Alaska plans to review its screening systems after issuing personalised number plates including “FUHRER” AND “3REICH”. Both plates were said to have been owned by the same person at different times and have been recalled following complaints, the US state’s Department of Administration said. A report said the “FUHRER” plate was issued over a decade
Boris Johnson says he is “in awe” at the way parents have been been looking after their children during the pandemic. In an open letter, the prime minister says the COVID crisis has been “tough for all of us” but has “brought out the very best in a great many people”. “I’m particularly in awe
A “persistent attacker group” with alleged ties to Hezbollah has retooled its malware arsenal with a new version of a remote access Trojan (RAT) to break into companies worldwide and extract valuable information. In a new report published by the ClearSky research team on Thursday, the Israeli cybersecurity firm said it identified at least 250
Netflix has started testing a new feature that will allow viewers to set a timer for their favourite show or movie. The latest addition, currently live for select Netflix subscribers on Android devices globally, is another move by the US streaming platform to enhance its viewing experience. Netflix is testing the timer feature for adult
Lenders to Virgin Active are preparing for a fight over the future of one of Britain’s biggest gym chains as its owners draw up a radical blueprint to help it survive the pandemic. Sky News has learnt that a syndicate of roughly half a dozen banks held a beauty parade of financial advisers this week
“The projection is that at the very end of March, early April,” said Dr. Anthony Fauci, the more contagious UK variant of Covid-19 “will become more dominant than the wild type. “The fact is that when you have a virus that has ability to transmit more efficiently than the wild type in the community, sooner
Happy Friday. This week on the Whiskey Riff New Music Friday Playlist, we have a new tunes from Logan Mize, Eric Church, Morgan Wallen, Mark Leach, Lucero, Muscadine Bloodline, Hailey Whitters with Brent Cobb, Corb Lund, Heath Sanders, Troy Cartwright, Pony Bradshaw, Rodney Atkins and more. Turn it up, tell your friends, and as always,
Hailey Whitters got a big break from Brent Cobb in the fall of 2019, when he asked her to open his Sucker for a Good Time Tour. Now that she’s “living the dream” — finding acclaim with her newest album — she simply had to enlist her fellow singer-songwriter for a song. Cobb joins Whitters
WandaVision fans were probably wondering why there were no commercial break ads in Episode 4 of the series. These short adverts have become an expected part of the mystery over the first three installments of the series. However, “We Interrupt This Program” takes that ease of formula and turns it on its head. To put
Play video content Breaking News PGA Tour Torrey Pines looked more like the set of “Happy Gilmore” on Friday … ’cause Brooks Koepka hit a tee shot that landed INSIDE a shoe — and it had everyone wondering, should he have to play it as it lies?!?!?! The wild scene all went down during the
Denzel Washington decided to pay tribute to a new crop of actors including Chadwick Boseman. People realized after the Black Panther star’s tragic death that the veteran actor played a huge role in his career. Washington famously helped pay for the Marvel hero’s education at Oxford. But, there are multiple occasions where Boseman himself was
Amanda Gorman, the first National Youth Poet Laureate who spoke at President Joe Biden’s inauguration, will recite an original piece ahead of Super Bowl LV, February 7th, The Associated Press reports. Gorman’s poem will be dedicated to the three “honorary captains” the NFL has selected to honor before the big game: educator Trimaine Davis, nurse
It will never not be strange that the true crime genre and its fictional counterpart — bloody genres besotted with dead and missing women, haunted detectives, outpourings of familial grief — are not only entertainment, but, for many, an ideal Friday night comfort watch. It’s not a moral question, really; detective stories are rabbit holes
Sometimes you’re born into a family, and sometimes you have to create your own. That becomes even more apparent as soon as we come of age and define our own values, which are sometimes separate from those that raised us—or as we discover a family when we don’t have any nearby. These 15 YA books
Subscribe to the DUST Newsletter: http://eepurl.com/gnTIbD In a post-apocalyptic world, a man takes refuge in an arcade. High Score by Adrien Vallade, Lou Maurice De Reparaz, Brian Lim, Elodie Ferrer, Pablo Cortes Subscribe to DUST on YouTube: http://bit.ly/2aqc5vh #DUST #scifi #shortfilm About DUST: DUST presents thought-provoking science fiction content, exploring the future of humanity through
Someone must have left the freezer door in the morgue open, because grisly reminders of the past are thawing before our eyes. You can see it this weekend with the release of John Lee Hancock’s The Little Things, a throwback to the days when movie stars hung out at crime scenes instead of in spandex,
Get the firewood and s’mores ready. Campgrounds within the State Parks and National Parks systems are starting to reopen to visitors, after a nearly two-month shutdown during the latest stay-at-home order that was lifted this week. But there are some ongoing restrictions as the state still grapples with a high number of coronavirus cases in
Cicely Tyson, the pioneering Black Hollywood actress known for portraying characters of strength, has died aged 96. The film, television and stage actress, whose 60-year career earned her three Emmys and a Tony Award, died on Thursday, her manager Larry Thompson said in a statement. No cause of death was given. “She had a heart
Prisoners in England should start being offered coronavirus vaccines from today, the prisons minister has told Sky News. “The vaccination rollout in prisons has commenced in Wales and should be commencing today in England,” Lucy Frazer said. Live COVID updates from the UK and around the world Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible
Google Project Zero on Thursday disclosed details of a new security mechanism that Apple quietly added to iOS 14 as a countermeasure to prevent attacks that were recently found to leverage zero-days in its messaging app. Dubbed “BlastDoor,” the improved sandbox system for iMessage data was disclosed by Samuel Groß, a security researcher with Project