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Reviews and recommendations are unbiased and products are independently selected. Postmedia can earn an affiliate commission for purchases made through the links on this page. Article content NEW YORK - R. Kelly's fate on Friday lay in the hands of a Brooklyn jury, which began deliberating whether to convict or acquit the R&B superstar on sex trafficking charges. Article content Jury deliberations of seven men and five women began around 1:40 p.m. EDT after a federal prosecutor concluded his final remarks and United States District Judge Ann Donnelly briefed jurors on the law. Kelly, 54, was haunted by sexual abuse allegations for much of his career before being indicted in New York on nine criminal charges, including a large racketeering count. Prosecutors have tried to portray Kelly a...

Razer has announced several new accessories and color combinations to expand its console hardware offerings, including new headsets, controllers, and charging cradles. At the top of the list are the new Razer Kaira X wired headset for Xbox and Playstation consoles. Priced at $ 75.99 for both versions, the headphones feature a 50mm TriForce driver in each earbud and an arm-mounted Razer HyperClear Cardioid microphone that Razer says will pick up the user's voice rather than ambient ambient sound. Additionally, the Kaira X uses a standard headphone AUX connection, which means that they will work with any device that has a 3.5mm port. However, Bluetooth capability or wireless connection via a dongle would have been appreciated. The Razer Kaira X is available in t...

Related news American and European doctors have published a consensus statement in the journal Nature calling the caution in the use of paracetamol in pregnant women, since of a growth of certain neurodevelopmental, reproductive or behavioral problems in newborns. The text, prepared by 13 health professionals, is also supported by another 78 clinical or scientific base experts, among which are neurologists, gynecologists, pediatricians and researchers in toxicology or endocrinology. The authors have reviewed more than a hundred studies, both epidemiologically and experimentally, published between 1995 and 2020. Thus, they warn of a association between paracetamol consumption in pregnancy and increased risk of cryptorchidism (testicles that do not descend to the scrotu...

After three years of dating and multiple public leggings On Twitter, Elon Musk and Grimes are parting ways. The news, that we are in MobileSyrup have decided that it hardly counts as a Canadian tech story: it broke through a cheep from Page six, the New York Post's tabloid gossip section. Musk and Grimes have a son together, of whom they will reportedly remain co-parents. Grimes is the stage name of Claire Boucher, a Vancouver-born dream / synth pop musician whose latest studio release, Miss anthropocene, came to Billboard, Exclaim!, Gallow, To turn, Stereogum, and Time Magazinelists of the best albums of 2020. Musk is CEO of SpaceX and Tesla, rich beyond comprehension, and regularly behaves in absurd ways that justify absurd headlines, such as "Elon Musk doesn't like App Store fees ...

They say fall is apple season. The arrival of cooler, shorter days may bode well for Apple, which is entering a crucial quarter for the future of its iPhone, some experts believe. The iPhone 13 officially hitting stores today could according to at least one of them be "the most important iPhone in life" for the California company. In any case, this is what the American analyst and specialist in t...

Picture of the Week: The unflappable and veteran Chancellor of Germany leaves the political scene with a rare display of vulnerability On Sunday, the Germans will elect a chancellor to replace Angela Merkel, the woman who has guided them through 16 years of crisis. From the largest mass migration of asylum seekers since World War II to the election of Donald Trump, between the 2008 financial collapse and a global pandemic, Merkel has remained admirably pragmatic. He rarely showed emotion, even when he was infamously face-to-face with a young Palestinian refugee, whose family was nearly deported: Merkel made the girl cry when he said, equally courteously and frankly, that not all refugees could stay. Merkel was criticized at the time for her outspokenness...

Two days before the legislative ballot which must designate his successor at the head of the country, German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Friday 24 September called on voters to vote for Armin Laschet, the conservative candidate for her party, the CDU, so that the 'Germany " stay fixed ". Article reserved for our subscribers Read also In Germany, a campaign in the center for uncertain elections "The question of who governs Germany is not without importance", she said during a meeting of her party in Munich, before Sunday's elections, which promise a close duel between the Social Democratic favorite and his right-wing rival, Mr.me Merkel thus warning against the scenario of a victory for the Social Democratic candidate, Olaf Scholz, at the head of the po...

On September 8, the trial of the November 13 attacks in Paris opened, which left 130 people dead. Among them, Estelle, 25, killed in the attack on the Bataclan concert hall. His mother Marie came from Brittany to attend the trial. Civil party, she will testify next October. "I want to say that day, what happened on November 13th, but also what happened afterwards, in the days, months and years that followed," she tells us, "because it changed my life like many others. And we are not done with these injuries," she adds. Injuries that Marie agreed to tell us about."We had five minutes to see our daughter behind a window"Informed of the death of their daughter by her companion, the same evening of the attack, Marie and her husband took the road to Paris. It was only after several days of...

On September 8, the trial of the November 13 attacks in Paris opened, which left 130 people dead. Among them, Estelle, 25, killed in the attack on the Bataclan concert hall. His mother Marie came from Brittany to attend the trial. Civil party, she will testify next October. "I want to say that day, what happened on November 13th, but also what happened afterwards, in the days, months and years that followed," she tells us, "because it changed my life like many others. And we are not done with these injuries," she adds. Injuries that Marie agreed to tell us about."We had five minutes to see our daughter behind a window"Informed of the death of their daughter by her companion, the same evening of the attack, Marie and her husband took the road to Paris. It was only after several days of...

A man is in critical condition after being involved in a hit and run Friday morning in Spruce Grove.RCMP in the west city of Edmonton said it received a report just before 7:30 a.m. of the theft of a Ford Edge pickup from a home near Springwood Way.A man from the home followed the stolen vehicle as it fled north, RCMP said, adding that an "interaction" occurred less than a kilometer away near Spruce Ridge Road and Jennifer Heil Way. Read more: Charges filed after 'unsubstantiated bomb threat' at the Tri Leisure Center in Spruce Grove The man was hit by the truck and seriously injured. RCMP said he was taken to the hospital in a life-threatening condition.The suspect fled the area and was last seen heading east on Hawthorne Gate in the stolen vehicle. It's ...

The Alberta Medical Association's chief of emergency medicine says the major components of triage have already begun in Alberta.Dr. Paul Parks says that in recent days some seriously ill COVID-19 patients who should be using ventilators are not receiving them. Read more: Alberta's '100 Percent' of New COVID-19 ICU Admissions Have No Vaccine Protection: Hinshaw He says that is in addition to previously announced massive surgery cancellations, along with patient transfers as doctors balance medical need with available space.Parks says it's not at the point where doctors must make life-and-death decisions on the spot.But he says that's not too far off, and when it does come, the second stage of triage will follow quickly, including making those same decisions a...

Despite the somewhat gloomy weather in some regions, thousands of Quebecers, mainly young people, demonstrate this Friday to demand more ambition in the fight against the climate crisis, almost six years after the signing of the Paris Agreement. These demonstrations, which are part of the international movement of student strikes for the climate initiated by the young activist Greta Thunberg, are ...