Month: November 2022

Elon Musk says he would support Republican Ron DeSantis if the Florida governor runs in the 2024 US presidential election race. Mr DeSantis was re-elected with nearly 60% of the vote in the midterms and has been tipped as a potential candidate to be the next US leader. Musk’s apparent endorsement of Mr DeSantis comes
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Inflation-busting pay rises are “unaffordable”, cabinet minister Mark Harper has told Sky News in the face of strikes in the public sector. The transport secretary said there “simply isn’t the money” to fund such wage hikes, even in line with rising prices, given the current economic situation and state of the public finances in the
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Ukraine has come under a fresh onslaught of ransomware attacks that mirror previous intrusions attributed to the Russia-based Sandworm nation-state group. Slovak cybersecurity company ESET, which dubbed the new ransomware strain RansomBoggs, said the attacks against several Ukrainian entities were first detected on November 21, 2022. “While the malware written in .NET is new, its
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There is nothing quite like rediscovering a song on an album you love. The most recent song I’ve re-fallen in love with is from Hailey Whitters’ 2020 album, The Dream. A tune we all know and love, a cover of Chris Stapleton’s “The Devil Always Made Me Think Twice.” The original guitar riff and the twang-heavy song
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Nothing Phone 1 users have started receiving the Nothing OS 1.1.7 update. This update brings support for displaying the battery percentages of AirPods. The feature is currently experimental and some users have pointed out that sometimes it doesn’t work as intended. In addition to bug fixes and other minor improvements, this latest Nothing OS update
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Qatar is reviewing its investments in London after the organisation running the capital’s transport system banned the Middle East country’s advertisements on the Tube, buses and taxis. A source with knowledge of the review has told Sky News the decision by Transport for London (TfL) is “another blatant example of double standards and virtue signalling
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The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) formally announced it will no longer authorize electronic equipment from Huawei, ZTE, Hytera, Hikvision, and Dahua, deeming them an “unacceptable” national security threat. All these Chinese telecom and video surveillance companies were previously included in the Covered List as of March 12, 2021. “The FCC is committed to protecting
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Randall King covering Randy Travis is one heck of a combo. And now that Thanksgiving is over… Christmas music is officially acceptable. Randall King has released his own rendition of Randy’s “Old Time Christmas,” with all of its traditional country Christmas charm. Originally released on Randy Travis’s 1989 Christmas album, Randy Travis An Old Time
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Amazon warehouse workers have walked off the job on one of the busiest shopping days of the year to demand higher wages and better working conditions from the online retail giant. The strike was organized under “Make Amazon Pay,” an international campaign coordinated among trade unions, climate justice groups, and labor rights organizations. It calls
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