Gunman Kills 10 People In Buffalo, N.Y. Shooting While Livestreaming On Twitch – At least 10 people have been killed and three have been injured in Buffalo, N.Y. after an 18-year-old white man entered a supermarket and opened fire while livestreaming on Twitch Saturday afternoon. [variety]
Pistorius’s Lawyer Apologises For Remarks About Steenkamps – The lawyer for disgraced Paralympian Oscar Pistorius has publicly apologised to Reeva Steenkamp’s parents after potentially defamatory comments ascribed to him were published on a UK website. [tlive]
Twitter Stock Plunges 25% In Premarket After Elon Musk Says $44 Billion Deal Is On Hold – Twitter stock dropped as much as 25% in premarket trading on Friday after Elon Musk announced that his deal to buy the social media company was on hold. [busins]
Food Shortages Could Force ‘A Third’ Of Fish And Chips Shops To Close – Britain is reliant on Ukraine for sunflower oil and Russia for white fish so the future of a Friday night fish supper is in jeopardy. [sky]
Like A Phone Dropped In The North Sea, Vardy v Rooney Is Full Of Absolute Gold – Yesterday afternoon, several hours into her cross-examination in the high court, Rebekah Vardy returned from an emotional break in proceedings to observe from the witness box: “It’s been a very long few days.” Yeah, well. Chat shit get banged. [guardian]
Is Your Child Disciplined Enough To Learn Online? – It’s a digital world and we can all learn to play in it. [here]
Margaret Thatcher Statue Egged Within Hours Of Going Up In Home Town Of Grantham – Protester arrived in the morning with a carton of eggs as memorial to former PM installed. [ind]
Finland’s President Informs Putin About NATO Membership Bid – The Nordic country and eurozone member “wants to take care of the practical questions arising from being a neighbour of Russia in a correct and professional manner,” said Niinisto, who has communicated regularly with Putin in recent years. [ewn]
MPs Condemn ‘Shameful’ Abuse After Prince William Is BOOED By Thousands Of Fans At Wembley – ahead of the FA Cup Final between Liverpool and Chelsea – with supporters also jeering renditions of God Save the Queen and Abide With Me. [dm]
Bloomberg Confirms Apple Is Testing iPhones With USB-C Ports – Apple does not plan to make the switch from Lightning to USB-C until 2023 at the earliest, with this year’s iPhones continuing to offer a Lightning port. [macrum]
Elon Musk And Jack Dorsey Debated Twitter’s Algorithm, And Musk Was Actually Right – Usually Musk v. Dorsey is a “whoever wins, we lose” situation, so this was a surprise. [mash]
The Russian Bank, The Bruce Willis Ad And The $900m Sanctions Battle – Ministers warned that millions owed after alleged fraud by ex bosses of National Bank Trust could help fund Putin’s war effort. [guardian]
‘No PJs Or Night Gowns Allowed’ — ‘Spar Poster’ Causes A Stir – Grocery chain store Spar is trending on Twitter after a poster asking customers not to shop in their pyjamas circulated on the platform. [tlive]
We’re Celebrating A Full Decade Since That Clifton First Shipwreck – May 15, 2012. Clifton First Beach. A day that will forever be immortalised. [here]
Harry Styles: Harry’s House Review – An Abundantly Charming Artist So At Home With Pop Stardom – Styles coos canny – though perhaps not especially deep – lyrics over 70s guitar and 80s hooks on a mature third album where every song feels like a single. [guardian]
Netflix Is Quietly Working On A Livestreaming Feature, Report Claims – So reports Deadline, which notes that the streaming giant is “exploring” bringing livestreaming to its service. That’s right, live entertainment — presumably with none of the pausing, rewinding, or fast-forwarding we’ve all come to take for granted in our post cord-cutting world. [mash]
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