betrayal

Walking into the club like When discussing video gaming’s propensity towards violence, I often say, “ballistics are easy, discussion is difficult.” Simulating the path of a bullet has been part of the video game landscape for almost as long as it has existed. However, we still struggle with creating meaningful communication. We don’t often argue with the end boss, they’re usually not in a talking mood. I’m always intrigued to see games make an attempt at simulating discussions. At the bottom rung, a game will have you…

Facebook’s parent company Meta is heading into another political battle over the planned introduction of end-to-end encryption (E2EE) in its Messenger chat platform. The UK’s home secretary, Priti Patel, makes this clear in an op-ed for Tory mouthpiece The Telegraph this week, saying it would be a “grotesque betrayal” if the company didn’t consider issues of child safety while introducing E2EE. Similar arguments are likely to be raised in the US, too. Meta has been working on adding E2EE to Messenger for years, and…

Multiple reports say that movie star Bradley Cooper and loyal Hillary Clinton aide Huma Amedin are dating, after being introduced by Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour — creating the potential for a new American power couple at the center of Hollywood, politics and fashion. Cooper, 47, and Abedin, 45, have been seeing each other for “a few months,” according to Page Six, which was first to report the news. In May, Abedin admitted to The Guardian that she had begun dating again without naming names, more than five years…

As Thomas Markle reportedly recovers from a stroke in a San Diego-area hospital, it’s not likely that his famously estranged daughter, Meghan Markle, will make the four-hour trip from Montecito to visit him, one royal expert says. “Meghan hasn’t released any statement and I doubt she intends to go down there. That bridge is burned,” Duncan Larcombe, a royal author and former royal editor for the U.K. tabloid The Sun, said in an interview with the Daily Beast. Another royal expert, society author and YouTuber Lady Colin…