Monthly Archives: August 2022

Samsung’s wild 55-inch Odyssey Ark curved gaming monitor is available to buy

Samsung announced made its giant 55-inch 4K curved gaming monitor, Odyssey Ark, available to preorder. Samsung has lifted the lid on something of a beast, and we’re almost certain you won’t have seen a monitor quite like this before. Priced at an eye-watering $3,499.99, the company’s latest Odyssey-branded curved display is presumably called the Odyssey…

Dioseve wants to help infertile people with tech that grows egg cells

Based in Japan, biotech startup Dioseve’s ambitious goal is to grow human oocytes, or eggs, from other tissue. Its aim is to help people struggling with infertility, and it recently raised $3 million led by ANRI, with participation from Coral Capital. Dioseve’s mission might sound like it comes out of science fiction, but it’s based…

The FBI found White House documents stowed away in a closet at Mar-a-Lago amid search for sensitive and top secret information: report

FBI agents searched the home of former President Donald Trump on August 8 and found 26 boxes of official White House records. Steve Helber/AP The FBI seized official White House documents from Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home on August 8. Investigators left with 26 boxes of records, several of which were filled with classified documents, according…

Trump described boxes of classified documents as ‘mine’ and swatted away White House officials who tried to return documents from Kim Jong-un and Barack Obama: report

Then-U.S. President Barack Obama (R) greets then-President-elect Donald Trump at inauguration ceremonies swearing in Trump as president on the West front of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., January 20, 2017. Carlos Barria/File Photo/Reuters The government reclaimed 300-plus classified documents from Trump, per The New York Times. The National Archives spent much of 2021 trying to…

The DOJ requests National Archives hand over new trove of documents as part of Jan. 6 investigation, report says

Donald Trump demanded more details from the Justice Department about what the FBI seized from Mar-a-Lago. James Devaney/GC Images The DOJ requested that the National Archives hand over more documents as part of the Jan. 6 investigation, per CNN. The subpoena, issued on August 17, orders that the documents be handed over by the end…

The largest political advocacy donation in US history was made with a series of loopholes that helped a billionaire donor avoid paying taxes

Leonard Leo speaks at the National Catholic Prayer Breakfast in Washington DC on April 23, 2019. Michael Robinson Chavez/The Washington Post via Getty Images The largest political advocacy donation in US history was revealed on Monday by The New York Times. Barre Seid donated $1.6 billion to Marble Freedom Trust, a political advocacy group led…

Computers vs. TV: Which is less likely to promote dementia?

Enlarge (credit: Dennis Fischer Photography) Standing desks—and even biking desks—are a response to a growing body of studies showing that a sedentary lifestyle creates many health risks. Regular physical activity appears to confer a degree of protection from various problems, both physical and mental, and many results indicate that this doesn’t have to be Olympic-level…