‘Chrome is Bad‘ is the title of a website released by developer Loran Brichter that claims Google Chrome is slowing down Apple Mac computers. Brichter says the web browser installs the auto-update mechanism Keystone in the background, which hides from the Activity Monitor, and results in the WindowServer having high CPU usage. The solution, he … Read more
The wife at the centre of Britain’s biggest divorce battle had two affairs with younger men while married to her Russian oligarch husband, her son has claimed. Tatiana Akhmedova’s flings included a relationship with a New-York based art dealer and a 20-year-old web designer whose brother was best friends with her son Temur, he claimed … Read more
Schoolgirl, 15, died at gathering with friends after taking ecstasy supplied by two teenagers who bought the tablets off the dark web, inquest hears Hannah Bragg, 15, from Tavistock, Devon, was killed by toxic effects of MDMA The schoolgirl who was celebrating end of exams took ecstasy in a field in 2018 Senior coroner said she was … Read more
Google faces major competition probe over its dominance of internet advertising after Britain leaves EU By Matt Oliver For The Daily Mail Published: 22:07 GMT, 23 November 2020 | Updated: 22:07 GMT, 23 November 2020 Google faces a major competition probe over its dominance of internet advertising after Britain leaves the EU. The Competition and … Read more
Fears rising that crooks will launch second wave of fraud on Chancellor’s £40bn bounce-back loans scheme By Helen Cahill And Emma Dunkley, Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 21:51 GMT, 7 November 2020 | Updated: 21:51 GMT, 7 November 2020 Fears are rising that crooks are set to launch a second wave of fraud on Rishi … Read more
Chinese web users have accused a US zoo of ‘abusing’ an elderly panda loaned by China and urged authorities to ‘save’ the bear by bringing her back to the country. They alleged that the Smithsonian National Zoological Park in Washington, DC, regularly underfed 22-year-old Mei Xiang – the oldest panda in the United States – … Read more
What an exhausting and baffling week it’s been. Even I can’t get my head around the new Covid rules – and I’m married to a Cabinet Minister, so God knows how the rest of the country must feel. But perhaps the biggest mystery has been the disappearance of a story about Hunter Biden, son of presidential … Read more
For a 58-year-old bloke who seems to have enraged thousands of women this week, Wayne Lineker is pretty unrepentant. ‘Would I ever go out with someone my age? Never say never. But no,’ he says. ‘You have to be attracted to a person, don’t you? I prefer girls who look around 30, 35. It’s not … Read more
Slingshot spider launches itself 100 times faster than cheetah by creating spring coils in its web – and experts say the design could improve robots Launching from a spring-like web, the acrobatic arachnid hits speeds of 4,300 feet a second squared Barely 1/25 inch tall, it can take down much larger flies and mosquitoes It’s one … Read more
Slingshot spider launches itself 100 times faster than cheetah by creating spring coils in its web – and experts say the design could improve robots Launching from a spring-like web, the acrobatic arachnid hits speeds of 4,300 feet a second squared Barely 1/25 inch tall, it can take down much larger flies and mosquitoes It’s one … Read more