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Tim Bradshaw / Financial Times: The UK CMA pushes back a deadline to block Microsoft’s Activision deal from July 18 to August 29, which could let Microsoft complete the merger within weeks  —  New timetable from Competition and Markets Authority means $75bn transaction could be closed within weeks

It’s one of the most common tips for a good night’s rest: hit the sack for at least eight hours a night. But a Harvard University professor claims that eight isn’t the magic number. Dr Daniel Lieberman, from the university’s Department of Human Evolutionary Biology, said that ‘people actually do better if they sleep for seven hours.’  ‘This idea that …

Sure, the “Oppenheimer” cast features just about everyone in Hollywood, but writer-director Christopher Nolan also opted to keep it all in the family for the ensemble film. Nolan revealed to The Telegraph UK that he cast his own college-aged daughter Flora Nolan as a nameless woman who, according to the piece, appears in “a hellish, conscience-pricking vision, in which the …

I had never dreamed of attempting to make Sinaloa-style chicken. The citrus-marinated, charbroiled chicken that came to prominence in the city of Guasave is, for my money, one of the most delicious dishes in the world. But I’ve been to enough chicken shacks to know that the process involves an intricate dance of fire, followed by indirect heat, and then …

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was hospitalised on Saturday after feeling “dizzy”, his office said, adding the politically and legally beleaguered 73-year-old was likely dehydrated but “in good condition”. “The prime minister arrived at the Sheba medical centre a short while ago,” Netanyahu’s office said in a statement of Israel’s largest hospital, located near Tel Aviv. “He is in good …

In what might be the subjectively sexiest political ad ever, Democratic lobby group Progress Action Fund debuted a steamy sex scene takedown of the GOP this week. Airing Wednesday, the political ad urges Ohioans to vote no on the controversial State Issue 1 on Aug. 1, which asks if Ohio should, “require that any proposed amendment to the Constitution of …

There have been so many exciting films to look forward to this summer. However, none have been as highly anticipated as Barbie. The film, based on the legendary Mattel brand of the same name, directed by Greta Gerwig and starring Margot Robbie as the title doll has been taking the world by storm thanks to a pink-filled marketing campaign, fun …

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Microsoft has announced that it will be ending the preview of its Xbox Game Pass Ultimate Friends and Family Plan on August 15. The plan, which was first launched in September 2022, allowed up to five people to share a single Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscription. The company said that all active members of the Friends and Family plan would …

Former Extreme Makeover: Home Edition host Ty Pennington is recuperating after a medical procedure to remove an abscess. “From the red carpet to the ICU. … This last week has been interesting,” Pennington, 58, wrote via Instagram on Friday, July 14, days after attending the Los Angeles premiere of Barbie. “I’m OK now, still recovering.” The former Trading Spaces contractor attended the Sunday, July 9, …