The U.S. Department of Agriculture is using the audio from an argument scene between Scarlett Johansson and Adam Driver from Noah Baumbachβs 2019 film βMarriage Storyβ to scare wolves away from cattle. After the wild animals killed 11 cows during a 20-day period in Oregon, the USDA started deploying quadcopters that used thermal cameras to…
BEIRUTΒ βΒ The ad was straightforward: Sign up for one year to fight on Russiaβs side in βthe special military operation zoneβ β i.e. the war in Ukraine β and get citizenship, free healthcare, money and land. It was one of many promotions cropping up on the messaging platform Telegram beginning in 2024, shortly after Russian President…
RoyalΒ MailΒ has warned of potential service delays across more than 100 UK postcodes due to poor weather and staff sickness. The company has listed 38 delivery offices which could be most affected by a slower service. A spokesman for Royal Mail said “adverse weather, including storms Goretti, Ingrid and Chandra in January, alongside higher-than-usual sick absence,…
Staff of Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) have been told to stay home for a further day, Sky News understands, as the carmaker struggles to recover from a cyber attack. Employees of the British company have now been told to remain off work until Wednesday. Previously, workers were directed not to return until Tuesday. A decision…
The EU has orderedΒ MetaΒ to grant rival AI chatbots free access to its WhatsApp platform within five working days, while it completes its antitrust investigation into the company. Meta says it will appeal, accusing the EU of ‘regulatory overreach’. Meanwhile, Brussels hit back at Apple after the iPhone maker blamed the EU’s Digital Marketing Act for…
Instagram-parent Meta announced Tuesday that teen users will now see content on Instagram that’s similar to what they might see while watching a film with a PG-13 rating. That’s because new content settings for Instagram users under 18 will adhere to the same regulations. The new automatic protections are being rolled by the company starting…
Paramount Skydance Chairman David Ellison defended his commitment to release 30 movies a year once his media company swallows Warner Bros. Discovery β a goal that some industry observers view as overly ambitious. During a Monday call with analysts to discuss Paramountβs first-quarter earnings, the tech scion said the target was achievable because his management…
Evictions of migrants living in asylum hotels are set to start in the spring, Sky News understands. Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood is also expected to end the government’s legal duty to automatically support destitute asylum seekers. A Home Office source told The i Paper it would allow the minister to remove accommodation and weekly allowances…
OBEID, SudanΒ βΒ Its illicit journey begins in the blood-soaked orchards of central Sudan before being spirited to ports across Africa and then to the U.S. and Europe. By the time it ends up in products including M&M, medicines and makeup, few consumers or businesses know theyβre contributing to the worldβs worst humanitarian disaster. Gum arabic, a…
And they’re off! Bridget Phillipson was first away in her two-horse race with Lucy Powell in the Labour deputy leadership stakes. Facing a rival who was sacked from the government nine days earlier, the education secretary said the deputy leader should be a cabinet minister, as Angela Rayner was. Launching her campaign at The Fire…