Monthly Archives: November 2022

Oasis PEO Review

Outsourcing payroll or using multiple software to manage human resources isn’t always enough to efficiently handle all your administrative tasks. That’s where PEO (professional employer organization) service providers come in. In the past few years, outsourcing several managerial and administrative functions to trusted PEOs has become quite common. Oasis PEO is one of the many…

Here’s what NASA’s Orion spacecraft is doing over Thanksgiving weekend

Since taking off aboard the Space Launch System rocket last Wednesday, NASA’s Orion spacecraft has had a remarkably smooth journey. But it’s far from over. While millions of Americans prepare for a long weekend with family and friends, Orion will continue its 25-day mission, including conducting a crucial burn on Friday to enter a distant…

Protests erupt at Foxconn’s iPhone factory in China over working conditions, pay

Rare scenes of unrest in China have spread online as protests broke out at the main factory that manufactures Apple iPhones. Tweet may have been deleted (opens in a new tab) Workers at Foxconn’s Zhengzhou, China iPhone factory have been protesting over working conditions while the factory continues to operate under COVID-19 lockdowns in the…

Olympian Yusra Mardini and director Sally El-Hosaini on the making of ‘The Swimmers’

In 2015, professional swimmers and sisters Yusra and Sara Mardini escaped their home in Damascus amid the Syrian Civil War as refugees. They made the perilous journey across the Aegean Sea from Turkey, aiming for the Greek island of Lesbos, in an overcrowded dinghy with people also fleeing violence and war. In 2015 alone, more…

Intel officially launches its pay-as-you-go CPU platform

Intel has officially launched its pay-as-you-go CPU platform that will see system administrators paying to activate select accelerators. The new Intel On Demand software-defined silicon (SDSi) service is expected to reduce the amount of hardware sent out by the company while allowing clients to upgrade their machines virtually. The program will likely use the company’s…

The Guardians of the Galaxy kidnap Kevin Bacon in a new Disney Plus original — here’s how to watch Marvel’s holiday special

When you buy through our links, Insider may earn an affiliate commission. Learn more. Chris Pratt and Dave Bautista in “The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special.” Marvel Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy are back in a new holiday special set to hit Disney Plus on November 25. The special presentation will conclude Phase Four…

‘Vulture bees’ feed their babies rotting flesh, even though it breeds toxin-producing bacteria. They’re a mystery to scientists.

Vulture bees in Costa Rica dining on raw chicken bait. Quinn McFrederick/UCR “Vulture bees” feed their larvae rotting meat instead of relying on pollen like other bees. Scientists hung raw chicken in Costa Rica and watched vulture bees fill their leg pouches and stomachs with it. They found acid-producing microbes in the bees’ guts. Acid helps…