VA secretary defends ‘extraordinarily difficult’ layoff plans Veterans affairs secretary Doug Collins confirmed plans to reduce staff by about 15%, or around 80,000 people, and argued the cuts were necessary to make the department more efficient. “We regret anyone who loses their job, and it’s extraordinarily difficult for me, especially as a VA leader and…
On the second day of Paris fashion week, Stella McCartney took Kate Moss, Cameron Diaz and Brigitte Macron to the fourth floor of a tower block, where she turned an imaginary office space into a full-on 80s glamour assault. Hemlines were high, but the thigh-tracing boots peeking out from under suits were somehow higher. Pole…
The first time you make anything, it probably won’t come out perfect, so it wasn’t a huge surprise when struggled out of the gate. And that’s before you consider the unorthodox choice to go with an Intel chip instead of one from AMD like practically all of its rivals. However, MSI didn’t give up, and…
Afternoon summary Keir Starmer has delivered an implicit rebuke to JD Vance at PMQs, by highlighting the sacrifice made by the 642 Britons who died fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan – a day after the US vice president appeared to disparage the value of the British military. (See 12.04pm.) Around a dozen Labour MPs have…
Ancient human relatives crafted sharp-edged tools out of animal bones around 1.5 million years ago, researchers say. Discoveries at Tanzania’s Olduvai Gorge, a famous East African fossil location, represent the oldest known evidence of systematic bone tool production by hominids, according to archaeologist Ignacio de la Torre of CSIC-Spanish National Research Council in Madrid and…
In the summer of 2005, Alexis Ohanian, a tech entrepreneur, sent an email to his colleague Steve Huffman with an ominous subject line: “Meet the enemy.” The body of the email contained just one line — a link to Digg, a community-focused social message board where people shared and discussed news articles and links to…