UK cybersecurity center isn’t too afraid of Huawei, report says

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The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre has assessed the dangers of using Huawei’s 5G equipment, and it found that it’s not such a big deal, Financial Times reported Sunday. 

The cybersecurity centre’s findings have not yet been made public, but FT claims that it found “ways to limit the risks” from using Huawei’s equipment in 5G networks. 

The report doesn’t offer any further details, and an official review from the UK government — which will likely be strongly influenced by the NCSC’s findings — is expected in March or April. But if the UK government okays the use of Huawei’s 5G equipment in the country, it would be a blow to U.Sefforts to convince its allies to avoid doing so. Read more…

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Victoria Beckham had a Spice Girls drag performance at her London Fashion Week after party

Victoria Beckham has made it quite clear that she’s not planning on reuniting with the four other Spice Girls, but that doesn’t mean she’s totally done with the catchy songs or girl power. 
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Anthony Hopkins’ latest Twitter video might just bring a tear to your eye

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Anyone who’s ever revisited a meaningful place years after they were last there will know how poignant it can be.

The surroundings are familiar, but that often only serves to draw attention to how much time has passed in between.

On Sunday, actor Anthony Hopkins shared a video from a filming location featured in the 1993 movie Shadowlands.

“So this is where we started the film Shadowlands, and 23 years ago I sat here,” says Hopkins. “Ted Hardwicke sat here, he’s dead and gone, I sat over there. Debra Winger came in over there. That was the first day filming. Read more…

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A virtual reality ‘Doctor Who’ film is coming to a headset near you

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If you’ve always wanted know what it’s like to travel through space and time, then this is for you. Soon, you can space/time travel with The Doctor inside the TARDIS for a full 12 minutes. 

The BBC announced it is releasing an animated virtual reality Doctor Who film in 2019, that will allow viewers to tag along with The Doctor as she travels around in the TARDIS on a mission to save someone from something.  

The movie is entitled Doctor Who: The Runaway, and is a new original Doctor Who story — but those are all the details we have so far.   Read more…

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This ‘Harry Potter’ thread will make you see Molly Weasley and Sirius differently

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You know a book series is popular when it’s still prompting regular, viral Twitter threads over two decades after it began.

Today’s observation concerns Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix and comes from writer Anne Thériault.

In particular, Thériault had some thoughts about how Molly Weasley and Sirius Black are portrayed in the series’ fifth book.

Here’s her thread in full:

The Order of the Phoenix should be called Harry Potter And The 267 Times Mrs Weasley Was Right But Everyone Ignored And Gaslit Her Because They’d All Decided She Was A Hysterical Bitch

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Man gets hit in the face by a flying fish in extreme slow motion

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We probably wouldn’t recommend riding a rubber ring through a river containing flying fish — it’s evidently not great for the human or the fish involved — but if you are going to do it, you might as well capture the results in slow motion.

That’s exactly what YouTubers The Slow Mo Guys have done in their latest video.

The result — in which Dan gets smacked in the head by a particularly hefty Asian carp — is certainly not something you see every day. Read more…

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