Monthly Archives: July 2022

Best coolers of 2022

Sandrene Zhang, Unsplash Best hard cooler YETI Tundra 65 Cooler Check Price This durable hard-shelled option will keep your items cold all day long. Best soft cooler Polar Bear Coolers 24 Pack Check Price This lightweight pick has all of the cooling power along with portability. Best backpack cooler TOURIT Cooler Backpack Check Price Keep…

NASA sampled a ‘fluffy’ asteroid that could hold clues to our existence

OSIRIS-REx touched down on Bennu in October 2020. NASA/Goddard/University of Arizona Dante Lauretta didn’t expect the surface of the asteroid to be, as he puts it, “fluffy.” As NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft descended toward asteroid Bennu to grab a sample of its surface materials, mission principal investigator Lauretta and his team knew the process would leave…

Cyber insurance startup Coalition plots global expansion as valuation hits $5B

Coalition, a San Francisco-based startup that combines cyber insurance and proactive cybersecurity tools, is preparing to expand outside of the U.S. for the first time following a mega $250 million Series F investment that takes its valuation to $5 billion. The investment, backed by Allianz X, Valor Equity Partners and Kinetic Partners, comes less than…

Shinzo Abe assassination suspect spent 3 years in the Japanese navy and had trained with guns

Screenshot from social-media video shows the moment gunfire rings out during Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s campaign speech in Nara, western Japan, on July 8, 2022. Takenobu Nakajima via Reuters Former Japanese Prime Minister was assassinated while giving a campaign speech on Friday.  Japanese police named the suspect in the killing as 41-year-old Yamagami Tetsuya….

A helicopter and private jet seized from a pro-Putin oligarch were handed over to Ukraine’s army

The helicopter, believed to have been used by Viktor Medvedchuk’s family, was seized by Ukrainian police. Department of Strategic Investigations of the National Police of Ukraine Ukraine’s army was given a pro-Russia oligarch’s helicopter and private jet on Wednesday. Police seized the items, saying they were used by Viktor Medvedchuk. Medvedchuk, a longtime Putin ally,…