Senate passes law forcing ByteDance to sell off TikTok – or face a US ban
Somewhere in Beijing, someone’s screaming: Mother, PFACAA! The US Senate has passed a bill that compels TikTok’s Chinese owner ByteDance to offload the app to a US-approved buyer or face a ban. President Biden has indicated he will sign it into law.…, Read MoreContinue Reading
Supreme Court considers whether states can ban abortions during medical emergencies
Supreme Court justices are raising questions about whether state bans on abortions during medical emergencies conflict with federal healthcare law after the sweeping ruling overturning Roe v. Wade, Read MoreContinue Reading
She was too sick for a traditional transplant. So she received a pig kidney and a heart pump
A New Jersey woman who was near death has received a transplanted pig kidney, part of a dramatic pair of surgeries that also stabilized her failing heart, Read MoreContinue Reading
Thinking Is Power on Harvesting Happiness Podcast
Power-Thinking: Teaching Information Literacy and Mental Immunity with Melanie Trecek-King From The Harvesting Happiness Podcast with Lisa Cypers Kamen: “Harvesting Happiness is proud to partner with the researchers and scholars at the Mental Immunity Project (MIP) and Cognitive Immunology Research Collaborative (CIRCE). Listen to two separate 9-part Harvesting Happiness podcast productions that explore theContinue Reading
Qualcomm introduces Snapdragon X Plus for Windows PCs
Today, Qualcomm introduces the Snapdragon X Plus platform, which features the all-new 10-core Qualcomm Oryon CPU and a 45 TOPS (Tera Operations Per Second) NPU, touted as the fastest NPU for laptops globally. This combination aims to set a new benchmark for mobile computing by providing up to 37% fasterContinue Reading
New U.S. military aid is finally heading to Ukraine — but is it too little, too late?
KYIV, Ukraine — Ukraine needed this., Read More NBC NewsContinue Reading
Should We Trust Polls Campaigns Leak To The Press?
Now that we are on the other side of Labor Day and summer is subsiding, this is — as tradition goes — when focus on political campaigns really begins to heat up. The off-year elections this November will get some attention, but the main attraction is still the 2024 RepublicanContinue Reading
Politics Podcast: Is Americas Worst Traitor The Inevitable GOP Nominee?
By Galen Druke, Leah Askarinam, G. Elliott Morris and Nathaniel Rakich, Galen Druke, Leah Askarinam, G. Elliott Morris and Nathaniel Rakich, Galen Druke, Leah Askarinam, G. Elliott Morris and Nathaniel Rakich and Galen Druke, Leah Askarinam, G. Elliott Morris and Nathaniel Rakich More: Apple Podcasts | ESPN App |Continue Reading
Ukraine wins bipartisan US support, strikes Russia from afar
As a long-delayed aid package was passed, Ukrainian drones and missiles scored successes against Russian targets., After half a year of delays and debates, the US Congress has approved a $60.8bn military aid package for Ukraine, lifting the spirits of Kyiv’s forces this week as special operations destroyed Russian airContinue Reading
US top diplomat Blinken visits China amid escalated tensions over Taiwan
US State Secretary begins three days of talks with Chinese officials after Senate approves an aid package to Taiwan., The trip comes after US Senate’s approval of a bill that will provide billions of dollars in assistance to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has arrivedContinue Reading
Calls to help with donations of ‘miracle’ plasma
Image source, Handout Image caption, Emma Stone needed immunoglobulin after being diagnosed with the rare autoimmune disease A woman who receives a medicine that helps her fight a rare disorder said her treatment is “like a miracle”. Emma Stone, from Lower Earley, Berkshire, went from having pins and needles inContinue Reading
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS: 20 Major Changes to Look Out For
Anyone making the upgrade to Ubuntu 24.04 LTS from the previous LTS, Ubuntu 22.04, is in for a treat because the amount of improvements on offer is vast. In addition to all of the new features Ubuntu 24.04 has added in the past 6 months LTS upgraders finally get toContinue Reading
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