Monthly Archives: August 2022

Google Maps to start listing verified clinics that provide abortions

Workers at a family planning clinic in Chicago watch as abortion rights demonstrators march past their facility. Scott Olson/Getty Images Google will start listing verified abortion providers through its Google Maps service. The company will verify that these facilities perform the procedure and label them accordingly. The move will distinguish abortion clinics from crisis pregnancy…

China is deploying 2 huge drones to seed rain amid a record drought that has taken over half the country and hit economic activity

China is experiencing a historic drought that has dramatically lowered water levels on the Yangtze River. Zhong Guilin/VCG via Getty Images A historic drought has hit China’s Sichuan province, a major hydropower producer. This has led to power cuts that have affected industrial production, including operations at Toyota. China has deployed two huge drones to…

Biden slams the ‘semi-fascism’ underpinning MAGA ‘philosophy’ at campaign stop in Maryland

President Joe Biden. JIM WATSON/POOL/AFP via Getty Images US President Joe Biden criticized the ‘semi-fascism’ underpinning MAGA ‘philosophy’ on Thursday. Biden was making a campaign speech ahead of the 2022 midterms in Rockville, Maryland. He said that the US is witnessing “the beginning or death knell of an extreme MAGA philosophy.”  During a campaign stop…

Google’s Pixel foldable may differ from Samsung’s Galaxy Z Fold 4 in one key way

It seems we’re one step closer to the rumored Google Pixel Fold, thanks to the discovery of a new patent by 91Mobiles which suggests the proposed foldable will differ from Samsung’s Galaxy Z Fold 4 in one key way. According to diagrams included in the patent, which were submitted to the World Intellectual Property Organization…