The National Rifle Association (NRA) has announced it has filed for bankruptcy petitions in a US court as part of a restructuring plan. The gun rights advocacy group said it would restructure as a Texas nonprofit to exit what it described as “a corrupt political and regulatory environment in New York”, where it is currently
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Home Secretary Priti Patel must “take responsibility” for the wiping of 150,000 arrest records from police databases, the Labour Party says. The records were accidentally wiped last week and they included fingerprint, DNA and arrest histories, according to The Times. The newspaper says the technological blunder could allow offenders to go free, as evidence from
The U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) on Friday said DNS over HTTPS (DoH) — if configured appropriately in enterprise environments — can help prevent “numerous” initial access, command-and-control, and exfiltration techniques used by threat actors. “DNS over Hypertext Transfer Protocol over Transport Layer Security (HTTPS), often referred to as DNS over HTTPS (DoH), encrypts DNS
Oppo A93 5G has been launched officially in China as the latest smartphone offering from the company. The phone is powered by the new Qualcomm Snapdragon 480 SoC and packs a triple rear camera setup on the back. The rear cameras include a 48-megapixel primary sensor and two 2-megapixel macro and monochrome lenses. Oppo A93
The proprietors of The Daily Telegraph have begun exploring plans for a £3bn-plus flotation of Very Group, their booming online retail operation. Sky News has learnt that the Barclay family is at the early stages of examining whether to take Very to the public markets in order to capitalise on exploding investor interest in digitally
On Friday afternoon, as the Los Angeles Board of Supervisors met behind closed doors to discuss new, stricter shutdown orders; as Mayor Eric Garcetti and California Governor Governor Gavin Newsom appeared together to try and jumpstart the region’s lagging vaccination efforts; one key reason for the urgency of those efforts became clear. Earlier in the
If you didn’t park your ass in front of a computer/television/cellphone… whatever, last night for Cody’s virtual show, you definitely missed out. But thankfully, there’s still the chance to re-watch it right here. Performing deep cuts like “After The Fire,” “Birds,” “Grey,” “Lady Bug,” and more, it was an incredible opportunity to hear live renditions
Kip Moore‘s ”How High” celebrates that euphoric feeling a good love can bring. The country star released the new song early Friday morning (Jan. 15). Written by Moore with Bobby Terry, Luke Dick and Westin Davis, “How High” features a twinkling melody, unique from any of Moore’s previous work. That’s not to say it’s completely out of
WandaVision released some animated stickers for Instagram Stories this weekend. The Disney+ series got rolling this morning and tons of people are flocking to the platform to see what Marvel Studios has been up to. In the event that anything this big releases online, there is going to be social media buzz. 100% Soft posted
Contains spoilers for Promising Young Woman “Where does the pleasure stop and the truth begin?” poses Emerald Fennell, director of Promising Young Woman, a highly distinctive rape-revenge thriller starring Carey Mulligan which feels like a total subversion of the subgenre. Fennell’s debut is an incredibly contemporary, candy-colored fable about a former medical student, Cassie, who
Famed breakdancer Adolfo “Shabba-Doo” Quiñones will be remembered by his family in a private service — but scores of his friends in the biz will also get a chance to honor him. A rep for the family tells TMZ … the star of the 1984 film, “Breakin'” will have a memorial service Saturday at an
Sooner or later, Nova will be coming to the Marvel Cinematic Universe. According to Kevin Feige himself, both Richard Rider and Sam Alexander are in consideration, and will join the live-action world before long. When the character eventually does arrive in the MCU, one thing is for certain — he’ll likely carry the future of
When people think of detective duos, none is as quintessential as Sherlock Holmes and John Watson. Since Sherlock Holmes, many mystery writers have played off the dynamic with their detective duos in fascinating ways. The most recent iteration is Stuart Turton’s newest The Devil and The Dark Water (2020). There will be spoilers ahead. The
Somerville, a city in greater Boston, took a step towards decriminalizing natural psychedelics Thursday, January 14th. With a unanimous 9-0 vote and the support of the city’s mayor, the city council passed a resolution that makes enforcing laws against the possession or use of “entheogenic natural substances” for adults the lowest priority for the Somerville
You couldn’t ask for a richer documentary subject than the Villages, the massive, Florida-based retirement community that’s home to over a 120,000 senior citizens and functions as its own self-contained, self-sustaining AARPverse. What started as a mobile-home park in the 1970s began to develop into an ever-expanding set of properties that catered to giving folks
An old man and his dog make their routine walk to the isolated clifftops of Cornwall… but this time they find out they’re not so isolated after all. “On Sunday” by David Lea Subscribe to the DUST Newsletter: https://bit.ly/signal_newsletter #DUST #scifi #shortfilm About DUST: DUST presents thought-provoking science fiction content, exploring the future of humanity
SYLMAR — A fire engulfed a large outbuilding and at least one vehicle on a property in Sylmar Friday, but no one was hurt. Firefighters sent to the 13000 block of Fellows Avenue about 10:45 a.m. extinguished the flames in about an hour, according to Nicholas Prange of the Los Angeles Fire Department. Arriving firefighters
Police involved in protecting the Capitol building last week have spoken for the first time describing what happened as “brutal, medieval style combat”. The officers were outnumbered by hundreds of rioters, who federal prosecutors claim were intending to “capture and assassinate officials”. Officer Daniel Hodges was nearly crushed to death in the violence. Disturbing video
All travel corridors will close from Monday, meaning everyone arriving in the UK will have to self-isolate. The tighter border restrictions announced by Boris Johnson are aimed at protecting the progress made with the rollout of vaccines in the face of new coronavirus variants being found around the world. It had already been announced everyone
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed a series of attacks by a threat actor of Chinese origin that has targeted organizations in Russia and Hong Kong with malware — including a previously undocumented backdoor. Attributing the campaign to Winnti (or APT41), Positive Technologies dated the first attack to May 12, 2020, when the APT used LNK shortcuts