Monthly Archives: October 2022

The UN has said nuclear war is ‘back within the realm of possibility.’ Here are the places in the US most likely to be hit in a nuclear attack.

A nuclear detonation. Public domain UN Secretary-General António Guterres said earlier in the year that nuclear war is “back within the realm of possibility.” Russia has previously said it could vaporize various locations in the US with new missiles.  A Russian nuclear attack would likely focus on high-value targets in North Dakota or Montana. The…

Watch a tiny electric race car smash the world acceleration record with a 1.46-second run to 62 mph

The University of Stuttgart GreenTeam’s record-breaking electric car. Maximilian Partenfelder/GreenTeam German students built the world’s fastest-accelerating electric vehicle.  The carbon-fiber race car zipped to 62 mph in 1.461 seconds late last month.  It weighs 320 pounds and makes 241 horsepower.  A new world’s quickest electric vehicle has been crowned, and it isn’t made by Tesla…

The last shots of the American Civil War were fired in Russian territory

CSS Shenandoah in a dry dock in Victoria, Australia in 1865. US Naval Historical Center During the US Civil War, Union and Confederate ships fought naval battles all over the world. One Confederate raider, CSS Shenandoah, kept fighting long after the rebels laid down their arms. Historians don’t talk much about naval action during the…

BofA sees a silver lining for the stock market’s 25% plunge this year: Valuations have been reset, and US investors should be able to avoid a ‘lost decade’

A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange shortly after the opening bell in New York, U.S., January 24, 2020. Lucas Jackson/Reuters The silver lining to this year’s 25% decline in the stock market is that there is less risk of a “lost decade” going forward, according to Bank of America.The…

LendingUSA personal loans review: No interest if you pay it off within 6 months, but a hefty origination fee

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Trump lied about the 2020 election and recycled conspiracy theories in a letter to the Jan. 6 committee after it voted to subpoena him

Donald Trump. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Trump lied about the 2020 election and recycled grievances about the Russia probe and both his impeachments in a letter to the Jan. 6 committee. The letter was Trump’s first official response after the committee voted to subpoena him Thursday. He did not say whether he’d comply with a subpoena,…

Apple’s mixed reality headset reportedly uses iris scanning for payments and sign-ins

Apple’s long-rumored AR/VR headset may have a few extra tricks. The Information‘s sources claim the mixed reality hardware will use iris scanning for signing in and making payments. This would make it easier to buy apps and could even simplify multi-user support, according to the tipsters. Apple has declined to comment, but it reportedly bought…