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Betty Buckley… is… everything. Within moments of her first appearance in the Season 3 premiere of Preacher, the Tony winner told us all that we needed to know about Jesse’s infamous grandma, Marie L’Angell, and ratcheted up the series’ always-high level of bats— into the stratosphere. In other words, she slayed. Which was ironic, considering that […]
Forget memoji. Apple’s push to transmit instant, accurate locations during emergency calls will have a profound effect for first responders. https://media.wired.com/photos/5b27d3b595e339080a7fcecb/master/pass/Apple911-499642706.jpg
Evan Vucci/AP Members of the Congressional Black Caucus and the House Freedom Caucus are pushing President Donald Trump to back their infrastructure bill. The bill would require the Agriculture Department to sell distressed assets to private entities, and then direct the Treasury Department use the proceeds from those sales to invest in infrastructure projects in low-income […]
You might think this is just a boring physics problem—but you’d be wrong. https://media.wired.com/photos/5b1aee56985bbd041c32d0f9/master/pass/PushingBrickAgainstWall-647363945w.jpg
Reuters. Denuclearisation is the hottest topic on the cards for the Trump-Kim summit. Trump’s administration emphasised that progress heavily depends on Kim’s eagerness to denuclearise. If North Korea gave up its nuclear arsenal, it would lose its most valuable bargaining chip. With US President Donald Trump and North Korea leader Kim Jong Un now in […]
Alessandro Bianchi/Reuters The Trump administration’s response to the violence in Gaza this week once again places it at odds with Europe and key US allies. The UK, France, and Germany have responded more forcefully to the violence than the US and have expressed concern about Israel’s response to the demonstrations against the new US embassy […]
FEATURE: Rumors of email’s demise have been greatly exaggerated. While the “age-old” communication conduit may have new rivals, it is showing little sign of letting up. In 2017, active email users stood at 3.7 billion globally, a figure that’s expected to hit 4.1 billion by 2021, according to research firm Radicati. Last yea…Read More
Belgium and the Netherlands have ruled that many loot boxes in games like FIFA Ultimate Team are equivalent to gambling and in violation of their laws, but FIFA publisher Electronic Arts says it plans to continue its loot-box Ultimate Team mode. “We’re going to continue pushing forward [with FIFA Ultimate Team],” EA chief executiv…Read More
President Donald Trump’s national security team, led by newly appointed national security adviser John Bolton, is in favor of a sweeping military strike on Syrian forces, according to a Wall Street Journal report. Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis is reportedly against sweeping strikes, fearing that they will trigger a wider conflict with Russia and Iran. […]
BII Cross-border, peer-to-peer money transfers — better known as remittances — are an integral part of societies around the world, especially in developing markets where receiving funds could mean the difference between life and death for families and community who remain behind. This has resulted in a massive global remittance market, which totaled $ 575 billion in […]
