Around 8,000 flights were cancelled globally between Christmas Eve and Boxing Day as airlines experienced staff shortages due to COVID-19. Approximately 3,000 of the cancelled flights were in or out of the United States, where the highly transmissible Omicron COVID variant is causing a surge in infections, according to flight-tracking website FlightAware.com The website’s tally
Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng is to hold meetings with energy bosses today to address rapidly rising gas and electricity prices. Mr Kwarteng will meet with the bosses of major energy suppliers who are likely to ask the government for tax cuts and the relaxation of green levies. Last week, the industry’s trade body Energy UK
A number of security flaws have been uncovered in a networking component in Garrett Metal Detectors that could allow remote attackers to bypass authentication requirements, tamper with metal detector configurations, and even execute arbitrary code on the devices. “An attacker could manipulate this module to remotely monitor statistics on the metal detector, such as whether
The coronavirus pandemic is entering its third year, and the United States still isn’t doing enough to track the virus. It’s not just a testing shortfall. The U.S. government is falling short on “genomic surveillance” — that is, sequencing enough tests in the right places at the right times in order to keep tabs on
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Jean-Marc Vallée, the director of the Oscar-winning Dallas Buyers Club and HBO hit show Big Little Lies, died Sunday at his home in Quebec City, Canada at the age of 58. Vallée’s publicist, Bumble Ward, confirmed the news to CNN, though a cause of death was not immediately available. “He was a friend, creative partner
As promised… Every year, when it’s time for our annual Albums of the Year list to come out, we always like to include a playlist to go with it. After all, what good is a list of albums if you can’t listen to the music on the list, right? So once again this year, we
New Year’s Eve plans in England have been given the green light, as Sajid Javid confirmed the government will not be imposing any further restrictions before the New Year. The health secretary said people should “remain cautious” when taking part in New Year’s celebrations – and take a lateral flow test before attending events. Mr
Many have called 2021 a slow year for video games, and we certainly understand why. Game development is hard enough without having to deal with the challenges of working during the COVID-19 pandemic, systemic issues within the industry, hardware shortages, and a variety of other factors that have led to some of the delays and
Oppo A11s has been launched as the company’s latest affordable phone. The new model in the Oppo A series comes with triple rear cameras and a hole-punch display design. Oppo A11s also carries a 90Hz display and is powered by an octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 460 SoC. The smartphone comes in two different colour options and
Jean-Marc Vallee, the director of “Dallas Buyers Club,” “Sharp Objects,” and “Big Little Lies,” has died … and it was both sudden and unexpected. Vallee passed near Quebec City, at his cabin. His producing partner, Nathan Ross, said … “Jean-Marc stood for creativity, authenticity and trying things differently. He was a true artist and a
Wayne Thiebaud, a Sacramento-based artist and teacher famous for his colorful paintings of desserts and California landscapes, died Dec. 25 at the age of 101. Thiebaud’s death was announced on Instagram by his gallery, Acquavella. “An American icon, Wayne led his life with passion and determination, inspired by his love for teaching, tennis, and above
Jerry Hallanger sits at one of his nine vintage typewriters — all in excellent condition — and begins his hand-to-heart connection with his aunts Hazel and Margaret. “I want to thank you and Margaret for giving me books to read as Christmas presents when I was a kid,” types the retired LAPD sergeant from his
Sarah Weddington, who won a landmark court case to make abortions legal across the US, has died at the age of 76. The Texas lawyer passed away in her sleep early on Boxing Day morning at her home in Austin, her former student and colleague Susan Hays said. She had been in poor health for
Jackie Weaver has revealed how her time in the spotlight this year “continues to feel like something that will not be here tomorrow” after going viral with a council meeting video. The 63-year-old became one of the most popular social media memes of the year after Handforth Parish Council’s infamous Zoom meeting went viral in
Microsoft is urging customers to patch two security vulnerabilities in Active Directory domain controllers that it addressed in November following the availability of a proof-of-concept (PoC) tool on December 12. The two vulnerabilities — tracked as CVE-2021-42278 and CVE-2021-42287 — have a severity rating of 7.5 out of a maximum of 10 and concern a
Joan Didion, the storied author and New Journalism icon best known for books like Play It as It Lays, The White Album, and The Year of Magical Thinking, died Thursday, The New York Times reports. She was 87. Didion died at her home in Manhattan after a battle with Parkinson’s disease, a spokesperson for her
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“Once,” writes Elena Ferrante in her 2006 novel The Lost Daughter, “I had a very closeup view of what it means to be in love, the powerful and joyous irresponsibility that it unleashes.” In the span of a sentence, Ferrante — in the voice of heroine Leda Caruso — renders love into something exuberant and
Yellowstone BROUGHT IT this week. After what was a relatively light episode (just two songs) last week, Taylor Sheridan and music supervisor Andrea von Foerster more than made up for it tonight. We have six new tunes to add to the to our league leading Yellowstone: The Soundtrack playlist, a must-follow for anyone that loves the