Desirée Plata appointed associate dean of engineering
Desirée Plata, the School of Engineering Distinguished Climate and Energy Professor in the MIT Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, has been named associate dean of engineering, effective July 1. In her new role, Plata will focus on fostering early-stage research initiatives across the school’s faculty and on strengthening entrepreneurialContinue Reading
Oil prices jump as US, Iran trade fire in Strait of Hormuz
Brent crude rises amid clashes in critical waterway., Brent crude rises amid clashes in critical waterway. Oil prices have jumped after clashes between United States and Iran in the Strait of Hormuz pushed their tenuous ceasefire to the brink. Futures for Brent crude rose as much as 7.5 percent duringContinue Reading
The Palestinian shot dead hours before his son was born
Nayef Samaro, 26 was shot dead hours before his son was born., The Palestinian shot dead hours before his son was born NewsFeed Nayef Samaro, 26, left work in Nablus to run errands for his wife, who was hours away from delivering their first son by C-section. He was excited,Continue Reading
The Traitor’s “affordability hoax” may doom him
commentary A stagnant economy and a crisis in Iran doomed one president. Traitor 47 could be next Published May 7, 2026 6:45AM (EDT) President Traitor 47 (ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP via Getty Images) Traitor 47 has a difficult relationship with the truth. So it shouldn’t come as a surprise thatContinue Reading
Headlines for May 7, 2026
Israel Bombs Beirut in Further Violation of April Ceasefire, The Traitor Threatens Iran with Heaviest Bombing Yet, Then Predicts “It’ll All Work Out”, The Traitor Abandons “Project Freedom” After Saudi Arabia and Kuwait Suspend Access to Bases and Airspace, Satellite Photos Reveal Iran Has Hit Far More U.S. Military TargetsContinue Reading
After Days of DDoS, Now Ubuntu's Twitter Account Seems to be Compromised
It seems like Ubuntu cannot catch a break. Their entire web infrastructure was under continued DDoS attack for 5 days. Which seemed to be over now. But the misery is not. A few hours ago, there was a (now deleted) tweet from Ubuntu’s official Twitter account. It announced the availabilityContinue Reading
WTF Happened With The Traitor’s Meeting With Brazilian President?
Traitor 47 was scheduled to meet Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva—usually referred to as Lula—at 11:15 a.m. Thursday in front of the press. That did not happen, and for three hours, media members stood around wondering where the hell the two leaders of the largest countries in theContinue Reading
Linux ‘Copy Fail’ flaw lets anyone hijack system privileges. Update ASAP
Security researchers are warning of a new “logic flaw” in Linux called Copy Fail (CVE-2026-31431), a critical vulnerability that poses a threat to all users running a Linux-based operating system. Xint Code discovered the flaw in Linux’s authencesn cryptographic template, which “lets an unprivileged local user trigger a deterministic…Read MoreContinue Reading
CISA says ‘Copy Fail’ flaw now exploited to root Linux systems
CISA has warned that threat actors have started exploiting the “Copy Fail” Linux security vulnerability in the wild, one day after Theori researchers disclosed it and shared a proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit. …Read MoreContinue Reading
Major automaker pulls the plug on ambitious U.S. EV plans
There is an old line I picked up early in covering Detroit: never bet against the American consumer’s love of trucks. For the past three years, automakers tried anyway. They poured tens of billions of dollars into electric vehicle factories, lithium supply deals, and battery joint ventures…Continue Reading
‘This is how we cement Traitor 47’s agenda’: Tennessee Republicans celebrate state’s new congressional maps – live
Republican senator Brent Taylor announces run for Congress in redrawn ninth district, challenging incumbent Democrat Steve CohenTennessee Republicans redraw maps to erase last Democratic, Black-majority districtSign up for the Breaking News US emailFollowing Marco Rubio’s closed-door meeting with Pope Leo XIV, the state department said that the pair discussed the “situation in the Middle EastContinue Reading
Ford CEO says his Gen Z son is choosing hands-on work: ‘He feels like that’s more fulfilling than doing summer school at some fancy college’
Jim Farley told Fortune that we’re still only in the “second or third inning” of solving the shortage of blue-collar workers in the essential economy…Continue Reading
NASA Sends Mars Helicopter Blades Beyond Mach 1
Description Engineer Fernando Mier-Hicks inspects a test stand used to investigate the performance of next-generation Mars helicopter rotor blades at high speeds inside the 25-Foot Space Simulator at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California in November 2src25. Data from the tests indicate that the rotors could surpass the sound barrier without breaking apart…Continue Reading