Outrage as Iran is selected to sit on put on UN women’s rights panel

Outrage as Iran is selected to sit on UN women’s rights panel despite laws banning female sports, making the hijab compulsory and forcing married women to get their husband’s permission to leave the country Iran has been elected to sit on UN’s committee on women’s rights for four years Masih Alinejad, a US-based activist said … Read more

Website reveals if you’re a Chrome user selected to trial a controversial new ad system

A useful website has been created, called ‘Am I FLoCed?’, which lets Google Chrome users know if they are one of the 0.5 per cent of people auto-enrolled in the so-called ‘origin trial’ of a new advertising technology which may eventually replace cookies.  Google recently announced it was ditching the highly-invasive and controversial  third-party cookies … Read more

Netflix’ Downloads For You automatically brings offline viewing for selected videos

Netflix subscribers are probably very familiar with how much time we spend scrolling through the entire library when we don’t know what to watch next. The algorithm that makes suggestions sometimes helps but when we’re undecided, we may need a little more push. A new feature called Downloads For You may help with that as … Read more

TikTok for Android TV starts rolling out to selected territories

Aside from Zoom, TikTok is probably the other app that kept people sane during the pandemic. Whether you’re a new content creator that started exploring the world of short-form videos or you just like watching the funny stuff, the videos there certainly took our minds off COVID even for just a little bit. Now you’ll … Read more

Coronavirus patients could be selected for treatment by ‘lottery’

Patients seeking treatment for coronavirus could be selected by ‘lottery’ in the event that hospitals are left overwhelmed by an influx of cases, according to an NHS emergency protocol. The draft emergency triage document, which is now being sent across NHS hospitals in the UK, details how patients should be selected using an ‘ethical system’ in … Read more

Coronavirus patients could be selected for treatment by ‘lottery’

Patients seeking treatment for coronavirus could be selected by ‘lottery’ in the event that hospitals are left overwhelmed by an influx of cases, according to an NHS emergency protocol. The draft emergency triage document, which is now being sent across NHS hospitals in the UK, details how patients should be selected using an ‘ethical system’ in … Read more

Google brings Mandalorian Experience to selected 5G phones

If you can’t get enough of The Mandalorian on your Disney+ streaming, you’ll be able to experience it in augmented reality on your smartphone. Google has teamed up with Disney and Lucasfilm to create an AR experience on selected Android devices. The Mandalorian AR Experience will bring you some of the iconic scenes of Mando … Read more

Katy Perry suggests she’d selected her daughter’s name MONTHS before giving birth

Floral dresses, filters, and even a single named DAISIES: Katy Perry’s social media activity suggests she’d selected her daughter’s name MONTHS before giving birth By Jason Chester for MailOnline Published: 12:38 BST, 27 August 2020 | Updated: 12:38 BST, 27 August 2020 She welcomed first child Daisy Dove with fiancé Orlando Bloom on August 26th. … Read more

Timothée Chalamet’s new film The French Dispatch ‘has been selected for Cannes 2020’s label’

Timothée Chalamet’s new film The French Dispatch ‘has been selected for Cannes 2020’s label as film festival committee prepare curated selection from postponed event’ By Roxy Simons For Mailonline Published: 21:16 BST, 28 May 2020 | Updated: 09:20 BST, 29 May 2020 Cannes Film Festival director Thierry Frémaux revealed plans to support the films that … Read more