'Fantasy gone wild’ – Moscow sighs as Bellingcat claims FSB tried to influence UK visa process

Claims by “investigative” website Bellingcat that the FSB pressured a UK visa center to facilitate the issuance of travel permits to the alleged Skripal poisoners is a self-exposing joke, the Russian Foreign Ministry said. “Great! There are certainly no limits to the imagination of our partners,” Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova wrote on Facebook, commenting […]

I’ve tried every single iPhone currently available — here’s my ranking of the 7 iPhones you can buy right now (AAPL)

Edgar Su/Reuters If you want to buy an iPhone right now, you have seven different options to choose from.  From the brand-new, futuristic iPhone XS to the old-but-good iPhone 7, the current iPhone lineup has a range of devices and price points.  At this point, I’ve tried all seven of Apple’s current iPhones. And although […]

I tried smiling at everyone all day — here’s how it affected my outlook on life

Sjale / Shutterstock Scientific research suggests smiling can boost your mood. It might not even have to be genuine to have an impact on how you feel. I tried smiling all day to see if I felt any more optimistic. Fake smiles might help with a stressful situation, but otherwise, I wasn’t convinced. To get […]

The suspected gunman accused of fatally shooting 2 people at a Kroger grocery store reportedly tried to enter a black church minutes earlier

The suspected gunman accused of killing two black people at a Kroger supermarket in Jeffersontown, Kentucky, on Wednesday attempted to enter a predominantly black church minutes before the attack. Surveillance video at the nearby First Baptist Church showed Gregory Bush, a 51-year-old white man from nearby Louisville, unsuccessfully trying to pry open the church’s front […]

Ronaldo tried to make the Manchester United match ‘The Cristiano Show,’ but was ultimately upstaged by an unheralded 21-year-old

Photo by Laurence Griffiths/Getty Images Ronaldo tried hard to make his return to Manchester United “The Cristiano Show.” But the Juventus FC forward was upstaged by his own teammate — the young midfielder Rodrigo Bentancur. That is not to say Ronaldo was woeful as he was anything but. He played a part in the only […]

US semiconductor company claims Huawei tried to steal its technology

Huawei has faced quite a bit of pushback in the US as lawmakers and government agencies continue to claim the company and its potential connections to the Chinese government pose a security threat to the country. But the company is also now receiving pressure from California-based firm CNEX Labs, which claims Huawei has been trying […]

We tried Marcus, the new service that lets Brits bank with Goldman Sachs for as little as £1 — here’s what we thought

Screenshot/Will Martin/Business Insider If you’re not an avid follower of British retail banking, you might not have noticed that last week Goldman Sachs quietly launched its Marcus savings account in the UK. There was little fanfare beyond the press around the UK launch of Goldman’s first foray into consumer banking, after 150 years of catering to […]