The Daily Populous

Wednesday November 29th, 2017 evening edition

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Matt Lauer was fired from NBC News on Wednesday after an employee filed a complaint about "inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace," the network announced.

NBC News chairman Andrew Lack said in an early morning memo to staff that the complaint was filed on Monday night.

Lack said it was the first complaint lodged against Lauer in his career at the network.

Indeed, Lack and other NBC News executives have known for weeks that damaging stories could be coming out soon.

Lauer is the latest high-profile man in media to be brought down by allegations of inappropriate sexual behavior.

Just last week, CBS News fired one of its own morning anchors, Charlie Rose, after a report in The Washington Post chronicled years of alleged sexual misconduct on his part.

And other prominent journalists, including Mark Halperin of NBC and Michael Oreskes of NPR, have been fired or suspended from their jobs. »

A Sharp Decline for Jimmy Fallon’s ‘Tonight Show’

Authored by nytimes.com

Ten months after Inauguration Day, the trend is holding: For late-night hosts, being sharply critical of President Trump is a winning strategy.

At the same time, Jimmy Kimmel has made ratings gains in the 11:35 p.m. slot on ABC.

During the sweeps period, he averaged 3.7 million total viewers a night — a 23 percent increase from a year ago. »

Microsoft is bringing clever tabs to every Windows 10 app

Authored by theverge.com

Microsoft has resisted adding tabs to File Explorer and apps in general for years, after originally introducing tabs in Internet Explorer 6 with a toolbar extension back in 2005.

Microsoft is planning to add tabs to apps in Windows 10, allowing you to group together apps in a better way.

Windows 10 testers will first start testing what Microsoft calls “Sets” in the coming weeks, and the tab integration will be initially limited to Windows 10’s special Universal Windows Apps. »

Scientists call for ban on glitter, say it’s a global hazard

Authored by valleynewslive.com

Scientists now say the sticky decorations are an ecological hazard that needs to be banned across the globe.

Environmental scientists are arguing that the risk of pollution, specifically to the oceans, is too great to ignore and the tiny plastic particles need to be outlawed.

“I think all glitter should be banned, because it’s microplastic,” Dr. Trisia Farrelly of New Zealand’s Massey University said. »

Money For Nothing by Dire Straits Songfacts

Authored by songfacts.com

Mark Knopfler wrote it after overhearing delivery men in a New York department store complain about their jobs while watching MTV.

He wrote the song in the store sitting at a kitchen display they had set up.

They claimed it sounded very similar to a song Sting wrote for The Police: " Don't Stand So Close To Me .". »