Three years after Jeff Bezos bought The Washington Post for $250 million, the Amazon billionaire made another Washington acquisition that was arguably just as important to Georgetown’s social life: a mansion in the capital’s posh Kalorama Heights neighborhood for 23 million dollars. His 2016 purchase of a former textile museum that would become the city’s … Read more
Those Sly Cooper and the Thievius Raccoonus Trophies have arrived on PS5 and PS4 as part of the first wave of new PS2 games hitting PS Plus Premium. In response to the good news, PS Plus Premium subscribers rushed to play Sly Cooper and the Thievius Raccoonusproving that the demand for PS2 games on PS5 … Read more
When it comes to British weather, you win some and you lose some (Photo: Getty Images/iStockphoto) The British summer has finally decided to make an appearance – just as a ‘pollen bomb’ is exploding in almost every part of the country. The first heatwave of the year will see temperatures in London and some parts … Read more
High pollen levels are striking in parts of Britain, bringing new misery for hay fever sufferers. Forecasts suggest there could be a heat wave next week. The Met Office has warned that pollen counts will be very high in England over the next five days, spreading to Wales and Northern Ireland from Saturday. By Monday, … Read more
Laurel McConnell/Microsoft Microsoft Gaming is taking a victory lap after an impressive Xbox Games Showcase presentation at the David Geffen Theater in Los Angeles on June 9, which was anchored by the reveal of “Call of Duty: Black Ops 6,” followed by major announcements across all Xbox studios including Bethesda, Activision and Blizzard, as well … Read more
About 4.5 billion years ago, many scientists say, Earth had an encounter with Theia, another planetary object the size of Mars. When the two worlds collided in one big blow, the idea goes, debris shot into space, became trapped in the orbit of the young, damaged Earth, and led to the formation of our moon. … Read more
Security experts have warned Google Chrome users after discovering a cyberattack targeting the browserlike Microsoft‘s Word and OneDrive apps. The attack used fake error messages to trick users into installing the malicious software themselves as a ‘solution’. Hackers send notifications via email and pop-ups on websites, claiming that the user has encountered a software glitch … Read more
THOUSANDS of rail customers saw a shock rise in their ticket prices this week after a major train company unexpectedly increased fares. South Western Railway last week increased prices on 522 routes in and out of London after a major disruption prevented prices from rising in line with other train fares in March, The Sun … Read more
A drunk mum who drove straight into the front of a Tesco Express was shortly afterwards assaulted by a woman pushing a pram. Emma Poingdestre was almost three times over the limit when she got behind the wheel and went shopping. A judge today told her it was “luck and not judgment” that she had … Read more
In recent weeks, the sun has become so noisy that Earth has been repeatedly bombarded with radiation and particles emitted by bursts of solar plasma. But Earth isn’t the only planet affected by solar storms. At just 1.5 times Earth’s distance from the Sun, Mars is also being buffeted by the massive outpourings of particles … Read more