All posts tagged: visiting

A new browser feature hides which website you’re visiting from your ISP, and it has nothing to do with a VPN

A new browser feature hides which website you’re visiting from your ISP, and it has nothing to do with a VPN

Published by skeptic

HTTPS arrived and drastically altered the internet. Our data was more private than ever, and all it took was the major browsers forcing compliance, and Google Under the hood, Encrypted Client Hello is actually closing a gap present throughout the entire HTTPS era: even on a fully encrypted connection, your internet provider could always see which website you were visiting, just not what you did there. Better still, ECH is doing this without you needing a VPN or other security toggles, all built right into your browser. Related Passkeys are great, but no one tells you about the catch until it’s too late Passwordless login is delightful until the device holding the “less” part goes missing. It’s all to do with how your device and the server communicate Your data slips through the little gaps HTTPS gets sold as the thing that made browsing private. It didn’t. Well, at least, not entirely. Every time you connect to a website, app, or online service, and everything clicks into place nicely, a whole lot of standards and …

An expert guide to visiting Las Vegas for the F1

An expert guide to visiting Las Vegas for the F1

Published by Daniella Wilson

When it comes to travelling, I mostly stay in Europe, with all of my previous American travels taking place in Florida. Despite this, many locations are still high up on my list including Washington D.C., New York City and Los Angeles. One city that never featured in my travel plans was Las Vegas. However, as a major F1 fan, when I got the opportunity to travel out to Sin City for the Grand Prix, I couldn’t resist. And after spending half a week in Vegas, I was left with one major question: why wasn’t Las Vegas on my bucket list before? As someone who rarely gambles and whose only real opinion of the city was formed through episodes of CSI binged in my youth, I expected it to be a fool’s paradise. What I did not anticipate was how quickly I would fall in love with the place. Never have I been anywhere that encourages you to indulge like Vegas does; whether it’s from the food offerings that are available in iconic restaurants across the …

Queen Elizabeth’s unexpected ‘Downton Abbey’ rule for royals visiting Balmoral

Queen Elizabeth’s unexpected ‘Downton Abbey’ rule for royals visiting Balmoral

Published by Daniella Wilson

The late Queen Elizabeth II could relax the royal rulebook during her summer break at Balmoral Castle, which was widely considered her favourite place. Trading packed schedules of state duties for Highland seclusion, Her Late Majesty spent her days enjoying long walks, shooting trips and private time with her family. But there was one rule she implemented at dinner time that former royal chef Darren McGrady described as similar to period drama Downton Abbey. The chef, who spent 15 years catering for the royals, confessed that he once mistook Prince Philip for the gardener with his “tatty old clothes”, but he was forced to change into more formal attire every evening. “They would come in for afternoon tea by the log fire in outdoor clothes, and then they’d all change for dinner. They’d come down in dressy ball gowns, and sit at the table – like a Downton Abbey dinner. All the fine china was brought out. At the end of the meal, a bagpipe player would walk around the table,” Darren said in an interview …

Can Visiting Sex Clubs Be Good for Gay Men?

Can Visiting Sex Clubs Be Good for Gay Men?

Published by Jenni Sidey

Talking about visiting sex clubs is frowned upon in society. Some gay men enjoy visiting gay sex clubs on a regular basis, and that regularity is often seen as negative by society and loaded with moral judgments. As a psychotherapist working with many gay men, I have noticed that many of them report increased well-being as a result of visiting sexualised spaces. Within the societal noise of moral judgment, it is difficult to hear nuance in those conversations, but it is important not to shame gay men whose lives do not fit in with societal expectations. What are gay sex clubs? Gay sex clubs are adult-only, men-only sexualised spaces. An increasing number of “men-only” establishments include “all men,” which means that trans men are welcome. too. Most gay sex clubs offer different options for sexual and erotic connections; for example, booths for one-to-one (or three) people wanting to have sex in private, and more open spaces for people who enjoy group sex and/or enjoy “public” sex (i.e., being watched or watching). Some gay sex clubs …

Cate Blanchett Set as Visiting Professor of Contemporary Theater

Cate Blanchett Set as Visiting Professor of Contemporary Theater

Published by Daniella Wilson

Professor Blanchett reporting for duty. Oscar winner Cate Blanchett is confirmed for a surprising new career move as the next Cameron Mackintosh visiting professor of contemporary theater at St. Catherine’s College at the prestigious University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. She will assume the post for this fall’s academic year of 2026-27. The professorship — established in 1990 thanks to a gift from the renowned British theater producer responsible for such legendary productions as Les Misérables, The Phantom of the Opera and Cats — has a history of bringing “internationally significant figures from theater, film and performance into direct dialogue with students” and the university community. Blanchett follows in a line of previous visiting professors including Stephen Sondheim, Ian McKellen, Arthur Miller, Meera Syal, Tom Stoppard, Adjoa Andoh, Stephen Fry, Diana Rigg, Trevor Nunn and Deborah Warner, among others. Blanchett will be charged with contributing to a program of conversations, lectures and engagement with students and the university community. She follows closely in the footsteps of artist and stage designer Es Devlin, who helped …

Toy Story superfan discovers magical secrets visiting Pixar Studios

Toy Story superfan discovers magical secrets visiting Pixar Studios

Published by Daniella Wilson

This article first appeared in Radio Times magazine. Like so many people, I grew up loving Pixar’s films, and have continued to enjoy them and revisit them as an adult – A Bug’s Life, Monsters, Inc., Finding Nemo, WALL-E, Up, Inside Out and, my all-time favourite franchise, Toy Story. But there is no way I thought I would ever get to visit the actual location where they make these magical movies. Yet here I am, in Emeryville, California, about 20 minutes from San Francisco. It’s a closed 20-acre campus and not open to the public, so for RT to be invited to Pixar Animation Studios for the launch of Toy Story 5 is pretty special. Outside, there’s a 17-foot tall version of Luxo Jr. (the desk lamp from Pixar’s very first computer-animated short film in 1986) and a huge yellow, blue and red Pixar Ball. They have both become mascots of the company, with Luxo Jr. appearing in the Pixar logo animation at the beginning of every film. I enter the Steve Jobs Building, the …

Popular bird will ‘keep visiting’ your garden if you leave broccoli | UK | News

Popular bird will ‘keep visiting’ your garden if you leave broccoli | UK | News

Published by Sam Flores

Broccoli should help attract the birds to your garden (Image: iStockphoto/Getty Images) Gardeners hoping to attract more wildlife could be in luck, as bird experts say one common leftover could encourage some feathered visitors to keep returning for more. The topic recently sparked discussion on social media after one person from South West London asked how they could befriend the area’s famous parakeets. Taking to Reddit, they said: “There happens to be a massive flock of wild ring-neck parakeets that live around me. “They are super cute and I don’t really mind the noise. I want to do stuff like feed them treats or have them maybe perch on me or something, or just get a chance to see them a bit more up close.” The bird lover admitted they had already tried standing in their garden holding fruit towards the sky, but had no luck attracting the colourful birds. Parakeets love the common meal leftover (Image: Getty) While parakeets can be wary of humans, experts say putting out suitable food is one of the …

Visiting Privileges | Laura Miller

Visiting Privileges | Laura Miller

Published by Jenni Sidey

Early in The Hill, Harriet Clark’s extraordinary debut novel, the narrator, nine-year-old Suzanna, is let out of the car at an unfamiliar bank branch by Sylvie, her grandmother. “Read the plaque,” Sylvie orders, before driving off without her. Suzanna waits for hours in the bank’s vestibule—that practical but indeterminate space shielding the true interior from the intemperate outdoors—much to the bewilderment of the young security guard perched on a stool nearby. Eventually the bank closes, its tellers depart, and the guard crouches down to say, “You have to tell me who to call.” Just then, Sylvie drives up to retrieve her charge, who hasn’t set foot inside the bank itself but reports to her grandmother that it contains no plaque. The bank is where Suzanna’s mother, Helen, committed the crime that resulted in her life sentence. Sylvie wants Suzanna to know more about this, but Suzanna herself will not budge from that vestibule. She was an infant when Helen left to drive the getaway car for a team of bank robbers and never came back. …