U.S. Sailors perform maintenance on sprinklers during a countermeasure wash down on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) in the Pacific Ocean April 29, 2014. US Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Siobhana R. McEwen/Released The crew of a US Navy aircraft carrier recently discovered jet fuel contaminating…
Monthly Archives: October 2022
Boathouse Auctions An unfinished superyacht abandoned just before the Great Recession will be up for auction starting at $1.5 million. The 168-foot motoryacht could cost between $16 million to $25 million to complete. Take a look at the nearly half-finished motoryacht that’ll be auctioned by Boathouse Auctions in November. A 168-foot superyacht will be up…
Twitter’s general counsel emailed staff on Thursday, per a report. Chesnot/Getty Images Twitter has told staff that the company has no plans for company-wide layoffs, per Reuters. On Thursday, The Washington Post reported that Elon Musk planned to cut Twitter’s headcount by nearly 75%. The reported cuts would have slashed Twitter’s 7,500-person workforce to around…
A file photo shows Ukrainian flags in front of the White House in Washington DC. Nathan Posner/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images Lawmakers are considering sending $50 billion to Ukraine as quickly as possible, NBC reported. They are said to be wary that the looming midterms could make passing such a measure impossible. Kevin McCarthy said…
A view of a school which was used as a Russian military base in the recaptured town of Izium, Ukraine, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022. Evgeniy Maloletka/AP Photo After Russian troops retreated in eastern Ukraine, witnesses described widespread abuses. A witness told NYT of open-air cages; another spoke of being put through a mock execution. The…
Toyota sold 10.5 million vehicles, which include Prius, in 2021. MediaNews Group/Orange County Register via Getty Images / Contributor / Getty Toyota said it will make fewer cars than the 9.7 million it had expected to make this year. Semiconductor shortages mean its suspended some production lines at eight of its Japanese plants. The company…
Kash Patel a former chief of staff Brandon Bell / Getty Images Trump aide Kash Patel appeared before a grand jury in the Mar-a-Lago case. He faces potential legal repercussions over Trump’s retention of government records, CNN reported. The DOJ believes Trump may have broken the law by keeping government records after leaving office. Kash…
The Henry Derby House and Phil Marchand with his son. Jakob Menendez and Phil Marchand Phil Marchand grew up in the “Henry Derby House” in Salem and said the third floor feels eerie. Marchand turned the house into an Airbnb for $1,295 a night and said guests claim to see ghosts. He said the “spooky”…
Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Violet are fun, but likely to be controversial. Nintendo; Game Freak; The Pokémon Company Pokémon Scarlet and Violet, the newest entries in Nintendo’s long-running RPG series, are set to release on November 18. Earlier this month, Nintendo invited Insider to check out an exclusive demo of the games. Here are my…
On the one hand, Ultra Short Throw (UST) projectors offer a top-notch home theater experience at a fraction the cost of a comparably sized TV. On the other, features like Dolby Vision that you expect on a good 4K TV are nowhere to be found on any projectors, UST or otherwise. That just changed with…