Service charges used to be a matter of choice, but now consumers feel obliged to pay them for even a cup of coffee. How do we navigate this minefield and who is really profiting? In a London pub, Greg Double was brutally confronted with the reality of Britain’s evolving tipping ...
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Social media goes into overdrive with Lindsay Clancy conspiracy theoriesSocial media goes into overdrive with Lindsay Clancy conspiracy theories
Algorithms are responsible for fever pitch content surrounding trial, including misinformation, experts say As the trial of Lindsay Clancy, the Massachusetts mother accused of killing her three children, starts to wind down, a now international discussion on social media about the case has hit a fever pitch as viewers examine ...
ICE’s tactics look increasingly like torture | Judith LevineICE’s tactics look increasingly like torture | Judith Levine
Plans for gloves that can deliver electric shocks underline the homeland security department’s sadistic practices On 11 August, the Associated Press reported that the Homeland Security Agency will spend up to $20m to equip its agents with gloves that can deliver painful electric shocks to the skin of a person ...
The men claiming to defend women’s sports are throwing sex toys at female athletesThe men claiming to defend women’s sports are throwing sex toys at female athletes
The WNBA has attracted grifters who care little for basketball – and whose latest stunt exposes the hollowness of their supposed concern I regret to inform you that yet another dildo has hit a WNBA court. The Chicago Sky v Golden State Valkyries game was sullied by sex toys being ...
‘A bit like meditation’: why Saw is my feelgood movie‘A bit like meditation’: why Saw is my feelgood movie
The latest in our series of writers picking their go-to comfort films is a grimy and gory trip back to the start of a surprisingly uplifting torture porn franchise I was petsitting recently for a white suburban family, with the typical streaming habits therein. They had two kids; their most-watched ...
Start your engines! Trump completes fast and furious takeover of Washington with IndyCar raceStart your engines! Trump completes fast and furious takeover of Washington with IndyCar race
US president, pushing on with Freedom 250 festivities, makes over nation’s capital for Trump rally on wheels Kyle Kirkwood wins Freedom 250 IndyCar race after Trump waves the green flag He got the wrong end of the stick. Donald Trump couldn’t figure out how to hold the green flag until ...
When my husband died in a surfing accident, life as I knew it was destroyed. Ten years on, this is what I’ve learned about griefWhen my husband died in a surfing accident, life as I knew it was destroyed. Ten years on, this is what I’ve learned about grief
One crashing wave on one single day changed everything for our family. How would I keep going? Before they enter the water, surfers will study the ocean. They consider wind and tide conditions. They analyse currents and patterns, break points and swells. They try to read the waves. I have ...
Newcastle United 2-2 Liverpool: Premier League – liveNewcastle United 2-2 Liverpool: Premier League – live
⚽ Premier League updates from the 4.30pm (BST) kick-off⚽ Live scores | Get the Football Daily email | Drop us a line Delving into the Liverpool XI, there are two eye-catching selections. Firstly, Rio Ngumoha: the 17-year-old looks like he is lining up on the right wing, with Cody Gakpo ...
‘I hate Democrats, but I love Abdul’: voters who left over Gaza return for progressive push‘I hate Democrats, but I love Abdul’: voters who left over Gaza return for progressive push
Michigan Senate nominee and others have re-energized one-time Democratic voters who abandoned the party under Biden Two years ago, Zainab Bibi Ahmed thought she had turned her back on the Democrats for good. Now, she is volunteering for the party’s US Senate nominee in Michigan, Abdul El-Sayed. Ahmed was one ...
Iran-linked hackers blamed for cyber-attack that shut down UK power plantIran-linked hackers blamed for cyber-attack that shut down UK power plant
Incident marks apparent escalation by Tehran in its in retaliation against UK over allowing US to use British bases Hackers linked to Iran have been blamed for a cyber-attack that caused a British power plant to be temporarily shut down. The incident involved a small-scale energy generator, according to the ...