It’s time to pause, take a step back, and review the books we’ve read and enjoyed this year so far. Other booksellers — Amazon and Barnes & Noble — have already shared what they think are the first half of the year’s best books, but the advantage of this list is that it’s the most
Month: June 2023
Decayed remains found 45 years ago stuffed in a bag in Nevada have finally been identified thanks to advancements in DNA testing. The remains were found in October 1978 in the small Nevada town of Imlay, about two hours north of Reno. Officers also found some articles of women’s clothing inside the garment bag. On
Dozens of participants in an online town hall Wednesday were largely enthusiastic about LA Metro’s plans for the 14.8-mile-long, southern segment of a proposed light-rail system that would go from Artesia to the existing A Line Slauson Station. The $8.5 billion project — a first-of-its-kind transit project serving lower income communities in southeast Los Angeles
Boris Johnson lied to parliament over partygate allegations, according to a report from MPs. The House of Commons privileges committee recommended a 90-day suspension, but as the former prime minister has already resigned as an MP, the Commons could now vote for his right to enter the parliamentary estate to be revoked. Mr Johnson has
The Sussexes have separated from Spotify, Deadline has confirmed. As part of their reported $20M deal with Spotify, inked back in 2020, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle had the podcast Archetypes, which the latter hosted. The podcast, which explored labels that held women back, and touted such guests as Trevor Noah, Mariah Carey, Mindy Kaling
Friends of George’s had a show to put on. It’s more or less that simple. The Memphis theater group, which does drag-centric comedy productions for local charities, had already set April 14 as the opening for its latest event Drag Rocks at the Evergreen Theatre. That was on the books before legislators in Tennessee voted
Eight years after Charlie Puth’s poignant track “See You Again” with Wiz Khalifa appeared on the soundtrack of Furious 7 and topped the Billboard Hot 100, the singer has returned to the film franchise with a new collaboration. This time, Puth joined BTS’ Jimin, Muni Long, and Jvke for “Angel, Pt. 2” from Fast X.
ChatGPT will soon hit the road. Mercedes-Benz on Thursday said US drivers could power some of their luxury vehicles with ChatGPT in a test program starting June 16. Compatible with some 900,000 vehicles that have the automaker’s “MBUX” systems, ChatGPT will download over the air after drivers opt in via a Mercedes app or by
Jun 15, 2023The Hacker NewsBrowser Security / Data Security The revolutionary technology of GenAI tools, such as ChatGPT, has brought significant risks to organizations’ sensitive data. But what do we really know about this risk? A new research by Browser Security company LayerX sheds light on the scope and nature of these risks. The report
Happy National Bourbon Day everybody. In case you weren’t aware, June 14 is not only Flag Day, but it’s also National Bourbon Day. Now I’m not one to say which one is the more important holiday, but I definitely know which one is more fun to celebrate. Bourbon has had quite the renaissance in recent
Play video content TMZ.com Meagan Good has raised some eyebrows in dating Jonathan Majors amid his domestic violence criminal case — but her old Nickelodeon costar isn’t worried one bit. We got Robert Ri’chard — who used to costar with Meagan on “Cousin Skeeter” — out in L.A. Wednesday … and we cut right to
The operator of Britain’s electricity system says it is to keep a scheme that aims to help prevent blackouts for the coming winter. National Grid ESO said it was “prudent to maintain” the demand flexibility service (DFS), which was introduced in 2022 in the wake of Europe’s gas squeeze caused by the war in Ukraine.
The same day Illinois Governor JB Pritzker signed a ban on book bans in public libraries and schools into effect this week, Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed into law a bill that bans “sexually explicit” books from schools. House Bill 900, the “parent empowerment” bill, has spent the legislative season picking up ground in Texas’s
Nine women have filed a sexual assault lawsuit against Bill Cosby in Nevada, just weeks after the state abolished the statute of limitations for civil cases. The lawsuit accuses Cosby of using his “enormous power, fame and prestige” to isolate and sexually assault each of the women named in the lawsuit. Janice Dickinson, Lise-Lotte Lublin,
Juneteenth commemorates June 19, 1865, when Union soldiers brought the news of freedom to the last enslaved Black people in Galveston, Texas — more than two years after the Emancipation Proclamation was signed. It marks the formal end of slavery after the Civil War. Black Americans have celebrated Juneteenth for generations, but it became more
A parliamentary inquiry has concluded that Boris Johnson knowingly misled parliament multiple times with his statements about parties in Downing Street that breached COVID rules. The privileges committee of MPs found Mr Johnson’s breaches serious enough to recommend a suspension of 90 days, if he were still an MP – far exceeding the period needed
EXCLUSIVE: “We are today… WGA!” was the cry outside Cologne Cathedral yesterday evening in Germany, where around 50 protestors held a rally in solidarity with their WGA counterparts in the U.S. The demo was pulled together as part of the global Screenwriters Everywhere protests, which encompassed 20 locations around the world. On the ground in
Another day, another multibillion-dollar corporate giant in the crosshairs of the “anti-woke” right. This time, it’s Activision Blizzard, the fifth-largest video game firm in the world, that aggrieved reactionaries are threatening to boycott. As with so many of these stories, the inciting “controversy” is ridiculously minor. Nickmercs (real name Nick Kolcheff), a streamer who came
Just weeks after Nevada passed a law eliminating the civil statute of limitations in sexual abuse cases involving adults, nine women filed a sexual assault lawsuit in the U.S. District Court against Bill Cosby on Wednesday, NBC News reported. The lawsuit alleges that the disgraced actor used his “enormous power, fame and prestige” to isolate
Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 5 and Galaxy Z Flip 5 foldables are expected to launch next month. Samsung confirmed that it will host its next Unpacked event in Seoul, which is scheduled for late July. The Galaxy Z Fold 5 will be a flagship foldable smartphone offering and launch as a successor to last year’s
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