With the holiday season upon us and the New Year almost in our grasp, it is a time of reflection. Some gather with their loved ones, exchanging gifts and pleasantries. Others travel in order to broaden their perspective or celebrate/mourn in solitude. The world of professional sports has chosen to ring in the holidays by
Human sexuality is vast, diverse and ever-shifting. Yet in the mid-2010s, the internet began to move toward something like consensus on an erotic behavior that has traditionally been outside the mainstream: choking. Public figures like President Obama and Pope Francis received countless Twitter replies from people exhorting them to “choke me, daddy.” Memes stripped away
Fire destroyed a minivan Tuesday afternoon in a 7-Eleven parking lot in Valley Glen. The vehicle parked at the mini-market on the northeast corner of Victory Boulevard and Whitsett Avenue was fully involved in fire. The fire was extinguished in 10 minutes. There were no reports of injuries. A Los Angeles firefighter works on a
Nine people have died in the US as the country grapples with a winter storm that has seen temperatures plunge as low as -45C (-49F). More than 200 million people – around 60% of the US population – are under some form of weather warning or advisory, with the brutal cold expected to continue through
Rishi Sunak has said he is “sad and disappointed” that strikes are threatening to disrupt Christmas getaways. The prime minister admitted setting public sector pay was a “difficult question” but insisted that “the government has acted fairly and reasonably in accepting all the recommendations of the independent public sector pay review bodies”. However, he did
Netflix has issued estimates for the 2023 compensation of its top executives, with Co-CEOs Reed Hastings and Ted Sarandos set to take home $34.65 million and $40 million, respectively. The forecast by the board of director’s compensation committee, disclosed today in an SEC filing, is in line with 2022. Hastings will receive $650,000 in base
Dec 23, 2022Ravie LakshmananEncryption / Privacy / Browser The developers behind the Brave open-source web browser have revealed a new privacy-preserving data querying and retrieval system called FrodoPIR. The idea, the company said, is to use the technology to build out a wide range of use cases such as safe browsing, checking passwords against breached
Man, I’m not afraid to admit it, I love a good Christmas song. Sure, some of them are just ridiculous like “Hippopotamus For Christmas” and “Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer,” but so many have that little spark you need to bring back some Christmas spirit and memories from when you were a kid.
UPDATE 11:59 AM PT — Daymond John just weighed in on the “nepo baby” debate … and he says nepotism works to get people in the door, but it doesn’t guarantee success or longevity. UPDATE The way Daymond sees it, as he explained on “TMZ Live,” famous and influential parents can get their children a
Samsung Galaxy S23 series has leaked multiple times in the past. The upcoming flagship smartphone lineup from the South Korean tech brand is believed to include the vanilla Samsung Galaxy S23, Galaxy S23+, and Galaxy S23 Ultra. Now, a new report has surfaced suggesting signature shades of the upcoming Samsung Galaxy S23 series phones. The vanilla
The prominent investment management firm GAM Holding is intensifying discussions over a potential sale months after it was forced to issue a profit warning. Sky News has learnt that GAM, which has assets under management of approximately CHF74.5bn (£66.38bn), is working with bankers at UBS to field interest from prospective bidders. The process is said
It’s the end of another year and that means we’re being treated to another look into the reading life of former President Barack Obama. Like previous years, it’s a diverse mix of titles and includes both fiction and nonfiction. This year includes a powerful graphic memoir as well. Of little surprise, Obama’s first pick is
Beck Comes to Town The duo was joined by Greg Kurstin and Inara George for another memorable night of Hanukkah Sessions Beck took to the stage for the fifth night of Hanukkah Sessions, roaring through a rendition of “E-Pro” with Dave Grohl, Greg Kurstin, and the bird and the bee bandmate Inara George. The Hanukkah Sessions, which
MrBeast is just asking some questions. After Elon Musk pinky-promised that he’d “resign as CEO as soon as I find someone foolish enough to take the job,” the YouTuber known for his elaborate giveaways put his name in the hat for Musk’s replacement. “Can I be the new Twitter CEO?” MrBeast tweeted. Musk simply responded:
Los Angeles County public health officials reported 3,084 more cases of the coronavirus since Wednesday, bringing the total number of cases to 3,612,321 as of Thursday, Dec. 22. Officials reported 25 more deaths linked to the coronavirus since Wednesday for a total of 34,539 deaths since tracking began. There were 25 fewer hospitalizations since Wednesday,
Donald Trump was engaged in a “multi-part conspiracy” to overturn the lawful results of the 2020 presidential election, according to a report by US politicians. The House of Representatives’ January 6 committee has issued its final report, based on interviews of more than 1,000 witnesses, 10 hearings and millions of pages of documents. Amounting to
Rishi Sunak has appointed a new ethics adviser after a six-month vacancy – but the prime minister is facing criticism for maintaining the power to veto any investigation into ministers. Mr Sunak was under pressure to fill the role after promising to bring “integrity, professionalism and accountability” to government when he entered Downing Street. The
James J. Murakami, an art director, production designer and set designer on numerous film and television projects, died Dec. 15 at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles. He was 91 and suffered complications from a fall, according to his wife. Murakami earned an Emmy for his work on HBO’s Deadwood and an Oscar
Dec 23, 2022Ravie LakshmananRansomware / Endpoint Security The Vice Society ransomware actors have switched to yet another custom ransomware payload in their recent attacks aimed at a variety of sectors. “This ransomware variant, dubbed ‘PolyVice,’ implements a robust encryption scheme, using NTRUEncrypt and ChaCha20-Poly1305 algorithms,” SentinelOne researcher Antonio Cocomazzi said in an analysis. Vice Society,
If there’s one thing about me, I loved a sad country song anytime of the year. Even during the holidays, I simply cannot get enough. So instead turning to some of my usual sad country songs that I can always count on to make me happy all year round, I’ve been spinning a few of