Piers Morgan claimed Michael Gove impressed him the most as Conservative leadership candidates officially put themselves forward for the job of leader and Prime Minister on Monday. Five leadership contestants delivered speeches as they outlined what they would do if they were elected as leader of the Conservative Party. Speaking on ITV’s Good Morning Britain, host […]
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Nintendo Direct April 2019: Highly anticipated Switch exclusive could get BIG update soon
Nintendo Switch gamers could see a Nintendo Direct for April 2019 take place this week. It’s rumoured that Ninty are getting ready to broadcast a new Direct presentation on April 11. In a post online Gaming INTEL said an exclusive source – who has been correct several times in the past – revealed news of the […]
Millions of websites threatened by highly critical code-execution bug in Drupal
Enlarge (credit: Victorgrigas) Millions of sites that run the Drupal content management system run the risk of being hijacked until they’re patched against a vulnerability that allows hackers to remotely execute malicious code, managers of the open source project warned Wednesday. CVE-2019-6340, as the flaw is tracked, stems from a failure to sufficiently validate user […]
A new type of breast cancer treatment could help stop the spread of a highly aggressive form of the disease
Eric Gaillard/Reuters Researchers from Princeton University discovered a new breast cancer treatment method that could stop the spread of an especially aggressive form of the disease called triple-negative breast cancer. The new method uses a naturally occurring protein called Tingal1 to block the passageways in which triple-negative breast cancer could spread to other areas of […]
‘Embarrassing’ and ‘entirely inappropriate’: One of the most highly decorated former US Army generals blasts Trump’s visit with US troops in Iraq
President Donald Trump’s surprise trip to Iraq to visit US troops fell short among some political commentators, including one of the most highly decorated officers in the US Army. Former US Army Gen. Barry McCaffrey, who was awarded three Purple Heart medals, two Distinguished Service Crosses, and two Silver Stars, described Trump’s visit as “embarrassing” […]
What Paul Manafort’s highly unusual move to brief Trump’s team on his discussions with Mueller reveals about his strategy
Reuters Justice Department veterans are flummoxed that lawyers representing Paul Manafort, the former chairman of President Donald Trump’s campaign, are still in touch with Trump’s lawyers following Manafort’s guilty plea. “It is absolutely not normal for a convicted felon and now cooperator to continue to loop in a potential target’s attorneys on the relationship with […]
New study associates highly effective blood pressure medication with small risk of cancer
A Canadian research team suggests widely used ACE inhibitors may carry a very small risk of lung cancer, highlighting the importance of doctors clearly explaining risks versus benefits for their patients when medication study results are released.
Report: US weapons systems are highly vulnerable to cyber attacks
The Department of Defense will have to ramp up its cybersecurity efforts now that it’s planning to spend $ 1.66 trillion to develop major weapons systems. According to a new report (PDF) by the Government Accountability Office, nearly all of Pentagon’s weapons systems are vulnerable to cyberattacks. The DoD, the report reads, didn’t make cybersecurity […]
Physics ‘invented by men’? Scientist faces backlash after ‘highly offensive’ talk on gender bias
A senior scientist at Pisa University has sparked anger following a talk he gave on the role of women in physics at Cern, the European nuclear research centre, in which he said that physics was “invented and built by men”. Responding to the backlash, Cern released a statement which said the talk given by Prof […]
Flight secrets: Your boarding pass could be highly dangerous for this reason
A boarding pass helps you know what time your flight departs, what seat you’re in, your boarding time, and other key travel information. However, there’s much more hiding on that piece of paper than you realise – and a security expert has revealed why you should be careful about who has access to it. GCHQ […]