Monthly Archives: November 2022

Astronauts’ stunning photos from the International Space Station show Earth’s triumphs and tragedies in 2022

Lake Urmia in northwest Iran, once one of the biggest saltwater lakes in the world, on July 30, 2022. NASA Astronauts on the International Space Station share stunning images of Earth from 250 miles up. From sunsets and moonrises to spewing volcanos and breathtaking deserts, life in space is gorgeous. The best astronaut photos of…

The US will pay to refurbish Soviet-era T-72 tanks for Ukraine, which will be the ‘most technically advanced tanks on the battlefield’

Ukrainian servicemen drive a T-72 tank on the frontline in eastern Ukraine on July 13, 2022, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. MIGUEL MEDINA/AFP via Getty Images The US and the Netherlands are paying for the Czech Republic to refurbish 90 Soviet-era T-72 tanks for Ukraine. The deputy Pentagon press secretary said they will be…

Elon Musk says Twitter is losing more than $4 million a day so he had ‘no choice’ about cutting thousands of jobs

Elon Musk carrying a sink into Twitter’s headquarters in San Francisco. Elon Musk/Twitter Elon Musk said he had “no choice” to cut Twitter staff as the company loses $4 million a day.  He is cutting the workforce by up to 50% following his $44 billion takeover. Some staff were cut off from their laptops and…

Puerto Rico’s iconic Arecibo Observatory won’t be replaced after crashing to its doom 2 years ago. Dramatic photos and video show pieces of the broken telescope being overtaken by the jungle.

The Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico, left, prior to the 2020 collapse, and after the collapse, right, in October 2022. Arecibo Observatory/Paola Rosa-Aquino Before-and-after images of the Arecibo Observatory show a dramatic collapse that ended an era in space research. Astronomers mourned the loss of the observatory, which faced natural disasters. For nearly 60 years,…

Feds charge former MoviePass execs with securities and wire fraud

The former executives in charge of MoviePass have been indicted in what the Justice Department calls “a scheme to defraud investors.” Ex-MoviePass CEO J. Mitchell Lowe and Theodore Farnsworth, who used to be the chairman of the service’s former parent company Helios and Matheson Analytics (HMNY), have been charged with one count of securities fraud…