We’re used to tweaking our digital selves to look thinner or more attractive. A new generation of Instagram filters could drastically change how we perceive ourselves Technology 26 February 2020 By Chris Stokel-Walker Instagram filters can turn you into a human alarm clock or alter countless details in photos of youAleksey Popov/AlamyBY HER own admission,…

Image copyright PA Media Image caption A man was shot dead by police after he attacked people in Streatham, south London Emergency legislation to block the automatic early release of people convicted of terror offences has become law after receiving royal assent.Deputy Speaker Nigel Evans told MPs that the Terrorist Offenders (Restriction of Early Release)…

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Steven Gerrard’s Rangers have won 10 of their 16 European fixtures so far this seasonRangers’ Europa League win over Braga was “no fluke” and was an “outstanding” display, says manager Steven Gerrard.Ryan Kent’s strike in Portugal completed a 4-2 aggregate win and sent the Ibrox side through to the last 16.Gerrard’s side have endured what…

By Jessica Hamzelou A similar process to the one breweries use to make alcohol can happen inside our bodiesurbancow/GettyA woman who urinates alcohol without having consumed any is the first person to be diagnosed with “urinary auto-brewery syndrome”. The condition is caused by yeast in the bladder, which ferments the sugar in urine to produce…

Audiences can’t get enough of Sonic the Hedgehog, it continues its domination of the box office chart with $26.3 million during its second week in theaters. The Call of the Wild sits comfortably in second place with an estimated $25 million, opening strong with numbers that are better than expected. Third place belongs to Birds of Prey…

BTS, currently the biggest pop group in the world, recently sat down for EW’s A to Z video series to reveal a word related to their band for each letter of the English alphabet. De-facto leader RM led the charge by starting with, of course, A for ARMY, the collective name for the group’s millions…

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SAN FRANCISCO/NEW YORK — As Wall Street approaches the 20th anniversary of the piercing of the dot-com bubble, today’s decade-old rally led by a few small players shows some similarities that cautious investors are keeping an eye on.March 11, 2000 marked the beginning of a crash of overly-inflated stocks that would last over two years,…

Apple Inc.’s shares fell 4.1 per cent in pre-market trading after the company said the fallout from the coronavirus will cause it to miss its sales targets this quarter, sending shockwaves across tech stocks globally.Shares of Apple’s European suppliers fell in early trading, echoing an earlier decline in their Asian counterparts. Europe’s benchmark Stoxx Tech…

Many actors have played the villainous Master on Doctor Who, from Roger Delgado, who originated the role, to Michelle Gomez, who portrayed the time-traveling maniac during the character’s “Missy” iteration. But none have approached the amount of deranged energy brought to the part by Sacha Dhawan, who was introduced as the Master early in the…

INDIANAPOLIS — This year’s NFL Scouting Combine is going to be a show worthy of prime time. It is littered with high-ceiling talent at the skill positions, and I expect this to be one of the fastest groups we’ve ever seen. With that in mind … John Ross set the 40-yard dash record three years…

INDIANAPOLIS — Jameis Winston is not the Tampa Bay Buccaneers’ No. 1 option at quarterback for 2020. Cam Newton is very likely the best option for the Carolina Panthers, and head coach Matt Rhule knows it. Those were two of the big takeaways from a frantic Tuesday of press conferences at the NFL Scouting Combine,…

Legendary investor Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. just gave its blessing to the US$4.6 trillion exchange-traded fund market — at least in one of its pension plans.Berkshire added to the Vanguard S&P 500 ETF, ticker VOO, and SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust, known as SPY, in the final quarter of 2019, according to a regulatory…