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While Felicity is best known for playing the part of a woman who wants to slow down and take things back to basics, in reality, her life couldn't be more different.

Amazon says it is ending sideloading on new Fire Sticks because "apps that facilitate piracy, and other apps, can carry malware," adding that there is "a good amount of evidence" that sideloaded apps may contain unwanted code or behavior. However, the company did not provide specific examples of Fire Stick users being harmed. Ars Technica reports: Amazon has released two Fire Stick models that use its proprietary, Linux-based operating system, Vega OS. Previous Fire Sticks ran Fire OS, which is an Android fork based on the Android Open Source Project. One of the biggest differences between Vega OS and Fire OS is that the former doesn't support sideloading. [...] In a recent interview, Or Goren, editor-in-chief of Cord Busters, a UK-based streaming news outlet, noted the negative reaction to Vega being a closed OS. [Aidan Marcuss, VP of Fire TV, advertising, and Appstore] responded, per the publication, by saying that Vega OS was Amazon's opportunity to "innovate and deliver more capabilities, even on the least expensive devices." He also said that making a platform around security and privacy was "sort of utmost in my mind." The statement is somewhat ironic, considering Vega OS blocks custom launchers and other third-party apps that helped users avoid Amazon tracking and ads. Goren asked whether Amazon had evidence that sideloaded devices caused users harm. "Apps that facilitate piracy, and other apps, can carry malware," Marcuss responded. Marcuss also said that there is "a good amount of evidence that apps can carry unwanted code and behavior on them when they're sideloaded." Marcuss didn't provide specific examples of Fire Stick users being hurt by sideloaded apps. There are some potential examples, though. In 2025, Amazon claimed to blacklist (which blocked the apps from being sideloaded to Fire Sticks) four video streaming apps for malicious behavior. At the time, AFTVnews reported that two of the apps served as residential proxy providers and were considered riskware, and that the other two had APK files that were flagged by virus-scanning tools. Safari and Chrome also flagged one of the apps' official websites, the publication reported. And in 2018, a botnet that infected Android devices with cryptocurrency-mining malware appeared on some Fire Sticks, per discussion on XDA Forums. That said, Amazon also has a history of disabling apps that let users circumnavigate its home screen that Fire devices, including Fire Sticks and Fire TVs, have increasingly used for ads. Worth noting: developers can continue sideloading apps onto Vega OS devices if they register them with Amazon.

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Three UK cities have been named among the most beautiful in the world in a global survey.

Every couple of days, the 89-year-old Cavett and his team upload an excerpt from his encounters with A-list actors, musicians, athletes, comedians and politicians.

French president Emmanuel Macron was today spotted with a glamorous political 'nepo baby' at the Élysée Palace in Paris.

Koeman, 63, announced on Instagram that he was stepping down hours after they were beaten by Morocco in a penalty shootout.

In a scathing post online, Hamish Falconer said he was 'disappointed' by Sir Keir's decision to mothball two major road upgrades in his constituency to boost defence spending.

Smiling as he chatted with members of the Royal Regiment of Scotland, King Charles appeared in good spirits as he arrived for his traditional week in Scotland.

The Defence Investment Plan was published! Some doubted the day would ever dawn. But just as when Odysseus's mast was spotted from Ithaca on the horizon, an epic journey was complete.

Got important chats older than 30 days? You'd better be sure the transcripts still exist

An unusual sighting in a NASA image has reignited speculation that something extraterrestrial once existed on Mars.

Just days before Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce's blockbuster wedding for the ages, lavish new accessories were seen being hauled into Madison Square Garden.

Google has shut down the Tenor API, breaking GIF pickers in services that still relied on it and forcing platforms such as X to migrate elsewhere. 9to5Google notes that the library itself remains available at Tenor.com and "integrations within Google products are also still active, including Gboard, Google Messages, and more." From the report: The Tenor API has been rejecting new API sign-ups in January of this year, but existing integrations remained in place. This week, though, they're shutting down, and any integrations that remain in place will stop working on July 1. The support page adds details that "any API or Ads Distribution Agreements" with Tenor will be terminated on June 30, while "current integrations" will be "fully decommissioned" as of June 30. One of the most notable examples here is Twitter/X, which has relied on Tenor for its GIF picker for years. Twitter/X Head of Product Nikita Bier confirmed that the platform has migrated elsewhere, which is why the "recently used" section was purged, and why you might notice fewer GIF options when posting. Other platforms affected include Discord, WhatsApp, and Bluesky.

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The pair channeled their inner Elle Woods on Tuesday night as they attended the London premiere for the Legally Blonde spin-off, Elle.

Maddy Cusack was left feeling 'uncomfortable' after manager Jonathan Morgan ordered her and partner Grace Riglar to disclose their relationship and referred to Riglar as 'Mrs Cusack'.

I am writing on behalf of my father who is concerned about my late mother's £49,000 held in National Savings & Investments' Premium Bonds.

The bat perched on the child's face only briefly, leaving no visible signs of a bite. However, the lack of detection would soon prove fatal, only weeks later the boy died of rabies.

McFly's double act Tom Fletcher and Danny Jones have quit The Voice, according to reports.

South African doctor Tlaleng Mofokeng, who served as the United Nations' Special Rapporteur on the Right to Health, was confronted over her controversial remarks.

California's Protect Our Games Act, which would require publishers to warn players before shutting down paid online games and offer refunds or continued access, failed to advance after a state Senate committee vote. Four state senators voted in favor, three voted against, and four abstained. Engadget reports: The committee unanimously voted in favor of granting the bill reconsideration, meaning it could come back before this group of state senators. Assemblymember Chris Ward introduced the bill in February and it passed the California State Assembly 43-16 in late May. That said, the abstentions prevented the bill's progression for now. "Not enough yeses means the bill stops here for this session," a volunteer with the Stop Killing Games campaign (which supported the bill) noted on Reddit. "That is the loss." The volunteer also claimed this was the movement's first attempt to nudge such legislation through in the U.S., and that the bill got this far without paid staff or an in-person lobbying campaign. They said the Entertainment Software Association -- a trade organization of major game industry publishers -- brought in a lobbyist to halt the bill's progress (including by claiming private servers for the likes of Minecraft would be "illegal") and that Stop Killing Games would be more prepared to counter that in the future. "Next session, we come back with an in-person lobbying presence, the funding to do this properly and a long list of organizations and developers signed on in support," the volunteer, u/Mr_Presidentle, wrote. "We are not limiting this to California. We intend to introduce versions of this in other state legislatures, and we are seriously looking at the federal level."

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