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Runner review – Alan Ritchson and Owen Wilson thriller is serviceable B-movie camp
Runner is a new B-movie action thriller starring Alan Ritchson and Owen Wilson, released via faith-based distributor Angel Studios in its bid to break into mainstream action entertainment. Directed by action veteran Scott Waugh, it follows an ex-military fixer tasked with delivering a donated liver across Australia, only for the job to descend into cartoonish…
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How NASA Testing Changed US Food Inspection Forever
The article, adapted from Alex Davies’s book, traces how food-safety testing methods developed for NASA’s astronaut meals became the foundation for modern US food inspection. By the late 20th century, America’s traditional meat-inspection approach—physically examining animal organs for visible disease—could no longer keep pace with industrial-scale slaughterhouses or detect invisible threats like E. coli, a…
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How to stream safely while traveling outside the US
The article offers guidance on streaming safely while travelling abroad, highlighting that unfamiliar Wi-Fi networks and region-specific content catalogues can complicate accessing usual entertainment services overseas. It recommends using a virtual private network (VPN) to create an encrypted connection when using public Wi-Fi in hotels, airports and cafés, and notes that a VPN can also…
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Mr UK’s heartbroken fiancée lashes out after her gut-wrenching humiliation by her lover’s Aussie cruise ship romance: ‘Hurt, angry and shattered into a thousand pieces’
A British nurse, Natalie Green, has spoken out after discovering her fiancé of eight years, Liam McAuley, formed a relationship with an Australian woman during a cruise while visiting family in Australia. Green, who had been messaging him daily throughout the trip, learned of the affair only after videos of the romance, dubbed “Mr UK,”…
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Grindr pays £26M to settle UK privacy class action
Grindr has agreed to pay £26 million ($35.1 million) to settle a UK class action lawsuit alleging that it shared users’ sensitive personal data, including HIV status, with third parties. The claim, brought in England’s High Court, drew on 2018 research showing Grindr had shared data such as HIV status, sexual orientation and GPS location…
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‘She blazed in and opened my eyes to the real world’: Readers remember Gloria Steinem
The Guardian collected tributes from readers around the world remembering Gloria Steinem, the feminist campaigner and writer who died recently, describing her lasting influence on generations of women. Contributors recall how her ideas shaped their sense of identity and purpose, from encouraging women to pursue careers on equal terms with men to inspiring lifelong engagement…
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5 Artists Who Need to Sing the Next James Bond Theme Song
Collider has put together a list of artists it believes should be considered to sing the theme song for the next James Bond film, currently in development as the search continues for Daniel Craig’s successor. The piece argues that, with rap, country and pop dominating today’s charts, the modern music scene remains diverse enough to…
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US police fear Meta smart glasses could be used to secretly record them
Documents obtained by the transparency group Property of the People reveal that US law enforcement agencies, including the NYPD, are increasingly worried about Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses being used to covertly film officers and secure facilities. A January memo from the NYPD’s counterterrorism unit warned that detainees could use the discreet, camera-equipped eyewear to record…
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Don’t Forget Me review – Eddie Cochran bio-doc boasts top-notch roster of talking heads
Kirsty Bell’s documentary “Don’t Forget Me” marks the first feature-length biographical film about rock’n’roll pioneer Eddie Cochran, a landmark given his lasting influence on the genre. The Guardian’s review finds the film’s structure thin and old-fashioned, padded out with archival material and cheesy dramatised scenes imagining phone calls between Cochran and his mother, yet praises…