Sunday, Nov 4th 2018|A new study is backing up long held suspicions that Apple slows down older models of its iPhones to encourage users to buy a new release.The U.S. study analysed worldwide searches for 'iPhone slow' and found that the search term spiked significantly around the time of new iPhone launch. It then compared those results with similar searches for the term 'Samsung Galaxy slow', and discovered the term was unaffected by new releases from Samsung.The study, compiled by Harvard University PhD student Laura Trucco, follows claims that the Cupertino-based company is...… Sunday, Nov 4th 2018|A new study is backing up long held suspicions that Apple slows down older models of its iPhones to encourage users to buy a new release.The U.S. study analysed worldwide searches for 'iPhone slow' and found that the search term spiked significantly around the time of new iPhone launch. It then compared those results with similar searches for the term 'Samsung Galaxy slow', and discovered the term was unaffected by new releases from Samsung.The study, compiled by Harvard University PhD student Laura Trucco, follows claims that the Cupertino-based company is...WW…

Lying awake at 2am last Wednesday and unable to sleep for the third night in a row, I listened as footsteps crunched up and down the gravel outside my ground-floor flat. For one alarming moment I thought the police were preparing to storm through my front door and arrest me. I looked out of the curtains – but no one was there. Paranoid? Hardly. A few hours later, Home Office Minister Nick Hurd stood in the House of Commons and refused to rule out deploying the 'full force of the state' to identify the person who leaked Sir Kim Darroch's embarrassingly undiplomatic cables about US...…Lying awake at 2am last Wednesday and unable to sleep for the third night in a row, I listened as footsteps crunched up and down the gravel outside my ground-floor flat. For one alarming moment I thought the police were preparing to storm through my front door and arrest me. I looked out of the curtains – but no one was there. Paranoid? Hardly. A few hours later, Home Office Minister Nick Hurd stood in the House of Commons and refused to rule out deploying the 'full force of the state' to identify the person who leaked Sir Kim Darroch's embarrassingly undiplomatic cables about US...WW…

Federal prosecutors in Los Angeles have charged a man from Hollywood Hills in connection with the death of hip-hop star Mac Miller, who was found dead from a drug overdose in his home just under a year ago. Cameron James Pettit, 28, allegedly supplied Miller with counterfeit oxycodone pills laced with fentanyl, according to a 42-page criminal complaint filed in the Central District of California Wednesday. Authorities say Miller had asked Pettit to furnish him with 'percs', an abbreviation for percocet, which is a powerful prescription painkiller containing oxycodone. Just two days...…Federal prosecutors in Los Angeles have charged a man from Hollywood Hills in connection with the death of hip-hop star Mac Miller, who was found dead from a drug overdose in his home just under a year ago. Cameron James Pettit, 28, allegedly supplied Miller with counterfeit oxycodone pills laced with fentanyl, according to a 42-page criminal complaint filed in the Central District of California Wednesday. Authorities say Miller had asked Pettit to furnish him with 'percs', an abbreviation for percocet, which is a powerful prescription painkiller containing oxycodone. Just two days...WW…

A man shot and killed his estranged wife and her new boyfriend in a Walmart parking lot in Oklahoma before turning the gun on himself when an armed citizen intervened. According to the Oklahoma Highway Patrol, a man wearing all black opened fire outside the supercenter in Duncan, which is located at 3393 North 81 Highway. Duncan is about 80 miles south of Oklahoma City. Officers from the Duncan Police Department said the wife and her boyfriend were found dead inside their car. Family members at the scene say the shooting was sparked by a domestic dispute between the woman and her...…A man shot and killed his estranged wife and her new boyfriend in a Walmart parking lot in Oklahoma before turning the gun on himself when an armed citizen intervened. According to the Oklahoma Highway Patrol, a man wearing all black opened fire outside the supercenter in Duncan, which is located at 3393 North 81 Highway. Duncan is about 80 miles south of Oklahoma City. Officers from the Duncan Police Department said the wife and her boyfriend were found dead inside their car. Family members at the scene say the shooting was sparked by a domestic dispute between the woman and her...WW…

A stunning new map shows the complex network of rivers and streams in the contiguous United States. Created by Imgur user Fejetlenfej, a geographer and GIS analyst with a ‘lifelong passion for beautiful maps,’ it highlights the massive expanse of river basins across the country – in particular, those which feed the Mississippi River. The map visualizes Strahler Stream Order Classification, the creator explains, with higher stream orders indicated as thicker lines. In the past, the map enthusiast has unveiled numerous striking visualizations of the natural processes all around us. His...…A stunning new map shows the complex network of rivers and streams in the contiguous United States. Created by Imgur user Fejetlenfej, a geographer and GIS analyst with a ‘lifelong passion for beautiful maps,’ it highlights the massive expanse of river basins across the country – in particular, those which feed the Mississippi River. The map visualizes Strahler Stream Order Classification, the creator explains, with higher stream orders indicated as thicker lines. In the past, the map enthusiast has unveiled numerous striking visualizations of the natural processes all around us. His...WW…

 Wednesday, Feb 5th 2020| 5.7k A fisherman was left gobsmacked after hauling a three-legged slimy creature from the Atlantic Ocean. The bulbous-headed creature was seen with a fishing line in its huge mouth after it was caught off Coney Island, Brooklyn. Footage shows the sea monster writhing around on the decking of a fishing boat as it twists its octopus-like tentacles.  The fisherman exclaims: 'What the hell, what is that? Mom!''Mom, do you see this?' The bizarre creature has slits for gills which appear to stare down the camera like eyes. His mother screams: 'Holy s**t! What the hell is...… Wednesday, Feb 5th 2020| 5.7k A fisherman was left gobsmacked after hauling a three-legged slimy creature from the Atlantic Ocean. The bulbous-headed creature was seen with a fishing line in its huge mouth after it was caught off Coney Island, Brooklyn. Footage shows the sea monster writhing around on the decking of a fishing boat as it twists its octopus-like tentacles.  The fisherman exclaims: 'What the hell, what is that? Mom!''Mom, do you see this?' The bizarre creature has slits for gills which appear to stare down the camera like eyes. His mother screams: 'Holy s**t! What the hell is...WW…

 Wednesday, Feb 5th 2020| 648k A Lancashire lad caught the 'amazing' moment a particularly agile elephant clambered over a five-foot wall in a bid to swipe mangoes from his safari lodge.The guests of Mfuwe Lodge in South Luangwa National Park, Zambia, had just left for their afternoon safari drive on Saturday when the adult male paid an unexpected visit.General manager Ian Salisbury, 68, spotted the bull elephant calculating how to haul its four giant legs over the stone wall without falling over.Hilarious photos captured by Ian show the giant mammal hitching its legs over the wall in the...… Wednesday, Feb 5th 2020| 648k A Lancashire lad caught the 'amazing' moment a particularly agile elephant clambered over a five-foot wall in a bid to swipe mangoes from his safari lodge.The guests of Mfuwe Lodge in South Luangwa National Park, Zambia, had just left for their afternoon safari drive on Saturday when the adult male paid an unexpected visit.General manager Ian Salisbury, 68, spotted the bull elephant calculating how to haul its four giant legs over the stone wall without falling over.Hilarious photos captured by Ian show the giant mammal hitching its legs over the wall in the...WW…

 Wednesday, Feb 5th 2020| 98k Amber Heard admits to 'hitting' ex-husband and pelting him with pots, pans and vases in an explosive audio confession obtained exclusively by DailyMail.com.The Aquaman actress, 33, opens up about her violent tantrums in a series of taped conversations the estranged couple made in 2015 as they tried to talk through their marriage problems.'I'm sorry that I didn't, uh, uh, hit you across the face in a proper slap, but I was hitting you, it was not punching you. Babe, you're not punched,' Heard tells Depp, attempting to downplay her outburst the previous...… Wednesday, Feb 5th 2020| 98k Amber Heard admits to 'hitting' ex-husband and pelting him with pots, pans and vases in an explosive audio confession obtained exclusively by DailyMail.com.The Aquaman actress, 33, opens up about her violent tantrums in a series of taped conversations the estranged couple made in 2015 as they tried to talk through their marriage problems.'I'm sorry that I didn't, uh, uh, hit you across the face in a proper slap, but I was hitting you, it was not punching you. Babe, you're not punched,' Heard tells Depp, attempting to downplay her outburst the previous...WW…

 Monday, Feb 10th 2020| 126 Diagnosed with Crohn’s disease at 13, by the time she reached 25, schoolteacher Kelly Owens had given up all hope of living a normal life. The debilitating inflammatory bowel disease affects about 300,000 people in the UK, causing diarrhoea, extreme tiredness, stomach aches and .There is no cure, but drugs such as steroids can reduce inflammation, and the condition may be partially relieved by surgery to repair or remove damaged parts of the digestive system.Over the years, doctors had tried almost two dozen different drugs on Kelly, who says they ‘either didn’t...… Monday, Feb 10th 2020| 126 Diagnosed with Crohn’s disease at 13, by the time she reached 25, schoolteacher Kelly Owens had given up all hope of living a normal life. The debilitating inflammatory bowel disease affects about 300,000 people in the UK, causing diarrhoea, extreme tiredness, stomach aches and .There is no cure, but drugs such as steroids can reduce inflammation, and the condition may be partially relieved by surgery to repair or remove damaged parts of the digestive system.Over the years, doctors had tried almost two dozen different drugs on Kelly, who says they ‘either didn’t...WW…

 Sunday, Nov 4th 2018|1.3kSen. John McCain's, R-Ariz., return trip to the Senate floor was welcomed with applause, while he greeted his colleagues with some of his signature straight talk.'We are getting nothing done, my friends,' McCain chided. 'We are getting nothing done.' While McCain talked about the cherished 30 years he's spend in the Senate, once considered the 'world's greatest deliberative body,' the Arizona Republican warned his colleagues, 'I'm not sure we can claim that distinction with a straight face today.' McCain, whose brain cancer diagnosis last week shocked the body,...… Sunday, Nov 4th 2018|1.3kSen. John McCain's, R-Ariz., return trip to the Senate floor was welcomed with applause, while he greeted his colleagues with some of his signature straight talk.'We are getting nothing done, my friends,' McCain chided. 'We are getting nothing done.' While McCain talked about the cherished 30 years he's spend in the Senate, once considered the 'world's greatest deliberative body,' the Arizona Republican warned his colleagues, 'I'm not sure we can claim that distinction with a straight face today.' McCain, whose brain cancer diagnosis last week shocked the body,...WW…