Just over a month after they started working on it, Apple and Google have made their COVID-fighting framework available to public health authorities. The key to using smartphones for exposure notification and contract tracing is giving them the ability to constantly sense each other. This is best done through Bluetooth LE, but both iOS and
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When Issa Rae wrapped up a year’s worth of projects, she did not expect to be watching them all from quarantine. First came The Photograph, which made it to theaters just before the world went into lockdown. Then came The Lovebirds, originally set for an April release but now out on Netflix. And then there’s
Photograph by Hao NguyenAs DJ Me Time, she’s disrupting dancefloor culture in more ways than one. By Esther Heath Date May 21, 2020 icon-facebook icon-twitter Ask any introvert who’s been so carried away by a killer groove that she’s abandoned her inhibitions and busted a move in the middle of a crowded floor: At its
A TSA officer wears a protective mask while screening travellers at Orlando International Airport. In the past 14 days across the nation, 58 TSA screening officers have tested positive for COVID-19, including 9 in Orlando. Paul Hennessy | Barcroft Media | Getty Images The Transportation Security Administration is tweaking some airport screening procedures to limit
One of the longest, strangest wars between fandom and a media giant recently resulted in a victory for the fandom when Warner Bros. announced that they will be releasing Zack Snyder’s original cut for 2017’s Justice League as an HBO Max four-hour special. The news sent shockwaves across the film industry and many members of
UPDATE: All 2020 Black Crowes tour dates have been postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic. The reunion tour will be rescheduled for 2021 and an official statement from the band can be seen at the bottom of the page. The Black Crowes have made it official. The band announced a lengthy reunion tour celebrating the 30th anniversary
May 21, 2020, 9:30am Bookselling is tricky business: Some months are good, some months are bad, and sometimes, you’re hit with unexpected demand for the novels of an accused murderess and charlatan who became the talk of the town for possibly shooting her husband and holding satanic rituals. There’s a lot going on in this
I knew I could no longer deny it when my aunt peered into my face and said “Oh yeah, I see what you mean. Those little orange lines?” One year post microblading and my brows are ruined. Under my actual hairs, which are naturally brown and fluffy, I now have these ghastly orange shadowbrows. What
(CNN) — As the world slowly eases its way out of the Covid-19 lockdown, we’re on the verge of a new era in air travel. We could soon encounter armies of robotic cleaners patrolling airport concourses, disinfecting check-in counters and ticket kiosks. We might see passengers wafting through security and baggage checkpoints without touching anything.
Esai Morales joins Tom Cruise in Mission: Impossible 7 & 8 Director Christopher McQuarrie took to Instagram to reveal that Esai Morales (La Bamba, Titans) has officially signed on to join Tom Cruise in Paramount Pictures’ upcoming action sequels Mission: Impossible 7 and Mission: Impossible 8 which are set to premiere on 2021 and 2022, respectively. Details about
Actor Hagen Mills is dead in Kentucky after he apparently shot a woman and then turned the gun on himself … TMZ has learned. Mills — who had roles on the TV series’ “Baskets” and “Swedish Dicks” — died Tuesday in the town of Mayfield … according to his mother. She tells us he’d been
‘September 1913’ is a poem by W. B. Yeats (1865-1939). It describes Ireland in the month of September 1913, as the title suggests, and sees Yeats lamenting the condition of Ireland at that time. Before we offer an analysis of the poem, here’s a reminder of the text of ‘September 1913’. September 1913 What need
Biicla‘s “Deeper” gets the Zeds Dead treatment in a new collaborative remix with Funkin Matt. The deep cut is sped up and accentuated in all the right places, making this remix the perfect burner for the (at home) dance floor. “Deeper” (Zeds Dead x Funkin Matt Remix) rocks a steady four on the floor beat,
It is most likely anyone reading this article is doing so from the comfort of their own home, but the question is whether this has become the new norm is a digitally defined economy? With many economies and sectors dependent on a fully functioning telecoms network and a healthy digital ecosystem, perhaps we should be
Ronald Reagan’s election in 1980 marked the beginning of an era in which Republican candidates relied on white evangelical enthusiasm to win, and he is considered by some to be the “father of the pro-life movement.” But even Reagan did not appear to hold genuine views on the issue; as governor of California in 1967,
Photograph courtesy of MackageHere’s how to protect yourself (and others!) and support a local business at the same time. By Maddison Glendinning Date May 20, 2020 icon-facebook icon-twitter With social distancing orders still very much in effect across Canada, fashion brands are increasingly coming up with ways to help support the community at this time,
Visitors browse at the display of Expedia during the International Tourism Trade Fair in Berlin. Fabrizio Bensch | Retuers Expedia reported its first quarter earnings after the bell on Wednesday, continuing to show the financial devastation the coronavirus is having on the travel industry. Shares initially dropped on the report as investors digested the news
Blumhouse, today, announced that it is developing Our Lady of Tears, a film based on the Epic Magazine article, The Haunting of Girlstown, which was republished, today, by Vox. The story describes an epidemic of mass hysteria with supernatural roots at an all-girls Catholic boarding school in Mexico City in 2007. The pic will be