Introduction It has been a while since we last saw an iPhone Pro that looked fresh and it's this new generation that brings a new look. The iPhone 17 Pro marks a shift towards an aluminum unibody, but it also brings a square sensor selfie camera (in a way), an improved telephoto shooter, bigger battery, faster charging - it sounds...
While Hollywood awaits his performance as John Lennon in Sam Mendes’ mammoth Beatles quadrilogy, Harris Dickinson has found the time to pop behind the camera. Urchin (which he wrote and directed) is his feature debut, starring a magnetic Frank Dillane as Mike, a drifter in London who can’t keep out of trouble.LWLies: Was directing always something you were interested in or did...
It’s easy to feel invisible in a city of 8.8 million people – even more so if you’re one of London’s estimated 12,000 rough sleepers. Mike (Frank Dillane) seems to take it mostly in his stride; he’s figured out the best spot to hide his meagre possessions (behind two commercial bins) and only seems mildly irritated when he’s woken from his...
The lack of growth capital in Europe is such a persisting issue that some early-stage firms have taken the matter into their own hands. London-headquartered firm Notion Capital is one of them. In 2017, Notion Capital was one of the first in Europe to close an opportunities fund to provide its portfolio companies with follow-on capital. Now, it has closed...
Manny Medina, previously best-known as the founder of sales automation startup Outreach ($4.4 billion valuation), has wowed investors with his young startup, Paid. Paid just closed an oversubscribed $21.6 million seed round led by Lightspeed. With the €10 million pre-seed round it raised in March, London-based Paid has already raised $33.3 million and hasn’t even hit its Series A yet....
If you’ve been on the New York City subway recently, you’ve probably seen stark white ads promoting a wearable AI device called Friend. CEO Avi Schiffman told Adweek that the company spent more than $1 million on a campaign with more than 11,000 cards on subway cars, 1,000 platform posters, and 130 urban panels. Some stations, like West 4th Street,...
There are limited options for pain relief during pregnancy.Credit: The Good Brigade/GettyResearchers are concerned about what will happen should pregnant women follow US President Donald Trump's advice to avoid the painkiller Tylenol — also called paracetamol and acetaminophen. In an address at the White House on 22 September, Trump claimed the medication is linked to autism and other long-term neurodevelopmental...
ReutersICE agents standing guard outside a detention facility during a protest in Portland, Oregon, on 1 SeptemberPresident Donald Trump has ordered the deployment of US troops to Portland, Oregon, authorising use of "full force" if needed, to suppress protests targeting immigration detention centres.Trump said he was "directing Secretary of War, Pete Hegseth, to provide all necessary Troops to protect War...
POWHATAN COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) -- Powhatan County is warning residents against fraudulent invoice emails demanding residents to pay a fee by wiring money to a bank account. In a recent post, the county said that they have been made aware of the scam email that have been circulating which claim to be from Powhatan County. "These emails may appear convincing,...
Religious freedom and public education: how do these issues come together? This week on The State of Belief, we hear leading voices make a compelling argument for ensuring the latter comes with a healthy dose of the former: Labor leader Randi Weingarten, activist Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum, and Democracy Forward’s Skye Perryman. Most of this episode was recorded live in...
