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44 minutes agoCurrent Event Petrox
Proud Boys leader Tarrio loses latest bid for release from jail
A judge has denied the latest request by Enrique Tarrio, the former top leader of the right-wing group the Proud Boys, for release from jail while he awaits trial on criminal charges relating to last year's attack on the U.S. Capitol.
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1 day agoCurrent Event Petrox
Humans could become a truly interplanetary species within 200 years, physicists claim
Our species faces a pivotal moment in human history. Either we develop the technology to safely harness the energy needed to escape our planet, or we kill ourselves in some great cataclysm, a stark new study claims. But, the new paper argues, if we can achieve the former and avoid the latter, then we might just become a truly interplanetary species in as little as 200 years.
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1 day agoCurrent Event Petrox
Solar Panels Are Coming to Ikea
Starting this fall with its locations in California, the Swedish furniture giant Ikea will sell the means to power your Starkvind (that’s an air purifier) and Stjärnstatus (that’s a fridge) by adding solar panels to the company’s offerings. Thankfully, assembly will be handled by the professionals.
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3 days agoCurrent Event Petrox
Boeing's Starliner capsule to land in New Mexico Wednesday
Boeing's Starliner spacecraft will wrap up its landmark test flight to the International Space Station for NASA this week with a touchdown in New Mexico on Wednesday evening (May 25), if all goes according to plan. Starliner arrived at the International Space Station (ISS) on Friday (May 20), a day after launching on Orbital Flight Test 2 (OFT-2), an uncrewed shakeout mission designed to show that the capsule is ready to start carrying astronauts to and from the station for NASA.
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5 days agoCurrent Event Petrox
Biden says the U.S. would be willing to intervene military to defend Taiwan
President Biden said Monday that the U.S. would defend Taiwan if it was attacked by mainland China, while insisting that America's policy toward the island had not changed. Biden, asked at a press conference in Tokyo if the U.S. would intervene military to defend Taiwan, said, "that's the commitment we made."
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2 weeks agoCurrent Event Petrox
Explainer: What are these spam bots that Musk has vowed to defeat or die trying?
Billionaire Elon Musk on Friday put on hold his $44 billion-takeover plan for Twitter Inc , as he waited for details on the microblogging platform's claim that fake accounts comprise less than 5% of users.
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2 weeks agoCurrent Event Petrox
Spain to become the first in Europe to introduce 'menstrual leave'
Spain could become the first Western country to allow women to take several days of "menstrual leave" from the workplace each month under new proposed legislation to be unveiled next week.
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2 weeks agoCurrent Event Petrox
Watch the Event Horizon Telescope's 'groundbreaking' Milky Way discovery reveal online this week
The Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) has spotted something incredible in the Milky Way galaxy — something its team is calling "groundbreaking." But what exactly that discovery is, we won't find out until Thursday (May 12).
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3 weeks agoCurrent Event Petrox
'Right to be forgotten': Israel firm promises to purge digital footprint
Three young Israelis formerly serving in military cyber units have figured out how to locate your digital footprint—and give you the tools to delete it. The company Mine, co-founded by Gal Ringel, Gal Golan and Kobi Nissan, says it uses artificial intelligence to show users where their information is being stored—like whether an online shoe store kept your data after a sneaker purchase three years ago.
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1 month agoCurrent Event Petrox
The Best Free Streaming Video Services
There are so many paid subscription streaming services these days, from Amazon Prime to YouTube TV, that even if you pay for just a small fraction of them, your bills might be getting painfully high—especially because their prices have been rising steadily. But budget-conscious consumers can also stream movies free from lots of services, in exchange for seeing some ads. The best options include Crackle, Hoopla, Kanopy, Peacock, Pluto TV, the Roku Channel, Tubi TV, Vudu, and Xumo.
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1 month agoCurrent Event Petrox
Apple signs an exclusive deal with Tom Hanks' production company
Apple is looking to build on the success of TV+ by locking in Tom Hanks' production company to an exclusive multi-year deal. The agreement with Playtone covers series, documentaries and unscripted projects.
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1 month agoCurrent Event Petrox
Kiefer Sutherland Is Open to More ’24’ and Says Jack Bauer’s Story Is ‘Unresolved’
Will Kiefer Sutherland return to his iconic “24” role of Jack Bauer? He did once before in 2014 for the the 12-episode limited series “24: Live Another Day,” but Sutherland recently told GQ magazine that he’s keeping the door open for more “24” because he feels the story of Jack Bauer remains “unresolved.”
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1 month agoCurrent Event Petrox
USA and EU are responsible for the majority of ecological damage caused by excess use of raw materials
High-income nations are responsible for 74% of the global excess in resource extraction over the 1970-2017 period, driven primarily by the USA and the countries of the European Union.
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1 month agoCurrent Event Petrox
Surge in car-crash deaths could be magnified by new breed of EVs
Battery-powered cars and trucks tend to be far heavier than their gas-burning counterparts. That extra bulk translates into a mixed bag of benefits and concerns, especially when it comes to safety.
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1 month agoCurrent Event Petrox
Zelenskiy says discussed additional Russia sanctions with Germany's Scholz
Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Sunday he had held spoken on the phone with German chancellor Olaf Scholz on the possibility of additional sanctions on Russia, as well as fresh defence and financial support for his country.
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Birds Make Better Bipedal Bots Than Humans Do
A new machine called BirdBot balances walking efficiency and speed