The highly-anticipated Strictly Come Dancing 2020 show is only a matter of months away form kick off and the rumour mill has gone into overdrive with potential celebrity contestants, major show changes due to coronavirus and even judge replacements. But while so much is up in the air with the on-going public health threat, head […]
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‘You’re out of kilter!’ Heseltine squirms as Dan Walker grills him on abandoning Tories
“Michael Gove has been speaking this morning,” the presenter began, adding: “He’s praised you as a great minister in the past. “But he says you’re out of kilter and you’re wrong on this issue,” Walker continued, before going on to grill his guest. “How do you respond to that?” the host asked, to which Heseltine […]
Americans Are Abandoning Public Transit—but Don’t Blame Uber
In a world of cheap gas, easy-come auto loans, ride-hail, and now a new breed of bike- and scooter-share, transit riders aren’t riding like they use to. https://media.wired.com/photos/5c6341fe211a51764e8af2f9/master/pass/denvertransit-transpo-521173270.jpg
These photos reveal why women are abandoning Victoria’s Secret for American Eagle’s Aerie underwear brand
Jessie Shealy Victoria’s Secret customers are complaining on Facebook that its ads, which feature scantily dressed models, are targeted more towards men than women. Meanwhile, rival brand Aerie has doubled down on its efforts to promote female empowerment. We visited the two stores to see how their ad campaigns differ. Victoria’s Secret has an advertising problem, […]
Terrified Americans are rushing out to buy orange juice after abandoning the drink for years
Shutterstock/DenRz Orange juice sales increased for the first time in nearly five years in January. The spike in sales can be attributed to an especially brutal flu season, The Wall Street Journal reported. Orange juice has gone from being perceived as a “healthy” drink to being seen as a con by many Americans, due to […]
HPE has shrunk so much it’s abandoning its iconic Palo Alto campus to move in with a company it acquired (HPE, HPQ)
Two years after the breaking up of Hewlett-Packard Co, Hewlett Packard Enterprise is selling its headquarters in Palo Alto, California. After years of layoffs and restructuring, the company will consolidate some of its Silicon Valley offices. HPE will move its headquarters to the HPE Aruba office in Santa Clara. The office was recently built to house the team at Aruba, […]
The Pope just criticized the US for abandoning the Paris climate agreement
AP ROME — Pope Francis implicitly criticized the United States on Monday for pulling out of the Paris agreement on climate change, praising it as a means to control the devastating effects of global warming. The United States is the only country out of 195 signatories to have withdrawn from the accord, which aims to cut […]
Target is reportedly abandoning Amazon’s cloud services as the web giant takes over retail
AP/Robert F. Bukaty It seems Target might be following Walmart’s lead in the move off Amazon’s Web Services cloud computing program. The retailer with the Bullseye is planning to move at least some of its e-commerce platform, mobile development, and online operations off Amazon’s service, and instead use a competitor like Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud, according to a new report […]
Shadow Brokers hackers release NSA hacking tools to punish Trump for ‘abandoning’ his base
Hacking group Shadow Brokers has released the password to a trove of NSA exploits in what they say is a form of protest against President Donald Trump for going back on his campaign promises, and warning the president, “Don’t forget your base.” The shadowy group first emerged last August and released hacking exploits used by […]