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Males tend to be focused on their own interests and email many people Females sent less messages - but to people of a similar attractiveness Females were found to receive far more replies than males  Men are far more aggressive on online dating sites - but often 'mass mail' women that are out of their league in the hope of a response, researchers have found. They say that by comparison, women tend to be more conscious of their own attractiveness to other users and approach fewer people. The study found major behavioural differences between male and female users when it comes to contacting potential partners. Scroll down for video  HOW THEY DID IT  Using data collected from Baihe, one of the largest dating websites in China, researchers from Binghamton University, University of Massachusetts Lowell and Northeastern University analysed the messages and how suitable each person actually was. 'We found that males like to send a lot of messa...

Keeping your phone cool and removing it from its case can boost batteries Updating your software and leaving your wifi on can also help save power Engineers insist there is no need to let your battery drain before charging With power-hungry apps like Pokemon Go surfacing, now many people struggle to make it through the day without charging up their smartphone. But according to engineers, there are some clever tricks that can help you squeeze a little extra life out of your phone's battery.  'It's a careful balancing act between prolonging the life of your phone battery on a daily basis and maximising the battery's overall calendar life,' Paul Shearing, a chemical engineer at University College London told MailOnline.  'There are really no magic secrets, but there a few things everyone can do to make their battery last longer'. Here some simple tips for keeping smartphone batteries running longer... SHUT DOWN APPS  Smartphones use up...

The wait is over. Adele is on her first North American tour in five years, and she is rewarding Bay Area fans for their patience with not one, not two, but three local shows. The British pop singer performs at SAP Center in San Jose on Saturday, July 30, and Sunday, July 31, then moves to Oracle Arena in Oakland on Tuesday, Aug. 2. Tickets for the shows in support of her most recent album, “25,” which sold a record-breaking 3.4 million copies in its first week, were snatched up as soon as they went on sale in December. The lucky few who scored a pair get to see a singer who has a singular ability for making even the biggest room feel intimate with her crass jokes and that voice that makes everyone’s knees go weak. Adele:  7:30 p.m. Saturday-Sunday, July 30-31. $39.95-$157. SAP Center, 525 W. Santa Clara St., San Jose. 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 2. Oracle Arena, 7000 Coliseum Way, Oakland. www.ticketmaster.com

Kevin Hart is coming to the Bay Area, and you won’t need a telescope to see him. The popular stand-up comic and movie star (“Central Intelligence,” “Ride Along,” the very underrated “Soul Plane”) has played sports arenas and sold more than 50,000 seats last year at the Lincoln Financial Field in his native Philadelphia, becoming the first stand-up comedian to headline a football stadium. By contrast, his Sunday, July 31, and Tuesday, Aug. 2, shows at the Concord Pavilion and Stockton Arena, respectively, almost qualify as intimate. His Monday, Aug. 1, show at the Mountain Winery in Saratoga is definitely a rare treat. Bigger venues haven’t translated to a bigger head. Audience connection and relatability are still two of his biggest attributes, even as he has become one of the most popular comics on the planet. Kevin Hart:  8 p.m. Sunday, July 31. $39.50-$128.50. Concord Pavilion, 2000 Kirker Pass Road, Concord. (925) 676-8742. www.livenation.com 5:30 p.m. Monday, ...

Sure, most people now watch concerts through a Snapchat filter, but at least they’re not totally distracted by the thought of catching a Dratini. (Side note: if the fan in question succeeded in finding a Dratini, she’s excused). Meanwhile, at a recent concert in Lille, France, Rihanna also instructed her fans to put down the Pokémon and concentrate on the live show unfolding in front of their eyes.   “I don’t want to see you texting your boyfriends or your girlfriends,” Rih said in a video. “I don’t want to see you catching any Pokémons up in this bitch.”

A Los Angeles judge has canceled the $20 million slander lawsuit filed by Christian Slater's father against the "Mr. Robot" actor. Judge Suzanne Bruguera made the ruling after dad Thomas Knight Slater, 77, appeared without a lawyer Monday and addressed the court with a prepared speech. "While the defendant has a right to freedom of speech, he has no right to slander and defame me," he said in a booming voice that the judge asked him to lower at one point. In her ruling, Judge Bruguera found that Thomas Slater's case lacked "significant legal grounding" and likely wouldn't prevail on its merits. "I will be appealing this," the dad said after the hearing. "Christian is not going to get away with this." Thomas Slater filed his complaint in February claiming his ex-wife Mary Jo Slater and their "Heathers" actor son destroyed his decades-long acting career with public claims he is a manic-depressive sc...

The cover from Superdeporte was distasteful and tinged with nastiness, but concurrently, with two simple words it reflected a certain relief that promised change was coming.   "Gracias, Boro," it read.  The snide gratitude followed the news that Valencia had agreed to a deal with Middlesbrough for a one-year loan of Alvaro Negredo, the expensive and misfiring striker who had been so emblematic of Valencia's turmoil.  Two years earlier when he'd been signed, Superdeporte's cover had depicted Negredo as the centrepiece in a "forward line of champions" that also featured Paco Alcacer and Rodrigo Moreno. His move involved big money and big potential at a club that had the exactly that itself thanks to the wealth of new owner Peter Lim. But that potential never materialised; already, Negredo is gone, for now at least. And he's not the only one. This had long loomed as a key summer for Valencia, and the look of restructuring is obvious....

South Sudanese President Salva Kiir on Monday replaced his vice president and rival Riek Machar, a move that could potentially undermine last year’s peace deal and reignite war in Africa’s youngest nation. Kiir said he appointed General Taban Deng to the post of “first vice president of the republic of South Sudan", according to a statement read on the country’s national broadcaster. The appointment followed an earlier announcement that Machar’s own rebel group had replaced their leader with General Deng. Machar fled Juba this month after Kiir's forces bombed his house during the clashes that killed hundreds of people and has remained in hiding. Swearing in of Taban Deng as FVP in Machar's place planned for tomorrow morning #southsudan — Simona Foltyn (@SimonaFoltyn) 25 juillet 2016 Deng, who acted as the rebels' chief negotiator during peace talks last year, denied he was forcing out Machar and would readily step aside once Machar returned to the ca...

The Federal Government has assured that the current shortage of food items in the country will be over in the next two years. This was disclosed in Abuja by the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh, while playing host to the Governor Willie Obiano of Anambra State. Ogbeh, in a statement issued on Monday by the ministry, expressed optimism that the food shortage problems in Nigeria would soon be over, stressing that the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development is ready to assist state governments to ensure that the target is met. He identified specific areas of assistance to Anambra State to be in fish fingerling production, as well as in other aspects of the sector that would help in boosting food production across the country. The minister explained that the ministry was considering the need to add 10 per cent soya beans into cassava to enrich it with more protein and increase its nourishment for children. He added that as the government works hard to ...

Rev Fr Ejike Mbaka said on Sunday, July 24, that his detractors are after him because of his 2015 prophesy which came to fulfillment with the dawn of change in the country. The charismatic Catholic cleric disclosed that he had nothing to regret over his 2015 prophesy of change, where he had predicted that former President Goodluck Jonathan would be defeated in the presidential election. Mbaka equally dismissed as baseless the claims that he fell apart with Jonathan over the latter’s refusal of his request for an oil well. The outspoken priest who spoke through his media aide, Barr Maximus Ike Ugwuoke on the sidelines of the activities ahead of his 21 years priestly ordination anniversary, said he would not regret the 2015 change prophesy despite the current sufferings Nigerians were experiencing. Instead, he recalled that he had also on several occasions released prophecies on the current hard times bedeviling the nation. The priest, however, maintained that the previous administratio...

The Ministry of Youth and Sports is to send air tickets for the Rio Olympics to athletes by midweek. Youth and Sports Minister Barrister Solomon Dalung said this during a meeting with the President of the Athletics Federation of Nigeria AFN and staff of the Federation of Elite Athletes Department FEAD in Abuja yesterday. The Minister had summoned both parties to establish the author of the email purportedly sent to athletes on behalf of the ministry. Barrister Dalung reiterated federal government’s commitment to ensure that Nigerian athletes are well taken care of ahead of the games, describing the mail as mischievous. Barrister Solomon Dalung, Nigeria’s Minister For Youths and Sports “The author of that email lacks the authority to write on behalf of the Ministry or even the Federal government of Nigeria. At no time did we ask our athletes to sought for funds to travel knowing too well that athletes are very fragile people to be managed. There are so many things that come to play in ...

The EFCC, Ibadan Zonal Office, has arrested five suspected undergraduate scammers, 4 from the Federal University of Technology Akure, (FUTA) and 1 from Adekunle Ajashin University, Akungba. According to EFCC, the suspects who go about with the name "Tsunnami Gang and Young Pablo Money", are between the ages of 20 and 23. Adeleke Paul, 21, Adebiyi Tayo Abudu, 22, Akinsanmi Olusola Adeniyi 21, Ogundile Ademola James, 23 and Okali Ugochukwu, 21 were picked up at an Off-Campus residence located at Stateline Hotel Road, off FUTA South Gate, Akure, Ondo State. They allegedly swindled unsuspecting foreigners and others to the tune of N16M recently by engaging in fraudulent activities of obtaining money by false pretences through scam mails. At the point of their arrest, EFCC operatives recovered a 2006 black Toyota Highlander, 2010 light-green Toyota Camry, laptops, three Apple iPhone 6 and three Blackberry phones from them. Some implicating documents were also found and d...

Following a heated altercation with her fiancé, Lindsay Lohan has reportedly left her home in London, TMZ reported. According to the celebrity news site, police officers responded to a call by “a woman in distress” Saturday morning at Lohan and Egor Tarabasov’s home. They reportedly kicked down the door to check on the couple, but once they arrived, the two had already left the apartment.  No arrests were made, but as TMZ noted, the officials determined that both Lohan and Tarabasov are safe. Sources told the news site that Lohan had told friends that her relationship with the Russian business heir had sometimes become violent.  The Sun posted a video on Monday that allegedly shows the argument between the actress and her fiancé. The woman in the video, assumed to be Lohan, can be heard saying, “You just strangled me. You almost killed me.”  She also tells the man, assumed to be Tarabasov, “Everybody will know” and tells him to leave the resi...

(CNN)How many of you have ever personally wondered which one is Regina George? Hold on to that "Mean Girls" reference. It will make sense in a bit. Just when it appeared the feud between Taylor Swift and Kim Kardashian West was dying down, here comes Swift's ex, Calvin Harris, getting all up in the mix. By now, you should already know that Swift and Harris broke up, and she very quickly moved on to "Thor" star, Tom Hiddleston. They are really, really in love you guys. The Harris/Swift ending seemed cordial, until Swift revealed she wrote his hit "This Is What You Came For." Harris then went all stream-of-conciousness in a series of tweets that had fans riveted to his timeline. Read More Meanwhile, Swift and Kardashian West have been long simmering with a different kind of heat. It started months ago, when the singer/songwriter took offense to the...