With the Xbox One X release date set for November, all eyes will be on Microsoft for launch day. There will be plenty of games to try out on the new console, with pre orders suggesting that interest is high. But when it comes to the future, Microsoft have ruled […]
Daily Archives: October 18, 2017
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Dave Majumdar Security, “The US military has achieved a significantly greater capacity to conduct a surprise first strike against Russian ICBM silos.” The “Super-Fuze”: The Big Upgrade to America’s Nuclear Arsenal That Russia Fears The Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration (DOE/NNSA)—which develops and builds America’s nuclear arsenal—has completed production of […]
A children’s Halloween costume representing Holocaust victim Anne Frank has been pulled from online retailers after receiving widespread condemnation from Jewish groups and others. The “WW2 Anne Frank Girls Costume” featured a blue button-up dress, a green beret and a brown shoulder bag “reminiscent of the kind of clothing that […]
Verizon has agreed to pay $17.7 million to resolve parallel FCC and Justice Department investigations into the company’s bidding on E-Rate subsidies. Andrew Burton/Getty Images Verizon has agreed to pay $17.7 million to resolve parallel FCC and Justice Department investigations into possible violations of competitive bidding rules for E-Rate subsidies, […]
A little like weeNASA By Leah Crane It’s just a wee moon, but Saturn’s icy satellite Enceladus is one of the most promising places in the solar system in the hunt for alien life. Examining how spaceships vent urine could help us understand the small moon’s jets of water, which […]
ALAMY Rock Hudson died of Aids 32 years ago He seduced icons including Marilyn Monroe, Elizabeth Taylor, Judy Garland, Joan Crawford, Lana Turner, Grace Kelly and Princess Margaret while also bedding Marlon Brando, James Dean, Richard Burton, Errol Flynn and Tyrone Power. The star of Magnificent Obsession, Pillow Talk and […]
US-backed militias declared victory over Islamic State in Raqqa on Tuesday, raising flags over the last jihadist footholds after a four-month battle. The Sunni militant group often referred to as Isis, overran Raqqa in January 2014, seizing control from rebel factions opposed to the rule of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. […]
The EU-US Privacy Shield was agreed last year after everyday cross-border data transfers were plunged into limbo when the EU’s top court struck down a previous data transfer pact in 2015 because it allowed US spies excessive access to people’s data. The European Commission last month conducted its first annual […]