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After Eric Lichaj’s 20th-minute goal was cancelled out by Per Mertesacker, Forest re-took the lead going into the break when Lichaj grabbed his second with a wonderful volley into the top left corner. A penalty from the man of the match Ben Brereton then made it 3-1 before Danny Welbeck got Arsenal back into the match with 11 minutes plus added time remaining. However, another penalty, conceded by Mathieu Debuchy, was converted by Kieran Dowell to end any hope of Arsenal escaping with a draw....

A decorated left-back for club and country, the England international was widely recognised as one of the finest players in the world in his position during his time with Arsenal and Chelsea. Stints at Roma, LA Galaxy and Derby County followed for Cole, who will now focus on a move into coaching. Here, we look at some of the numbers the 38-year-old returned over the course of a magnificent career at the top level....

A direct tribute to one of the core ideas behind the new game, this controller brings to life the regal crown of Albion, one of the many incredible pieces of concept art created during the production of Fable III. The hand-painted artwork wraps around the contours of the controller creating the perfect fit, as fans journey from rebel to ruler. This limited edition controller will be available when Fable III launches on October 26, while supplies last....

For those that may have missed it, capping off the recent Xbox Game Reveal event was a brief teaser trailer for a new Fable game. Many are presuming it is Fable 4, but that technically isn’t confirmed yet as it was not referred to as such in the teaser. This short trailer showed very little, but paints a picture of a magical and unfamiliar world. It is unclear whether this is the Albion that Fable fans have seen so many times before or something completely different, but the description of the trailer claims that “Fable returns with new beginnings for the legendary franchise....

Facebook describes its new Climate Science Information Center as a “dedicated space” on the site that will “connect people to factual and up-to-date climate information.” As well as facts, figures and data from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), UN Environment Programme (UNEP), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), World Meteorological Organization (WMO), and Met Office, the hub will offer “actionable steps people can take in their everyday lives to combat climate change,” the company says....

We presume the argument will be that it’s easier than passwords as this is true for phone-wide systems like Apple’s Face ID on its iPhone X and 11 range. But that is a proven secure method, whereas here Facebook would use the front-facing camera on your phone to record a photo of your face. Given Facebook’s record with data misuse, we aren’t jumping at the chance to give our faces to them (even if pictures of us are online already)....

Zuckerberg is of course referencing the Facebook posts, accounts and pages made by the Internet Research Agency (IRA), a Russian “troll farm,” that sought to sow discord among American voters. Earlier this year, former special counsel Robert Mueller warned Congress that Russia is still attempting to interfere with future elections. “They’re doing it as we sit here,” he said. And they clearly are. Amid Zuckerberg’s media blitz, Facebook announced yesterday that it had removed one Facebook and 50 Instagram accounts originating in Russia that “showed some links” to the IRA and had the “hallmarks of a well-resourced operation....

The outage happened around 1 p.m. ET in the United States, and it wasn’t restored until five hours later. Facebook engineers at 10 p.m. ET—nine hours after the outage and four hours after restoration—explained the reason behind it. Facebook said it was “sorry for the inconvenience” on its multiple platforms for those who use them for both personal and business reasons. “The underlying cause of this outage also impacted many of the internal tools and systems we use in our day-to-day operations, complicating our attempts to quickly diagnose and resolve the problem,” Facebook engineers wrote Monday night on the social media platform itself....

Facebook News Is No Longer Exclusive to the US As promised by Facebook in a November 2020 announcement, the UK has become the first country outside of the US to get the Facebook News tab in the mobile app. If you now have access to Facebook News, it’s important to note that the feature is not available on computer browsers, only in the Facebook app for iOS and Android. What Is Facebook News?...

Facebook Is Giving Creators Custom Links to Receive Direct Payments Facebook has found a way to help creators get around Apple’s controversial in-app fees. In a Facebook post, Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Facebook’s parent company Meta, announced the social media platform is giving creators with popular Facebook pages new custom links that allow them to accept payments directly, circumventing Apple’s 30% cut. Zuckerberg also announced that Facebook will reward creators between $5 and $20 for each new subscriber they sign up until the end of 2021 through a new bonus program, which forms part of its part of its $1 billion creator program....

The Championship leaders Ferrari and Sebastian Vettel, as well as his rival Lewis Hamilton, have both opted for seven sets of the ultras, four softs and two sets of the mediums. Red Bull’s Max Verstappen has gone for the same tyre choice as Vettel and Hamilton. Meanwhile their respective teammates, Daniel Ricciardo has taken eight ultras, three softs, two mediums while Valtteri Bottas and Kimi Raikkonen have taken seven, five and one....

Prost raced for the team (formerly Renault) between 1981 and 1983, and returned to the team in 2015 as a consultant and ambassador. The former F1 world champion took up greater responsibility at the team in 2019 by taking on the role of non-executive director with the team that is now Alpine. The changes come after last week’s announcement that Alpine executive director Marcin Budkowski has parted ways with the team....

Hill, a world champion himself back in 1996 with Williams, admitted he wouldn’t be able to cope with the media bombardment Max Verstappen and his peers face today. During a discussion on the F1 Nation podcast, the Briton said: Hill felt he lacked the composure to be a modern-day F1 driver, adding further: The 24-year-old will be hoping to show that composure on track for the 2022 F1 Imola GP, which will have the first sprint race of the season....

Bernie Ecclestone, who ran F1 for 40 years before being replaced by new owners Liberty Media last year, has raised the possibility that Ferrari chairman Sergio Marchionne could walk away from F1 and form a breakaway series over Liberty’s future vision for the sport. Ferrari is unhappy with Liberty’s proposal to simplify engines and redistribute prize money among F1 teams after the current contract with teams expires at the end of 2020....

“This is an idea which one shouldn’t dismiss easily,” Wolff, a shareholder and team boss of world champions Mercedes, told Austrian magazine Trend. “But in any case one must know more about the business case and our role in the whole (project). Talks about this have only just begun and will probably last over the coming months,” added the Austrian. Liberty Media said last month it hoped the competing teams, reduced to 10 after Manor folded in January, would buy a stake in the sport following the U....

Fans were left reeling from the news, and it seemed like this might mark the end of the Fable series. However, it has thankfully been resurrected, and the next installment has been confirmed to be in development at Playground Games. However, many players are wondering what aspects of the older games the new title will feature, like the focus on fantasy elements and the use of magic. While Fable 3 saw quite a distinct change in setting compared to the previous two titles, the modernization of many aspects of Albion didn’t do away with magic altogether, and it remains one of the more underrated aspects of Fable 3’s gameplay....

Tell that to Ohio State’s J.T. Barrett and Michigan’s Wilton Speight. Win or lose, it doesn’t matter: Credit isn’t a term associated with either quarterback as they lead their top-10 teams into Week 3 matchups against Army and Air Force, respectively. WEEK 3 PICKS: Straight up | Against the spread Ohio State coach Urban Meyer and Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh didn’t sound all that different when defending their quarterbacks this week....

The authors of the paper published in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society A used existing data on how the coronavirus spreads, and the effectiveness of face masks and different lockdown scenarios to create computer models. A face mask was defined as a protective covering for the nose and mouth, designed to prevent the spread of germs. The researchers considered factors including the proportion of the population that is likely to wear a face mask on any given day, and the effectiveness of different types of coverings, from clinical standard masks to those that are homemade....

Processing Prowess Weighed The Dell XPS 13 is not slow in terms of performance thanks to the Intel Core i5-4200U CPU, 1.6 GHz clock speed and Turbo Boost speed of 2.6 GHz. However, this sheens off against the Macbook Pro 13, thanks to the Intel Core i5-4258U processor with a base clock of 2.4 GHz and Turbo Boost 2.9 GHz. Both laptops come with 128GB SSD RAMs but the Apple can be upgraded to 1 TB while the Dell can go up until 256GB only....

While some bigwigs of the technology world engage in constant legal fights and bickering, giants such as Facebook, Google, Zynga and five others have asked the court to eliminate abstract patents. The appeal came into motion when a CLS Bank sued Alice Corp for infringing four patents covering a computerized method of having a third-party hold funds in escrow on behalf of two other contracting parties. Dell, Intuit, Homeaway, Rackspace and Redhat also joined the league and countered the CLS Bank move....