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Travis Kelce Shares Taylor Swift’s Reaction to Publicly Debuting Their Dog After Keeping Her ‘Under Wraps’ for a Year
Travis Kelce revealed on the season premiere of his New Heights podcast that Taylor Swift approved plans to feature their dog, Wendy, in his new Tommy Hilfiger campaign, ending months of the couple keeping the Samoyed largely out of the public eye. Kelce explained that the fashion brand’s team asked if he was comfortable using…
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‘Mayday’ Review: Kenneth Branagh Steals The Show From Top Gun Ryan Reynolds In Skydance & Apple’s Wild Buddy Action Comedy That Should Have Been In Theaters
Deadline’s review of “Mayday” praises the Skydance and Apple TV action comedy for its old-school, big-scale entertainment value, but laments that it was released only for streaming rather than in cinemas. The film, directed by John Francis Daly and Jonathan Goldstein, is described as a Top Gun-meets-Midnight Run throwback in which a downed US Navy…
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Zelenskyy warns airlines Russian airspace is unsafe
Volodymyr Zelenskyy has warned airlines, insurers and operators still using Russian airports that the country’s airspace is becoming “completely unsafe”, citing the growing number of Ukrainian attack drones striking deep inside Russian territory. Vladimir Putin responded angrily, calling the warning “state terrorism” and insisting “negotiations are not conducted with terrorists”, while confirming Russian forces have…
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Google dodges another breakup attempt
A US federal judge has rejected the Justice Department’s request to force Google to sell off parts of its advertising technology business, opting instead for lighter behavioural remedies after ruling the company had illegally monopolised the ad tech market. Judge Leonie Brinkema said she would largely adopt changes proposed by the parties, though the details…
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Uber drivers launch European class action over ‘soulless’ and ‘scary’ AI algorithm
Uber drivers from the UK, the Netherlands and other European countries have launched a landmark legal action against Uber, alleging that the AI-powered algorithm the company uses to set pay and allocate jobs breaches data protection law and unfairly depresses their earnings. Drivers describe the system as a “black box” that learns their individual willingness…
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Our constitution demands we increase TDs in line with population but with no cap on numbers. Michael McDowell wants a referendum. When you read the astonishing number of TDs experts say is possible in the next Dail, you may also
Ireland’s Dáil could grow to as many as 276 TDs under current constitutional rules, political observers have warned, after new census figures showed a sharp rise in population. The country’s population has climbed to 5,525,600, an increase of 402,464 (7.8 per cent) since 2022, and because the Constitution ties the number of TDs to population…
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Uber is cutting around 3,000 jobs in the name of efficiency
Uber has cut around 3,000 jobs, roughly 10% of its workforce, as part of a company-wide restructuring aimed at simplifying management and speeding up decision-making. CEO Dara Khosrowshahi told staff in a memo that removing layers of management and merging fragmented teams would give the company “clearer ownership, faster decisions and more time spent building…
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Couple at Leeds Festival get 80 mile Uber to Creamfields after “house music shut down” by Warehouse closures: “We just need some oonts oonts”
A couple attending Leeds Festival booked an 80-mile Uber to Creamfields in Cheshire after dance music sets at the festival’s new Warehouse stage were repeatedly cancelled over crowd safety concerns. Aiden Warhurst and his partner appealed publicly for spare tickets when they found themselves without house music to enjoy, highlighting wider disruption caused by overcrowding…
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Nicolas Cage Officially Takes on James Bond in New WW2 Spy Thriller Trailer
A first trailer has been released for Fortitude, a World War II espionage thriller directed by Simon West that dramatises one of the Allies’ most ambitious deception operations ahead of D-Day. The film stars Nicolas Cage as Dusko Popov, the real-life double agent widely credited as an inspiration for Ian Fleming’s James Bond, making the…