Rejoice, language nerds! While the Merriam-Webster dictionary tried to gaslight us into believing that “gaslight” was 2022’s word of the year, the venerable American Dialect Society — a group of linguistic scholars founded in 1889 — has overwhelmingly voted for a different, far more important term to commemorate this moment in time: the suffix “-ussy.”
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. After being discounted for Cyber Monday, the newly-released Apple Watch Series 8 (41mm) is $30 off right now. It’s a shockingly long (and steep) discount for an Apple product — especially one that just
Self-help has been a booming genre for adults for decades, with books available that can teach us everything from how to boost our self-esteem, overcome addiction, and deal with mental illness to how to actualise our wildest dreams. Adults often buy self-help when we reach a turning point in our lives, or find ourselves in
Monique Hernandez is used to being shortstaffed. As a registered nurse at Riverside Community Hospital, she’s often saddled with more patients than she can safely handle. The nurse-to-patient ratio in her telemetry unit is supposed to be 1-4 at the maximum, yet some days she handles as many as five. “When you come into work
A six-year-old pupil who shot his teacher used a gun that belonged to his mother and was legally owned, police have said. Authorities said there was no fight or physical struggle before the boy opened fire on Abby Zwerner as she taught a lesson at a school in the US state of Virginia. Police chief
Ambulance unions placed people’s lives at risk when they refused to introduce countrywide minimum levels of service during strikes last month, the business secretary has said. Grant Shapps hit out at ambulance workers for only agreeing on a local level to minimum service levels after he earlier told Sky News it was a “regional or
The Motion Picture Association has hired two executives for its U.S. government affairs team. Hap Rigby will join as senior vice president, federal government affairs, leading lobbying efforts in Congress and the executive branch. He joins from from Wiley Rein, where he was senior policy advisor and advised clients in the communications and technology sectors.
Jan 10, 2023Ravie LakshmananSoftware Security / Supply Chain A high-severity security flaw has been disclosed in the open source jsonwebtoken (JWT) library that, if successfully exploited, could lead to remote code execution on a target server. “By exploiting this vulnerability, attackers could achieve remote code execution (RCE) on a server verifying a maliciously crafted JSON
The Chicks are headed to Sin City. In the spirit of reviving ‘90s country artists and songs, The Chicks have jumped in on the action and will be performing six nights in Las Vegas come early summer. The Chicks have been a feminist and political advocacy staple for years, never backing down or shying away
Play video content Jeremy Renner is still in bad shape after his horrendous snowplow accident, but he got a taste of normal life with a shower and shampoo … albeit in ICU. Jeremy posted this video of his sister gently shampooing his hair. It seems the no-rinse shampoo cap is covering his head … these
Redmi 12C was launched as a low-cost smartphone in China late last year. According to a new report, the phone will be available in India next month. The Indian unit should have the same design and specifications as the Chinese variant. The Redmi 12C is expected to be released in India before the MWC 2023
Amazon has revealed plans to shut three UK warehouses, a decision that will affect 1,200 jobs, but open two new major fulfilment centres. Sites in Hemel Hempstead, Doncaster and Gourock, in the west of Scotland, have been proposed for closure. A spokesman said all the workers would be offered roles at other existing Amazon locations.
It’s been 10 weeks since 25-year-old Charlotte braider Shanquella Robinson died on a trip to Cabo San Lucas Mexico, and on what would have been her 26th birthday, her family is still asking for answers. Robinson’s friends and family gathered at her grave Sunday to release balloons and celebrate the late woman’s life and memory.
Former president Donald Trump said Hardaway’s death was “totally unexpected” Lynette Hardaway, also known as Diamond of the political duo “Diamond and Silk,” has died. Her death was confirmed on Diamond and Silk’s official Facebook page on Monday night. “The World just lost a True Angel and Warrior Patriot for Freedom, Love, and Humanity! Diamond
Known for his novels exploring the wintry, rural lands of the Northeast including Sweet Hereafter and Affliction, as well as his award-winning work Cloudsplitter, which followed the life of abolitionist John Brown, author Russell Banks was considered by many to follow in the footsteps of other American authors such as Nathaniel Hawthorne and Walt Whitman.
Los Angeles County public health officials reported 5,184 more cases of the coronavirus since Friday, bringing the total number of cases to 3,652,052 as of Monday, Jan. 9. Officials reported 61 more deaths linked to the coronavirus since Friday for a total of 34,867 deaths since tracking began. Hospitalizations are pending information from the California
The entire community of Montecito and surrounding canyons have been ordered to evacuate after California was hits by severe storms. The evacuation order, affecting about 10,000 people, came on the fifth anniversary of a mudslide that killed 23 and destroyed more than 100 homes in the coastal enclave. Montecito is home to a host of
Sir Keir Starmer and Labour have accepted hundreds of thousands of pounds in donations from a wealthy climate activist who has also been funnelling money to Just Stop Oil – a group condemned by the party. Ecotricity, a company founded by Dale Vince, gave more than £20,000 to Sir Keir Starmer during Labour’s 2020 leadership
DGA leaders said today that their upcoming contract negotiations with the Aliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers “promises to be an extremely challenging negotiating environment – one of the most difficult and complex we have faced in many years.” DGA National Executive Director Russell Hollander and DGA negotiations chair Jon Avnet said in a
Jan 09, 2023Ravie LakshmananKubernetes / Cryptojacking The threat actors behind the Kinsing cryptojacking operation have been spotted exploiting misconfigured and exposed PostgreSQL servers to obtain initial access to Kubernetes environments. A second initial access vector technique entails the use of vulnerable images, Sunders Bruskin, security researcher at Microsoft Defender for Cloud, said in a report