OCTOBER 26, 2021
A woman wearing a face mask walks past a bank's electronic board showing the Hong Kong share index in Hong Kong, Tuesday, Oct. 26, 2021. Asian shares were mostly higher Tuesday after another rally to a record high on Wall Street. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)
TOKYO, JAPAN — Asian shares were mostly higher Tuesday after another rally to...
OCTOBER 26, 2021
Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen was “shocked” when she heard the company planned to hire 10,000 engineers in Europe to work on the “metaverse,” a version of the internet based on virtual and augmented reality, when its money would be better spent on safety, she told British lawmakers Monday.
“I was shocked to hear that Facebook wants to double...
OCTOBER 25, 2021
Jonathan Lun wants to make satellites mobile. - Elna Schultz
"Most satellites are simply computers that are tossed out the side of a rocket are tumbling in space," says Jonathan Lun.
Mr. Lun and his Cape Town-based company, Hypernova Space Technologies, are keen to give these tumbling satellites a little bit more autonomy.
The firm has developed a thruster...
OCTOBER 24, 2021
The Bonanza Creek Film Ranch is seen in Santa Fe, N.M., Saturday, Oct. 23, 2021. An assistant director unwittingly handed actor Alec Baldwin a loaded weapon and told him it was safe to use in the moments before the actor fatally shot a cinematographer, court records released Friday show. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico —...
OCTOBER 24, 2021
Bernie Sanders leaves a Democratic strategy meeting at the Capitol on Tuesday. - Photograph: Andrew Harnik/AP
When making the case for progressive policy, the veteran leftwing senator Bernie Sanders often cites public opinion. “Poll after poll,” he’ll say, before running through a list of ambitious initiatives that the “vast majority of the American people want”, from lowering the...
OCTOBER 24, 2021
A man poses with a magnifier in front of a Facebook logo on display in this illustration taken in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, December 16, 2015. Facebook Inc said on Wednesday it is testing a service that will allow users of its Messenger app to hail Uber rides directly from the app, without leaving a conversation or...
OCTOBER 22, 2021
Leaders in Allegany, Garrett and Washington counties in western Maryland have written letters to West Virginia state leaders asking them to adopt their counties.
The letters, dated October 14, were sent to West Virginia Senate President Craig Blair and West Virginia Speaker of the House Roger Hanshaw. They were undersigned by Maryland State Senator George C. Edwards, who...
OCTOBER 21, 2021
First Lady Jill Biden Campaigns With Governor Candidate Terry McAuliffe In Henrico County
President Joe Biden will appear in Virginia next week with the Democratic gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe as polls show him and his Republican opponent, Glenn Youngkin, in a dead heat, the McAuliffe campaign said Thursday.
Biden is scheduled to appear alongside McAuliffe, a former governor...
OCTOBER 21, 2021
The founder of Mastodon, which offers free open-source software that allows users to create social networks, says it appears that "Truth Social" new social media platform created by Former President Donald Trump is based on his social media platform. Above, former U.S. President Donald Trump leaves Trump Tower in Manhattan on October 18, 2021 in New York City....
OCTOBER 20, 2021
LONDON — Queen Elizabeth II has canceled a trip to Northern Ireland after she received medical advice to "rest for the next few days," Buckingham Palace said.
In a statement, the palace said the queen had "reluctantly accepted medical advice" to stay home.
"Her Majesty is in good spirits and is disappointed that she will no longer be able...
