Month: November 2022

A multimillion-pound payout to Jacob Rees-Mogg, the former business secretary, is in jeopardy amid faltering talks about a sale of the asset management business he cofounded. Sky News has learnt that negotiations between Somerset Capital Management, in which Mr Rees-Mogg is a substantial shareholder, and prospective buyer Emso Asset Management have stalled in recent weeks.
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Facebook was encountering election interference content as far back as 2006, some 10 years before Mark Zuckerberg first acknowledged the issue, the platform’s former head of global public policy has claimed. Speaking at Sky News’ Big Ideas Live event, where experts and industry leaders discussed the biggest science and technology issues of our times, Paul
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Rishi Sunak has visited Ukraine for the first time since becoming prime minister, meeting President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Kyiv. The two world leaders discussed Ukraine‘s military advances and reconstruction plans, and the British PM pledged a £50m package to bolster Ukrainian air defence. The package comprises 125 anti-aircraft guns and technology to counter Iranian-supplied drones,
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Toby Keith ain’t ready to hang it up just yet. Of course, the country music star recently underwent treatment for stomach cancer, taking on six months of various treatments including a combination of chemotherapy, radiation and surgery. Back in June, he told fans that he’s looking forward to “recovering and relaxing” with his family, and
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Xiaomi outfolding smartphone prototype has been leaked online recently. The prototype, teased by tipster Kuba Wojciechowski, hints at a Xiaomi smartphone with an outward folding ability. The spotted prototype comes with a Snapdragon 855 with X50 modem for 5G support. The tipster has mentioned that “the device was super-secret and very few units made their
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California Governor Gavin Newsom‘s wife testified at Harvey Weinstein‘s L.A. sexual assault trial Tuesday … and was STUNNINGLY asked to recreate how she faked an orgasm with the disgraced film producer. Former actress, Jennifer Siebel Newsom, looked horrified on the stand after Weinstein’s defense attorney questioned how she “indicated her pleasure” during what she claims
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UPDATED,  2:40 PM: Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes has been sentenced to more than 11 years in prison following her January conviction on fraud and conspiracy charges related to her company’s failed blood-testing technology. The sentence, handed down Friday by U.S. District Judge Edward Davila, includes an additional three years of supervision following her release and
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A former assistant football coach who installed a hidden camera in a Los Osos High School girls locker room was sentenced to nine years and four months in state prison Friday, Nov. 18. David Riden, 54, pleaded guilty to three felony charges for possessing more than 600 images of child pornography and for secretly photographing
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Disgraced Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes “has the ambition to rise again” despite being jailed over a years-long scam that saw her become one of America’s most celebrated tech billionaires, the creator of an award-winning podcast about the scandal has said. The 38-year-old was sentenced to more than 11 years behind bars on Friday, having been
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Foreign Secretary James Cleverly will accuse Iran of spreading “bloodshed and destruction” around the world as he reaffirms Britain’s determination to prevent it acquiring a nuclear weapon. Addressing an international security conference in Bahrain on Saturday, Mr Cleverly will warn that Iranian-supplied weapons are threatening security in the Middle East and beyond. He will point
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A developing threat activity cluster has been found using Google Ads in one of its campaigns to distribute various post-compromise payloads, including the recently discovered Royal ransomware. Microsoft, which spotted the updated malware delivery method in late October 2022, is tracking the group under the name DEV-0569. “Observed DEV-0569 attacks show a pattern of continuous
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