North Korea leader Kim Jong-un used his New Year’s address to announce his arsenal of deadly nuclear weapons is ready to strike Donald Trump and the United States. While US intelligence services do not believe the despot leader’s threats, others are more worried about the prospect of World War 3 […]
Daily Archives: February 21, 2018
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Americans’ reliance on household debt ─ and poor people’s struggles to pay it off ─ has fuel a collection industry that forces many of them into jail, a practice that critics call a misuse of the criminal justice system. The accusation is documented in a report by The American Civil […]
MOUNTAIN VIEW, California — Companies that collect data beamed down from small satellites say they expect partnerships and mergers will stem the rising number of new entrants offering ground station services in their market. Around half a dozen startups have popped up in the past few years offering ground station […]
Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. It all stems from a certain gender bias, I fear. Women in the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) fields are heavily outnumbered by men. Attempting to change that — which would seem to be […]
The Europe-wide flu epidemic has prompted the European Commission to call for more people to get vaccinated as around 40,000 people die each year due to complications. It comes as many EU countries have been reporting a higher than average number of hospitalisations due to the flu. In January, the […]
“We want change! We want change! We want change!” That was the chant roaring from the crowd gathered in front of the Old Capitol in Tallahassee, Florida, for the #NeverAgain Rally on Wednesday — one week after the worst mass shooting at a high school in U.S. history. Students from […]
When I hear the phrase, “smart island,” I start getting visions of Syndrome’s island lair from Pixar’s “The Incredibles.” Thankfully, Renault’s plans for Porto Santo, one of two islands in the Madeira archipelago, are slightly less nefarious. Porto Santo is a small Portuguese island off the coast of Morocco that once […]
As SpaceX‘s Elon Musk continues to track his red roadster’s journey into deep space, he’s also preparing to launch something far more practical. On Thursday, SpaceX will launch a pair of prototype satellites intended to form the basis for Starlink, a constellation of about 11,000 satellites that would beam broadband […]