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  • Plex redesigns its app to look more like a streaming service

    Streaming service and media software maker Plex on Friday introduced a redesign of its software that puts more emphasis on discovery, easily accessing your watchlist, and other personalization features — including those for home media enthusiasts who still use the app to organize their media libraries. Over the years, the company has tried to balance…

  • Italian food delivery app Foodinho eats another privacy fine

    Not for the first time, food delivery firm Foodinho has been spanked by Italy’s privacy watchdog. Per Reuters, the Glovo-owned on-demand delivery app has been fined €5 million ($5.20 million) after it was found to have unlawfully processed the data of more than 35,000 riders registered on the platform. Issues identified included riders’ geolocation data…

  • US Capitol Christmas tree arrives in DC

    An 80-foot Sitka spruce has arrived in the US capital city of Washington DC. Also known as the People’s tree, the spruce travelled 700 miles by sea and nearly 4,000 miles by land from Wrangell, Alaska, before arriving in from of the Capitol building. Source: www.bbc.com…

  • Storm Bert to bring high winds and threat of flooding

    Getty Images Storm Bert is expected to bring high winds and potential flooding as it hits the UK on Saturday. Disruption is expected over the weekend, with gusts of 40-60mph (65-96km/h) forecast in Scotland, Northern Ireland, north Wales and northern England. An amber warning for snow and ice has been issued for central Scotland, while…

  • Man guilty of 'vulnerable' woman's murder

    Cumbria Police Tiffany Render was trapped in an aggressive relationship, the court was told A man who subjected his on-off partner to a ferocious sexual attack after bingeing on lager and cocaine has been convicted of her murder. Tiffany Render, 34, bled to death having suffered an internal injury when she was assaulted by Paul…

  • People smugglers who promoted Tripadvisor-style video reviews convicted

    Wales people smugglers ask migrants to rate their journeys It has been labelled “Tripadvisor for people smugglers”. Migrants from the Middle East heading to Europe, rating their journeys in videos filmed inside lorries, boats and even on planes. “How was the route, lads?” A man asks in one clip, as someone at the back of…

  • 'I will be here' – Guardiola's relegation promise to Man City

    There did seem something convenient about his explanation for why the agreement covers two seasons rather than one, in negotiations Guardiola says were concluded in two hours. “For the weather!” he said initially, before offering a serious response: “It’s a good question. Mainly I don’t want next season in September, October, November to be [about]…

  • Queen to miss Royal Variety as chest infection 'lingers'

    Queen Camilla will miss the Royal Variety Performance on Friday, following “lingering post-viral” symptoms from a recent chest infection. Buckingham Palace said doctors have advised the Queen – who is 77 – to prioritise rest as she continues to recover from her infection that resulted in her pulling out from many scheduled events including Remembrance…

  • Sara Sharif’s dad is in eternal hell, jury told

    Surrey Police Sara Sharif’s body was found at her home in Woking on 10 August last year Sara Sharif’s father will be in the “circles of hell for eternity” for what he did to his daughter, a court has heard. Urfan Sharif had previously admitted at the Old Bailey that he was “a cruel father”…

  • What is methanol and how does it affect the body?

    Getty Images The UK Foreign Office advises travellers: “Take care if offered, particularly for free, or when buying spirit-based drinks. If labels, smell or taste seem wrong then do not drink.” Travellers are being warned of the dangers of methanol poisoning after six tourists to Laos have died. Methanol is an industrial chemical found in…