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Tech News

Tinder wants to take you on a blind date with its new feature

Users won't be judged on appearances… just on their habits, lifestyles and values instead.

11/02/2022

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USA: teenagers rescued in the ice

A water rescue training session turned into a reality for suburban St. Louis Fire Department personnel, saving two teenagers.

10/02/2022

Travel News

Cecil Hotel: Real life horror hotel to reopen, but not to guests

Would you live in the most haunted hotel in the world? The infamous Cecil Hotel in Los Angeles is trying to rebrand itself as affordable housing.

10/02/2022

Culture news

Zendaya defends Euphoria against 'glorifying' drug use criticisms

'Euphoria' lead actress says the HBO series encourages empathy and helps viewers with their own battles.

09/02/2022

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Crowds gathered in the remote desert of Southern California for the annual King of the Hammers race

Massive crowds gathered in the remote desert of Southern California for the 16th annual King of the Hammers race

08/02/2022

Mobility

How do you get into your frozen Tesla? Whack it

The electric cars from California can freeze over in low temperatures, leaving drivers locked out. Luckily, the solution is surprisingly simple.

08/02/2022

Tech News

Meta warns it may shut down Facebook and Instagram in Europe

The drama continues for Mark Zuckerberg whose company last week reported it lost daily active users for the first time in its history.

07/02/2022

Tech News

Spotify says Joe Rogan isn't going anywhere

Spotify acknowledged that podcast episodes featuring racist language were taken down at their urging - but insisted that the company wasn’t Rogan's publisher.

07/02/2022

Tech News

Facebook announces new tool to stop metaverse sexual harassment

One test user recently described the experience of being gang-raped by men in the metaverse. Is Facebook's new tool enough to stop it from happening?

06/02/2022

USA

Californian surfing great wins pipeline title a week ahead of 50th

A week before his 50th birthday, surfing legend Kelly Slater defeated 24-year-old local favourite Seth Moniz to win the 2022 World Surf League's Billabong Pro Pipeline title in Hawaii.

06/02/2022

Climate

How is Beijing hosting the Winter Olympics with no snow?

With rising temperature levels affecting snow conditions around the world, organisers of the Winter Olympics are struggling to find viable venues to host the sporting spectacle.

03/02/2022

USA

‘Horrible’ Islamic State group leader killed, Biden announces

Al-Qurayshi's influence and day-to-day involvement in the group’s operations was not known and it is difficult to gauge how his death will affect the group.

03/02/2022

Nature

Why are lizards falling from the sky in Florida?

Cold temperatures mean these reptiles are becoming paralysed.

03/02/2022

USA

Sending more US troops to Europe is aggravating crisis, says Russia

An additional 8,500 soldiers in the US remain in "heightened readiness" and "ready to move" to support the NATO Response Force if needed.

02/02/2022

Culture news

Whoopi Goldberg suspended after controversial Holocaust remarks

The presenter claimed that the Holocaust was "not about race" during a conversation on the banning of a book about Nazi death camps on her show, The View.

02/02/2022

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SpaceX launches Italian satellite

After several days of delays, SpaceX launched an Italian satellite into space from Florida on Monday

01/02/2022

USA

World record lightning bolt 'as long as London to Hamburg' distance

It spread over an incredible 768 kilometres.

01/02/2022

Culture news

Fatal shooting on Alec Baldwin film ushers in new gun control law

The state of New Mexico's could soon propose a law for special training for film industry workers on gun safety.

01/02/2022

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Nearly 10,000 anglers attend world's largest charitable ice fishing co

Nearly 10,000 anglers from across the United States take part in the world's largest charitable ice fishing contest, the Brainerd Jaycees Ice Fishing Extravaganza, in the Hole-in-the-Day Bay, Minnesota.

31/01/2022

Sport

Kotsenburg impresses in Wyoming as snowboarding tour kicks off

The 2022 snowboarding Natural Selection Tour is underway at Jackson Hole, Wyoming the first days saw incredible talent on display, with US Olympic gold winner nabbing a win.

29/01/2022

Green News

Scientists are using poo to save these adorable, pocket-sized owls

Scientists in California are helping burrowing owls to find new homes as their grassland habitats disappear.

28/01/2022

Art

Botticelli's Jesus Christ portrait in record books after €40m sale

'Man of Sorrows' went on sale at Sotheby's New York on January 27, exceeding even the highest of expert deal estimates by millions of euros.

28/01/2022

Culture news

'Orwellian' ban sees Holocaust book removed from school curriculums

A district ruling in Tennessee, US, will ban the Pulitzer-winning 1991 graphic novel 'Maus' from its Holocaust education programme on the grounds of "nudity" and "language".

28/01/2022

Green News

Gas stoves are 'bleeding' methane into our homes even when they're off

Gas stoves are worse for the climate than first thought.

28/01/2022

USA

Biden ready to nominate 'long overdue' black woman to US Supreme Court

No black woman has ever served on the high court. But the decision is also coming at a critical time of national reckoning over race and gender inequality.

27/01/2022

Health news

Patient without COVID vaccine denied heart transplant by US hospital

The Boston hospital said it is their policy that all transplant patients be COVID vaccinated because of the higher risks of them dying from the virus.

27/01/2022