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The Guardian view on the Grenfell Tower fire: Britain is letting companies pass the buck | Editorial
This Guardian editorial argues that Britain’s system of corporate accountability failed the victims of the Grenfell Tower fire, in which 72 people, including 18 children, died in June 2017. Arconic, the company whose cladding the public inquiry found was the “primary cause” of the fire’s rapid spread, paid more in Grenfell-related settlements to its insurers…
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EA employees brace for the worst under Saudi ownership: ‘Hard to feel good about being bought out by a regime that’s very much at odds with progressive society’
Electronic Arts employees are anxious about the company’s future after it agreed to a roughly $55 billion buyout led by Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF), the largest ever leveraged buyout in history. Staff quoted anonymously say they feel uneasy working for a company effectively controlled by a Saudi state fund, citing the kingdom’s poor…
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Watch live: Trump delivers remarks on US tech innovation
President Trump will give remarks Wednesday afternoon from the White House on strengthening U.S. innovation and dominance in the technology sector. CEOs from several crypto companies, including Ripple and Coinbase, are expected to attend. The event is being viewed as a kickoff for the Commodity Futures Trading Commission Innovation Advisory Committee, according to reports. A…
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John MacLeod: It has faced extinction… yet the stoic ‘Highland Tiger’ still survives in the shadows
The article, by columnist John MacLeod, discusses the Scottish wildcat — nicknamed the “Highland Tiger” — a native species that has come perilously close to extinction in Britain. Once widespread across the country, the animal has been pushed to the brink by habitat loss, persecution and, most significantly, interbreeding with domestic and feral cats, which…
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All power to the UK competition watchdog’s war on ‘drip pricing’
The Competition and Markets Authority has opened investigations into Trainline, Virgin Atlantic and Red Driving School over alleged “drip pricing” — the practice of not being upfront about mandatory add-on charges. The move aligns with the government’s wider push against hidden fees, though the CMA’s crackdown actually predates the current administration, having been enabled by…
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Trump’s bombshell boast about Kim Jong Un and their secret letters as he casually reveals his harrowing nuke stockpile
Donald Trump has confirmed he will meet North Korean leader Kim Jong Un later this year, in a further sign of warming relations between the two men despite Pyongyang’s continued nuclear build-up. The meeting, first reported by the Wall Street Journal, could take place at November’s APEC summit in Shenzhen, China, and follows Trump’s recent…
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Mighty Aphrodite Pictures Behind Drama About Life & Legacy Of Slain U.S. Army Specialist Vanessa Guillén
US production company Mighty Aphrodite Pictures has secured an authorised option agreement to produce a narrative feature film about the life and legacy of Vanessa Guillén, the US Army specialist murdered at Fort Hood in 2020. Developed with the Guillén family’s involvement, the drama aims to honour Guillén’s life and her family’s advocacy, which drove…
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You can see a blood moon lunar eclipse in August. Here’s when, how to see it at maximum
A lunar eclipse will be visible across the entire United States at the end of August, when the full moon will pass through Earth’s shadow, turning it a spooky shade of red.
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The Gulf War or heroin: What was Tom Petty’s 1991 hit ‘Learning to Fly’ really about?
“I started out down a dirty road…” The post The Gulf War or heroin: What was Tom Petty’s 1991 hit ‘Learning to Fly’ really about? first appeared on Far Out Magazine.
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Warner Bros Locking Down Film Rights To Allen Levi Bestseller ‘Theo Of Golden’ With Tom Hanks To Star
Warner Bros is finalising a deal for the film rights to *Theo of Golden*, the breakout debut novel by first-time author Allen Levi, with Tom Hanks in talks to play the title role. The project marks a striking rise for the book, which began as a self-published effort by Levi, a former lawyer turned musician,…