Mark Zuckerberg, the Meta chief executive who has tried to keep a distance from politics, is warming to President-elect Donald J. Trump.Mr. Zuckerberg is among several Big Tech executives who are expected to be front and center at Mr. Trump’s inauguration next week. He will be one of four hosts of a black-tie reception on Jan. 20, joining the longtime Republican donors Miriam Adelson and Todd Ricketts in hosting a party “celebrating the inauguration of President Donald J. Trump and Vice President JD Vance,” according to a copy of the invitation seen by The New York Times. The event was…
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Stay informed with free updatesSimply sign up to the UK inflation myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox.UK inflation unexpectedly slowed to 2.5 per cent in December, easing pressure on chancellor Rachel Reeves and clearing the path for the Bank of England to press ahead with cutting interest rates next month.Consumer price inflation was below November’s 2.6 per cent reading, pulled lower by restaurant and hotel prices. Analysts had expected inflation to hold steady last month.Wednesday’s data will provide some relief for Reeves, who is contending with higher borrowing costs fuelled by fears the UK economy could be entering…
Credit: 23andMe via Wikimedia Commons The genetic testing company 23andMe and similar organizations have been providing customers with information about their genetic backgrounds for many years now. Clearly, it takes a good bit of trust to send your genetic material to a corporation. Unforuntately, for some customers, that trust was broken. In 2023, the company 23andMe experienced a data security incident that exposed personal information for up to six million customers. This extremely sensitive personal information included health, genetic, and ethnic information. Some of this information reportedly ended up on the dark web. If you are one of the customers…
A French woman, Anne, was scammed out of hundreds of thousands of dollars after being tricked into believing she was in a relationship with Hollywood actor Brad Pitt.The scam began with messages from accounts posing as Pitt and his mother, using AI-generated images of the actor to build trust.The fraudster claimed Brad Pitt needed money for cancer treatment, exploiting Anne’s vulnerability, who, despite warnings, continued sending money until realizing the deception.Article continues below advertisementFrench Interior Designer Falls Victim To Elaborate Romance Scam Involving Fake Brad PittMEGAA French woman was scammed out of hundreds of thousands of pounds after being tricked…
MANILA: The Philippines accused China on Tuesday (Jan 14) of intimidating its fishermen at a disputed South China Sea shoal, and normalising an “illegal presence”, after Beijing sent its largest coast guard vessel into Manila’s maritime zone. The move comes against the backdrop of rising tension between the Philippines, a US treaty ally, and Beijing during the past two years, stemming from their overlapping claims in the busy waterway of the South China Sea. The Philippines has protested this month against the entry of Chinese vessels in its 200-nautical-mile exclusive economic zone (EEZ), including the 165m long ship 5901, last…
Washington, DC – United States President Joe Biden has delivered a soaring speech defending his administration’s foreign policy, just days before President-elect Donald Trump is set to take office. Monday’s address, delivered at the State Department, served as a coda for Biden’s four years in office. He had pledged to re-establish US leadership on the global stage, pursue a foreign policy centred on human rights and rally alliances. “We’re in an inflection point. The post-Cold War era is over. A new era has begun,” Biden said in his speech. “In these four years, we’ve faced crises that we’ve been tested.…
While Bill Belichick hasn’t yet given any public indication he would leave the North Carolina Tar Heels without having ever coached a game for them, whispers continue to suggest he would welcome a return to the NFL and the opportunity to break Don Shula’s league record for career victories earned by a head coach (regular season and postseason combined).On Monday, Pro Football Talk’s Mike Florio shared that the fact that “Belichick has yet to hire many staff members” at North Carolina has UNC “bracing for the possibility that Belichick will be gone not long after he arrived.” Florio added that UNC athletic director…
When I crossed a bridge spanning the Rhine last year, a checkpoint blocked the route between France and Germany, on the Pont de l’Europe.Borders are closing in Europe, for reasons ranging from “ongoing crises in Eastern Europe and the Middle East” to “increasing migratory pressures and the risk of terrorist infiltration.” France cites “threats to public policy, public order.” Germany names “the global security situation.” Austria and the Netherlands point to “irregular migration,” and Italy to the influx “along the Mediterranean route and the Balkan route.”It wasn’t meant to be this way. European integration promised the abolition of borders, “an…
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Comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) captured on 31 December 2024 using a telescope in Río Hurtado, ChileLionel Majzik A comet that has taken astronomers by surprise could shine as brightly as Venus in the night sky as it passes by Earth over the next few days. Comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) was spotted in April last year by NASA’s Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System when it was more than 600 million kilometres from Earth. Astronomers initially assumed it wouldn’t survive its orbit close to the sun, but later observations suggested that the comet is taking a different path that will allow it…