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Pressure mounts on Westminster, Tehran and the transfer market
Badenoch’s sweeping shadow Cabinet reshuffle axes Stride and Patel, while disputed footage of an Iran energy site fuels US-Iran tensions and Melbourne rally clashes turn violent; plus AI scribe errors, heart-drug relief for cancer survivors, Lifetime Isa advice and deadline-day transfer moves.
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Broadcom launches TrueSource to secure Spring and RabbitMQ
Broadcom has launched TrueSource by Broadcom, a new initiative to take responsibility for securing key open-source software used in its Tanzu product suite, including the Spring Java framework and RabbitMQ. The move sees the company acting directly as maintainer for Spring and RabbitMQ, while pledging to work with maintainers of other widely used open-source projects,…
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HBO Lands Hot Drama Spec ‘Imposter’ By DWA Assistant Kalos Chu With Lauren LeFranc Producing
HBO has struck a development deal for “Imposter,” a debut drama spec script by Kalos Chu, a feature development assistant at DreamWorks Animation, after a bidding war that saw the project draw ten initial offers before narrowing to a three-way contest between HBO, Netflix and Amazon. The deal marks a rare breakthrough for an unrepresented,…
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It’s time you realized the usefulness of the smartwatch flashlight feature
An Engadget columnist makes the case for the humble smartwatch flashlight, arguing that the feature—found on devices like the Apple Watch, Google Pixel Watch and Samsung Galaxy Watch—is more genuinely useful than sceptics give it credit for. Rather than a proper LED torch, it simply turns the watch’s display white at full brightness, but the…
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‘Tires’ Renewed for Season 4 at Netflix (EXCLUSIVE)
Netflix has renewed “Tires,” the workplace comedy created by and starring Shane Gillis, for a fourth season, just weeks after the third season premiered on the streamer. The show follows the dysfunctional staff of a fictional auto repair chain, Valley Forge, and began life as an independently produced passion project before Netflix picked it up…
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In Lieu of a Public Memorial, Dolly Parton Wanted a Big Party. Her Estate Is Following Through on Those Wishes
Dolly Parton’s estate has announced DOLLYFEST: The Celebration of a Lifetime, a pair of events planned for Nashville and London on consecutive weekends in 2027. The festival was conceived by Parton herself before her death, originally intended as a multi-artist celebration around her 80th birthday, and her team says they are honouring her wishes by…
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High-flyer, 32, worked her way out of poverty to start new life in America… only to die in freak scooter accident
A 32-year-old South Korean woman who had moved to San Francisco 18 months ago to pursue her career was killed after her electric scooter’s wheel became lodged in tram tracks on Market Street, causing her to fall into the path of a delivery truck. Yebin Kim, who had worked her way up from a working-class…
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Girl, 2, almost drowns in swimming pool at her OWN birthday party, cops say
A two-year-old girl nearly drowned after being found unresponsive in a swimming pool during her own birthday party at an apartment complex in Atlanta, Georgia. Police were called to Stadium Walk Apartments on Circle 75 Parkway on Saturday night after guests spotted the child floating in the water; bystanders pulled her out and performed CPR…
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Dolly Parton, Who Hated Flying, Is Getting an Airport Named After Her. She’d Have Liked the Joke
A campaign to rename Nashville’s airport, currently known by its code BNA, to Dolly Parton International Airport is gaining official momentum, with backing from Tennessee Governor Bill Lee, the Metro Nashville Airport Authority and Nashville Mayor Freddie O’Connell. The proposal carries a poignant irony: Parton was famously afraid of flying and spent decades touring by…