An old man and his dog make their routine walk to the isolated clifftops of Cornwall… but this time they find out they’re not so isolated after all. “On Sunday” by David Lea Subscribe to the DUST Newsletter: https://bit.ly/signal_newsletter #DUST #scifi #shortfilm About DUST: DUST presents thought-provoking science fiction content, exploring the future of humanity
SYLMAR — A fire engulfed a large outbuilding and at least one vehicle on a property in Sylmar Friday, but no one was hurt. Firefighters sent to the 13000 block of Fellows Avenue about 10:45 a.m. extinguished the flames in about an hour, according to Nicholas Prange of the Los Angeles Fire Department. Arriving firefighters
Police involved in protecting the Capitol building last week have spoken for the first time describing what happened as “brutal, medieval style combat”. The officers were outnumbered by hundreds of rioters, who federal prosecutors claim were intending to “capture and assassinate officials”. Officer Daniel Hodges was nearly crushed to death in the violence. Disturbing video
All travel corridors will close from Monday, meaning everyone arriving in the UK will have to self-isolate. The tighter border restrictions announced by Boris Johnson are aimed at protecting the progress made with the rollout of vaccines in the face of new coronavirus variants being found around the world. It had already been announced everyone
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed a series of attacks by a threat actor of Chinese origin that has targeted organizations in Russia and Hong Kong with malware — including a previously undocumented backdoor. Attributing the campaign to Winnti (or APT41), Positive Technologies dated the first attack to May 12, 2020, when the APT used LNK shortcuts
Researchers at Johns Hopkins University have come out with a report that highlights all the vulnerabilities that Android and iOS phone encryption have, and how law enforcement agencies can exploit these to access even locked smartphones. This research comes at a time when governments in various countries are pressuring for backdoors in encryption for accessing
WhatsApp is delaying the rollout of new business features following a user backlash over the company’s data sharing practices. The delay is a setback for its plan to generate revenue by facilitating commercial exchanges on the messaging app, which Facebook acquired for $19bn in 2014 but has been slow to monetise. WhatsApp has said users
EXCLUSIVE: Bestselling author Sherrilyn Kenyon, best known for her Dark-Hunter series, has signed with Zero Gravity Management for representation in film, television, and book-to-film-and-TV rights. Since her first book debuted in 1993 while she was still in college, Kenyon has placed multiple series on the New York Times bestseller list in all formats and genres,
This is why we can’t have nice things…. Most folks haven’t been to a live show in nearly a year, maybe more, and as soon as we start doing our best to roll out shows again, shit like this happens. Artists, venues, bands, crews, servers, merch people, lighting and sound, bartenders… they’ve been out of
Danielle Bradbery lost her dear grandmother just over eight years ago. But to this day, the country singer finds herself surrounded by reminders of her spirit — from the tattoos she sees in the mirror, to the sound of her grandmother’s voice in her head, which, thankfully, has never left her. “I remember her voice like
The first two episodes of WandaVision are finally here and there is a whole lot to unpack as Marvel’s Phase Four kicks off. We saw Wanda Maximoff (Elizabeth Olsen) and Vision (Paul Bettany) living the suburban life in a classic 1950s and 1960s sitcom fashion, but it’s not all wacky shenanigans and mishaps in the
It’s one of the most kinetic moments in One Night in Miami. As a character observes, the banter is over and friends are pulling out knives: Kingsley Ben-Adir’s Malcolm X just challenged Leslie Odom Jr.’s Sam Cooke on his responsibility as a Black artist to the Black community. “You bourgeois negroes are too happy with
Sam Wilson, played by Anthony Mackie, was handed a shield by Steve Rogers (Chris Evans) at the end of Avengers: Endgame, which meant that he was being given the role of Captain America going forward in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. In that franchise, Sam Wilson is poised to be the new Cap, but Mackie seems
House Speaker Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) got emotional talking about the moment that angered her the most about the US Capitol riot. #Pelosi #CNN #News
Mohamed El-Erian, chief economic adviser at Allianz, says the current surge in Bitcoin prices is different than the past because there’s a solid foundation of long-term holders. #MohamedElErian #Cryptocurrency #CNNBusiness
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In light of mass deplatforming on big tech social platforms like Twitter, as well as the right-wing social network Parler doing dark on Sunday night, everyone from casual Trump supporters to far-right militants are flocking to alternative social networks such as the encrypted messaging apps Telegram and Signal. On Tuesday, Telegram announced that it had
Tom Holland plays a young romantic/Army vet/bank robber in the genre-hopping new trailer for the upcoming film Cherry. “Cherry follows the wild journey of a disenfranchised young man from Ohio who meets the love of his life, only to risk losing her through a series of bad decisions and challenging life circumstances,” Apple Original Films,
Los Angeles County Superintendent of Schools Debra Duardo, who has been quarantining since last week after contracting the coronavirus, gave a positive update about her recovery on Thursday, Jan. 14. “It’s been a difficult 10 days, but I’m happy to say that I am finally seeing major improvements in my health,” Duardo tweeted. “I have
President-elect Joe Biden has revealed a $1.9trn (£1.4trn) stimulus package to help the US get through the coronavirus pandemic. The package includes $415bn for the virus response, around $1trn for households, and roughly $440bn for small businesses and hard-hit communities. Mr Biden said: “A crisis of deep human suffering is in plain sight, and there’s