Strictly Come Dancing 2018: ‘Blimey!’ Claudia Winkleman send fans into a frenzy

The Strictly Come Dancing presenter looked fabulous in a strapless white gown to host the BBC series alongside Tess Daly. Claudia Winkleman completed her all-white look with a Her brunette locks were styled in her usual sleek long bob and she opted for heavy kohl liner and pale pink lipstick. Unsurprisingly, Claudia’s ensemble sent fans […]

Ecuador wanted to make Julian Assange a diplomat and send him to Moscow

Enlarge / Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, gestures from the balcony of Ecuador’s embassy in London. (credit: Jack Taylor/Getty Images) Last year, Ecuador attempted to deputize WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange as one of its own diplomats and send him to Russia, according to a Friday report by Reuters. Citing an “Ecuadorian government document,” which […]

SpaceX plans to send Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa around the Moon in 2023

Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa has been named as the first tourist who will fly around the Moon using SpaceX’s Big Falcon Rocket (BFR), according to CEO Elon Musk. If all goes as planned the founder of a Japan’s largest online clothing retailer Zozotown hopes to reach the Moon in 2023. To keep himself company during […]

US Army to send 1500 more to Germany despite Trump’s calls for allies ‘to pay more’

The US Army is to further bolster the number of troops it has stationed in Europe by a further 1,500, despite repeated complaints by President Trump that NATO allies are not spending enough to defend the continent. US Army Europe said the troops will be deployed to Germany by September 2020, calling it a “display […]

‘God’ agreed to send all victims of extrajudicial killings to heaven, Duterte claims

All victims of extrajudicial killings will get a free pass to heaven, Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte announced after purportedly consulting with “God” on the issue. Speaking at the opening of a drug rehabilitation center on Friday, the eccentric Philippines leader disclosed that he had “asked God” for “all the victims of extrajudicial killings” to go […]

Jays continue pitching purge, send Loup to Phillies, Axford to Dodgers

The Toronto Blue Jays traded two relief pitchers for prospects before Tuesday's non-waiver trade deadline, sending long-serving left-hander Aaron Loup to the Philadelphia Phillies and Canadian right-hander John Axford to the Los Angeles Dodgers. The 30-year-old Loup, the longest-tenured Blue Jay before the trade, was dealt for minor-league right-handed pitcher Jacob Waguespack. Axford, 35, was […]

California mall owner’s license plate readers send info to ICE

Some shopping malls in California are scanning license plates and sending that data to a surveillance vendor that works with — and sells information to — Immigrations and Customs Enforcement. That’s according to a report by tech watchdog group Electronic Frontier Foundation, which discovered that a regional real estate company operating retail centers across the […]

Google Pay gets boarding passes, ability to send money to contacts

Enlarge / Send money to friends with the say app you pay for stuff with. (credit: Google) Google is cleaning up its Google Pay mobile payments app this week. Google Pay (which was formerly Android Pay, which was formerly Google Wallet) is getting rolled up into a single app, and it’s getting boarding pass support. First, […]

I tried StyleBee, the ‘Uber for beauty’ startup that will send a hairstylist to your home or office — here’s what it’s like

Kaylee Fagan/Business Insider San Francisco-based startup StyleBee allows clients to book appointments with professional cosmeticians and stylists who come to you, not the other way around. Since it launched four years ago, StyleBee has earned the moniker “Uber for beauty” for its on-demand styling services that can come to you at your office, home, or anywhere you choose. […]

Here’s how to send Ars confidential information, securely

Enlarge (credit: Jaap Arriens/NurPhoto via Getty Images) In the wake of the 2013 Snowden revelations, a lot of reporters, including here at Ars, began to take a long look at the digital tools we were using for secure communications. After all, the National Security Agency whistleblower famously tried to reach journalist Glenn Greenwald through encrypted […]