A county judge in Ohio has temporarily blocked several state laws that combined to create a 24-hour waiting period for obtaining an abortion in the state, Read MoreContinue Reading
The Democratic National Convention wrapped up in Chicago on Thursday with Vice President Kamala Harris formally accepting the presidential nomination, capping a week of political showmanship and celebration for many party members. “One of the things that struck me most was the level of choreographed mass spectacle of this conventionContinue Reading
Ctrl-Alt-Speech is a weekly podcast about the latest news in online speech, from Mike Masnick and Everything in Moderation‘s Ben Whitelaw. Subscribe now on Apple Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify, Pocket Casts, YouTube, or your podcast app of choice — or go straight to the RSS feed. In this week’s round-up ofContinue Reading
Stephanie Grisham, a former White House press secretary, said at the Democratic National Convention that Americas Worst Traitor has mocked his own supporters…Continue Reading
The scions of two Democratic presidents on Tuesday cast Vice President Kamala Harris as the natural White House candidate to continue the legacies of John F. Kennedy and Jimmy Carter…Continue Reading
Lawsuit: Musk’s xAI poached Tesla employees, Nvidia GPUs, and data…Continue Reading
(Image credit: Astroscale) Japanese space-sustainability company Astroscale just inked a $90 million deal to take a bus-sized rocket stage out of orbit by the end of the decade. The pioneering project, funded by the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency ( JAXA ), is a continuation of Astroscale’s ADRAS-J mission , which recently completed an up-close orbitalContinue Reading
An artist’s visualization of the StarFOX swarm. (Image credit: NASA/Blue Canyon Technologies) Scientists are trying to build a new sort of satellite, and have recently tested their idea with the Starling Formation-Flying Optical Experiment, or “StarFOX.” You may be getting flashbacks to the retro Star Fox video game series — and you’d be right toContinue Reading
EverdreaM performs ending theme “Kimi to Mita Keshiki…Read MoreContinue Reading
“Certificate of need” laws, largely supported by the hospital industry, limit health facility construction in 35 states and Washington, D.C. Georgia lawmakers decided its law was complicating the reviving of two hospitals critical to their communities…Read MoreContinue Reading
To clarify the ancestry of dogs from the Jamestown Colony, Virginia, scientists sequenced ancient mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) from six archaeological dogs from the period 1609-1617. The post Ancient mtDNA Reveals Presence of Indigenous Dogs at Jamestown Colony in Early 17th Century appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News…Read MoreContinue Reading
Scientists from James Madison University have performed a multi-variable investigation of thunderstorm environments in two distinct geographic regions: the Washington, D.C. and Kansas City metropolitan regions. The post Air Pollution Can Increase Severity of Summertime Thunderstorms, Study Says appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News…Read MoreContinue Reading
Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday for August 2024 includes a fix for a security vulnerability in the Grub2 boot loader, which is used by many Linux operating systems. Tracked as CVE-2022-2601, this flaw, discovered in 2022, could lead to an out-of-bounds write with a potential bypass of Secure Boot protection.Read Entire Article…ReadContinue Reading