Image copyright TIFF Image caption Jojo Rabbit's win moves it firmly into the 2020 Oscar race The film Jojo Rabbit has won the influential People's Choice Award at this year's Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF).The World War II satire about a young boy in 1940s Germany who discovers his mother is hiding a Jewish girl…
The day it went down — Rock core allows researchers to create an incredible timeline. Scott K. Johnson - Sep 15, 2019 1:00 pm UTC Enlarge / This is "Liftboat Myrtle," which housed the drilling operation into Chicxulub Crater.Geology is a big science. The Earth is a large enough place today, but when you stretch…
LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson likened himself to the comic book character The Incredible Hulk in a newspaper interview where he stressed his determination to take Britain out of the European Union on Oct. 31. Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson reacts during the Convention of the North at the Magna Centre in…
Image copyright Reuters Image caption The Sackler family, which owns Purdue Pharma, is accused of fuelling the US's opioid crisis The billionaire Sackler family "funnelled" at least $1bn (£800m) to different banks, including accounts in Switzerland, officials said.The Sacklers own Purdue Pharma, which is accused of fuelling the US opioid crisis through drugs like OxyContin.Purdue…
smartphone is a funny way to say communication camera — Vietnamese YouTubers extracted the Camera 7.0 APK from a pre-release Pixel4. Jim Salter - Sep 13, 2019 9:55 pm UTC Camera 7.0 looks to have a much-improved and more accessible way to manage shot settings. Camera 6.x obscured these settings in several separate menus behind…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Swedish teenager Greta Thunberg, who shot to global fame for inspiring worldwide student strikes to promote action against climate change, took her mission to U.S. President Donald Trump’s doorstep on Friday with a protest outside the White House. Thunberg, wearing a blue hooded sweatshirt with her hair loosely pulled back in a…
Image copyright Reuters David Cameron has accused the current prime minister, Boris Johnson, and Michael Gove of behaving "appallingly" during the EU referendum campaign.Speaking to the Times ahead of his book launch, the former Tory PM attacked some Leave-backing colleagues for "trashing the government". Mr Cameron said the result in 2016 had left him "hugely…
Mourn our miraculous triangle — On VR's doubters: "It's a boring question. Can there be soul in technology? Yes!" Sam Machkovech - Sep 13, 2019 11:30 am UTC Enlarge / Björk's metamorphosis within VR already looks trippy enough as a sample image. It'll blow your mind in VR.Björk"I often feel like some sort of [technology]…
HONG KONG/LONDON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - The London Stock Exchange’s (LSE.L) board will meet in coming days to decide on the Hong Kong bourse’s surprise $39 billion takeover proposal, a source close to the British company said on Thursday, as the market poured cold water on the deal. FILE PHOTO: The name of Hong Kong Exchanges…
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Democratic chairman Jerry Nadler (left) and ranking member Doug Collins A US congressional committee has voted to press ahead with an impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump. The Democratic-controlled House Committee on the Judiciary voted along strict party lines to designate certain hearings as impeachment sessions.The panel says it…
