UK fibre network specialist CityFibre has awarded the contracts for building out fibre across 27 towns and cities. The total value of those contracts amounts to £1.5 billion, taking CityFibre’s total outlay so far to £2.5 billion. The altnet is trying to extract maximum PR capital out of the fact that this fresh investment will
Though Foo Fighters finished up their new album earlier this year, the record has been on hold during the pandemic as the band’s ability to tour in support of it has been shut down as well. However, the band is giving us something new to finish out 2020, dropping the new track “Shame Shame” as
In one of the most unique DJ Mag Top 100 lists ever, David Guetta has reclaimed his #1 spot on the list for the first time since 2011. Launching his Jack Back alias this year, as well as doing plenty of live stream shows viewed by over 50 million people during lockdown, Guetta jumps over
The arc of Ariana Grande’s career is generally understood in two halves: B.S. (Before Sweetener) and A.S. (After Sweetener). B.S. consists of, allegedly, unremarkable teeny bopper-oriented radio fodder, while A.S. is the edgier, more grown-up era. Even starting with her 2013 debut Yours Truly, though, there has been an aesthetic throughline to Grande’s work —
image courtesy lohnWhether you prefer floral, citrus or woodsy, there’s a scent out there with your name on it. By Pahull Bains Date November 5, 2020 icon-facebook icon-twitter With every waking hour spent within the confines of our homes—aside from weekly trips to the grocery store or brief walks for some much-needed fresh air—it’s more
During these unprecedented times the thing we all want the most is certainty. That is what movies give us. The fact that so many movies exist around the holidays nearly cements the fact that we crave certain norms. With the current state of the world changing the way we look at just about everything, it’s
November 6, 2020, 12:00pm Happy Friday. We made it. It’s the end of the longest week of the longest year, and here’s a really cool looking cover for Anthony Veasna So’s forthcoming debut short story collection, Afterparties. Blurbed by Bryan Washington, George Saunders, and Mary Karr, So’s collection about Cambodian-American life has been called “immersive
Exclusive The iconic Victorian home famously used for exterior shots for “Full House” and “Fuller House” is no longer on the market — as in, potential buyers can cut … it … out. The four-bedroom, 3,728-square-foot home on San Francisco’s picturesque “Postcard Row” sold last month for a cool $5,350,000. Waiting for your permission to
In a significant direction, the Supreme Court Friday ordered telecom companies to disclose to regulator TRAI the details of special tariffs and offers made to consumers. Allowing an interim application of Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), a bench of Chief Justice S A Bobde and Jusitces A S Bopanna and V Ramasubramanian said that
Coronavirus means the US-Canadian border remains closed, unless of course you’re in a position to spend billions on a couple of hundred phone towers there. American Tower certainly is. The company on Thursday marked its entry into Canada by striking a $3.5 billion deal to acquire InSite Wireless. Admittedly InSite, like American Tower, is headquartered
It’s official: Joe Biden has won the 2020 election and will be the 46th president of the United States. In honor of the big news, we have compiled a slew of rocker reactions below. After three days of agonizing uncertainty, The Associated Press called the race a little after 11 a.m. today (Saturday Nov. 7). Kamala
Photos Credit: Belmond Taking place over three days, Belmond’s Eastern and Oriental express train takes travelers from Singapore to Malaysia and ends in Bangkok. The train can accommodate up to 200 passengers, and based on the number of guests, will add or take away railway cars. Indoors the cars feature rich rosewood and elm paneling,
It has been a very strange year for the music industry. With COVID-19 being declared a global pandemic in March, the live event industry was decimated, with hardly any shows for the past 8 months. With the exception of drive-in shows, live streams, and some more recent shows in states like Florida where things have
After a tortuous five days of methodical vote counting, county-by-county projections, and bizarre protests and conspiracy theories from President Donald Trump, all the major TV networks, cable companies, and print media outlets called the presidential election for Joe Biden late Saturday morning. (Vox’s Decision Desk, to its credit, got there 24 hours earlier.) Biden served
PHOTOGRAPHS VIA GETTY IMAGES; DESIGN BY DANIELLE CAMPBELL60 years of Swinton. By Eliza Grossman Date November 5, 2020 icon-facebook icon-twitter In honour of her 60th birthday, we’re celebrating modern fashion icon Tilda Swinton with a look back at some of her most memorable red carpet looks. From relaxed suiting to sleek gowns, Swinton oozes style.
Many news outlets are reporting that we have a new President of the United States. Democrat Joe Biden is projected to beat Donald Trump in what has turned out to be a long, grueling and unprecedented election. Joe Biden’s administration will be taking over a country that is in the midst of a pandemic that
TODAY: In 1910, Leo Tolstoy dies. “The Babur Nama is an oddly modern text, almost Proustian in its self-awareness.” William Dalrymple on the 16th-century memoir far ahead of its time. | Lit Hub Biography “We have had no truth and reconciliation process.” On the renaissance of American white supremacy, a conversation with Isaac Bailey, Kathleen Belew, and Connor
Play video content HBO The election has not been called on the news shows, but that didn’t stop Bill Maher from stating what is increasingly obvious … Joe Biden‘s gonna be the next president. Bill flat out declared Biden the winner, and he reveled in the fact he’s the only one in the media who’s