Families on benefits will be able to claim hundreds of pounds more in childcare payments from the end of June, the government has announced. People on Universal Credit will see their maximum childcare payments rise by nearly 50% from 28 June as the government tries to get more people back into work. Parents eligible for
Month: May 2023
Amazon’s Alexa will no longer sound like Samuel L. Jackson and Melissa McCarthy. The e-commerce giant has stopped sales of celebrity “personalities” for Alexa. In a note on the product pages for the available celebrity voices, Amazon indicates that they are no longer available for purchase. “Melissa McCarthy’s Alexa voice is no longer available for
On Oct. 27, 2018, as worshipers gathered at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh, a gunman opened fire and killed 11 people. The federal death penalty trial of the alleged shooter Robert G. Bowers, 50, began Tuesday with an audio recording of a 911 call one of the victims, Bernice Simon, made after her
The boys of ENHYPEN are set for a world tour this summer with shows taking place in South Korea, Japan, and the United States. A two-night concert in Seoul’s KSPO Dome will kick off the trek in July, according to their announcement on Tuesday. The septet will then head to Japan to perform at the
The Realme 11 Pro series is expected to offer up to 100W fast charging support. Realme 11 Pro and Realme 11 Pro+ will launch in India on June 8, the company has confirmed. Both smartphones were unveiled in China earlier this month alongside the vanilla Realme 11. The handsets come with MediaTek Dimensity SoCs and
May 30, 2023Ravie LakshmananZero Day / Vulnerability Multiple security flaws uncovered in Sonos One wireless speakers could be potentially exploited to achieve information disclosure and remote code execution, the Zero Day Initiative (ZDI) said in a report published last week. The vulnerabilities were demonstrated by three different teams from Qrious Secure, STAR Labs, and DEVCORE
Hank Williams Jr. is pretty well-known for getting rowdy from time to time, and his album titled Rowdy all but confirmed the legend of the country music star. And one of the album’s hit songs, “Dixie on My Mind,” was released on this day in 1981 as the project’s second single. Hank’s lyrical storytelling ability
Machine Gun Kelly went absolutely bananas after one of Megan Fox‘s movie costars made an artistic request — so says Tyson Ritter … who was allegedly on the receiving end of this. The All-American Rejects front man — who also dabbles in acting — was telling the wild tale on Ted Stryker‘s podcast Tuesday, where
Having made tackling inflation a key policy aim, ministers are under pressure to get a grip on food prices, which are still rising at a robust pace. Among the proposals being considered is a cap on the price of basic food items. The British government is not the first to weigh up such a policy.
Crossword puzzle fans and passionate readers are a Venn diagram with a lot of overlap. But even the most seasoned Saturday New York Times crossword connoisseur will bump into clues they’re unfamiliar with. So what should you study if you want to be the best of the best? Crossword Solver analyzed 6.3 million newspaper crossword
A view from the San Fernando Valley: A bird comes in for a landing at Reseda Park Lake on Friday, May 5, 2023. (Photo by Sarah Reingewirtz, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG) Community meetings bring people together for exchange of ideas and memorable shared experiences. Here’s a sampling of meetings, charity/volunteer opportunities and farmers markets in
Disgraced Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes has begun her prison sentence in Texas. Holmes is due to spend the next 11 years behind bars for overseeing an infamous blood-testing hoax. She entered the federal women’s prison camp located in Bryan, Texas, on Tuesday, according to the Federal Bureau of Prisons. The prison camp is a minimum-security
Rishi Sunak has been accused of being “slippery” in the row over whether the government will hand over Boris Johnson’s WhatsApp messages and other documents to the COVID inquiry. Labour’s shadow health secretary Wes Streeting said the prime minister should “comply with the inquiry and do it today”. Mr Streeting told broadcasters: “I think the
EXCLUSIVE: In a competitive situation, Australian actor James Mackay has signed with Elevate Entertainment. Mackay made his feature film debut in Guillermo del Toro’s Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark (2010) starring alongside Katie Holmes and Guy Pearce. In the remake of the 1973 TV movie of the same name, a family moves to Rhode
The thing about being first is that it usually puts a target on your back. For Street Fighter, despite setting the standard for an entire genre in 1987, and perfecting it in 1991, it meant that the franchise would almost immediately be against the ropes. Related With its breakout followed the very next year by
Fresh off The Idol’s premiere at the Cannes Film Festival — where the reviews were not-so-great, and the ovation only five minutes long — HBO has shared a new trailer for the upcoming series starring Lily-Rose Depp and Abel “the Weeknd” Tesfaye, and helmed by Euphoria creator Sam Levinson. The new clip offers up a
Xiaomi is expected to unleash an upgrade over its current Xiaomi 13 Pro by the end of this year. The Chinese smartphone brand is yet to confirm any details regarding the Xiaomi 14 Pro, but ahead of it, a well-known tipster has shared some specifications of the handset on the Web. Xiaomi is tipped to
May 30, 2023Ravie LakshmananMobile Security / Android A new open source remote access trojan (RAT) called DogeRAT targets Android users primarily located in India as part of a sophisticated malware campaign. The malware is distributed via social media and messaging platforms under the guise of legitimate applications like Opera Mini, OpenAI ChatGOT, and Premium versions
Cody Johnson is one country artist I wouldn’t want to mess with. There are a lot of wannabe-tough guys in country music. But CoJo’s definitely not one of them. The superstar out of Texas is a former rodeo bull rider, and he also used to work as a prison guard in the Texas state penitentiary
Something about the new live-action version of “The Little Mermaid” isn’t sitting right with singer Paloma Faith … who says the movie’s plot is a really hard one to explain to her kiddos. Paloma took to social media over the weekend, first congratulating Halle Bailey for her performance in the new Disney flick — before
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