Escalating nurse strike action by withdrawing protection for emergency hospital care will endanger patient safety, a NHS leader has warned as the government said a “full and final” pay offer had been made to staff. Matthew Taylor, chief executive of the NHS Confederation, which represents health trusts, also raised concerns over the possibility of nursing
The 96th Oscar cycle is upon us, and with it, something new—the mandatory representation and inclusion standards that require filmmakers and/or their storylines and/or their distributors to meet elaborate racial, sexual, and disability guidelines. Don’t kid yourself with that “everybody qualifies anyway” notion that’s been floating around since the standards were announced a couple of
Writer David Grann is one of the premier nonfiction storytellers of our time. His bestseller The Lost City of Z transported readers into the Amazon on a quest for a mythical civilization (and became a 2016 movie starring Charlie Hunnam). He followed up in 2017 with The Killers of the Flower Moon, a blistering investigation
Funding hate The payments were for “travel reimbursement” and “archival services,” according to the campaign’s latest Federal Election Commission filing Kanye West’s presidential campaign claimed more than $30,000 in payments to white nationalist Nick Fuentes in its latest Federal Election Commission (FEC) filing. Fuentes first burst onto the alt-right scene following the 2017 “Unite the
Samsung Galaxy F54 5G is tipped to launch later this month in India. The company is yet to officially confirm the launch date of the upcoming Galaxy F-series handset. However, a tipster suggests that the Samsung Galaxy F54 5G will launch in India in the last week of April. The handset is likely to be
I requested to write this post because I have become a rabid fan of NBA basketball. My devotion to watching NBA games as an adult started during the second summer of the pandemic, when I watched the playoff finals between the Milwaukee Bucks and the Phoenix Suns. There’s something so compelling about seeing people at
Apr 14, 2023The Hacker NewsVirtual CISO / Cybersecurity In today’s fast-paced and ever-changing digital landscape, businesses of all sizes face a myriad of cybersecurity threats. Putting in place the right people, technological tools and services, MSSPs are in a great position to ensure their customers’ cyber resilience. The growing need of SMEs and SMBs for
Could it be? I suppose it’s no secret that Turnpike Troubadours should be releasing new music this year. As soon as they started touring again last year, the rumors started flying that Turnpike had been working on a new album, possibly with Shooter Jennings producing, and there was even talk of an Evan Felker solo album coming
Play video content TMZ.com Simone Joy Jones has her eye on the lead in Disney’s live-action version of “The Princess and the Frog,” and while she’s hoping she scores the role … she also says any Black woman would be iconic. We caught up with the “Bel-Air” star and had to ask about her hopes
Spotify has announced it is dropping Heardle – the name-that-tune game inspired by Wordle. The streaming giant had acquired the game last July, five months after it took the world by storm. Heardle played small snippets of music and challenged gamers to guess the song as quickly as possible. But in a new statement, Spotify
Weeks after a record-breaking winter storm pummeled the San Bernardino Mountains, dirty snow still lines the streets, piled atop cars and blocking driveways — a slowly melting remnant of the unusually extreme winter that radically changed people’s lives. The hulking piles of snow also serve to remind locals of the arduous recovery ahead. The fierce
It has been one those weeks in America where you end up with whiplash from a flood of remarkable news. So much news, in fact, we couldn’t cover it all in the depth we’d like to have done. The main stories were all familiar American themes – guns, intelligence leaks, abortion, drugs. But within each,
The building of new smart motorways is being cancelled following concerns over safety and costs. Fourteen planned smart motorways – including 11 that are already paused and three earmarked for construction – will be removed from government road-building plans, Downing Street has confirmed. Existing stretches will remain but be subjected to a safety refit so
Katy Perry, Take That, Andrea Bocelli, and Lionel Richie are the headline names announced as the first stars set to appear at King Charles III’s coronation concert, taking place the day after his installment. The event will be held on the grounds of Windsor Castle on May 7. Italian opera singer Andrea Bocelli, Welsh bass-baritone
Courtney Clenney, the OnlyFans model charged with murdering her boyfriend, is being sued by his family for wrongful death. According to the lawsuit, filed March 17 and updated on Friday, Clenney is liable financially to Obumseli’s estate for his death, because she intentionally stabbed him, causing the family mental pain and suffering and depriving them
Blackpink just made history at Coachella. The K-pop heavyweights — Jisoo, Jennie, Lisa, and Rosé — performed an almost two-hour-long set of their greatest hits as they closed at a jam-packed second night of Coachella on Saturday. The performance actually started 30 minutes later than planned, but fans didn’t seem to mind the wait. A
Vivo X Fold 2 is all set to go official in China on April 20. Ahead of the launch, the foldable smartphone has allegedly appeared on the benchmarking website Geekbench, hinting at its key specifications. The listing indicates Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 SoC and 12GB RAM on the upcoming device. The Vivo X Fold 2
I like to think of myself as someone who will read anything and everything, as long as it interests me. Contemporary fiction? Sure. A good YA kick in the heart? Bring it on. Memoirs, essay collections, tell-alls, and cultural analysis? Start spilling all the tea. But one genre that I’ve always struggled with, pretty much
Apr 14, 2023Ravie LakshmananMobile Security / Cyber Threat The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has added two vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, based on evidence of active exploitation. The two flaws are listed below – CVE-2023-20963 (CVSS score: 7.8) – Android Framework Privilege Escalation Vulnerability CVE-2023-29492 (CVSS score: TBD) –
Looks like Michael Ray is finally speaking up… With his last full studio album coming in 2018, Michael Ray is gearing up to drop his latest project, Dive Bars & Broken Hearts, a six-song EP due out on June 23rd. And to preview that new EP, Michael Ray has just dropped his first song of