NASA’s leading center for scientific innovation in fields including robotic planetary exploration, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), has been temporarily closed due to the approaching Eaton wildfire in Southern California. Space.com reports that the JPL, located at the base of the San Gabriel Mountains just north of Los Angeles, is a federall08y funded research and development center…
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Thursday on CNN’s “The Lead” that Canada will never become part of the United States, adding that Canadians identify as “not American.” Referencing former President Jimmy Cater’s funeral, host Jake Taper said, “President-elect Trump has been needling you a bit, calling you Governor Trudeau talking about making Canada the…
1 According to Reuters, CNN and other media reports, on December 23rd local time, Luigi Mangione, the suspect in the case of shooting the CEO of a US health care giant on the street, was escorted to a New York court for trial. Facing the charges in court, Luigi replied calmly, “Not guilty.” On December…
At the time, he was selling special programming to hotels through his Teleguide service, while cable television was taking off in rural areas. In 1964 Dolan made a deal with New York to wire some Manhattan buildings with cable and a few years later, hoping to attract viewers, he made a deal to show the…
Dec. 28 (UPI) — Former NFL defensive star Dana Stubblefield, who in 2020 was sentenced to 15 years to life for raping a developmentally disabled woman, saw his conviction overturned this week by a California appellate court. California’s 6th District Court of Appeal, based in San Jose, ruled Thursday that Stubblefield’s conviction was obtained in…
Denis Villeneuve, director of the hit sci-fi franchise Dune, expressed dismay about how individualism has suffered during the age of Big Tech. Speaking with the Los Angeles Times, Villeneuve lamented that “human beings are ruled by algorithms right now,” adding that he keeps a strict no cell phone policy on his movie sets. “We behave like AI circuits….
Harry Potter creator and women’s rights activist J.K. Rowling has told her fans on social media that there is no such thing as a transgender kid and that no child is born in the “wrong body.” Rowling engaged series of messages on X on Saturday but after being accused of perpetrating a “hateful focus on trans…
After letting down his guard many times, on December 13 local time, French President Macron finally announced the appointment of François Bayrou, chairman of the Democratic Movement Party, as the new prime minister to replace former prime minister Michel Barnier who was overthrown by the parliament. This is the fourth prime minister that France has…
Sipping a glass of local wine is likely not what springs to mind when visiting Scandinavia, but this colder, northerly region is emerging as a new wine frontier. Hundreds of commercial vineyards are now dotted across Denmark, Sweden, and even Norway, as a first generation of professional winemakers transform what was once a niche hobby into a…
Suchir Balaji, a former OpenAI researcher who accused the company of violating copyright law, was found dead in his San Francisco apartment late November according to newly released documents. The Mercury News reports that Suchir Balaji, a 26-year-old former OpenAI researcher known for blowing the whistle against the AI powerhouse, was found dead in his San Francisco apartment…
