Новости за 11.01.2019

Facebook took only years to grow into a massive social media presence worth billions of dollars. With claims of billions, actually billions, of users. But in the last year or so it’s been under fire for letting companies skim off details of users and sell those, for allowing “Russians” to buy ads and try to […]

VR is struggling, laptops are back and Pong is awesome again.

Tetras Capital Founding Partner Alex Sunnarborg has revealed that decentralised gambling platform Augur is suffering from the same lack of volume that continues to plague the decentralized application (dApp) ecosystem at large. Reacting to the platform’s weekly report released on January 9, Sunnarborg stated that the total volume of active markets on Augur is, in

Director Alfonso Cuarón is furious about his latest film being subtitled. Why is it such a minefield?

Donald Trump’s propensity for storming out of meetings and interviews that displease him is one of his more childish traits, The Nation‘s Joan Walsh said Thursday evening. During a discussion about the president’s shutdown meeting with Democratic leaders — in which he offered...

Clever trick allows attackers to obtain valid TLS certificate for hijacked domains.

Andy Murray to retire at Wimbledon, at the latest  CNN

Hindered by a hip injury, three-time grand slam winner Andy Murray said he will retire at Wimbledon at the latest. An emotional Murray made the announcement ...

There is a significant tranche of titles that are this month coming out of copyright in the US. What does it mean for publishers and readers?

What made Ernst Lubitsch such a master and differentiates him from everyone else, Joseph McBride argues, is what became known in Hollywood as "the Lubitsch touch".

Soren Sveistrup's The Chestnut Man shares many characteristics with his famous television series, The Killing – a multi-layered narrative, social and gender issues, and even its sense of place.

It is interesting how the obituarists cope with all these deaths: the writers and their works are so diverse, it's almost impossible to put them into any sort of pecking order.

These stories and a memoir confirm Lucia Berlin's status as a great American short-story writer.

Michael McGirr blends the lives of authors, their works and events in his own life in 40 essays about roughly 40 books.

The campaign by which marriage equality was won was something remarkable.

The "nature novel" is emerging as a distinct English genre, on the back of a boom in nature writing.

Lawyers for accused Mexican kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman said Thursday they have asked Mexico's government for help obtaining a humanitarian visa for his mother so she can visit him in prison in...

The winning retailers should look west for ideas on how to flourish when brick-and-mortar cannabis stores become legal in the province in April.

The British mission had sought consular access to Michel after he was arrested following his extradition by the United Arab Emirates in connection with the Rs 3,600-crore AgustaWestland deal.

MANILA, Philippines – The pension for Filipinos who fought in World War II and the Korean and Vietnam wars has been quadrupled under a newly signed law.

A committee of lawmakers in Virginia has just voted for the Equal Rights Amendment, which would ban discrimination on the basis of sex across the United States. Or would have. Since the deadline for getting 38 states to approve was back in 1982. Word on the newest vote comes from AP, which bewilderingly affirmed that […]

The new Radio 2 breakfast host on how she's changed since she was on Radio 1.

For all of the brainwashed suckers on live leak...you know who you are. Obamas Border Chief, fired by Trump and he still tells the truth.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Somehow, some day, the nasty deadlock between President Donald Trump and congressional Democrats that's shuttered federal agencies for a near-record 20 days will end. The only real questions are when, how and who will be crowned the winner in public opinion polls and ultimately by voters. Things got bleaker this week when House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., told Trump at a fiery White House meeting that Democrats would not bow to his demand for $5.7 billion to start building a wall along the border with Mexico. Читать дальше...

The Australian Open could be Andy Murray's final event.