FORMER FBI DIRECTOR James Comey cut an impressive figure during his sworn testimony before the Senate Intelligence Committee on Thursday. His presentation was poised, low-key, and almost cold-blooded as he laid out what amounted to a meticulously constructed case against President Donald Trump. Two overflow rooms and multiple live network broadcasts suggested that Comey’s mastery of public relations and the theater of government rivaled that of his former boss. The image of a decent government man dutifully saying his piece stood in defiant contrast to the atmosphere of vulgarity and naked self-interest that Trump has brought to the Oval Office.

In April, a photograph of Rihanna and Lupita Nyong’o taken at a Miu Miu fashion show three years ago began recirculating online. Their friendly body language and chic clothes (Rihanna wore thigh-highs, fur and leather; Lupita a plum jacket with a jeweled collar) caught the imagination of the internet. A Twitter user named @1800SADGAL suggested that “Rihanna looks like she scams roch white men and Lupita is the computer-smart best friend that helps plan” the scams. People began talking about an “Ocean’s 11”-type film written by and starring black women. Issa Rae was nominated to write the script and Ava DuVernay to direct. All four women chimed in on Twitter, announcing their support, though what that meant seemed unclear. Like any other online frenzy, it disappeared after a few days.

News and sports websites have some of the lowest levels of security adoption, a study has suggested.A team of cyber-security experts looked at the security protocols used by the top 500 sites in various industries and online sectors.They found that fewer than 10% of news and sports websites used basic security protocols such as HTTPS and TLS.Even those that do are not always using the ”latest or strongest protocols”, one of the study’s authors said.”As time goes by, all encryption gets weaker because people find ways around it,” Prof Alan Woodward, a cyber-security expert at the University of Surrey, told the BBC.”We tested the University of Surrey’s website using a site called Security Headers a couple of weeks ago and it got an A,” he explained, ”but it’s only a C now.”Shopping and gaming

German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Saturday that the digital world needs regulations like those that exist for financial markets in the G20 and for trade under the World Trade Organization.Global policymakers are facing uncharted territory as emerging technologies open new frontiers for regulation with the inter-networking of smart devices and trends in the automation of factories, dubbed Industry 4.0 by German politicians.”We still have no international rules,” Merkel said alongside Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto during a visit to Mexico City, stressing that there were important security concerns without common standards.”Otherwise some provider could emerge … that’s an island, and from whoch things could be done, relevant to security, that could destroy an entire system. On this question of the rules-based handling of it, we’re still right at the start.”

Svenska kyrkan var inte nöjda med valdeltagandet under förra kyrkovalet 2013. Nu lanseras en kyrkoapp till mobilen för att locka fler unga väljare att rösta i kyrkovalet i september.Enligt P4 Blekinge hamnade valdeltagandet på 11 procent i Karlshamns kommun.Många av de som röstade i förra kyrkovalet var folk i pensionsåldern och nu hoppas Svenska kyrkan att mobilappen ska locka unga väljare.– Den här appen är ett sätt att blidka alla dem som går runt med smarttelefoner, säger Henrik Lindén som är kyrkoherde i Karlshamn till P4 Blekinge.Tanken är att kyrkoappen ska göra det lättare för väljare att hitta till kyrkorna.– Under valdagen ska vi ha gudtjänster och evenemang i alla våra kyrkor så att fler lockas att komma, säger Henrik Lindén.

Fysikern Veronika Hubeny fick knappt en syl i vädret när hon som enda kvinna deltog i en paneldiskussion om universum och strängteori.Efter att hon flera gånger blivit avbruten fick till slut en kvinna i publiken nog och utbrast: ”Låt henne prata!”Paneldiskussionen, som leddes av Jim Holt, filosof och skribent på tidskriften New Yorker, ägde rum på World Science Festival i New York under helgen som gick.Fysikern Veronika Hubeny deltog som enda kvinna vid diskussionen.Avbröts – gång på gångNär Hubeny till slut – cirka en timme in i programmet – fick en fråga om sin forskning avbröts hon gång på gång av moderatorn Holt, som inte kunde låta bli att själv förklara Hubenys egna teorier för henne.Det hela blev till slut för mycket för en kvinna på första raden.– Snälla, låt henne prata!Kommentaren möttes av jubel av publiken.