On the first page of the owner’s manual for iFi Audio’s Pro iDSD tubed/solid-state multibit DAC and headphone amplifier, the British company unabashedly describes it as “a ‘state of the art’ reference digital to analog converter” and “a wireless hi-res network player or the central DAC in an expensive high-end home system.” As if in…
Engagée depuis plusieurs années auprès du Secours Populaire, Valérie Trierweiler ne fait pas les choses à moitié. Aux côtés de son compagnon Romain Magellan, avec qui elle a retrouvé le bonheur, l’ex-Première dame continue de mettre en lumière les actions de l’association, notamment pour perpétuer le travail de Julien Lauprêtre, président du Secours Populaire, décédé…
Heavy gunfire was heard at a protest outside the defence ministry in Sudan’s capital Khartoum on Tuesday, live broadcast by Arab TV stations showed, and activists said that security forces were trying to break up the protest by force. Activists said in a statement posted on social media that army soldiers guarding the ministry were trying…
Au sommet de sa gloire, Katy Perry, 29 ans, rayonne et impressionne. Son 4e album, Prism, cartonne, et pourtant, tout n’a pas été facile ces derniers temps pour la superstar. Divorce, doutes, difficultés amoureuses: elle se confie au Marie Claire américain ce mois-ci dans un long entretien. Sa carrière et sa notoriété se portent plutôt…
The stakes were high. 2005 would kick-start a console generation that would offer a stratospheric leap in processing power and gaming capabilities compared to the ruling PlayStation 2 and its Xbox and GameCube competitors. Just prior to E3 2005, Microsoft had already announced Xbox 360 – bizarrely via an MTV special – but gamers weren’t…
Nottingham hosted its debut ITU Mixed Relay World Series event today in the East Midlands, with the four-strong American team victorious after a fast and frenetic race. Advertisement The Brits – featuring a crack team of 2013 ITU World Champ Non Stanford, Derby’s ITU podium athlete Tom Bishop, Olympic Games bronze medallist Vicky Holland and…
When Aurora Lo Porto noticed an alarming escalation of racist attitudes on social media in Italy during the past two years, she felt the impulse to act. The medical student had noticed that in her once-welcoming hometown of Catania, Sicily, neighbors and acquaintances had started speaking about immigrants only through harmful stereotypes and unverified data….
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Australia’s prime minister said Friday that the Sri Lankan militant group blamed for the Easter bombings that killed at least 250 people had support from the Islamic State group, a day after Sri Lankan officials said they were still evaluating foreign ties. Prime Minister Scott Morrison told reporters that he…
Migrants making their way towards the United States as part of a caravan of 3,000 people charged at the border between Guatemala and Mexico on Friday, cutting the wires and confronting rows of border police. Mexico had warned the migrants that they would need a visa to enter the country and sent riot police to…
United States v. Vaello-Madero is a case about an impoverished American citizen, forced to repay a debt to the federal government that he only learned about fairly recently and that he cannot possibly afford. It is also a case about colonialism and the legacy of the US government’s discriminatory treatment of Puerto Rico. And it…