Intro
Week 13. So my first week back at uni's been quite good, but the two assignments that were due on for Monday weren't very fun. Still, I almost met Tomska, so that was pretty interesting.
Film
Director Matthew Vaughn has already started work on Kingsman 3, but much to the sadness of everyone involved, Taron Egerton's character Eggsy won't be making an appearance.
In an interview with Yahoo news, the actor said "It doesn't mean I wont be in Kingsman ever again. We're still very much in business together. It's just that his next journey in that universe doesn't involve me".
While Egerton is arguably the face of the franchise, with his cheeky cockney charms, it will be interesting to see if it can hold it's own without him.
(Source: Den of Geek)
Crime
A woman has been arrested and clapped with the UK's first explained wealth order.
The woman, Zamira Hajiyev, faces extradition after she spent £16 million in Harrods. This comes a month after a failed attempt to appeal an order to reveal how she was able to purchase her £11.5 million home in Knightsbridge, London.
She is also the wife of Jahangir Hajiyev, the former chairman of the International Bank of Azerbaijan. He was convicted in 2016 of embezzling money from the bank, and now it appears his wife has followed in his footsteps.
Still £16 million? It begs the question what did she spend all that money on, a diamond made of solidified virgin's tears? A pet panther? Black ops 4 micro-transactions? They're all about the same value.
(Source: The Guardian)
Lifestyle
A 69 year old man from the Netherlands has sued in order to legally change his age to around 49.
Emile Ratelband is a Dutch entrepreneur and media personality and his hoping to change his date of birth after doctors told him that he technically has the body of someone 20 years younger. He has argued that if transgender people are able to change their gender, then he should be allowed to change his age.
Mr Ratelband has also said that a success here would greatly improve his quality of life, saying he would be able to take on more work, buy a new house and be in a 'luxurious position on Tinder'.
The case is expected to give a ruling in 4 weeks.
(Source: Sky News, BoingBoing)
Science
Aliens! At least that's what researchers at Harvard University have suggested about the object that flew past the sun last year
Oumuamua is an elongated reddish brown object from outside our solar system and was picked up by a telescope in Hawaii. The researchers suggested that it could be 'a fully operational probe sent intentionally to Earth vicinity by an alien civilization' due to it's unusually high speed and irregular trajectory.
However, various astronomers have challenged the claim, arguing that while it is irregular, it still exhibits the qualities of other comets and the study was based on numbers with large uncertainties.
In short, more data is needed but the prospect is intriguing to say the least.
(Source: Sky News)
Crime
Police in Dubai will soon be airborne as they are learning to pilot hover-bikes.
The craft are called Hoversurf Scorpions and were unveiled at Gitex Technology Conference, and they will give police the ability to chase down suspects without getting bogged down in traffic, as well as the look of a stormtrooper. The bikes are apparently Russian made and can carry up to 600 pounds, with top speed of 43 miles per hour.
While this is a pretty cool development, it's not the first outlandish thing the Dubai police have done. For example, their police patrol vehicles are super cars and patrolling their mall is a robot, so all in all, this isn't really that surprising.
(Source: Unilad)
Lifestyle
A 69 year old man from the Netherlands has sued in order to legally change his age to around 49.
Emile Ratelband is a Dutch entrepreneur and media personality and his hoping to change his date of birth after doctors told him that he technically has the body of someone 20 years younger. He has argued that if transgender people are able to change their gender, then he should be allowed to change his age.
Mr Ratelband has also said that a success here would greatly improve his quality of life, saying he would be able to take on more work, buy a new house and be in a 'luxurious position on Tinder'.
The case is expected to give a ruling in 4 weeks.
(Source: Sky News, BoingBoing)
Science
Aliens! At least that's what researchers at Harvard University have suggested about the object that flew past the sun last year
Oumuamua is an elongated reddish brown object from outside our solar system and was picked up by a telescope in Hawaii. The researchers suggested that it could be 'a fully operational probe sent intentionally to Earth vicinity by an alien civilization' due to it's unusually high speed and irregular trajectory.
However, various astronomers have challenged the claim, arguing that while it is irregular, it still exhibits the qualities of other comets and the study was based on numbers with large uncertainties.
In short, more data is needed but the prospect is intriguing to say the least.
(Source: Sky News)
Crime
Police in Dubai will soon be airborne as they are learning to pilot hover-bikes.
The craft are called Hoversurf Scorpions and were unveiled at Gitex Technology Conference, and they will give police the ability to chase down suspects without getting bogged down in traffic, as well as the look of a stormtrooper. The bikes are apparently Russian made and can carry up to 600 pounds, with top speed of 43 miles per hour.
While this is a pretty cool development, it's not the first outlandish thing the Dubai police have done. For example, their police patrol vehicles are super cars and patrolling their mall is a robot, so all in all, this isn't really that surprising.
(Source: Unilad)
