YouTube doesn’t charge a cent for hosting all of your uploaded videos, showing them to the wider world, or letting you spend all day streaming content made by others. What it does do is show you a whole lot of advertising in an attempt to make back some of its data storage costs—which, based on...
The Singapore government has ordered Meta to put in place measures such as facial recognition to curb Facebook impersonation scams in the first such directive under the Online Criminal Harms Act (OCHA). Meta, the parent company of Facebook, has until September 30 to comply. Apart from implementing enhanced facial recognition measures, it is also required...
Soutik BiswasIndia correspondent Reuters Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (right) and Shehbaz Sharif signed a landmark defence pact last week When Shehbaz Sharif, Pakistan’s prime minister, clasped Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in Riyadh last week, the symbolism was unmistakable. The embrace followed the signing of a “strategic mutual defence agreement”, bringing the Islamic...
Most pitmasters I spoke with use briskets from Creekstone Farms, based in Kansas, where the Black Angus cows are slaughtered to halal standards. Creekstone rose to fame as the go-to source for Franklin BBQ, which arguably launched the modern craft Texas BBQ movement. Kafi BBQ, an Iraqi-influenced BBQ joint from Salahodeen Abdul-Kafi in Irving, Texas,...
Ole Miss head coach Lane Kiffin isn’t a fan of his team’s SEC schedule for the 2026 season. Kiffin said that the inclusion of Oklahoma as an annual opponent for the Rebels “doesn’t make any sense,” per the Associated Press (h/t ESPN). “We don’t have anything in common with them or our fans,” Kiffin explained....
I will be a Groupon stan until I die. I have used their coupons for massages, haircuts, oil changes, and for experiences like a Camel ride in the Sahara while I was in Morocco and a deal on glamping in an Airstream trailer in Joshua Tree. I even found my favorite waxing aesthetician on Groupon....
To President Trump, the veracity of statistics and scorekeepers can turn on a dime. When data works in his favor, he praises, repeats and often exaggerates the figures. When the numbers on crime or the economy run counter to his narrative, they are frequently deemed “fake,” “phony” and a “fraud.” In his second term, he...
For all the ink shed on the subject of Donald Trump, hardly a word is said about his love of poetry. Yet there is at least one piece of verse he adores and regularly performs to cheering crowds. Last month, the White House even turned it into a short film. Called The Snake (and originally...
Lionel Messi led the charge for Inter Miami CF, scoring twice in the second half to extend his tally to five goals in the past nine days, securing a 4-0 victory over New York City FC on Wednesday night at Citi Field and a spot in the 2025 Major League Soccer playoffs. Miami head coach...