A darkish internet hacking outfit claims to have purloined some 900 gigabytes of “earlier than and after” images from a UK beauty surgical procedure chain with a litany of celeb endorsements, vowing to launch the pictures until a ransom is paid. ...

A UK minister has instructed individuals to not “misread” Covid tips over the Christmas interval and stay cautious as specialists warn that family mixing over the festive interval “is a horrible thought.” ...

The NYPD has unveiled a brand new dog-like robotic it says it can use to battle crime and “save lives,” however some netizens see the gadget as one other step towards high-tech tyranny, harking back to dystopias from ‘RoboCop’ to ‘Black Mirror.’ ...

The chief director of the World Meals Program made a dire forecast concerning the months to return, slating “catastrophic” humanitarian crises for 2021, in what could possibly be the worst yr seen within the higher a part of a century. ...

Melanie Smith, head of research on the analysis agency Graphika, instructed members of the committee that she now considers QAnon to be “probably the most urgent menace to trusting authorities, public establishments and democratic processes.” “I consider QAnon poses a menace to the election in two primary methods,” Smith instructed ...

Scientists are sounding the alarm that, as soon as Covid-19-related social distancing ends, the world’s youngsters could face a brand new pandemic from a mutated previous enemy which was as soon as a number one reason behind demise for youths within the Western world. ...

White kids from poor or working-class backgrounds are falling behind their friends from different ethnic teams in instructional achievement, they usually face the worst prospects for financial development, consultants informed UK lawmakers. ...

A gaggle of over 50 of the biggest European tech and industrial companies have criticized EU members for lagging behind different international locations within the rollout of 5G networks, calling for pressing measures earlier than it's too late to shut the hole. ...

The mainstream media is giddy group of 70 neoconservative Republicans have joined collectively to blast President Donald Trump – as if reporters failed to note the By no means Trump creatures once they emerged in 2016. ...

The dying toll from a second wave of Covid-19 may attain 120,000 within the UK, twice as many as the present outbreak has claimed up to now, a bunch of 37 scientists from the British Academy of Medical Sciences warns. ...