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Beware, popular Christmas apps are bad for your privacy
The Christmas season is all about being with family and having fun. Yet, while classic board games get replaced by their online counterparts, your online privacy is increasingly at risk – not the best way to start the new year! For instance, five of the most popular holiday-themed gaming apps… Read Details ⇢
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Charles de Gaulle’s watch auctioned for more than €500,000
A LIP Gold electronic bracelet watch worn by French General Charles de Gaulle (1890-1970) is set up on a display before the auction “De Gaulle, Legacy for History” at the Artcurial auction house in Paris, France, December 11, 2024. STEPHANIE LECOCQ / REUTERS A watch worn by French war-time hero… Read Details ⇢
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The captagon trafficking ring: How Assad turned Syria into a narco state
Since the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime, rebel HTS fighters in Syria have found huge stockpiles of an illegal drug called captagon in several warehouses in and around the capital Damascus. The Assad family was at the head of a vast narcotics trafficking ring, smuggling piles of the drug into… Read Details ⇢
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CNN admits man freed in viral segment was notorious lieutenant for Assad regime, not civilian as he claimed
CNN admitted Monday it had been misled by a man who the network initially reported in a viral segment to be a Syrian prisoner freed from a secret jail. CNN’s Clarissa Ward’s news segment spread widely last week when she covered the alleged rescue of a “Syrian prisoner,” who she… Read Details ⇢
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William Faucher on EasyRain, a New Unreal Engine 5 Add-On
Could you please tell us about setting up a Fab profile and how one should approach this task? From your point of view as an already well-established creator, how easy was it to share your Easy Tools on the new platform? What were the challenges? This is one of the… Read Details ⇢
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Israeli attacks kill dozens across Gaza as ceasefire talks continue | Israel-Palestine conflict News
Dozens of people have been killed in Israeli attacks across Gaza in the past day, including 10 when fighter jets bombed a residential building in Gaza City, amid reports of ceasefire talks inching closer to an agreement. The attack in Gaza City on Tuesday hit the Tabatibi family home in… Read Details ⇢
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The Lost Souls of Syria: The fight for justice using the ‘Caesar files’ | Bashar al-Assad
Syrian civilians battle for accountability in court, using smuggled photographs to expose government atrocities. About 27,000 photos of dead and tortured civilian detainees were smuggled out of secret Syrian government archives by a military defector codenamed “Caesar” and made public in 2014. They were presented to the United Nations as… Read Details ⇢
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Bumrah, India avoid follow-on as third Australia Test heads for draw | Cricket News
A spirited final wicket stand by India in Brisbane all but guarantees a drawn result to the third Test at the Gabba. Jasprit Bumrah and Akash Deep mounted a defiant 10th-wicket stand to help India avoid the follow-on on day four of the third test in Brisbane as Australia’s slight… Read Details ⇢
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Stokes not blaming injury on workload as New Zealand thump England | Cricket News
England captain Ben Stokes does not think the heavier bowling workload he undertook in the third Test against New Zealand was a contributory factor to the hamstring injury he suffered during the 423-run defeat. The 33-year-old, who missed four Tests after tearing the same muscle during The Hundred in August,… Read Details ⇢