WASHINGTON — Google’s experimental high-altitude balloon project is using connectivity from O3b satellites to provide emergency communications in hurricane-ravished Puerto Rico. O3b owner SES said Oct. 23 that it is providing satellite capacity and a “rapidly deployable” O3b FastConnect terminal in order to connect Google Loons over Puerto Rico to […]
Daily Archives: October 23, 2017
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Two days after the news broke that Bill O’Reilly, the former Fox News host, settled a sexual harassment case for $32 million, O’Reilly said Monday that he regretted agreeing to the settlement and thinks that settling in general is a mistake. On Saturday, The New York Times reported that O’Reilly […]
That is the view of Sky Sports pundit and ex-England defender Stuart Pearce. Liverpool’s defence, in particular centre-back Dejan Lovren, has come under severe criticism of late. Lovren was arguably at fault for Tottenham’s first two goals in the 4-1 defeat at Wembley yesterday before being substituted after half an […]
The Saudi business mogul criticised the cryptocurrency’s lack of regulation and warned it was “Enron in the making” – a reference to the 2001 financial scandal in which investors lost billions of dollars. His comments come as new research revealed a flood of new hedge funds investing exclusively in digital […]
This is what a 2.8-metre storm surge didEmile Wamsteker/Bloomberg via Getty Images By Michael Le Page There’s good news and catastrophically bad news for New York City. The good news is that hurricanes might become more likely to miss the city over the next three centuries. This means that, relative […]
Don’t think too hardMarko Miladinovic/EyeEm/Getty By Jessica Hamzelou Ever realised you have driven yourself home but haven’t really been paying attention? Brain scans have revealed that when your mind wanders, it switches into “autopilot” mode, enabling you to carry on doing tasks quickly, accurately and without conscious thought. Our autopilot […]
After losing to Novak Djokovic at the Australian Open, Federer injured his knee making a bath for his children. The Swiss star underwent surgery in February and returned to tour a few months later but was far from fully fit. Following another slip later in the year at Wimbledon, Federer […]
‘I alone am entirely responsible for my moral failings.’ More Celebrity chef John Besh resigned from his own company Monday amid allegations that he enabled a culture of sexual harassment in his restaurants. Besh’s resignation comes just two days after more than 25 current and former Besh Restaurant Group employees […]