Curiouser and curiouser
Thanks to the mighty engine of 21st century technology, we now are all overwhelmed by an explosion of information, a tsunami of data, a cyclone of chatter.Continue Reading
Improvements to Electric Vehicles Ease Concerns About Range Loss in Cold Climates
Features like heat pumps, which prevent significant drops in range, are now standard on newer models. By Kristoffer Tigue Andrew Garberson has a message for drivers in cold-climate states like Minnesota: Yes, you can still drive an electric car.Continue Reading
Watch the NVIDIA CES 2025 press conference live: Monday, 9:30PM ET
SAM YEH via Getty Images It’s hard to find a company that had a better 2024 than NVIDIA. Even after some choppiness in recent weeks, the chip giant’s stock price finished last year up 178 percent, and its market cap of more than $3.3 trillion dollars — with a T — is currently second onlyContinue Reading
SpaceX launches 1st Falcon 9 rocket of 2025, sends Thuraya 4 communications satellite to orbit (video)
SpaceX launched its first Falcon 9 rocket of 2025 tonight, in what should be another busy year for the company. A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket took off on Friday (Jan. 3) at 8:27 p.m. EST (0127 GMT) from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, launching the Thuraya 4 spacecraftContinue Reading
Massive piece of space junk crashes into village in Kenya — and officials still have no idea where it came from
A massive piece of space junk that fell from the skies onto a Kenyan village was likely a separation ring from a rocket. (Image credit: KSA) A massive piece of space junk recently smashed into a village in Kenya. The 1,100-pound (500 kilograms) ring of metal likely came from a rocket, though its exact originsContinue Reading
Apple agrees to $95M settlement over Siri eavesdropping claims: Who could get payments, if it’s approved
The agreement would put an end to a 5-year-old lawsuit that accused Siri of eavesdropping., (NEXSTAR) — If Siri has ever been activated on your Apple device without your consent, you may soon be eligible to receive part of a proposed $95 million settlement the company agreed to this week. Continue Reading
What to know about Apple’s $95 million settlement of the snooping Siri case
Apple has agreed to pay $95 million to settle a lawsuit that accused the company of turning its virtual assistant Siri into a snoop that eavesdropped on the users of iPhones and other trendy devices in a betrayal to its long-standing commitment to personal privacy. The proposed settlement filed inContinue Reading
New Orleans attacker: How false claims about the suspect spread
A Fox News report fuelled the spread of misinformation online – including a claim the suspect was an illegal immigrant., Shamsud-Din Jabbar, the 42-year-old suspected driver in the New Year’s truck attack in New Orleans, was a United States citizen and US Army veteran. But within hours of the attackContinue Reading
India shrug off Bumrah injury to claim first-innings lead in Australia
India captain Jasprit Bumrah is forced off with injury on Day Two of the fifth Test but Australia fail to capitalise., India captain Jasprit Bumrah is forced off with injury on Day Two of the fifth Test but Australia fail to capitalise. India brushed off the absence of captain JaspritContinue Reading
Justice Department resolves investigation of Antioch Police Department over racist texts
The Department of Justice announced on Friday it has resolved a biased policing investigation of California’s Antioch Police Department, where racist texts allegedly sent by officers sparked outrage and blowback., Read More NBC NewsContinue Reading
The Top 15 Car Models You Didn’t Know Ruled the Roads In Various Countries in 2024
When it comes to cars, people, or rather countries, can be pretty selective. For some, it’s the fuel economy that holds most favor and for others, its performance. On that note, here go 15 of the busiest countries in the world, and the bestselling cars that made it to the top for 2src24 in that region…Continue Reading
Streeting defends timescale for social care reform
Getty Images Wes Streeting has defended the timescale for reforming adult social care in England, with proposals on its long-term funding unlikely to be delivered before 2028 at the earliest. The health and social care secretary is promising “to finally grasp the nettle on social care reform”, but said onContinue Reading