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xQc opens about swatting incident on his birthday: ‘The authorities do not f**k around’
xQc opens about swatting incident on his birthday: ‘The authorities do not f**k around’
Twitch and YouTube star xQc revealed that his house had been swatted for the second consecutive year on his birthday
2023-11-14 13:44
Insane Footage of Massive Tornados Touching Down Near Chicago
Insane Footage of Massive Tornados Touching Down Near Chicago
Video of tornados touching in the Chicago area.
2023-07-13 09:18
Princess Diana’s ‘black sheep’ jumper predicted to sell at auction for up to £70,000
Princess Diana’s ‘black sheep’ jumper predicted to sell at auction for up to £70,000
A jumper worn by Diana, Princess of Wales is predicted to sell at auction for up to £70,000. The famous red and white “black sheep” sweater, which had been lost for decades, is being offered at auction for the first time at Sotheby’s in New York on September 7. Diana first wore the woollen jumper – with its black and white sheep motif – to a polo match of her fiance, the then-prince of Wales, in June 1981. It was one of the first pieces designed by Sally Muir and Joanna Osborne for their knitwear label Warm & Wonderful, and helped to catapult their brand into the public eye. They said: “Much to our amazement, the first we knew of Lady Diana Spencer wearing the sweater was when we saw her on the front page of one of the Sunday newspapers. “Her influence was impactful almost immediately thereafter, leading to a surge in sales and public awareness of our small label, for which we will be forever grateful.” A few weeks after its first appearance, the pair received an official letter from Buckingham Palace requesting either a repair or a replacement for the sweater as it had been damaged. They knitted a new sweater for the late princess, but the whereabouts of the original remained unknown until they rediscovered it in March this year in their attic, tucked away in a small box beside a cotton bedspread. Warm & Wonderful stopped producing the black sheep style in 1994, but it was reissued in 2020 as a collaboration with the brand Rowing Blazer. The actress Emma Corrin wore a replica of the sweater when she played Diana in the fourth season of Netflix’s The Crown in 2020. Meanwhile, a sweater of the same design is part of the permanent collection of London’s Victoria and Albert Museum. Sotheby’s is offering the original sweater as part of its inaugural Fashion Icons sale which will run during New York Fashion week from August 31 to September 13. The auction house holds the record for the most valuable Diana dress ever sold – an aubergine ball dress which was bought for 604,800 dollars (around £474,870) in January 2023. It also sold Diana’s Attallah Cross to Kim Kardashian in the Royal and Noble auction in London in January for £163,800. Speaking about the jumper, Sotheby’s global head of fashion and accessories Cynthia Houlton said: “This exceptional garment, meticulously preserved, carries the whispers of Princess Diana’s grace, charm, and her keen eye for fashion.” Read More Gongs, chanting and Celtic Shamanism: What I learnt from a day at the Glastonbury Healing Field A woman stopped cleaning after her husband accused her of doing ‘nothing’. Then she filmed the results Taylor Swift ‘declined Meghan Markle’s personal letter’ to appear on Archetypes Charity boss speaks out over ‘traumatic’ encounter with royal aide Ukraine war’s heaviest fight rages in east - follow live
2023-06-26 21:01
South Africa: Suspected gas leak leaves 16 dead
South Africa: Suspected gas leak leaves 16 dead
The leak in a shanty town near Johannesburg is linked to illegal gold mining in the area.
2023-07-06 07:51
Who is Guadalupe Zavala Lopez? Woman charged for giving birth in gas station toilet and abandoning baby to die
Who is Guadalupe Zavala Lopez? Woman charged for giving birth in gas station toilet and abandoning baby to die
Agents from the US Customs and Border Protection arrested 25-year-old Guadalupe Zavala Lopez on August 1 at a bus station in Brownsville
2023-08-04 17:53
You're late on your taxes. Now what?
You're late on your taxes. Now what?
By Chris Taylor NEW YORK For most Americans, this past April 18 was a day to get those
1970-01-01 08:00
Netflix's '3 Body Problem' teaser promises a grand sci-fi mystery
Netflix's '3 Body Problem' teaser promises a grand sci-fi mystery
Game of Thrones showrunners David Benioff and D.B. Weiss have already tackled high fantasy —
2023-06-18 06:49
Durabook’s Next-Generation S15 Semi-Rugged Laptop with 12th Gen Intel® CPU Packs Performance into the Thinnest, Lightest, 15.6” Semi-Rugged Laptop in its Class
Durabook’s Next-Generation S15 Semi-Rugged Laptop with 12th Gen Intel® CPU Packs Performance into the Thinnest, Lightest, 15.6” Semi-Rugged Laptop in its Class
FREMONT, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sep 20, 2023--
2023-09-20 21:07
Black voting power gets boost in Alabama as new US House districts chosen by federal judges
Black voting power gets boost in Alabama as new US House districts chosen by federal judges
Federal judges have selected new congressional lines for Alabama ensuring a second district where Black voters comprise a substantial portion of the electorate
2023-10-06 06:09
A US auto union president who accepts 'no limits'
A US auto union president who accepts 'no limits'
By Joseph White DETROIT United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain is not a shouter. When he addresses union
2023-07-14 00:58
Dortmund signs defender Mats Hummels to 1-year contract extension
Dortmund signs defender Mats Hummels to 1-year contract extension
German league leader Borussia Dortmund has signed defender Mats Hummels to a one-year contract extension ahead of a game which could see the club end Bayern Munich’s decade-long title reign
2023-05-24 22:26
Meta sued over ‘open secret’ of ‘pursuing’ and signing up millions of underage users
Meta sued over ‘open secret’ of ‘pursuing’ and signing up millions of underage users
Facebook‘s parent company Meta disabled only a small fraction of the over one million reports it received of underage users on Instagram since early 2019, a lawsuit filed by 33 US states reportedly said. The newly unsealed legal complaint accused the tech giant of carrying an “open secret” that it had millions of users under the age of 13, and that Instagram “routinely continued to collect” their personal information such as location without parental permission. The complaint stated that within the company, Meta’s actual knowledge that millions of Instagram users were under the age of 13 was an “open secret” that was routinely documented, rigorously analyzed and confirmed, and zealously protected from disclosure to the public, according to a New York Times report. Last month, attorneys general from 33 states, including New York’s AG Letitia James, filed a lawsuit against Meta alleging that the tech giant designed harmful features contributing to the country’s youth mental health crisis. The lawsuit alleged Meta created addictive and “psychologically manipulative” features targeting young people while assuring the public falsely that the platform was safe to use. “Meta has profited from children’s pain by intentionally designing its platforms with manipulative features that make children addicted to their platforms while lowering their self-esteem,” Ms James said. Meta’s spokesperson responded to the lawsuit, saying that the company was committed to providing teens with “safe, positive experiences online,” and that it had already introduced “over 30 tools to support teens and their families” such as age verification and preventing content promoting harmful behaviours. “We’re disappointed that instead of working productively with companies across the industry to create clear, age-appropriate standards for the many apps teens use, the attorneys general have chosen this path,” the spokesperson added. However, a significant portion of the evidence provided by the states was obscured from public view via redactions in the initial filing. The new unsealed complaint filed last week provided fresh insights from the lawsuit, including the accusation that Instagram “coveted and pursued” underage users for years and that Meta “continually failed” to make effective age-checking systems a priority. The lawsuit reportedly argued that Meta chose not to build effective systems to detect and exclude underage teen users, viewing them as a crucial next generation demographic it needed to capture. It also accused the tech giant of “automatically” ignoring some reports of under 13 users and allowing them to continue using the platform while knowing about such cases via the company’s internal reporting channels. The company responded that the now publicly revealed complaint “mischaracterizes our work using selective quotes and cherry-picked documents.” It said verifying the ages of its users was a “complex” challenge especially with younger people who likely do not have IDs or licenses. Meta recently said it supports federal legislation requiring app stores to get parents’ approval whenever their teens under 16 download apps. “With this solution, when a teen wants to download an app, app stores would be required to notify their parents, much like when parents are notified if their teen attempts to make a purchase,” the company said. “Parents can decide if they want to approve the download. They can also verify the age of their teen when setting up their phone, negating the need for everyone to verify their age multiple times across multiple apps,” it said. The tech giant holds that the best solution to support young people is a “simple, industry-wide solution” where all apps are held to the same standard. “By verifying a teen’s age on the app store, individual apps would not be required to collect potentially sensitive identifying information,” Meta recently said. Read More Russia places Meta spokesperson on wanted list Meta to allow users to delete Threads accounts without losing Instagram Nasa has received a signal from 10 million miles away Nasa has received a signal from 10 million miles away Elon Musk set to meet Netanyahu and hostage families in Israel Elon Musk weighs in on Dublin riots claiming country’s PM ‘hates the Irish people’
2023-11-27 13:14