More than 300,000 Australians may have had their personal information exposed in the Cambridge Analytica privacy scandal, Facebook has revealed, admitting up to 87 million users around the world may have been affected. The developments came as US congressional officials said CEO Mark Zuckerberg would testify next week, while Facebook unveiled a new privacy policy that aims to explain the data it gathers on users more clearly — but does […]

During his decade as Slovakia’s prime minister, Robert Fico flashed all the moves of the strongman autocrats now so in vogue the world over. He snarled at journalists, answering tough questions with ­epithets such as “hyena” and “prostitute.” He scapegoated Muslim refugees and a Jewish financier for his country’s troubles. His party cozied up to Slovak oligarchs, Russian apparatchiks and Italian mafia kingpins, while he lived large in a luxurious […]

Gone are the days when travelling abroad meant dealing with lots of paperwork, dreadful queues, visa applications and unprecedented stress levels – no matter where you were headed. Times have changed, with several countries now offering visa on arrival to Indians. All you need to do is to pick your location wisely, book your tickets and go! India ranks 75th on Passport Index’ Global Passport Power Rank 2018, which means […]

In 1995, former World Bank Vice-President Ismail Serageldin had famously claimed that ‘the wars of the next century will be fought over water’ – a statement that has been quoted often since. As global population grows, there is an increasing need to balance our consolidated demand on water resources, so that every individual has enough to survive. And if the ongoing emergency at Cape Town has taught us anything, it […]

The House with a Clock in Its Walls have plenty of horror elements just like Goosebumps did, if the first trailer is any indication, it doesn’t look like it will be anywhere near as funny, though it makes up for that with its mysterious and magical elements. Based off the 1973 book of the same name written by Edward Gorey, The House with a Clock in Its Walls follows a […]

Revenge stars Matilda Lutz as Jen, the girlfriend of a dangerous man with even more dangerous friends who ends up clinging to life in the middle of the desert, left for dead by this gang of assholes. But rather than keel over and die, Jen comes back, and she only has one thing on her mind, and it involves painting the desert red, just like the restricted trailer for the […]

20th Century Fox has released the first trailer of The Darkest Minds, their adaptation of the YA novel by Alexandra Bracken. The film stars Amandla Stenberg , Mandy Moore , and Gwendoline Christie  Jennifer Yuh Nelson will make her live-action directorial debut with the film, which is produced by Shawn Levy and Dan Levine. The Darkest Minds opens in theaters on August 3, 2018. Please follow and like us:

The ongoing deterioration of relations between Islamabad and Washington could end up increasing Pakistan’s vulnerability to China’s financial muscle, an analysis in a widely regarded foreign policy magazine has said. The analysis says the US move to put Pakistan on a terrorism financing watchlist could mean Islamabad’s ‘risky reliance’ on China would only increase. The analysis, titled ‘Pakistan’s Risky Reliance on China Set to Grow’, appeared in The Diplomat, the […]

acebook dropped a bomb on Monday. It confirmed that its Facebook and Messenger apps collect details on the calls a user makes and SMS that are sent through a phone. Although, the company says that it does so after seeking explicit confirmation for it from users. Permission or no permission, it is important to understand for users what this means: It means when allowed, Facebook collects details of every call […]

The official trailer for Johnny Knoxville’s upcoming comedy movie, Action Point, has been released. Action Point is directed by Tim Kirkby and also stars Chris Pontius, Dan Bakkedahl, Matt Schulze, Eleanor Worthington-Cox, Johnny Pemberton, Brigette Lundy-Paine, Joshua Hoover, Conner McVicker, and Eric Manaka. The movie is slated to hit theaters on June 1, 2018. Please follow and like us: