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MELBOURNE–After clubbing 14 aces in a whirlwind victory at the Australian Open 2025 on Wednesday, Carlos Alcaraz made no secret of his aspirations for his retooled serve. “Am I a serve bot?” Alcaraz scribbled on a camera lens at Margaret Court Arena where he thrashed Japan’s Yoshihito Nishioka 6-0 6-1 6-4 to reach the third round. Serving has been on the four-times Grand Slam champion’s mind at Melbourne Park after tweaking his motion in the off-season. Australian Open 2025: Schedule, how to watch on TV, betting odds He was not thrilled with its performance in his first round win against […]…

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In 2024, the global anti-scam app Whoscall recorded 6,157,517 text scam messages in the Philippines. Its developer Gogolook reported that the fourth quarter of 2024 registered the highest number of SMS scams among all four quarters. READ: How to spot and avoid YouTube comment scams Gogolook Philippines Country Head Mel Migriño elaborated on these findings in the 2024 Whoscall Philippine Scam Report at the CICC in Taguig. Text scam messages rise in the Philippines “If you look at it, there is around 20,000 to 30,000 increase per quarter,” Gogolook Philippines Country Head Mel Migriño said, explaining the quarterly trends. Then, […]…

Keep on reading: Whoscall app: The PH had 6 million text scam messages in 2024

LOS ANGELES — Above the roaring fires devastating parts of Los Angeles is an incongruous sight: air tankers dropping gallons of bright red and Barbie-pink slurry over forest, homes, cars, and anything else that might lie in the blazes’ path. The substance, vivid against the grey smoke and charred landscape, is fire retardant — much of it a product called Phos-Chek that has been used by the US Forest Service since the 1960s. “You can see it so easily … it’s amazing stuff,” says Jason Colquhoun, a 53-year-old pilot with HeliQwest, a charter helicopter company specializing in putting out fires. […]…

Keep on reading: What is the pink stuff coating fire-ravaged Los Angeles?

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The only president of the Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) to preside over gold-winning Olympic delegations gets a piece of the spotlight in the Jan. 27 staging of the San Miguel Corporation-Philippine Sportswriters Association (SMC-PSA) Annual Awards Night at the grand ballroom of Manila Hotel. Abraham Tolentino will be recognized as Executive of the Year during […]…

Keep on reading: PSA executive of the year: Who else but Bambol?

MANILA, Philippines — Hunger among Filipinos again reached a new high in the final quarter of 2024, results of the latest Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey showed. The number of Filipino families who experienced involuntary hunger rose from 22.9 percent in September 2024 to 25.9 percent in December 2024, according to the SWS report released on Tuesday night. The pollster said this was the highest incidence of hunger since the 30.7-percent peak logged in September 2020 during the height of the Covid-19 lockdown. READ: Hunger among Filipinos remains at its highest since 2020 – SWS poll SWS defines “involuntary hunger” […]…

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MANILA, Philippines—Alex Eala continued to reach greater heights in the Women’s Tennis Association ladder. Eala took to social media to express her joy after jumping to another career-high rank in the WTA despite her slow start to the year. READ: Alex Eala ‘disappointed’ over early exit in Australian Open “Step by step. [I] always appreciate a new career high,” wrote the 19-year-old tennis player. Not too long ago, Eala was ranked as No. 143 in the WTA standings. Now, the Filipina tennis ace climbed seven rungs up to hang at the 136th spot. This was despite not being able to […]…

Keep on reading: Alex Eala reaches another career-high in WTA rankings

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LOS ANGELES — Michael Cooper spent his entire career with the Los Angeles Lakers as a defense-minded guard who always focused on helping his Showtime teammates to be stars. When the Lakers raised Cooper’s No. 21 to the rafters on Monday night, Cooper relished his long-awaited turn to be in the spotlight. The 17-time NBA champion Lakers honored Cooper in a halftime ceremony during their game against the San Antonio Spurs, unveiling his No. 21 jersey on the wall of honor at their downtown arena between Magic Johnson’s No. 32 and James Worthy’s No. 42. READ: NBA: Lakers will honor […]…

Keep on reading: NBA: Lakers retire Michael Cooper’s No. 21 on emotional night

WASHINGTON — About a million Americans a year are expected to develop dementia by 2060, roughly double today’s toll, researchers reported Monday. That estimate is based on a new study that found a higher lifetime risk than previously thought: After age 55, people have up to a four in 10 chance of eventually developing dementia – if they live long enough. It’s a sobering number but there are steps people can take to reduce that risk, such as controlling high blood pressure and other bad-for-the-brain health problems. And it’s not too late to try even in middle age. “All of […]…

Keep on reading: Dementia: Up to 4 in 10 people could develop syndrome after 55