Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi has reportedly ordered authorities to reexamine the case of Alaa Abd El-Fattah and six others on humanitarian grounds. Abd El-Fattah, who came to national prominence during the so-called Arab Spring protests of 2011, has been imprisoned for years on charges of “spreading false news,” butContinue Reading
Oracle’s Larry Ellison became the richest person in the world, his wealth at nearly $400 billion, bypassing Elon Musk, who had occupied the top spot with a fortune of about $385 billion. , Read More NBC NewsContinue Reading
Nvidia is releasing a new GeForce Game Ready driver today in preparation for the Borderlands 4 release later this week. There’s also an Nvidia app update arriving today that includes a new RTX Remix update to allow modders to improve fire and smoke effects in older games…Continue Reading
Using data gathered by NSF’s Gemini South telescope and the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have detected signatures of methane (CH4), water (H2O) and silane (SiH4) gas on the cold brown dwarf WISEA J153429.75-104303.3 (W1534 for short). Although silane is expected to serve as a key reservoir for the cloud-forming element silicon in gasContinue Reading
Astronomers are working their way through the TRAPPIST-1 system with the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope, demonstrating its unprecedented ability to capture detailed information about exoplanet atmospheres and learning to work with that data. The first results are now in from Webb’s observations of TRAPPIST-1e. While the initial four observations by Webb are not enoughContinue Reading
These are 2024-25 releases. For older titles, click here. With Love & Mischief by Derek Milman We Are Villains by Kacen Callender Lovely Dark and Deep by Elisa A. Bonnin The Girl You Know by Elle Gonzalez Rose The Tournament by Rebecca Barrow Bonus: These are all prose novels, but for a graphic novel,Continue Reading
Instead of ‘teachers,’ students at Alpha School Austin are supervised by ‘guides,’ who help lead them through their abbreviated coursework., AUSTIN (Nexstar) — U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon toured an Austin private school on Tuesday, which claims it helps students “Learn 2x in 2 Hours.” Alpha School Austin isContinue Reading
Amazon’s Zoox on Wednesday launched its robotaxi service in Las Vegas, offering free rides through parts of the entertainment mecca for anyone willing to gamble on the safety of a driverless vehicle. The Las Vegas debut of Zoox’s long-planned ride-hailing service reflects Amazon-owned robotaxi maker’s confidence in the safety ofContinue Reading
Republican and Independent voters want Congress to step up and ban mid-decade redistricting in opposition to a White House desperate to hold onto power – including 60% of voters who supported Traitor 47 in 2024. That’s the latest from a poll of registered voters that Common Cause commissioned with NobleContinue Reading
The country previously said it would recognise Palestinian statehood this month., The country previously said it would recognise Palestinian statehood this month. Canada is evaluating its relationship with Israel after the attack on Hamas leaders in Qatar, its foreign minister has said, in the latest sign of unhappiness with theContinue Reading
The layoffs come amid sluggish sales as competition heats up in the weight-loss drug market., The layoffs come amid sluggish sales as competition heats up in the weight-loss drug market. Novo Nordisk, the maker of blockbuster weight loss medication Wegovy, will cut 9,000 jobs amid growing competition in the industryContinue Reading
The former vice president also addressed concerns about the former president’s age in a new excerpt in The Atlantic from her upcoming book., Read MoreContinue Reading
Fox News host Laura Ingraham said the excursion showed “it’s safe to walk around the city” amid the president’s federal takeover., Read MoreContinue Reading