There is now a “window of opportunity” to fix the issues around the Northern Ireland protocol, says the Irish prime minister. Speaking after the British-Irish Council summit in Blackpool, Michael Martin said relations between the UK and EU had “improved very significantly”, and both he and British PM Rishi Sunak wanted to resolve the problems
Two long-running surveillance campaigns have been found targeting the Uyghur community in China and elsewhere with Android spyware tools designed to harvest sensitive information and track their whereabouts. This encompasses a previously undocumented malware strain called BadBazaar and updated variants of an espionage artifact dubbed MOONSHINE by researchers from the University of Toronto’s Citizen Lab
Elle King comin’ through with a new(ish) Tyler Childers tune. She released a song called “Jersey Giant” today, which was, up until now, an unreleased gem penned by the Kentucky legend himself. Tyler used to perform it here and there at live shows, but had never included it on an album or officially cut it
In October, Barnes & Noble posted their list of the top 11 books of the year, as selected by their booksellers. The list included bestselling novels, a picture book, a New Orleans cookbook, a history of hip-hop jewelry, and more. Some of these books overlap with the previous editorially-selected Barnes and Noble Best Books of
People in the the United States and some other parts of the world marked the end of daylight saving time this past week with the ritual grumbling over early sunsets and worrying about the long winter ahead. In order to better prepare for the months ahead, Rolling Stone sought the advice of Cecilia Blomdahl, who
Rihanna‘s delivering her second song for the “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” soundtrack … another riveting ballad entitled “Born Again.” The song closes out the ‘BPWF’ soundtrack and is produced by the all-star team of The-Dream and Ludwig Göransson … with Grammy-winner James Fauntleroy adding to the songwriting. “Born Again” has Rihanna bookending the film’s soundtrack
If Donald Trump wants to repeat his infamous phone call asking a secretary of state to “find” more votes for him in 2024, he’s going to have fewer people taking his calls thanks to the election returns on Tuesday night. That’s because the election was a disaster for the America First Secretary of State Coalition
Redmi 11A may launch soon in Xiaomi’s home country, China. A Redmi smartphone, believed to be the Redmi 11A, has been spotted on the Chinese regulatory authority TENAA’s certification website. The smartphone is shown with up to 8GB of RAM and up to 256GB of storage. It appears to have a hole-punch display notch and
The UK economy contracted by 0.2% in the third quarter, early official figures show – prompting the chancellor to warn that the “tough road ahead” will require “extremely difficult decisions”. The figure marked the first step towards recession. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) reported a dip in output for September, leaving gross domestic product
NBA Commissioner Adam Silver is not saying troubled Brooklyn Nets guard Kyrie Irving is anti-semitic. In an interview Thursday with the New York Times, Silver talked briefly about his meeting with Irving this week at the NBA’s office in Manhattan. The meeting followed a series of events where Irving promoted a film that contained anti-semitic
Los Angeles County public health officials reported 1,595 more cases of the coronavirus since over the weekend, bringing the total number of cases to 3,501,782 as of Thursday, Nov. 10. Officials reported eight more deaths linked to the coronavirus since Wednesday for a total of 34,039 deaths since tracking began. There were 28 fewer patients
Donald Trump has described Ron DeSantis as an “average” politician, in a statement aimed at belittling the man who could rival him for the Republican presidential nomination. Mr DeSantis, 44, was re-elected as Florida governor with almost 60% of the vote, marking him out as a rising star and a possible contender for the presidency
Kwasi Kwarteng claims he told Liz Truss to “slow down” after the market crashing mini-budget was announced. The ex-chancellor, who was sacked by the then-prime minister, told TalkTV’s First Edition programme: “She said, ‘Well, I’ve only got two years’ and I said, ‘You will have two months if you carry on like this’.” Mr Kwarteng
Microsoft on Thursday attributed the recent spate of ransomware incidents targeting transportation and logistics sectors in Ukraine and Poland to a threat cluster that shares overlaps with the Russian state-sponsored Sandworm group. The attacks, which were disclosed by the tech giant last month, involved a strain of previously undocumented malware called Prestige and is said
Another CMA Awards in the books. As far as awards shows go, last night’s show actually wasn’t terrible. There were surprisingly quite a few highlights, including the best performance of the night from Chris Stapleton and Patty Loveless paying tribute to their home state of Kentucky with an absolutely incredible performance of “You’ll Never Leave
The 2022 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction has been awarded to Khadija Abdalla Bajaber for her debut YA novel The House of Rust. The novel is a coming-of-age story steeped in Swahili and Hadrami culture in which Aisha, a young girl in Mombasa, Kenya, embarks on a sea journey in an enchanted boat
As Elon Musk‘s second week running Twitter comes to a close, the social network is tilting toward outright anarchy. The most visible problem arose from Musk’s harebrained idea of selling verification badges for $8 a month — without a mechanism for confirming the user’s identity. For years, you could trust that a blue check next
Columbus Short‘s neighbor says the actor’s got it out for him so bad, he’s had to go to court to get protection … and a judge is giving it to him. According to legal docs, obtained by TMZ, the neighbor says Columbus got in his face last weekend … allegedly referring to himself as a
A review of the Atlanta series finale, “It Was All a Dream,” coming up just as soon as I tell you how many seasons of Homeboys in Outer Space there were… The thing about Atlanta is that the series is so fluid, and so unpredictable in terms of subject and tone, that it could have
Realme 10 Pro+ specifications and design have been teased in India, revealing some of the specifications and the handset’s design ahead of its debut in the country. The smartphone will sport a 120Hz curved display. The Chinese smartphone maker also claims that the Realme 10 Pro+ will feature the world’s first 2,160Hz dimming technology to