COVID-19 crippled fire truck manufacturing, and it’s getting deadly
Six years after the COVID-19 pandemic spread across the globe, so many parts of the world are still feeling the impacts. Fighting fires, while not one of the first to come to mind, isn’t excluded. Firefighting is a pillar of public safety, but the pandemic has made it tough forContinue Reading
Google’s shift to AI-powered search results may be the ‘final knife in the back of digital media’
Who won the football game last night? When did California become a state? Will it rain this weekend? Since 1998, people’s questions about the world around them have been met with a simple response: “Just Google it.” As of this week, how people Google — and how Google answers their questionsContinue Reading
SpaceX IPO filling could make Elon Musk a trillionaire
Elon Musk announced plans for one of the biggest stock sales ever by taking public a space company that is currently losing billions of dollars a year. The stock sale could also make Musk, who founded SpaceX in 2002, the world’s first trillionaire. (AP Video: Marissa Duhaney) Subscribe: http://smarturl.it/AssociatedPress ReadContinue Reading
China’s Shark Finning Could Lead to US Seafood Sanctions
A formal petition to the U.S. government calls for sanctions on Chinese seafood imports as it highlights China’s loophole-ridden illegal shark fin trade. By Johnny Sturgeon For migrant workers trapped onboard Chinese distant water fishing fleets, cutting the fins off sharks as they writhe violently on rusted decks in theContinue Reading
Turkish court annuls leadership of main opposition CHP party, sparking turmoil
The case concerns allegations of vote buying at the CHP congress in November 2023, with prosecutors alleging that Özgür Özel secured his election as party leader with promises of jobs and other kickbacks., Read MoreContinue Reading
Two men charged with creating AI-generated porn under new law targeting ‘deepfakes’
NEW YORK (AP) — Federal prosecutors have charged two men with using artificial intelligence to create nude videos and photos of female celebrities under a newly enacted law meant to halt the spread of deepfake pornography. Cornelius Shannon, 51, and Arturo Hernandez, 20, were both arrested Tuesday for generating sexuallyContinue Reading
HHS warns of children’s screen time use, citing impact on sleep, mental health
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) warned about children’s screen time in an advisory released Wednesday, citing impacts on sleep and mental health., The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) warned about children’s screen time in an advisory released Wednesday, citing impacts on sleep and mental health.,Continue Reading
Is Islamophobia being re-packaged as feminism?
A group of female activists at a far-right rally in the UK have sparked a backlash., Is Islamophobia being re-packaged as feminism? NewsFeed A group of female activists at a far-right rally in the UK have sparked a backlash. They wore niqabs and long dresses while encouraging the crowd toContinue Reading
UK launches ‘Great British Summer Savings’ to ease family costs
Families to benefit from reduced VAT to help lower costs at theme parks, theatres, zoos, and museums., Families to benefit from reduced VAT to help lower costs at theme parks, theatres, zoos, and museums. The British government has launched a scheme aimed at helping families reduce the cost of children’sContinue Reading
Drake wins with “Iceman” trilogy, whether we like it or not
commentary Drake wins with “Iceman” trilogy, whether we like it or not Drake’s overlong, petty trilogy is the perfect soundtrack to the “no one asked for this” era Nights and Weekends Editor Published May 21, 2026 10:30AM (EDT) Drake performs live on stage during day one of Wireless Festival 2025Continue Reading
Vivaldi 8.0 released with ‘biggest design overhaul, ever’
A bold new look arrives in Vivaldi 8.0, the latest update to the Chromium-based web browser. The browser’s main UI elements (the bits that make a browser looks like a browser, so tabs, toolbars, panels, and content) drop their boundaries to form a continuous look. Hence the named Unified. SimilarContinue Reading
AMD prices its Ryzen AI Halo PC at $3,999, unveils Ryzen AI Max 400 chips
AMD is taking a direct shot at NVIDIA’s DGX Spark with its $3,999 Ryzen AI Halo PC…Continue Reading
This exoplanet weather forecast by the James Webb Space Telescope calls for sandy skies and a clear (alien) sunset
An artist’s impression of WASP-94Ab, with magnesium silicate clouds appearing on the terminator between night and day, where it is “morning.” (Image credit: Hannah Robbins/Johns Hopkins University) The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has made a weather forecast for the exoplanet WASP-94Ab, a world with clouds of sand in the morning that gradually give wayContinue Reading