This story just got even creepier! As we previously reported, Pete Davidson is NOT married. Not particularly shocking news — except someone named Michelle Mootreddy had put out a press release saying they were married and starting a production company together. She claimed to be a childhood friend of the comedian, and that they started […]
[Warning: Potentially Triggering Content] Armie Hammer is under investigation. According to TMZ, a woman named Effie alleges the Call Me By Your Name star raped her for over four hours on April 24, 2017 in Los Angeles, during which he allegedly slapped her head against a wall and physically abused her to the point where she […]
The University of Colorado and the city of Boulder are picking up the pieces this week after an illegal Saturday night street party turned violent, leading to nearly a thousand people confronting local SWAT teams and police brigades. The crowd, which numbered hundreds of college-aged students, according to local media reports, had been gathered for a […]
This is the web version of Data Sheet, a daily newsletter on the business of tech. Sign up to get it delivered free to your inbox. Surrounded by machine learning-fueled facial recognition systems, autonomous security drones, and a network of biometric collecting sensors, the protagonist of your average cyberpunk novel knows how to take steps to […]
[Warning: Potentially Triggering Content] Things certainly aren’t looking good for Marilyn Manson. After Evan Rachel Wood named the musician as her abuser (in allegations previously made public during testimony to the US House Judiciary Committee in 2018), a tidal wave of further allegations from past romantic partners and employees came to light. The sheer volume of disturbing […]
Run, Will, Run! According to Jon Chandler, a Norfolk police officer who is retiring after 30 years of service, Prince William was once mistaken for a trespasser by his police dog! In a new interview with Eastern Daily Press, the officer explained the incident happened at Queen Elizabeth’s country estate Sandringham, where the family gathers […]
Don’t mess with Queen Latifah! The longtime star landed the main role in CBS‘ upcoming television adaption of The Equalizer — you know, the 2014 Denzel Washington action film. And with Latifah playing the main character in the TV version, this new thirty-second teaser looks fun AF, action-packed, and very fast! Related: Queen Latifah Can Truly Do It All! […]
Enlarge / The seditionists who broke into the US Capitol on Wednesday were not particularly subtle and did not put any particular effort into avoiding being identified. (credit: Saul Loeb | AFP | Getty Images) Law enforcement agencies trying to track down insurrectionists who participated in yesterday’s events at the US Capitol have a wide […]
Enlarge / A user in Singaapore holding the TraceTogether device that can be used for COVID-19 contact tracing in lieu of a smartphone app. (credit: Roslan Rahman | AFP | Getty Images) The government of Singapore said this week it has used data gathered for COVID-19 mitigation purposes in criminal investigations, sparking privacy concerns about […]
Training for a new job can be tiresome — but for a police dog, it’s downright disturbing. The Vacaville Police Department in California has responded to a viral video showing an officer pinning his K-9 partner to the ground and punching it in the face, claiming that the distressing scene was all just part of […]