France’s increasingly unpopular president, Emmanuel Macron, has suffered a further blow after an MP quit his party, saying she felt as if she was “on the Titanic”. Frédérique Dumas resigned from Mr Macron’s centrist Republic on the Move party because she said the government had “forgotten the fundamental principles of Macronism”. She added: “Some decisions…
The Senate Judiciary Committee chairman has said there is “no hint of misconduct” by Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh in a confidential FBI report. Donald Trump’s choice for America’s highest court is facing allegations that he sexually assaulted Prof Christine Blasey Ford at a house party when they were teenagers. Testifying before the judiciary committee…
It’s been described as one of the most serious PC security issues we’ve ever seen. Headlines have been dominated by the news that there’s a serious flaw in the hardware design of Intel microprocessors, going back over 20 years and covering millions upon millions of CPUs still in use today. If your gaming PC is…
Brett Kavanaugh, Donald Trump’s embattled nominee for the US Supreme Court, vowed to not be "intimidated" into stepping aside after a second woman made allegations of sexual misconduct against him. Judge Kavanaugh, 53, looked close to tears as he appeared alongside his wife Ashley on US television, declaring: "I’m not going anywhere." In an interview…
Donald Trump jumped in to defend his embattled nominee for the Supreme Court on Tuesday, saying he felt “terribly” for Brett Kavanaugh even as senators grapple with how to deal with decades-old allegations of sexual assault. “I feel so badly for him that he’s going through this, to be honest with you, I feel so…
A year ago, the Harvey Weinstein scandal sent shockwaves through Hollywood, with the subsequent TimesUp and MeToo movements reverberating across the worlds of media and sport, politics, business and beyond. Until last week, Bollywood, the largest film industry on the planet, had remained unaffected. Mumbai’s powerful movie moguls, aided by politicians, closed ranks and actresses…
A new version of Microsoft’s expensive Xbox Elite controller appears to have been outed online. Photos showing the upgraded Xbox Elite pad first appeared on Chinese site Baidu and were then independently verified by The Verge, which also noted how the photos backed up Microsoft patents filed at the end of last year. A separate…
Billionaire football club owner Roman Abramovich has been forced to deny allegations of money laundering and contact with criminal organisations. The Russian oligarch, who was refused a visa renewal by the UK Home Office to live in England, wanted to set up home near the exclusive Swiss ski resort of Verbier in Canton Valais. But…
Last night at The Game Awards, co-op criminal caper A Way Out got a new trailer which also revealed the game’s release date (23rd March 2018). But that is not what A Way Out’s segment will be remembered for. A Way Out’s chief creator Josef Fares was on hand to chat with host Geoff Keighley…
South Korea launched its first ever missile-capable attack submarine on Friday, despite a recent diplomatic thaw with the nuclear-armed North. The £535 million, 3,000-tonne Dosan Ahn Chang-ho submarine is capable of firing both cruise and ballistic missiles and is the first of three planned diesel-electric boats to go into service in the next five years. It represented…