Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. He likes to tell a joke or two. Drew Angerer/Getty Images There’s been so much news this week, what with the XBox One X being launched and the iPhone X undergoing teething troubles. (Its teeth […]
Daily Archives: November 11, 2017
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WALLOPS ISLAND, Va. — NASA may decide to allow SpaceX to use a previously-flown Falcon 9 first stage on the next Dragon mission to the International Space Station, the latest sign that SpaceX’s reusability efforts are winning broader acceptance in the market. During a press conference at NASA’s Wallops Flight […]
Messi and Neymar struck up a close bond during their time at Barcelona together, both on and off the pitch. However, Spanish website Diario Gol claims the Argentina international did have concerns about his fellow South American. It is reported that Messi thought the Brazil international was leaking private and […]
Amid growing concerns about the epidemic which is gripping the country and has already claimed more than 140 lives, parents were left outraged after rumours emerged that their children were being given vaccinations without their consent. According to The Madagascar Express, they rushed to schools across the capital to collect […]
(JACKSONVILLE, Fla.) — Kansas City Chiefs defensive tackle Roy Miller was arrested early Saturday in Florida on a domestic battery charge, according to Duval County jail records. Miller was jailed shortly before 5 a.m. by the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office. The incident involved a minor injury, but no other details were […]
Thousands of Catalan independence supporters, many wearing yellow ribbons in a show of unity, filled the enormous Avenue Marina in the city centre as they called for the seaports leader to be freed. At sunset, many shone their mobile phone torches and aves their iconic Catalan flags in unison as […]
Michael Cheika may have just overseen Australia’s 13th consecutive win over Wales but he was already bristling at the prospect of taking on England on Saturday. “We understand the pundits over here don’t think we have much of a chance,” he said. “They have already given England 3-0 for November. […]
For the right price, you could be the new master of a pop culture icon, who also just happens to be a robot. Robby the Robot — famous for popping up in such TV shows as “The Twilight Zone,” “Lost in Space,” “The Man from U.N.C.L.E.,” “The Monkees,” “Mork & […]
WACO, Texas — A judge declared a mistrial Friday in a case involving a leader of the Bandidos biker gang after jurors said they were hopelessly deadlocked in the first trial stemming from the deadliest shootout between biker groups in U.S. history. Jurors had deliberated for 14 hours in the […]
I reviewed Schiit’s overachieving $699 Freya all-tube preamplifier last weekend, now it’s the matching $699 Vidar solid-state power amplifier’s turn, and it’s a honey! Let’s start with a quick rundown of the things that set Vidar apart from similarly priced amps, first it’s a Class AB, not ‘D amp, and […]
Real Madrid have been heavily linked with Neymar in recent weeks amid uncertainty over the Brazilian’s PSG future. The 25-year-old is supposedly unhappy at the Parc des Princes and at odds with manager Unai Emery. Neymar has since issued an emotional statement dismissing talk of a return to the La […]
Davies suffered an ankle injury in Wales’ game with Australia today. Gatland’s side were narrowly beaten in Cardiff with the Wallabies winning 29-21 at the Principality Stadium. And, speaking after the game, the 54-year-old confirmed that the injury did ‘not look good’ in worrying news for Wales fans. “He has […]
Two men, including a North Carolina air traffic controller, were arrested Friday on charges of possessing a weapon of mass destruction, police said. Paul George Dandon, who was a full-time employee of the Federal Aviation Administration working out of the Charlotte Douglas International Airport. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department Charlotte-Mecklenberg police said […]
The Orbital ATK Antares rocket, with the Cygnus spacecraft onboard, at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. NASA/Bill Ingalls The first self-proclaimed nation in space will have to wait at least one more day to get off the ground. An Orbital ATK rocket and Cygnus capsule carrying Asgardia-1, the cubesat […]
A cold, sorry November Saturday, and at Twickenham a first gathering of the clan since the Six Nations, and that 13-9 defeat to Ireland at the Aviva Stadium. The crowd’s enthusiasm was unaffected by the late morning weather, a steady, dismal drizzle, the kind that soaks you through without you […]
Roy Moore, speaking at an event Saturday in Alabama, once again denied the allegations in a Washington Post report that he had pursued relationships with teenage girls and initiated sexual contact with a 14-year-old when he was in his thirties. “I have not provided alcoholic beverages, beer or anything else, […]
In the early hours of Monday morning, Venus and Jupiter will rise above the horizon, following an almost identical path. The planets, two of the brightest in the solar system, will be an astonishing 0.3 degrees apart in the night’s sky. This is equivalent to slightly more than half of […]
Screams of terror pierced the air as I made my way up the steps to what used to be the terrifying Project X roller coaster. Legoland Malaysia, together with Merlin Magic Making, had given it a tech makeover: It’s now the ostensibly less intimidating Great Lego Race. Still, I was […]
1. A young polar bear prepares to feast on the remains of a bowhead whale, harvested legally by whalers during their annual subsistence hunt, just outside the Inupiat village of Kaktovik, Alaska on Sept. 11, 2017. The rise in global temperatures is having a very real, and very devastating, effect on […]
Demonstrators costumed as U.S. President Donald Trump and polar bears protest against the climate change during climate conference COP in Bonn, western Germany, Saturday, Nov. 11, 2017. (Bernd Thissen/dpa via AP) BONN, Germany (AP) — A group of U.S. states, cities, businesses and universities said Saturday they are still committed […]