Month: September 2024
The launch of Billionaires first private spacewalk
The plan is to spend 10 hours at that height—filled with extreme radiation and riddled with debris before reducing the oval-shaped orbit by half. Even at this lower 435 miles (700 kilometers), the orbit would eclipse the space station and even the Hubble Space Telescope, the highest shuttle astronauts flew. A daredevil billionaire rocketed back
Suspension of Ywitter in Brazil
The thriving “stan” communities on X that have helped define modern fandom and culture are a little quieter these days.Alexandre de Moraes, the top justice on the Brazilian Supreme Court, banned X in the country last Friday until the company agrees to comply with the court’s orders. The court also ordered X to appoint a
Hungary to send migrants to Brussels
In June, the European Court of Justice ordered Hungary to pay a fine of 200 million euros ($216 million) for persistently breaking the bloc’s asylum rules, and an additional 1 million euros per day until it brings policies into line with EU law. The government in Budapest is delaying payment. Hungary’s threat to send a
iPhone Safety
The iPhone 16 is set to be revealed on Monday during a hotly anticipated event at Apple’s Cupertino headquarters. The new phone has been touted by Cook as a “game changer” and the “next big step” for the company as it looks to reverse a sales slump. The device features a suite of AI figures
Google’s Pixel 9 Pro
Google’s Pixel 9 Pro is one of the best smartphones we’ve tried this year and quite different from the others, being built from the ground up for AI. Its unique features include Gemini, an AI assistant which talks just like a human. You can ask it to operate everything from the camera to the calendar,
File Explorer crash bug
Spotted by Windows Latest, Microsoft’s note says that File Explorer can crash for various reasons, but this particular issue has been fixed and should no longer happen. If you’ve been experiencing an annoying bug in Windows 11 where File Explorer keeps crashing for no apparent reason, rest assured that Microsoft says it’s finally fixed. Microsoft
Google new antitrust trial
In recent years, Google Networks, the division of the Mountain View, California-based tech giant that includes such services as AdSense and Google Ad Manager that are at the heart of the case, actually have seen declining revenue, from $31.7 billion in 2021 to $31.3 billion in 2023.One month after a judge declared Google’s search engine
Russian drones crossed to Romania and Latvia
Moscow’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine more than two and a half years ago, NATO nations close to the border with Russia have moved to bolster the alliance’s eastern flank. Russian drone fragments have been found in Romania several times, including in July this year after Moscow attacked the Ukrainian port of Izmail, close to Romanian
The Fate of US aircraft carriers
For centuries, navies around the world have taken pride in their large surface warships. The dominance of these warships persisted even after the advent of submarines. In fact, during the Second World War, when submarines became a primary weapons platform for navies, the aircraft carrier stole all the headlines. The U.S. Navy’s reliance on carriers
China to Allow establishment of fully foreign owned hospitals
China on Sunday said it would the allow the establishment of wholly foreign-owned hospitals in nine areas of the country including the capital, as Beijing tries to attract more foreign investment to boost its flagging economy. The policy also allows companies with foreign investors to engage in the development and application of gene and human