SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — The most powerful Atlantic Ocean hurricane in recorded history slammed into the easternmost islands of the Caribbean on Wednesday, killing at least three people and churning along a path pointing to Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic and Haiti before possibly heading for Florida this weekend. […]
Daily Archives: September 7, 2017
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Sony Sony has announced its least expensive 4K projector yet, the VPL-VW285ES, which boasts a “full” 3,840×2,160 resolution and HDR compatibility. The $5,000 projector features the company’s “Triluminous Display” for a wider color gamut and a lamp-life of up to 6,000 hours. The VW285 comes with an Advanced Iris which […]
Waze Texans and Louisiana hit by Hurricane Harvey can now help each other get around for free with the Waze Carpool app. Waze announced its carpool app, which usually connects commuters heading to work with a ride, will be available in parts of Texas and Louisana that were affected by […]
Not getting enough sleep?Getty Images/iStockphoto By Andy Coghlan A type of therapy originally designed for insomnia has been found to also help a range of mental health issues, including negative thoughts, anxiety, depression and psychosis. Daniel Freeman, at the University of Oxford, and his colleagues have been testing Sleepio, a […]
NASA’s Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) spacecraft captured this video of a huge coronal mass ejection on Monday that’s headed for Earth. NASA; video by Stephen Shankland/CNET Right between Hurricane Harvey and Hurricane Irma, another storm is coming — but this one is coming from the sun, and it’ll hit […]
Seattle Seahawks defensive end Michael Bennett claimed on Wednesday that Las Vegas police officers commanded him to the ground and held him at gunpoint “for doing nothing more than simply being a black man in the wrong place at the wrong time” after the Mayweather-McGregor fight last month. The onetime […]
Star Wars Force Friday II unleashed a deluge of new Last Jedi toys, games, books and merchandise last week. However, the upcoming Royal Mail stamp collection has one secret advantage. Keen philatelists will discover that the new images have hidden special features that can only be seen iunder a UV […]
Irma has already destroyed four of the “most solid” buildings on St Martin, according to the French Government. The US President’s beachfront property on St Martin is understood to have suffered “serious damage”. Hurricane Irma swept over the 11-bedroom beachfront mansion, named Chateau des Palmiers, or Castle of the Palms, […]