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V&A workers to strike over pay and conditions
Workers at three Victoria and Albert Museum sites in London are to strike over pay, health and safety, and working conditions, in a dispute that could disrupt visitor access at V&A East Storehouse, V&A East and Young V&A. The Public and Commercial Services (PCS) union, whose members voted 95% in favour of industrial action, has…
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Guinea’s president dismisses 173 soldiers, including coup ally, for desertion
Guinea’s President Mamadi Doumbouya has dismissed 173 soldiers for alleged desertion, including Colonel Michel Lamah, who took part in the 2021 coup that brought Doumbouya to power. The move is widely seen as an effort by the president to tighten his grip on the military and pre-empt any challenges to his authority, coming just months…
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Chelsea in talks with Emiliano Martínez’s camp after being offered goalkeeper
Chelsea are in discussions with Emiliano Martínez’s representatives after the goalkeeper was offered to them, with the club weighing up whether to make a formal move. Martínez has told Aston Villa he wants to leave, and a proposed switch to Juventus fell through last week once Villa signed Zion Suzuki from Parma as his replacement.…
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Trump-backed Mazzei wins Oklahoma primary as Dolly Parton tributes flood in
Mike Mazzei clinched Oklahoma’s Republican gubernatorial runoff with Trump’s backing, while a Kentucky candidate quietly distances himself from the president; tributes pour in for Dolly Parton, and childcare group Edge Early Learning collapses across three Australian states.
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‘Wild Horse Nine’ First Clip: John Malkovich & Sam Rockwell Get Themselves Into Trouble In Martin McDonagh’s Dark Comedy
Deadline has released an exclusive first clip from Martin McDonagh’s crime-dramedy “Wild Horse Nine”, ahead of its premiere next week at the Venice Film Festival. The film reunites McDonagh with several regular collaborators and marks his first feature since the Oscar-nominated “The Banshees of Inisherin”, making it one of the more anticipated titles on the…
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10 overlooked 1960s albums that should have topped the chart
Far Out Magazine has put together a list of ten albums from the 1960s that the writers believe deserved to top the charts but were largely overlooked at the time. The piece argues that although the decade produced huge commercial successes, several genuinely excellent records were too experimental or ahead of their time to find…
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QueryStory launches AI platform to verify enterprise data analysis
QueryStory, a startup founded by former Google security engineer Shapor Naghibzadeh, has emerged from stealth with an AI platform designed to help large enterprises trust the answers generated by their data analysis systems. The company applies techniques Naghibzadeh developed while investigating cyberattacks, including the 2009 China-linked “Operation Aurora” hack of Google, to build AI tools…
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British Drama Series ‘Secret Service’ Starring Gemma Arterton Lands At MGM+
Gemma Arterton’s spy drama Secret Service has secured a US streaming home, with MGM+ acquiring rights for North America, Latin America and Italy. The five-part series, adapted from a novel by ITV News At Ten anchor Tom Bradby, follows senior MI6 officer Kate Henderson as she investigates suspicions that a high-ranking UK politician is working…
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Women’s Basketball League Unrivaled Raises More Than $100 Million From Carmelo Anthony, Ashton Kutcher, Alex Morgan, University of California Fund and More
Unrivaled, the women’s three-on-three basketball league co-founded by WNBA stars Napheesa Collier and Breanna Stewart, has closed an oversubscribed Series C funding round that exceeded its initial $100 million target, valuing the league at $650 million. The round was led by the Ten Pillars Sports Fund, backed by UC Investments, which manages the University of…
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Ring says its new encryption limits what it can give police
Ring, the Amazon-owned home security camera company, has introduced a new encryption system called TAKE (Throw Away the Key Encryption), which it says will restrict what footage the company can hand over to law enforcement. The move comes amid heightened scrutiny of Ring over its historical ties to police and privacy concerns surrounding its AI-powered…