Joe Chivers

New Leadership For Apple’s Siri Shows Bid To Update In Face Of Rivals

Apple’s digital assistant, Siri, has been given new leadership in what appears to be a bid to update the aging software. Responsibility for the program will now come under the purview of Apple’s Operating Systems Chief, Craig Federighi. Previously, Siri was controlled by the company’s VP of Internet Software and Services, Eddy Cue. According to […]

7y ago

bangladesh|Myanmar

Thousands Of Rohingya Attempt To Flee To Bangladesh Amid Myanmar Violence

Thousands of Myanmar’s Muslim minority people, the Rohingya, are attempting to flee to Bangladesh amid ongoing violence in the border state of Rakhine. The violence began on Friday, following attacks on police stations by Rohingya fighters. It is estimated that around 3,000 Rohingya people have been able to cross the border into Bangladesh over the […]

7y ago

south africa|zimbabwe

Grace Mugabe Returns To Zimbabwe Following Assault Allegations

Grace Mugabe, the First Lady of Zimbabwe, has returned to the country from South Africa, despite being the subject of an assault allegation. Mugabe is accused of attacking South African model Gabriella Engels at a luxury hotel in Johannesburg. She was allowed to leave the country after South Africa approved her request for diplomatic immunity […]

7y ago

texas

White Nationalist Rally To Be Held At Texas A&M Campus

More chaos of the kind seen yesterday in Charlottesville is feared following the announcement that a white nationalist rally is to be held at Texas A&M University. The event, set for September 11, is being organized by white supremacist Preston Wiginton, who has previously organized several other such events at the university. In December, Wiginton […]

7y ago

Berlin|china|Germany

Chinese Tourists Arrested In Berlin For Nazi Salute At Reichstag

A pair of Chinese tourists were arrested in Berlin yesterday after making the Nazi salute outside the Reichstag. The tourists, both men, aged 36 and 49, fell afoul of Germany’s strict laws against the use of Nazi symbolism while taking pictures of each other on their phones. The offense can be punished with a sentence […]

7y ago

Crime|Germany

Two Killed And Four Injured In Konstanz Nightclub Shooting

Two people have been killed and four wounded in a nightclub shooting in the German city of Konstanz. Police have ruled out a connection to terrorism. The shooting began at 4:30 a.m. on Sunday, with clubbers at the Grey nightclub making frantic calls to emergency services. The gunman, a 34-year-old Iraqi national who had been […]

7y ago

Saudi Arabia

UAE Officials Deny Responsibility For Qatar News Agency Hack Amidst Ongoing Persian Gulf Crisis

The UAE has denied being behind a hack of the Qatari state news agency on May 24. The hack posted fake news stories to the Qatar News Agency’s social media accounts, quoting the Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani, as praising Iran while criticizing Saudi Arabia, sparking the current crisis in the Persian […]

7y ago

education|Politics|texas

Texas State Government Threatens Municipal Control Over Taxes, Transgender Rights, And Abortion

Republicans in the Texas state legislature will attempt to introduce laws to reduce the powers of local governments in a special session. Governor Gregg Abbott’s agenda will focus on limiting the power of municipal governments on several issues with so-called preemption laws, with a keystone issue being the power to raise property taxes, as noted […]

7y ago

Chicago

‘Police’ No More: Chicago Airport Security Officers Lose Word From Uniforms As Cops Take Over

Chicago airport security officers are to lose the word “police” from their uniform following the forcible removal of Dr. David Dao from a United Airlines flight on April 9. Police officers are to take over handling disturbances at the city’s airports following the controversy, reports the Associated Press. The moves come following a review of […]

7y ago

russia|Uber

Uber Merges Russian Operations With Yandex In Second Foreign Withdrawl

Uber’s Russian operations will merge with its rival Yandex, whose Yandex.Taxi service operates in Russia and several former Soviet nations. The move is something of a surprise for Uber, a company noted for its aggressive tactics. Yandex will be the leading partner in the merger, with the merged companies to operate together in 127 cities […]

7y ago

Dr Dre|ice cube

Ice Cube Says New Dr. Dre Album Coming Soon, But ‘Detox’ Is Still MIA

A new album by Dr. Dre will be dropping soon, according to his N.W.A. bandmate Ice Cube. Perhaps disappointingly to longtime fans of Dr. Dre, Detox, the long-awaited sequel to his last album, 2001, will not be his third album after all. Instead, Ice Cube said, speaking on Philadelphia radio station Power 99, Dre’s new […]

9y ago

Breaking Bad|liverpool|United Kingdom

Breaking Bad Fan Convicted In Attempted Ricin Delivery

A Breaking Bad fan who ordered what he believed to be ricin from an undercover FBI agent has been found guilty of attempting to acquire a chemical weapon. Mohammed Ali, age 31, of Liverpool, claimed that his interest in ricin was sparked by its use in the TV show, where it was featured several times, […]

9y ago

florida

White-Bearded Floridian Wins Key West Hemingway Lookalike Contest In Annual Festival

A Florida former air traffic controller has won a Hemingway Lookalike contest in Key West — the contest was part of the annual Hemingway Days festival honoring the iconic writer. The Associated Press, via NBC News, reports that the white-bearded fellow beat off competition from 122 other entrants to claim the prize. Maybe not quite […]

9y ago

microsoft

Windows 10’s Mandatory Automatic Updates Could Spell Problems For Users

Windows 10 is nearly upon us; the next iteration following on from Windows 8.1 is set to begin rolling out on July 29, but there’s a problem. According to Forbes, Windows 10’s new mandatory automatic updates have been causing problems for users of Nvidia graphics cards. When Windows automatically updates, it’s grabbing the latest drivers, […]

9y ago

Donald Trump

Donald Trump Leads In Latest CNN Poll

Donald Trump has pulled ahead in a new poll by CNN/ORC, with the tycoon garnering 3 percent more support from Republicans than his nearest rival, Jeb Bush. Since the results of another CNN/ORC poll were published on July 1, his support amongst Republicans has risen by 6 percent to 18 percent. Meanwhile, support for Bush […]

9y ago

Breaking Bad|United Kingdom

Man Who Allegedly Ordered Ricin Had Interest Sparked By ‘Breaking Bad’

A British man who allegedly attempted to order the highly toxic poison ricin through the darknet says that his interest in the substance was sparked by Breaking Bad. Ricin was featured in the TV show several times over its five seasons, including in the final episode. In a related story by the Inquisitr, read about […]

9y ago

northern ireland|terrorism

Attack Aimed At Police In Lurgan Brings More Violence In Dark Period For Northern Ireland

Memories of The Troubles have been made fresh again, following an attempt to kill police in Lurgan, Northern Ireland, on Saturday. It is thought that the plot was the work of dissident Irish republicans, according to The Belfast Telegraph. The police were called to Lurgan after a call was placed to the charity Samaritans, saying […]

9y ago

android

Cortana For Android Leaked, Microsoft Promises Release Within Weeks

The Android version of Cortana, Microsoft’s answer to Siri, has been leaked to the internet following a closed beta. As PC Magazine reports, Microsoft had originally sought a handful of Windows Insider members from the U.S. and China who wanted to “get their hands on an early version of the app.” Turns out, far more […]

9y ago

Rate Of Email Spam Falls To Lowest Level Since 2003

As hard as it might be to believe, the rate of email spam has fallen to its lowest level in 12 years, according to new figures. The data comes care of Symantec, creators of Norton Security, who reported that, of the messages they filtered last month, only 49.7 percent were classed as spam, VentureBeat report. […]

9y ago

cuba|soccer

U.S.A. Smashes Cuba 6-0 In CONCACAF Gold Cup Quarter-Final

Tonight, Cuba may be wishing relations with the U.S.A. hadn’t warmed in the past few months, after the U.S. smashed Cuba 6-0 in the CONCACAF Gold Cup quarter-finals. In a match which saw Seattle Sounders and U.S. forward Clint Dempsey nail a hat-trick and Gonzalez, Zardes, and Johannsson grab a goal each, the cup game […]

9y ago