Britons aged 18-29 will be offered an alternative to the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine where available, government advisors have decided. Currently, the UK is also rolling out the Pfizer jab, and the first doses of the Moderna vaccine were administered today in Wales. The decision from the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation follows a review of
Roku, one of the dominant U.S. streaming providers, says viewing on its platform of the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament rose 75% over 2019 levels. TV streaming reach, defined as the number of Roku households streaming channels carrying tournament games during their live window, increased by almost 87%, Roku said. About 58% of traditional linear TV
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered yet another piece of wormable Android malware—but this time downloadable directly from the official Google Play Store—that’s capable of propagating via WhatsApp messages. Disguised as a rogue Netflix app under the name of “FlixOnline,” the malware comes with features that allow it to automatically reply to a victim’s incoming WhatsApp messages
Tyra Madison has found a love that’s easy and freeing in her new single “Weekend.” Press play below to hear the brand-new song, premiering exclusively on The Boot. Written by Brooke Eden, Jesse Lee and Will Weatherly, “Weekend” compares a good love to those precious two days off at the end of every week. Even if
A new Android malware has been discovered that existed as an app on Google Play and is claimed to spread via WhatsApp conversations. Called FlixOnline, the app pretended to allow users to view global Netflix content. It was, however, designed to monitor the user’s WhatsApp notifications and send automatic replies to their incoming messages with
We’re still holding out for that Post Malone country music project, all signs point to it happening… someday. We knew he liked country before, but his performances on Matthew McConaughey’s “We’re Texas” campaign surprised just about everybody, country fans and non country fans alike. Post Malone is more country than 90% of country radio.pic.twitter.com/86xeFAKxie —
On Monday, during the First Contact Day celebration, Paramount+ debuted the first teaser trailer for Star Trek: Discovery‘s fourth season. Fans who have followed the series will remember that the Discovery crew finally discarded their 23rd-century Starfleet uniforms for the newer look of the Starfleet of the 32nd century. It seems that the Discovery crew
Play video content Exclusive TMZ.com LisaRaye McCoy is clarifying what she said about the Buffalo radio host who compared Black women to “toast,” saying she is NOT defending the guy — but simply pointing out … yeah, he can have an opinion on the subject. We got the actress Sunday at LAX and asked if
After a few release delays, the highly-anticipated Ghostbusters: Afterlife will be hitting theaters later this year. Most of the stars of the original film will be returning for this sequel, which continues the story of the first two installments, but they won’t be the only familiar faces that fans recognize. Ghostbusters: Afterlife is bringing back
A brief pursuit of a suspected stolen vehicle Monday turned into an hours-long standoff in Beverly Hills after the driver crashed into another vehicle and refused to get out.
This is a guest post from Chanda Prescod-Weinstein. She is a theoretical physicist, feminist theorist, and author of The Disordered Cosmos: A Journey into Dark Matter, Spacetime, and Dreams Deferred, out now from Bold Type Books. You can find her on Twitter @IBJIYONGI. The last year has raised the political consciousness of people across the
Harvey Weinstein has appealed his 2020 conviction on two felony sex crimes, The New York Times reports. The appeal, which was filed in New York State Supreme Court, is centered primarily on the argument that testimony from some of Weinstein’s accusers should not have been allowed. Along with testimony from the two victims whose allegations
IFC Films has released the trailer for Mainstream, the second feature film from Gia Coppola (Palo Alto). The film had its world premiere at the 2020 Venice Film Festival and is scheduled for a theatrical release on May 7th. Mainstream stars Maya Hawke as Frankie, a young woman who dreams of internet stardom when she meets
The breakout star of the latest Loki trailer is not the mustachioed Owen Wilson as Mr. Mobius, nor Tom Hiddleston as Loki himself. Nay, the biggest star is, as it always should be, a cat. The little guy appears around the 35-second mark and he immediately joins the canon of Marvel’s greatest characters. Does he
The chief executive of Virgin Media is to take the helm of Britain’s biggest mobile network operator, it will announce this week as it seeks regulatory approval for its £31bn tie-up with O2. Sky News has learnt that Lutz Schuler, who has run Virgin Media since mid-2019, will be named on Wednesday as chief executive
As of Tuesday, April, the California Department of Public Health’s vaccine dashboard showed about 26.1 million doses have been shipped throughout the state (3.82 million in the past week) and of those, 20.2 million have been administered (2.62 million in the last week). According to Bloomberg’s dashboard tracking vaccine distribution, 34.5% of California’s population has
Minneapolis police officers are advised to “stay away from the neck when possible” when restraining combative suspects, the murder trial of the ex-cop accused of murdering George Floyd has heard. Testimony from Derek Chauvin‘s former colleagues at the city’s police department continued on Tuesday, after the force’s chief yesterday said his actions against Mr Floyd
Carbon emissions from England’s £27.4bn roadbuilding scheme will be about 100 times greater than the government has claimed, expert witnesses have told a court. The government has said the carbon impact of its “Road Investment Strategy 2” (RIS2) will be too small to be material, at just 0.28 megatonnes (Mt) of CO2 equivalent from October
FilmLA is raising prices on a wide range of permit fees in order to return its finances to pre-pandemic levels – eight years from now. The new rates, which are going up by about 13-15%, will take effect on May 1. It’s the first time fees will have increased since July 2019. The agency was
April is usually a whirlwind month for the cybersecurity industry as it coincides with the release of the highly regarded and influential MITRE ATT&CK test results. The ATT&CK test measures cybersecurity platforms’ abilities to detect and react to emulated, multistep attacks that can be used as a barometer of platform effectiveness. This means that every