It was Franklin Roosevelt who first invited Americans to use “the first 100 days” as a measure of his success as president. Nearly 90 years later, Joe Biden will mark his 100th day in the White House with the country – as it is on most things these days – divided over what he has
Month: April 2021
Boris Johnson’s mobile phone number has been freely available on the internet for the past 15 years. The number was listed at the bottom of a news release issued when Mr Johnson was shadow higher education minister in 2006. The document, which encouraged journalists to contact him on a Commons office number or his mobile,
For Los Angeles, that “bright light at the end of the tunnel” that California Governor Gavin Newsom keeps referencing is taking on a yellow hue. As in, the Yellow — or least restrictive — tier of the state’s reopening plan. L.A. County has remained in the state’s Orange tier for more than three weeks and
When Alan Jackson‘s mother, Ruth Musick Jackson, died in January 2017, the country legend wrote a song for her funeral service. Now, fans can hear that cut — “Where Her Heart Has Always Been” — complete with Mama Ruth’s voice. “Where Her Heart Has Always Been,” released on Friday (April 30), begins with Ruth Jackson
Perhaps due to the nature of the position, the InfoSec leadership roles tend to be solitary ones. CISOs, or their equivalent decision-makers in organizations without the role, have so many constant drains on their attention – keeping their knowledge fresh, building plans to secure their organizations further – that they often find themselves on an
Google is imposing a few restrictions to improve app quality and discovery on Google Play. The app store is known to be filled with spam apps, apps that have the same name, and even apps that have emojis in their name. There are several clone apps of the popular ones, often confusing Android users as
HBO has announced a new documentary, Revolution Rent, that will document original Rent cast member Andy Señor Jr.’s efforts to stage a production of the Broadway hit in Cuba. The film, directed by Señor Jr. and Victor Patrick Alvarez, will premiere June 15th. Señor Jr. portrayed Angel in the original cast production of Rent, and
The Last Blockbuster, a hit documentary film about holding on to physical media in the digital age, is being released as a series of collectible NFT digital trading cards. The set of 50 NFT cards is modeled after movie trading cards of the ’80s and ’90s, and features characters and moments from the Pop Motion
Oh, boy! (pun very much intended). The good people at Oh Boy Records (the label founded by the late, great John Prine back in the ’80s) are gearing up to release Broken Hearts & Dirty Windows: Volume 2. If you’re not familiar, Broken Hearts & Dirty Windows is a 2010 John Prine covers album, with Volume
The CW has released the official synopsis for “The Purloined Keys,” the May 19 episode of Nancy Drew, which pits the Drew Crew against Everett while raising some concerns for Nancy’s dad. This episode is notable for being the first episode back after the backdoor pilot for a planned spinoff centered around the character of
Anne Buydens, who married Kirk Douglas a year after meeting him in 1953 on a movie set, is dead. Kirks’ widow died peacefully Thursday at her Beverly Hills home, which she shared with her late husband … according to reps for the family. A longtime staple in Hollywood, Anne presided over the Douglas Foundation and
In November, we posted an article about Alan Dean Foster fighting Disney for owed royalties from Alien and Star Wars tie-in books he wrote. Apparently, after Disney acquired the copyright licenses for these books, they continued to publish them–but not pay royalties. The SFWA (Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America) brought the discussion public
This Falcon and the Winter Soldier article contains spoilers. One of the most surprising reveals from Marvel’s The Falcon and the Winter Soldier was the introduction of Seinfeld and Veep star (and all-around comic legend) Julia Louis-Dreyfus as Contessa Valentina Allegra de la Fontaine, also known in the Marvel comic book canon as Madame Hydra.
State-backed lender Natwest has reported a sharp rise in profits as it followed rivals in clawing back some of the money set aside to cover loans going bad. The bank, which remains 60% owned by the taxpayer, said pre-tax operating profits rose 82% to £946m for the first quarter partly thanks to a £102m release
Zebra Longwing butterflies can be seen at the Butterfly Pavilion at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. The museum begins its annual City Nature Challenge on April 30. (Photo by Axel Koester, Contributing Photographer) Here is a sampling of upcoming in-person and online things to do in the San Fernando Valley and Los
It was a speech full of promises but pragmatism too. US President Joe Biden was clear that he’d inherited a divided and struggling nation but declared: “America is on the move again…” It was the biggest speech of his presidency so far; a moment for him to reach out, he hopes, to the “forgotten” in
Boris Johnson has claimed there isn’t “anything to see here” as he fights inquiries into who paid for his Downing Street flat renovations, as a new poll showed the Tories’ lead undented despite the growing questions. The prime minister, who currently faces three probes, said he will have the final say on any investigation into
Twitter’s monetizable daily active users hit 199 million in the March quarter, shy of the 200 million Wall Street anticipated but up by seven million from year-end 2000 and significantly higher than the 166 million in the year ago period. Revenue of $1.04 billion, up 28% from $808 million the year prior, also fell short
Former President Donald Trump reacts in a Fox Business interview after federal investigators executed a search warrant at the home and office of Rudy Giuliani. #CNN #News
The maintainers of Composer, a package manager for PHP, have shipped an update to address a critical vulnerability that could have allowed an attacker to execute arbitrary commands and “backdoor every PHP package,” resulting in a supply-chain attack. Tracked as CVE-2021-29472, the security issue was discovered and reported on April 22 by researchers from SonarSource,
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