Apple is believed to be working on “the biggest overhaul yet” to the Apple Watch’s design. A new rumor today indicates that the next-generation Apple Watch could include a design change that frees up more space inside for other components – or that makes the device thinner. more
Yesterday we learned that Spotify decided to pass on Apple’s new EU terms that would allow it to use alternative payment methods due to the Core Technology Fee. Instead, it submitted an app update with pricing info and details on how to subscribe outside of the App Store without giving users a link. Now Spotify says Apple has unjustly blocked the update and again “defied the European Commission”. more
Foreign secretary says UK hopes Israel will respond ‘in a way that does as little to escalate this as possible’
On April Fools' Day, the Scottish Parliament’s new hate crime bill came into effect after almost a year of delays. The law claims it is designed to halt hate speech and consolidate similar laws already on the books.
The Owls battered promotion-chasing West Brom to earn their second win on the spin and stretch their end-of-season unbeaten run to five. They leapfrogged Plymouth Argyle into 20th place and with results elsewhere in the survival scrap going their way, it means a draw at Sunderland next weekend will secure second tier status from the depths of a 12-point deficit in November. Goals from Anthony Musaba, Ike Ugbo and Josh Windass did the business on an afternoon that they shut the Baggies down...
Update: Yemen’s Houthis targeted two U.S. destroyers and the vessel CYCLADES in the Red Sea as well as the MSC Orion in the Indian Ocean, A Houthi military spokesman said
The team under Special Counsel Jack Smith is up before the Supreme Court in Trump’s bid to avoid prosecution over his efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss to Democrat Joe Biden
Australia's Federal Court orders X to temporarily hide posts showing video of an attack a week earlier, in which a teenager was charged with terrorism for knifing an Assyrian priest and others
Elon Musk lashed out at Australia's prime minister on Tuesday after a court ordered his social media company X to take down footage of an alleged terrorist attack in Sydney, and said the ruling meant any country could control "the entire internet". At a hearing overnight, Australia's Federal Court ordered X, formerly called Twitter, to temporarily hide posts showing video of the incident a week earlier, in which a teenager was charged with terrorism for knifing an Assyrian priest and others. X...
Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel also appealed for the community to stay calm after the alleged terror attack.
As we’ve seen with the premieres of song-filled films like Mean Girls and The Color Purple, the “movie to musical to movie musical” pipeline is becoming an increasingly present force in our culture. Whether film or stage theatergoers like it or not, it doesn’t look like it’s slowing down any time soon. The latest film to complete at least the first step of this process is 2018's Crazy Rich Asians, which is currently under development for a new stage adaptation (per The Hollywood Reporter). New...
The White House highlighted comments Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) made earlier this week to attack former President Donald Trump‘s role in sinking the bipartisan Ukraine-border bill. Senators had unveiled a bipartisan bill to address border security while sending billions in aid to help Ukraine fight off the Russian invasion. But Republicans tanked the […]