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Facebook has defended end-to-end message encryption on WhatsApp and Messenger, despite admitting it helps “bad people do bad things.” The words will be welcomed by those who have concerns about data breaches, but will frustrate law enforcement agencies who believe accessing messages could be key to stopping terror attacks. Facebook said abolishing encryption would “remove […]
REUTERS/Aaron P. Bernstein Comedian Michelle Wolf delivered a searing, cringeworthy monologue at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner on Saturday night. President Donald Trump skipped the event to host a wild rally in Washington Township, Michigan. A few of his staff were there, and many former White House staffers were in the audience, too, making for […]
Reuters/Business Insider Mark Zuckerberg used a booster seat during testimony to Congress. The 5-foot-7 Facebook CEO’s stature was boosted by the 4-inch black cushion. Sources have suggested it was for comfort rather than optics, but the effects of looking taller in an intimidating situation are plain to see. Mark Zuckerberg faced the most intense scrutiny […]
Jae C. Hong/AP Shohei Ohtani, the Japanese Babe Ruth who can both hit and pitch, hit his first career home run, a 3-run home run for the Los Angeles Angels on Tuesday night in his first career at bat in front of the home fans. After rounding the bases, Ohtani’s Angels teammates gave him the […]
Screenshot via @FoxNewsSunday/Twitter Sen. Lindsey Graham had some tough words for President Donald Trump on Russia, Syria, and North Korea on Sunday. He wondered why Trump has not been tougher on Russian President Vladimir Putin. Amid talk that Trump might pull all US military support from Syria, Graham said leaving Syria would be “the single worst […]
Reuters/Mike Blake The Federal Communications Commission approved Elon Musk’s SpaceX plan to build a global broadband network using satellites. The proposed system will use 4,425 satellites. About 14 million rural Americans and 1.2 million Americans on tribal lands lack mobile broadband even at relatively slow speeds. The top U.S. telecommunications regulator on Thursday gave formal […]
Carnival Cruise offered 15-year-old Darian Lipscomb a free vacation for his Snapchat handle. He had been posting as @carnivalcruise since he was nine. The company mounted an ad campaign fronted by Shaquille O’Neal dedicated to finding him — and offered the cruise package when they tracked him down. Lipscomb accepted, and is being taken to […]
While appearing on The Chris Ramsey show, former Strictly Come Dancing contestant Rachel Riley announced that she gave Strictly fan Stephen Hawking a private show. Host Chris posed the secret tale as a question as to just who Rachel had performed a dance to Nelly Furtado’s Maneater for. Chris said: “Rachel and her boyfriend Pasha, […]
A pregnant woman who underwent skull surgery in medieval Italy gave birth after she died, according to a team of scientists who examined the ancient remains. The case was identified by researchers as coffin birth – a phenomenon that occurs when a deceased pregnant woman’s fetus is expelled within the grave. Known as postmortem fetal […]
Associated Press/Ted S. Warren A Pennsylvania school district equipped each classroom with rocks in case of active shooters. The superintendent said it’s meant to be a “last-ditch response to an armed intruder.” Schools have been floating various school-safety measures in the wake of last month’s high-school shooting in Florida. As school districts across the country […]
