Russian special units forces soldiers attend the Victory Day military parade in Red Square on May 9, 2017 in Moscow, Russia. Mikhail Svetlov/Getty Images Russian lawmakers this week floated the baseless claim that Ukraine has super soldiers.One lawmaker said the Ukrainians were being given “drugs” to turn them into “monsters.”Russia has long pushed outlandish claims about Ukrainian…
Monthly Archives: July 2022
As Norma Jeane Mortenson (otherwise known as the incomparable Marylin Monroe) once said, “A wise girl knows her limits, a smart girl knows that she has none” – and that’s how I feel about the all-in-one, high-end Bluetooth record player you’re looking at. If I could but hear it for just a few fleeting moments,…
Then President Donald Trump poses for a picture with Chinese President Xi Jinping during the G-20 summit in Osaka, Japan, on June 29, 2019. AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File Trump and his allies have been blasting the Biden administration for selling oil to China. However, reports show that Trump did the same thing in 2017 while…
Netflix’s upcoming ad-supported plan is months away from release. Here is everything we know so far about the new tier, including how much it might cost and whether all your favourite shows and movies will still be available to watch. What is Netflix’s ad-supported plan? Cheaper subscription tier: A new plan that will serve up…
Didi, the Chinese ride hailing behemoth that has undergone a year of regulatory overhaul, faces a fine of over 8 billion yuan ($1.28 billion) from the country’s authorities, The Wall Street Journal and Reuters reported. The company did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Along with the fine, the regulators will also allow…
SAVE 49%: ExpressVPN can reliably unblock streaming content from around the world. A one-year subscription to ExpressVPN is on sale for £86.62 and includes an extra three months for free — 49% off for a limited time. Once upon a time, VPNs were wholly focused on protecting your data and identity when you’re online. These…
TL;DR: A lifetime subscription to the Freemake Complete Video Conversion Suite is on sale for £16.73, saving you 79% on list price. There aren’t that many major video file types, but when you’re converting back and forth, it probably feels like there are hundreds. Maybe thousands. If you’re trying to compile a video library with…
Rep. Ronny Jackson, who was the physician to then-President Donald Trump, claimed this week that Trump is “in great shape.” Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Ronny Jackson, a former White House doctor, is insisting that Trump is healthy.Jackson says Trump aced a “cardiac stress test” he performed on the 76-year-old.Trump’s allies have consistently pushed the message that…
Qatar Airways CEO Akbar Al Baker said a work-from-home “epidemic” is contributing to the chaos at airports. ERIC CABANIS/AFP via Getty Images) Qatar Airways’ CEO said a work-from-home “epidemic” is contributing to the travel chaos. People are making “easy money” working from home and don’t want to return to their jobs, he said. Summer travel…
Google has announced it will test augmented reality (AR) prototypes in public starting in September – partially because it wants to see how they work in the real world and impact people and also because it needs to better understand how its AR navigation features will handle the weather. The company announced Tuesday working on…