Kyiv endures a third air attack in 5 days as Russia steps up bombardment of cities

Russia have launched missiles against Kyiv for the third time in five days, part of an apparent escalation of aerial bombardment of Ukrainian cities by the Kremlin’s forces as the war stretches into its third year with the front line largely stationary KYIV, Ukraine — Russia launched missiles against Kyiv for the third time in … Read more

Women’s March Madness schedule today: Times, TV channels, scores for Monday’s Round 2 NCAA Tournament games

The women’s NCAA Tournament is in full swing and by the end of Monday, the Sweet 16 will be set. There are just a few big questions left to answer as the final eight games of the second round are played Monday. Among them: Will Caitlin Clark, JuJu Watkins and Paige Bueckers all still be … Read more

Spotify is dabbling in online learning

Spotify is testing the waters of online learning, with video-based courses launched on the audio streaming platform today. Available only in the UK for now, Spotify’s video courses are the result of partnerships with educational platforms including Skillshare, BBC Maestro, PLAYvirtuoso, and Thinkific. The courses cover four areas of learning, described by Spotify as “make … Read more

Gisele Bündchen Reveals Her Divorce Wasn’t When She Felt Most ‘Depressed’

Supermodel Gisele Bündchen is letting down her walls and revealing that the time she felt most “depressed and vulnerable” was not when she was going through her divorce from Tom Brady. As you know, Bündchen and Brady filed for divorce in October 2022 after being together for 16 years. The two share two children, whom … Read more

Visualizing death, hunger and displacement in Gaza on a personal scale

About this story Editing by Sam Granados and Reem Akkad. This story shows 472 people, the median estimated size of an American’s social network based on research by Tyler McCormick, Matthew Salganik and Tian Zheng. Their work uses a statistical model that estimates how many people someone knows by name, based on how many people … Read more

Apple, Meta, and Google targeted by EU in DMA non-compliance investigations

The European Commission is opening five non-compliance investigations into how Apple, Google, and Meta are complying with its new Digital Markets Act antitrust rules, the regulator announced today. “We suspect that the suggested solutions put forward by the three companies do not fully comply with the DMA,” the EU’s antitrust chief Margrethe Vestager said in … Read more

King Charles III’s Nephew Peter Phillips Says Monarch Is ‘Hugely Frustrated’ by Cancer Recovery

King Charles III’s nephew, Peter Phillips, is giving insight into how the most senior member of the British monarchy is doing amid his cancer treatment.  In a new interview with Sky News Australia, the 46-year-old son of Princess Anne and her first husband, Captain Mark Phillips, said that the U.K. reigning monarch, 75, is upset … Read more

EU launches probe into Meta, Apple and Alphabet under sweeping new tech law

Executive Vice-President of the European Commission for a Europe fit for the Digital Age (Competition), Margrethe Vestager, holds a press conference on “Apple on App Store rules for music streaming providers” in Brussels, Belgium on April 30, 2021. (Photo by Dursun Aydemir/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images) Dursun Aydemir | Anadolu | Getty Images The European … Read more

Spotify tests video courses to teach everything from music production to excel

Spotify has carved out a business for itself in music streaming, podcast entertainment and audiobooks. Now, in its ongoing efforts to get its 600 million+ users to spend more time and money on its platform, Spotify is spinning up a new line of content: e-learning. Starting with a rollout in the U.K., Spotify is testing … Read more

Kim Zolciak and Kroy Biermann Still Bickering Amid Ongoing Divorce

Kim Zolciak and Kroy Biermann might not be having as many public explosions as last year … but the divorce is still going on, with sources telling us the fighting never stops. Sources with direct knowledge tell TMZ … Kim & Kroy are still on the divorce track, even though there hasn’t been much in … Read more