Ukrainian servicemen ride an amphibious armoured personnel carrier as they drive out of Bakhmut, Donetsk region, in eastern Ukraine, on September 7, 2022. REUTERS/Ammar Awad Zelenskyy said Sunday that Ukraine retook some territory from Russia in the Kherson region. Ukraine’s counteroffensive means Russia does not occupy all of the four regions it wants to annex….
Monthly Archives: October 2022
Former President of the United States Donald J. Trump delivers remarks at a Save America rally in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania on September 3, 2022. Kyle Mazza/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images Trump will likely launch another presidential bid, The New York Times’ Maggie Haberman said. But he might not see out the campaign, Haberman told CBS News. …
Chechnya’s regional leader Ramzan Kadyrov in February 2022. AP Photo/Musa Sadulayev Warlord and Putin ally Ramzan Kadyrov called for the use of low-yield nukes. Putin’s top spokesman responded by calling for “objective assessments” in discussing nuclear war. The statements come after multiple mentions — veiled or otherwise — of a nuclear strike. Russian President Vladimir…
Traders work on the floor at the opening bell of the Dow Industrial Average at the New York Stock Exchange on March 18, 2020 in New York. Bryan R. Smith/AFP/Getty Images US stocks moved higher on Monday after the UK government walked back part of its tax cut proposal.Bond yields fell considerably, with the US…
Elon Musk at the opening of the new Tesla electric car manufacturing plant in Germany in March. Getty Images Europe Tesla shares dropped Monday after the EV maker’s Q3 report on deliveries missed analyst expectations. Deliveries of 343,830 marked a new record but also fell short of an estimate of roughly 358,000 vehicles. The company…
Celsius founder Alex Mashinsky. Bruno de Carvalho/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images Alex Mashinksy pulled out $10 million worth of crypto from Celsius weeks before the lender froze withdrawals, the Financial Times reported. The Celsius founder withdrew the month in May as the crypto market was crashing. The company filed for bankruptcy in July, and Mashinsky…
The University of Illinois (UIUC) has partnered with Amazon, Apple, Google, Meta, Microsoft and nonprofits on the Speech Accessibility Project. The aim is to improve voice recognition for communities with disabilities and diverse speech patterns often not considered by AI algorithms. That includes people with Lou Gehrig’s disease (ALS), Parkinson’s, cerebral palsy, Down syndrome and…
Wisk Aero has unveiled its 6th-generation semi-autonomous air taxi, calling it the “first-ever candidate for type certification by the FAA of an autonomous eVTOL.” The design looks like a substantially updated version of the “Cora” air taxi we first saw fly and hover in New Zealand back in 2018. However, the company didn’t show any…
Yahoo has launched its latest Mail app with a number of updates designed to help users track receipts, shipments, gift cards and “free trial” subscriptions that need to be cancelled by a certain date. A new design also aims to make navigation easier, with “top-of-inbox” contextual filters, one-tap unsubscribe, attachment organization and more. If you’re…
Google’s fall hardware event promises to be special this year. It not only marks the official debut of the Pixel 7, it will launch the company’s first self-branded smartwatch — the Pixel Watch. But what will those devices bring to the table, exactly? And will there be any surprises beyond that? We’re here to let…