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Charting the reign of Queen Elizabeth, this third season starts in the Swinging Sixties and takes us through to 1977. Over 10 episodes, writer Peter Morgan weaves a compelling story of the main Royals, from the relationship between the Queen and Prince Philip to the emergence of a more confident Princess Margaret, and Charles’s first […]
Trailers are an under-appreciated art form insofar that many times they’re seen as vehicles for showing footage, explaining films away, or showing their hand about what moviegoers can expect. Foreign, domestic, independent, big budget: What better way to hone your skills as a thoughtful moviegoer than by deconstructing these little pieces of advertising? This week […]
To help get the word out about the impending Mission: Impossible – Fallout home video release, I had a chance to visit the International Spy Museum in Washington D.C., and speak with real-life former spies. Peter Earnest, a 35 year veteran of the Central Intelligence Agency, and Jonna Mendez, a former Chief of Disguise in the CIA’s Office […]
Enlarge / When he left the CIA in 2011 to become secretary of defense, Leon Panetta (right) was leaving in the midst of a huge crisis for the CIA, according to a Yahoo News report: a breach in communications had exposed dozens of CIA assets in Iran and China. (credit: Central Intelligence Agency) A covert […]
Iranian security forces have identified and arrested “tens of spies” working in government agencies, according to Intelligence Minister Mahmoud Alavi. “The intelligence ministry’s anti-espionage unit has successfully identified and arrested tens of spies in different governmental bodies,” Alavi was quoted by the news agency ISNA on Tuesday. The minister did not offer any details about […]
Some people worry that hackers could infiltrate their smart speakers and spy on them, but that hasn’t been the practical reality — not for Amazon’s Echo, at least. A team of researchers from China’s Tencent has come about as close as you can get right now, however. They’ve disclosed an attack on the Echo that […]
REUTERS/Carlos Barria South Korea’s World Cup team responded to a Swedish spy for Sweden’s team by swapping their jerseys so it would be harder to tell them apart. Taeguk Warriors coach Shin Tae-yong told reporters Sunday “it is very difficult for Westerners to distinguish between Asians.” The Swedish spy, who is a member of Sweden’s […]
Kevin Frayer/Getty The Chinese Communist Party is keen to portray itself as a peaceful and scandal-free power. It refuses to acknowledge its human rights abuses, and discrimination against LGBT community and feminists. It’s not easy to do in the digital age, where nearly half of China’s citizens use the internet. These are four of the […]
Lewis Kay, a Toronto researcher who developed a technique to watch microscopic proteins reposition themselves and change their shapes within cells, has won the $ 1 million Herzberg Gold Medal, Canada’s top science prize.
New Zealand tried its very best to show “solidarity” with London’s finger-pointing over the Skripal poisoning case, but was unable to identify any Russian spies to expel, according to the country’s prime minister. Read more Jacinda Ardern told local media that New Zealand wanted to give some Russia spooks the boot – but couldn’t find […]
