Hollywood Foreign Press Association President Lorenzo Soria dies at 68 after battle with lung cancer By Dailymail.com Reporter Published: 02:58 BST, 8 August 2020 | Updated: 02:58 BST, 8 August 2020 Hollywood is mourning a loss, as Hollywood Foreign Press Association President Lorenzo Soria has died at the age of 68. The Argentinian-Italian went peacefully … Read more
Modern cars and their often clunky interactive screens are getting a revamp, courtesy of artificial intelligence experts at the University of Cambridge. The new system works by tracking a user’s finger in mid-air and does not need them to physically touch the screen in order to select an option. Instead, an array of sensors, cameras … Read more
Rise of fraudsters pretending to call from Amazon: Here’s why you shouldn’t be tricked into pressing ‘one’ on the keypad The CTSI has issued a warning that scammers are posing as Amazon employees Around 7.9m UK homes now have Amazon Prime membership Scammers scare victims into believing they’re paying a £29 music subscription By Angelique … Read more
The governor of Florida has been heckled at a Miami press conference where he stressed that the coronavirus pandemic was under control. As Ron DeSantis began his remarks, a young man began to heckle him, yelling, ‘People are dying, and you are doing nothing!’ The heckler continued: ‘You are falsifying information, and you are misleading … Read more
Press watchdog’s offshoot funds website accused of publishing conspiracy theories about terror attacks – including one suggesting MI5 may have arranged the murder of British soldier Lee Rigby Public Interest News Foundation (PINF) handed grant to 5Pillars this year 5Pillars ran pieces questioning MI5’s alleged links to murder of Lee Rigby in 2013 PINF is … Read more
Boris Johnson AXES daily coronavirus press conferences after three months saying they will now only be held when there are ‘significant announcements’ Tonight’s Downing Street briefing, chaired by PM, will be last scheduled update In future they will only be held for ministers’ ‘significant announcements’ Daily briefings launched in early March when the pandemic began … Read more
White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany on Monday defended President Donald Trump‘s use of the racist term ‘Kung flu’ to describe the coronavirus, arguing he was merely point to its origins in China. The president has referred to COVID-19 as the ‘China virus’ and the ‘Wuhan virus,’ to describe the disease first detected in China’s … Read more
The Trump administration may soon expel thousands of Chinese graduate students enrolled at U.S. universities and impose other sanctions against Chinese officials in the latest signs of tensions between Washington and Beijing that are raging over trade, the coronavirus pandemic, human rights and the status of Hong Kong. President Trump said he would make an … Read more
Britain’s newspapers have given a mixed reception to Boris Johnson‘s decision to back his chief aide Dominic Cummings last night. The Guardian and The Mirror have continued calls for the under-fire adviser’s head to roll, but The Sun and The Times have approached the scandal with a more measured response. The Daily Mail has said Mr … Read more
Under-fire Dominic Cummings tonight blasted press waiting outside his home for not social distancing shortly after he was given Boris Johnson‘s backing over claims he twice broke the government’s lockdown rules. The Prime Minister’s top aide, who faces calls to resign over claims he travelled between London and Durham while the country was in lockdown, … Read more