MPs should not use their parliamentary office for work relating to their second jobs, a cabinet minister has told Sky News, as a senior Conservative faces allegations he misused his Commons office to carry out legal work. According to The Times, former attorney general Sir Geoffrey Cox used his parliamentary office to undertake some of
The tech division of Weta Digital has been sold in a $1.625 billion deal. Weta Digital is Peter Jackson’s Wellington-based empire known for its work on The Lord of the Rings, Avatar, Game of Thrones and many other major film and TV properties. The acquiring company is Unity, an interactive 3D firm. The acquisition encompasses
Cybersecurity researchers on Tuesday disclosed 14 critical vulnerabilities in the BusyBox Linux utility that could be exploited to result in a denial-of-service (DoS) condition and, in select cases, even lead to information leaks and remote code execution. The security weaknesses, tracked from CVE-2021-42373 through CVE-2021-42386, affect multiple versions of the tool ranging from 1.16-1.33.1, DevOps
The National Football League has fined the Green Bay Packers and their quarterback Aaron Rodgers for violating Covid-19 protocols, CNBC reports. On Tuesday, the NFL announced it would fine the Packers $300,000. Rodgers was fined $14,650 for going to a party unvaccinated. Rodgers was caught on video unmasked at a Halloween party attended by his
Marks & Spencer has swung back into the black after a pandemic-induced slump but warned of the impact of supply chain strains and higher labour costs over coming months. The retailer reported a profit of £187.3m for the six months to 2 October compared with a loss of £87.6m a year earlier – helped by
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It’s hard to find an artist on the planet who can cover a southern rock song like Kip Moore does. I saw him at the Orange Peel in Asheville, North Carolina, this past Saturday at a stop on his How High tour, where he covered Marshall Tucker Band’s iconic 70’s tune “Can’t You See” and brought
OnePlus 10 Pro high-quality renders have been shared by a tipster. The alleged renders show a large rectangular camera module at the back of the phone with three sensors and an LED flash. A report has also listed out a few key specifications of the smartphone, highlighting that the handset will have a base model
This article contains major spoilers for the Supergirl series finale. Supergirl Season 6 Episodes 19 and 20 After five long seasons, Supergirl has ended and Supercorp, the romantic pairing of Kara Danvers and Lena Luthor, is not, in fact, endgame – at least not canonically. In some ways it feels like this was always how
There was another horrific injury on the set of the Alec Baldwin movie “Rust” … a film worker was bitten by a poisonous spider … and the wounds look disgusting and painful. Seriously, these grisly images of the man’s injuries are not for the faint of heart … because you can literally see the insides
A long, imposing row of straight-backed men and women, all of them on horseback, all of them confronting the horizon of a Western plain. Strange how affecting an image as simple as this can be. But the genre of Westerns is built on such images. We could be talking about John Ford’s painterly visual discoveries
Hermosa Beach honored local veterans outside its Veterans’ Memorial on the lawn of the Community Center for its “Veterans are Timeless” campaign on Wednesday, November 11, 2020. (Photo by Axel Koester, Contributing Photographer) Veterans Day was originally known as Armistice Day and commemorated the end of fighting in 1918 on the Western Front in Europe
The US is signalling a return to the world stage in a leadership role on climate, after President Donald Trump withdrew from the Paris climate agreement. The Americans are at COP26 – a show of force – with a 20-strong US delegation fanning out across the summit to press the case for ambitious action. But
The Metropolitan Police has confirmed it has received a letter from the SNP asking it to investigate cash for honours allegations against the Conservatives. A spokesman for the force said it is currently “considering the contents of the correspondence” but an investigation or formal assessment into the allegations has not started. SNP MP Pete Wishart
Here’s Apple CEO Tim Cook’s favorite line from the first two seasons of Ted Lasso: “There’s two buttons I never like hitting. That’s panic and, snooze.” (Says Jason Sudeikis’ Coach Lasso when asked about his team’s losing streak). “I love that. I love that,” Cook told The New York Times DealBook Online Summit. “He has
No business is out of danger of cyberattacks today. However, specific industries are particularly at risk and a favorite of attackers. For years, the healthcare industry has taken the brunt of ransomware attacks, data breaches, and other cyberattacks. Why is the healthcare industry particularly at risk for a cyberattack? What are the unique challenges to
The filthy, cramped, and corrupt federal lockup in Manhattan where Jeffrey Epstein hanged himself was deemed such a mess that the Department of Justice announced its closure in August — and cleared it of prisoners in late October. On Nov. 4, the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York unsealed an indictment revealing
The pugilistic chairman of JD Wetherspoon has revived a long-running feud with investor groups over corporate governance at the listed pubs operator amid threats of a fresh revolt at this month’s annual meeting. Sky News has learnt that at least two shareholder advisory services are recommending protest votes on issues including boardroom diversity and the
Fifty-four separate bills have been introduced across 24 different legislatures between January and September of this year which aim to restrict what is taught in K-12 schools, higher education, and various state agencies, begins a new report from PEN America. These bills attempt to shut down discussions and lessons on racism, gender, and a broad
The coal miner’s daughter is an absolute legend. And, we’ve been taking a look back at some of the greatest and most legendary moments in CMA Awards history ahead of the show tomorrow, like Alan and George calling out pop country with a performance of “Murder On Music Row”, Kellie Pickler’s emotional performance of “I Wonder”,