MEXICO CITY — As Mexico prepares for the largest elections in its history, organized crime is once again preying on local candidates across swaths of the country where cartels dominate, raising concerns among experts that these could be Mexico’s bloodiest elections ever. Julián López, coordinator for the Citizen Movement party in the southern state of … Read more
— Ivanka Trump is in India for a glitzy wedding event, and in top form. Trump has in the last year distanced herself from politics, but she’s been active on social media. Now, she’s back in the spotlight and rubbing shoulders with some of the world’s wealthiest people. Ivanka Trump sparkled in a flashy sari … Read more
Bumble, a once-powerful force in online dating, is facing a reckoning. The company posted weak Q4 2023 results today showing a $32 million net loss and $273.6 million in revenue. While up from the same period a year ago, earnings came in below Wall Street expectations and were paired with a disappointing Q1 2024 forecast … Read more
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A little more than six years ago, Apple unveiled Face ID. It was a new method to biometrically unlock iPhones and authenticate purchases by scanning your face. Yet after all this time, there still hasn’t been a meaningful competitor on Android—at least, not with the same level of security and capabilities. Google’s Pixel 8 has … Read more
PASCO COUNTY, Fla. (WFLA) — The New Port Richey Police Department is searching for the suspect accused of throwing a hot coffee in a Dunkin’ employee’s face Sunday morning. Police said the man stopped at Dunkin’ Donuts on 5524 U.S. Highway 19 in New Port Richey around 8:45 a.m. when he became “irate” after he … Read more
Canada-based University of Waterloo is racing to remove M&M-branded smart vending machines from campus after outraged students discovered the machines were covertly collecting face recognition data without their consent. The scandal started when a student using the alias SquidKid47 posted an image on Reddit showing a campus vending machine error message, “Invenda.Vending.FacialRecognitionApp.exe,” displayed after the … Read more
South Carolina voters on Saturday are casting their ballots, deciding between former President Donald Trump or their former governor, Nikki Haley. Polls close at 7 p.m. ET after which votes will be counted and the winner announced. Haley intends to speak once the winner is declared. Trump is holding a watch party in South Carolina … Read more
For once, Amy Schumer is grateful for online critics. The 42-year-old comedian recently went on a press tour for her Hulu show The Life of Beth. While she made public appearances on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon and others, there was much talk about her “puffier” face. On Friday, Schumer shared that she’s been … Read more
KYIV, Ukraine — Ukraine is marking Saturday two years since Russia’s full-scale invasion, with a string of foreign dignitaries and officials expected to visit the capital, Kyiv, in solidarity as Ukrainian forces run low on ammunition and weaponry and Western aid hangs in the balance. A somber mood hangs over the country as the war … Read more
RIGA, Latvia — Alexei Navalny’s mother, Lyudmila Navalnaya, filed a lawsuit in a Russian court seeking to force officials to release the opposition leader’s body and accusing Russian investigators of violating the law by refusing to do so. But any hope of a swift resolution of her struggle to retrieve the body and bury her … Read more