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The 80s: Photographing Britain review – in your face and to the barricades
Tate Britain, London From Greenham and Orgreave to Belfast and City slickers, visceral images from a turbulent decade jostle for attention in a show that feels overwhelming in its scale and ...World - The Guardian - 8 hours ago -
Britain’s national security demands more than a defence review
As the international order cracks, the nation’s capabilities must adjust to a new worldBusiness - Financial Times - 2 days ago -
Britain miss out on BJK Cup final with doubles defeat
Great Britain miss out on a place in the Billie Jean King Cup final as Heather Watson and Olivia Nicholls lose the deciding doubles against Slovakia.Top stories - BBC News - 4 days ago -
Do you really need to exfoliate your face?
Exfoliation is often presented as an essential step in a skincare routine. What happens if you don’t do it?. Like many teens in the aughts, I spent most nights dutifully scouring my face with a ...World - The Guardian - October 28 -
Leopards Are Telling You That They Will Eat YOUR Face
Many of Donald Trump’s supporters are unprepared for what’s coming if he wins.Top stories - The New York Times - October 31 -
‘Like watching your house burn down’: Americans in Britain on the shock of Trump’s victory
Democrats and Republicans in the UK share their feelings on the seismic events back home – from heartbreak and fear to euphoria. Just before Donald Trump was elected in 2016, Kristin ...World - The Guardian - November 6 -
5 Proven Strategies to Excel in Your Next Performance Review
Approached with the right attitude, performance reviews can be a great way to build trust with your manager and drive your career forward.Business - Inc. - November 11 -
Union review – fighting for your rights under the Amazon corporate jackboot
This documentary follows the formation of the Amazon Labor Union, showing how difficult it is for workers working for a company determined to efface their rights. The historic 2022 victory in ...World - The Guardian - November 12 -
Portakabin hospital ward faces further delay after safety review
The 30-bed ward at Forth Valley Royal Hospital was largely finished last year before work came to a halt.Top stories - BBC News - November 2 -
AI on your smartphone? Hugging Face’s SmolLM2 brings powerful models to the palm of your hand
Hugging Face launches SmolLM2, a new family of compact AI language models that deliver impressive performance on mobile and edge devices, outperforming larger models like Meta’s LLaMA in key ...Tech - VentureBeat - November 1 -
Stagecraft and the power of political photographs
With the invention of photography came a new way to view, mythologize and remember the nation's presidents. CBS News chief election & campaign correspondent Robert Costa talks with Washington Post ...Top stories - CBS News - November 3 -
HyperX QuadCast 2 S Review: Your Favorite Streamer’s Next USB Mic
The most iconic microphone on Twitch just got a lot better.Tech - Wired - 6 days ago -
Photographing Every President Since Reagan
Doug Mills reflects on nearly 40 years of taking photos of presidents.Top stories - The New York Times - November 2 -
Three tests for Britain’s Budget
Reeves must stabilise the economy, and pave the way for higher growthBusiness - Financial Times - October 27 -
The pressures on Britain’s state, in charts
Ageing population is a great policy achievement but the higher costs demand tax increases and improved growthWorld - Financial Times - October 30 -
Goodbye to low-tax Britain
One does not need to subscribe to hyperbolic Tory rhetoric to recognise that this Budget heralded a major shiftBusiness - Financial Times - October 30 -
"Mornings Memory": The compact disc's rise in the 80s
For this "Mornings Memory," we look back to the 80s, when CDs were revolutionizing music listening. Watch CBS's 1983 segment on the format that promised a new era in sound quality.Top stories - CBS News - October 30 -
What happened to the young girl captured in a photograph of Gaza detainees
Julia, aged three, looks on from a crowd of fearful and exhausted men. This is her story.Top stories - BBC News - November 1 -
80 countries have been led by a woman, but not the US
Despite Vice President Kamala Harris' efforts to shatter glass ceilings and become the first woman to be president in the U.S., the office remains solely male-dominated.Top stories - ABC News - November 8 -
Photographing the New York Times Newsroom on Election Night
Simbarashe Cha and Sara Krulwich, two New York Times photographers, documented Tuesday evening in the newsroom.Top stories - The New York Times - November 7 -
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Grandma with chunky sunglasses becomes unlikely fashion icon
A Zambian woman in her 80s is adored for modelling in striking and playful fashion photographs.Top stories - BBC News - November 16 -
Thanksgiving Travel Forecasts Hit Record 80 Million
Roads and airports could be jammed this holiday, according to estimates from AAA, which says this year’s total could be the highest ever.Business - Inc. - 6 days ago -
A nostalgic photographic road trip across Australia – in pictures
When photographer Trent Mitchell was on the road looking for surf all over Australia he’d throw a couple of rolls of film in the bag and snap pictures here and there. He focused on scenes that ...World - The Guardian - 18 hours ago -
In Amish Country, George Steinmetz Chases the Perfect Photograph
In his mission to document the earth’s food supply, George Steinmetz recovers the human element in aerial photography — and in farming. Ahead of his new book, he brings our critic into the field.Top stories - The New York Times - Yesterday -
Britain needs a coherent China strategy
The Labour government must determine where UK ‘red lines’ lieBusiness - Financial Times - 4 days ago -
The story of Britain’s postwar atomic weapons
The truth behind Britain’s nuclear tests, and the human cost for service personnel and indigenous communitiesTop stories - BBC News - 4 days ago -
Britain is being stalked by the spectre of stagflation
A combination of lower output, higher unemployment and inflation would leave the Bank of England in a tight spotWorld - Financial Times - 2 days ago -
In Beirut, a photographer's frozen moments slow down time and allow the contemplation of destruction
We watch video after video, consuming the world on our handheld devices in bites of two minutes, one minute, 30 seconds, 15. We turn to moving pictures — “film” — because it comes the closest to ...Tech - ABC News - October 27 -
Photographer killed after accidentally walking into plane propeller in Kansas
Amanda Gallagher was taking pictures of skydivers when she inadvertently stepped back into a spinning propeller. A photographer was killed after inadvertently walking into a spinning airplane ...World - The Guardian - October 29 -
Extreme drought areas treble in size since 80s - study
Forty-eight percent of the world went through at least one month of extreme drought in 2023.Top stories - BBC News - October 30 -
Carlos and Boogie on the subway heading for 42nd Street: Ricky Flores’s best photograph
‘These are my boys on the 6 train. Carlos, on the left, had just come out of the army – and Boogie’s just being Boogie’. When I was 18, I came into an inheritance from my father. I used it to buy a ...World - The Guardian - October 30 -
OpenAI Just Made an Important Service 80 Percent Cheaper
Voice-to-voice chatbots, now at a much more reasonable rate.Business - Inc. - October 30 -
Corsair's Highly Rated 1TB PS5 SSD Is Only $80 At Amazon
Outfitting your PS5 with a larger NVMe SSD for more storage space is a worthwhile upgrade. Unfortunately, NVMe SSD prices are higher than they were last year due to production costs and general ...Tech - GameSpot - November 1 -
The 'light sabre' wielding photographer creating colourful light paintings
For 15 years, David Gilliver has been a pioneer in the technique of painting with light.Top stories - BBC News - November 3 -
Murray McCory, 80, Dies; JanSport Founder Created the School Backpack
He brought lightweight packs to millions of students and transformed the way they carried their textbooks to school.Business - The New York Times - November 6 -
‘People do not want to believe it is true’: the photographer capturing the vanishing of glaciers
Christian Åslund was shocked at the difference between what he saw in 2002 and what confronted him this summer . Standing in blinding sunlight on an archipelago above the Arctic Circle, the ...World - The Guardian - November 5 -
Two bondage fans in Cuba: Jean-François Bouchard’s best photograph
‘Felix runs a weekly class teaching the art of Japanese bondage in Havana. It was his idea to have Katy smoking a cigar. They’re part of a subculture most foreigners don’t know exists’. . . . I ...World - The Guardian - November 6
