The House of Lords AP The House of Lords on Wednesday voted for an amendment to the Brexit bill which means Theresa May would be forced to negotiate a deal which keeps Britain in the customs union. The embarrassing defeat for the prime minister means the bill will now pass back to the Commons where…

Updated April 19, 2018 08:04:37 Video: James Comey tells 7.30 he feels « sick to my stomach » at the thought of having had an impact on the 2016 US election. (ABC News) Australia’s relationship with the US will not be damaged by the Trump presidency because « no one president has enough time to screw it up »,…

« The Basis approach to creating cryptocurrency with stable value is highly differentiated, » Erik Nordlander, engineering partner at GV, said in a statement. « We were drawn to invest in the Basis network because of the founding team’s impressive engineering leadership and vision. » A representative for Druckenmiller declined to comment further. Spokespeople for Warsh and Andreessen Horowitz…

Brighton and Hove Albion defender Gaetan Bong has maintained he « did not mishear » Jay Rodriguez despite the West Brom forward being cleared of racial abuse allegations. In a statement published on Brighton’s official website, the Cameroon international reaffirmed he stands by the original complaint made following an exchange during the Premier League fixture between the…

Chrome will block autoplaying videos and ads with sound by default. Like VentureBeat notes, this was originally supposed to be added to Chrome 64 back in January, but it got delayed a few months. This should be enough to keep most sites quiet for you. However, if a website still manages to annoy you with…

In der Debatte um den Echo für das als judenfeindlich kritisierte Album „Jung, Brutal, Gutaussehend 3“ der Rapper Kollegah und Farid Bang hat sich die Plattenfirma BMG hinter die Musiker gestellt. „Wir nehmen Künstler und künstlerische Freiheit ernst und sagen unseren Künstlern nicht, was ihre Texte enthalten sollten und was nicht“, so MGM. Ohne Zweifel hätten…

Three new plaintiffs have joined former Google employee James Damore’s lawsuit against the company, alleging gender, racial, and political discrimination. Manuel Amador, Stephen McPherson, and Michael Burns, who were all job applicants turned down by Google, have joined the lawsuit. “As amply supported by the allegations set forth in this First Amended Complaint, Google has…

Enlarge / Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos and Best Buy CEO Hubert Joly do a photo op in a Best Buy store. Amazon and Best Buy today announced a partnership that will see Best Buy selling smart TVs running Amazon’s Fire TV software and Alexa in its physical stores. The deal will begin with « more than…