When Nasa’s New Horizons spacecraft left Pluto behind, its journey was far from over. The probe had already travelled farther than any spacecraft sent specifically to explore Pluto, but it continued into the dark outer reaches of the solar system. On 1 January 2019, New Horizons passed a small object in the Kuiper Belt that…
Crypto losses deepen Trump Media’s woes as company doubles down on Truth Social Trump Media & Technology, the company behind US President Donald Trump’s Truth Social platform, reported a $238 million loss in the second quarter, as the value of its bitcoin and Cronos holdings tumbled. The three-month loss through June was more than 10…
Venezuela quake toll rises to 6,301; over 9,500 homes deemed high-risk. (File Photo) More than six weeks after two powerful earthquakes struck Venezuela, the death toll has risen to 6,301, while more than 9,500 homes have been classified as high-risk, underscoring the scale of the country’s prolonged recovery and reconstruction challenge.National Assembly President Jorge Rodriguez…
Attendees play on Apple Macintosh computers from the 1980s at the Vintage Computer Festival in Mountain View, California MOUNTAIN VIEW: Software engineer Josh Dersch loves old computers. He spends countless hours tinkering in his garage, trying to coax decades-old machines back to life. He estimates he owns more than 200 vintage computers and devices in…
Masked men looted jewelry worth $1 million from an Indian jewelry store, 9Lakha, in New Jersey. Four masked men broke into an Indian jewelry store, 9Lakha, on Oak Tree Road in New Jersey and looted valuables worth $1 million in under 1 minute. Surveillance video showed an SUV stopped in front of the store and…
Michael Jordan (Image: Wikipedia) Great achievements rarely happen by accident. Behind almost every extraordinary success sits a long stretch of discipline, sacrifice and genuine commitment. Michael Jordan captured exactly that relationship with basketball in a single striking comparison. “The game is my wife,” he said. “It demands loyalty and responsibility, and it gives me back…
Quote of the day by Pavel Durov. Pavel Durov is a Russian-born technology entrepreneur best known as the co-founder and chief executive officer of Telegram, a globally popular cloud-based messaging app. Born in Saint Petersburg in 1984, Durov first achieved widespread fame after launching VKontakte, often called VK, in 2006. Built as a local equivalent…
The Donald Trump administration on Monday published the number of visas it had revoked so far in this administration. The State Department Monday published the exact number of visas revoked in the second term of Donald Trump’s presidency so far, while the crackdown is going on. The US has revoked more than 175,000 visas from…
Quote of the day by Aung San Suu Kyi Aung San Suu Kyi, Burmese leader and Nobel Peace Prize winner, once observed that passive wishful thinking holds no real value if there was no action put behind it. She stated that she did not believe in people just hoping, insisting that people must work for…
The appointments come as Iran seeks to reinforce its military command structure following the deaths and displacement of senior commanders during the conflict. Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Hosseini Khamenei has appointed six senior commanders to key positions in the country’s military establishment, filling top posts in the armed forces, Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC),…
