reader comments 49 with 32 posters participating, including story author Share this story In the wake of an apparent explosion of the nuclear-powered engine of an experimental cruise missile, the Russian government has reportedly evacuated residents of a nearby village. According to local media, residents of Nyonoska, the site of a Russian missile testing facility, ..
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Enlarge / Elizabeth Warren speaking to a crowd on February 18, 2019 in Glendale, California. Getty Images | Mario Tama reader comments 154 with 95 posters participating Share this story Equifax’s massive 2017 data breach screwed over more than 140 million people, so it was not terribly surprising when tens of millions of people jumped ..
The 2015 15-inch Retina MacBook Pro. reader comments 61 with 40 posters participating Share this story The Federal Aviation Administration has banned certain 15-inch MacBook Pros with potentially defective batteries from US flights. The move, which follows Apple’s June recall announcement, is part of a general FAA policy on devices with defective batteries. “The FAA ..
Enlarge / A monitor seen on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2018. reader comments 44 with 39 posters participating Share this story Verizon has sued the City of Rochester, New York, in order to avoid paying fees for deploying 5G equipment and fiber lines. Verizon’s lawsuit, filed in ..
Enlarge / Why is this particular product Amazon’s “Choice” when you search for a can opener, instead of an alternate item? Outside of Amazon, nobody actually knows. reader comments 87 with 68 posters participating Share this story Amazon is a gigantic international marketplace filled with all sorts of goods from countless manufacturers and vendors—a selection ..
Enlarge / YouTube headquarters in San Bruno, California. reader comments 25 with 19 posters participating Share this story In The New York Times, reporters Max Fisher and Amanda Taub explain how YouTube propelled the career of controversial Brazilian politician Jair Bolsonaro. Before his election as Brazil’s president, they write, Bolsonaro “had long used the platform to ..
Enlarge / A Frontier Communications van. reader comments 37 with 30 posters participating Share this story Frontier Communications customers are reporting more outages and longer repair times, and state government officials have decided to investigate. NY Public Service Commission (PSC) staff reported “that several Frontier Communications subsidiaries have significant service-quality problems, including escalating complaint rates, ..
reader comments 68 with 40 posters participating Share this story Utah man Aaron Shamo, 29, will stand trial starting today over federal charges that he allegedly ran a deadly, multimillion-dollar counterfeit opioid racket on the black market amid the country’s devastating opioid epidemic. Federal prosecutors allege that Shamo and his accomplices pressed hundreds of thousands ..
iStock/Getty Images reader comments 21 with 17 posters participating Share this story Robert Chang, a Stanford ophthalmologist, normally stays busy prescribing drops and performing eye surgery. But a few years ago, he decided to jump on a hot new trend in his field: artificial intelligence. Doctors like Chang often rely on eye imaging to track ..
reader comments 43 with 26 posters participating, including story author Share this story Nathan Mattise The US Marshals sent this updated wanted poster to media when Wilson was finally apprehended following his time evading arrest in Taipei. Defense Distributed’s new leader, Paloma Heindorff, holds up the letter from the Department of State that started all ..
