  Jazz...

Cotton Fest Confirms Music Video Rollout For UCF Class of 2026 Mixtape

Music Cotton Fest Channels The Spirit Of Youth Culture In New Mixtape Music VideoCotton Fest Confirms Music Video Rollout For UCF Class of...

Westgate Books continues under new ownership in familiar Saskatoon location

"The location is still the same, the name is the same, and people are just happy about that and that it's going to keep going for a while." Published Jan 07, 2025  •  Last updated Jan 07, 2025  •  6 minute read Luke Syrnick and a partner took over Westgate Books in May, becoming the fourth owners of the

4 Business Books All Entrepreneurs Should Read

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. There's no shortage of business books out there, but let's be honest: Not all of them live up to the hype. As an entrepreneur, your time is valuable, and you don't want to waste it on fluffy advice that doesn't stick. Over the years, I've read hundreds

Our favorite books we read in 2024

We may be a bit technology-obsessed here, but the Engadget team does occasionally get around to low-tech activities, like reading. Well, some of us read on ereaders or our smartphones, but you get the point — books are great, and we read some exceptional ones this year that each deserve a shoutout. These are some

‘Absolute turn up for the books!’

Sölden Defending overall and giant slalom champion Marco Odermatt went out the gates first in the opening race of the season at Solden but he crashed out after a mistake in a dramatic shock, blowing the race wide open. Watch Alpine Skiing live on TNT Sports and discovery+

‘A huge turn up for the books!’

Sölden Watch the final skier of Run 2 at Solden, Mikaela Shiffrin go down the course but only be quick enough to finish fifth in a huge surprise. Her failure to podium meant that Julia Scheib scored her maiden podium on what is her home race. Watch the Alpine Skiing live on TNT Sports and

The 4 books Bill Gates read this year to make ‘sense of the world’

Bill Gates Photo: Gates Ventures Bill Gates shared a list of the four books he “enjoyed” reading this year, including ones focused on artificial intelligence and love. Although Gates said it was not intentional, the four books shared the common theme of “making sense of the world around you,” the billionaire said on his personal

Hitting the Books: Why nobody knows Hiram Maxim, inventor of the incandescent lightbulb

One detail that's often omitted from modern founders myths is whether or not said scion of capitalist success actually invented the thing they're famous for inventing. Just like Elon Musk didn't invent electric vehicles so much as be the first to successfully market them to the American public, Thomas Edison's contributions to the advent of

Hitting the Books: Tech can’t fix what’s broken in American policing

It's never been about safety as much as it has control, serving and protecting only to the benefit of the status quo. Clearview AI, PredPol, Shotspotter, they're all Carolyn Bryant Donham's testimony behind a veneer of technological validity — a shiny black box to dazzle the masses while giving the police yet another excuse to

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