Don’t hold your breath on Trump testifying in his own defense. It would likely be embarrassing, if not perjuriousDonald Trump dodged financial calamity on Monday. The office of Letitia James, the New York attorney general, and lawyers for Trump reached agreement in open court on the terms governing the appellate bond posted by the former president. After nearly an hour of argument and an extended recess, the parties achieved a workable solution. It is a ray of sunshine in Trump’s otherwise bleak...
Ericsson, Nokia, Vodafone Group, IBM and Intel implored EU authorities to take urgent action to elevate the region in the era of the industrial internet, citing a need to shape policies to capitalise on emerging technologies.
Superradiant atoms can help us measure time more precisely than ever. In a recent study, researchers from the University of Copenhagen present a new method for measuring the time interval, the second, mitigating some of the limitations that today's most advanced atomic clocks encounter. The result could have broad implications in areas such as space travel, volcanic eruptions and GPS systems.
Global military expenditure saw its steepest increase in over a decade in 2023, reaching an all-time high of $2.4 trillion as wars and rising tensions fuelled spending across the world, researchers said Monday. Military spending rose across the globe with particularly large increases in Europe, the Middle East and Asia,
Tax preparation behemoth Intuit (maker of TurboTax) recently unveiled a new campaign branding itself as a feminist company. “When it comes to the complexities of the tax code, women encounter distinct challenges,” reads a post on the company’s official blog, “and here at Intuit, we’re committed to empowering prosperity for every single person—especially the inspiring women who play an integral role in driving our collective success.” The campaign is reminiscent of the old Virginia Slims ads,...
A research team has engineered a "broadband nanogap gold spectroscopic sensor" using a flexible material capable of bending to create a controlled gap. With the developed technology, it is possible to rapidly test various types of materials, including infectious disease viruses, using only a single nano-spectroscopic sensor to find molecular fingerprints. The research findings have been published in Nano Letters.
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell says recent data show a lack of further
Canada's sports integrity watchdog is pushing for stronger policies to prevent competitive manipulation and match-fixing at all levels of competition. The Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport issued its first draft of a new program to prevent competition manipulation on Wednesday, the same day that the NBA banned former Toronto Raptors backup centre Jontay Porter for his role in betting irregularities around his on-court performance. Jeremy Luke, the CEO of the sport integrity body, said he...
Bjorn Lomborg, author and president of the Copenhagen Consensus, continues to call attention to the extreme measures being demanded by climate change activists and politicians.
India remains confident its new EV policies will interest automakers, opening its nation to the EV industry.
The UN Commission on the Status of Women denigrated stay-at-home motherhood as ‘unpaid care work’ and instead called for state-funded daycare, a Marxist-backed concept used to break apart the traditional family.
President Biden hasn't not given up on the idea of free community college nationwide. Already, 35 states have some type of program in place.