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A moment of truth is coming for both Trump and the DOJ.
US Justice Department continues to look into the matter of how documents from White House came to Trump’s Mar-a-Lago after he left office, CNN reported citing sources. The source said that a Trump employee told FBI about being directed by Trump to move boxes out of a basement storage room at Mar-a-Lago after Trump’s legal…
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British officials warn about the threat from China despite the Russian aggression.
The US has imposed export controls on a series of Chinese technologies that are vital to US chip-making factories. These include antisatellite capability and central bank digital currencies that could be used to track transactions. China is developing these technologies to help it ” partially evade” international sanctions being applied to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s…
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It may cost you $19.99 a month, but it will have a blue check mark.
Twitter CEO Elon Musk has announced that he will permanently suspend any Twitter handles that engage in impersonation without clearly specifying “parody”. He has also said that a name change on Twitter will “cause temporary loss of verified checkmark”. The move comes a day after the platform launched an updated version of its iOS app…
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A 51-year-old celebrity hacker took over one of the world’s most influential social networks.
A Twitter executive has said that the social media platform is in discussions with investors about its content guidelines. Earlier, a Washington Post report had suggested that Tesla CEO and Twitter’s incoming owner Elon Musk plans to fire three-quarters of Twitter’s employees when he takes over the company. This comes after a former Twitter technology…
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The attacks onUkraine gave hard-liners what they wanted.
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday said that the missile strikes that hit Ukraine on Monday were “only aimed at the military targets and not civilian areas”. He said that the attacks on Ukraine, which he called a “grave incident”, were aimed at disrupting the country’s economic and energy infrastructure. Over 70 people have been…
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The symmetrical multi-gIGAbit internet test is a preview of next year’s 10G roll out.
America’s largest cable television company Comcast has announced that it will offer a multi-gigabit internet connection with download and upload speeds of 8 Gigabits per second. The company said that it had successfully tested a symmetrical multi-gigabit internet connection on its live network. Comcast will offer both the tiers at a cost of $125 per…
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Russia Rushes Newly Formed Soldiers to the Eastern Front, but Gains Less Ground.
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday held a ceremony to commemorate the incorporation of four Ukrainian territories into Russia, the last day of the Russian war of 1917. Notably, most of Ukraine was incorporated as part of the Russian-occupied territory of Crimea in 2014. Over 3 lakh men were drafted into the military service during…
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According to a source, US scientists have reached a breakthrough in nuclear fusion.
Scientists in the UK have successfully generated 59 megajoules of fusion energy over five seconds using exactly the same fuel mix for future fusion power plants. The scientists’ experiment showed for the first time that it’s possible to have a sustained fusion process using the same fuel mix. The experiment was carried out at Europe’s…
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The second season of “The White Lotus” ended in a way that said goodbye to a great season.
The second season of ‘The White Lotus’, which aired on Sunday, featured the deaths of several characters. In the finale, Valentina, a hotel manager who succumbed to repressed sexual needs, gave a job to Mia (Beatrice Grann) after she satisfied her needs. Furthermore, Albie (Adam DiMarco), a young American trying to play the white knight,…
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The bombing suspect is in US custody.
Abu Azimuth Mas’ud, the Libyan man accused of making the bomb that destroyed Pan Am Flight 103 over the Scottish town of Lockerbie in 1988, made his first court appearance in the US on Monday. Mas’ud is the first person tried for murder in the UK and is yet to have been charged with the…
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The launch of NASA’s Artemis I has been delayed until November.
NASA’s Artemis I mission, which is designed to land astronauts on the moon, is set to launch on Friday for the first time since it was postponed in September 2015 over a lack of hangar space due to Hurricane Ian. Artemis I is a 32-story-tall rocket that NASA hopes will carry astronauts back to the…
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What will happen to the Moon Capsule after it is back?
The Orion capsule will return to Earth in a few days after it successfully landed on the Moon on Wednesday. NASA has decided to keep the capsule in an air-to-surface area of the Pacific Ocean until conditions are right to send it back. “The next big test…is the heat shield,” NASA Administrator Bill Nelson had…
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As fighting escalates in the East, there have been explosions in the capital of Ukranian.
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday announced martial law in Ukraine’s Donbas and Crimea, two regions he considers to be part of his country. Putin held a ceremony to commemorate the incorporation of four Ukrainian territories into Russia, Lyman, a strategic railway hub in the eastern region of Donbas. The announcement comes amid a spike…
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7 cases of the AirPods Pro 2.
Amazon has discounted the OnePlus 10 Pro to $549.99 from $799.99, matching its lowest price yet. The OnePlus 10 Pro features a 128GB storage, a Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 processor, 8GB of memory, a dual-camera setup, and an 18MP rear camera. It is also powered by the Snapdragon 625 processor, and runs on Android 9 Pie.
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The giant donut-shaped machine just proved a clean power source is possible.
US Energy Secretary Sonny Perdue said he would like nuclear fusion to become a practical power source. “I would like nuclear fusion to become a practical power source,” Perdue said. Earlier, British scientists claimed to have generated 59 megajoules of fusion energy for five seconds in a giant donut-shaped machine called a tokamak.
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See the full list of nominees.
The Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) have announced the nominees for the 73rd Golden Globes, which will be held on January 10, 2020. Martin McDonagh’s film ‘The Banshees of Inisherin’ led all films with eight nominations, including nods for Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson, Kerry Condon and Barry Keoghan. Daniel Kwan’s ‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’…
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The US has taken custody of someone accused of making a bomb that was used in the Lockerbie attack.
The US has arrested a man suspected of building the bomb that destroyed a passenger plane over Scotland in 1988, killing 270 people. Abu Agila Mohammad Mas’ud Kheir Al-Marimi has been charged in the attack by the US Justice Department for the destruction of a aircraft and vehicle, as well as the destruction of a…
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Mastodons were roaming in the area 2 million years ago.
Researchers have found two million-year-old DNA sequences in Greenland’s Kap Kbenhavn, the oldest ever obtained from frozen soil. They said the region was once home to mastodons and reindeer that roamed a forested ecosystem. “Not in a million years would you expect a mastodon up there,” researcher Ole Willerslev said. The researchers used DNA matched…
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Daily briefings: The Great Depression shaped people.
Scientists at Oxford University and Harvard University claim to have built the world’s first computer-based supercomputer. The supercomputer is capable of analysing terabytes of data a day, the equivalent of around 1024 gigabytes of data a year by 2030, according to researchers. The researchers said it could be used to help map areas of the…
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Long-term global challenges have been posed by “Walled-in” China.
China’s state media has removed the anti-coronavirus protests from Twitter and Tencent’s messaging app WeChat. The protests over the country’s zero-COVID-19 lockdown had been taking place on social media for several days. Last week, the country’s state media had also released editorials on COVID-19 that read, “The essence of persisting with dynamic zero-COVID is putting…
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The high demand for children’s medication shines a light on the state of US drug supplies.
Shortages in the US drug supply can hit “a lot of different patient populations with different drugs”, David Margraf, a Pharmaceutical Research Scientist at the University of Minnesota’s Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy, said. “Many of them don’t get a lot of headline news because they’re very niche,” he added. The raw ingredients…
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The second Iranian prisoner is executed for a protest crime.
Iran on Monday said it executed a prisoner convicted of a crime allegedly committed during protests that began in the country after the death of a woman in police custody. Iran’s state media claimed that the man stabbed a man to death and ran away. The state media further claimed that the man’s accomplices had…
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January 6 meeting ends on criminal referrals
The House Select Committee on Criminal Referrals is considering a criminal referral against ex-US President Donald Trump and at least four other people, reports said. The committee members said that the referral serves as a way to document their views for the record. The committee has not decided whom to refer to Justice Department for…
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Before using the app, you should be aware of what to know.
Lensa-Ai app, which helps users create images of their faces based on their selfies, has been criticised for creating nude pictures of people without their consent. Responding to a user who accused the app of making her look thinner, Lensa said, “We’re aware of the concerns and we’re working to find a solution.” The app…
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‘Quiet quit’ is a question on the social networking site.
Twitter users who follow Elon Musk on the micro-blogging platform “sit in silence” and “stand up to speak” only if they areled to do so, a NYT journalist said. They also wait in silence to discern what needs to be done if they must decide an issue collectively. “To get a clear sense of what…