Seventy-five years ago, the UK’s post-war Labour government appointed a committee chaired by Viscount Waverley to examine the export of “works of art, books, manuscripts, armour and antiques” and to recommend a new government policy in this area. The impact of the committee’s report two years later can still be felt today. The central recommendation…
Apple has removed ICEBlock, an app that allowed users to monitor and report the location of immigration enforcement officers, from the App Store. “We created the App Store to be a safe and trusted place to discover apps,” Apple said in a statement to Business Insider. “Based on information we’ve received from law enforcement about…
Stephen Colbert, whose namesake late-night show is set to be pulled off the air in May, defended Kimmel during his opening monologue on Thursday night. He started the show saying, “Tonight, we are all Jimmy Kimmel,” calling the suspension “blatant censorship.” “The Late Show” posted a clip of Colbert’s comments on Kimmel on its Instagram…
We’ve read quite a bit about President Trump’s “hot mic” comment, during a meeting with European leaders about the Russian war against Ukraine, that Vladimir Putin “wants to make a deal for me, as crazy as it sounds.” Pundits debated whether this was an embarrassment for Trump; they wondered why he would say such an…
Elon Musk announced he wants to “simulate” software companies like Microsoft using only artificial intelligence. He’s even got a name for the new venture: Macrohard. Musk said in a Friday X post that his AI startup, xAI, is building a “purely AI software company called Macrohard.” “It’s a tongue-in-cheek name, but the project is very…
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell signaled that the central bank might lower interest rates soon, which could reduce monthly credit card payments and facilitate borrowing for cars and homes, but he warned of economic challenges ahead.”In the near term, risks to inflation are tilted to the upside and risks to employment, to the downside. A…
The app “Tea,” designed for women to anonymously post comments about men they have dated, has suffered a data breach, leaking tens of thousands of user images in what appears to be a targeted effort by another online platform.The company behind Tea reported that 72,000 images were leaked online, including 13,000 selfies or forms of…
Tea, the anonymous dating advice app for women that has the internet buzzing, is in hot water after a data breach. Thousands of images of women, including selfies and photos of IDs that were used to verify their identity to join the app, were exposed because of the breach. “We can confirm that at 6:44…
President Donald Trump has made good on his pledge to sue over The Wall Street Journal’s Thursday report that Trump wrote a “bawdy” letter to Jeffrey Epstein on his 50th birthday. Trump on Friday filed suit against Rupert Murdoch, Dow Jones, the CEO of News Corp, Robert Thomson, and Khadeeja Safdar and Joseph Palazzolo, both…
TUESDAY morning saw UEFA delegates meeting once again as the draw for the opening stages of the UEFA Women’s Champion’s League was made in Nyon, Switzerland. The UEFA headquarters kicked off the campaign last week when the draws for the men’s equivalent were made, with Cliftonville set for Gibraltar to face St Joseph’s in three…