The monkeypox virus is slowly spreading through two separate outbreaks in the US, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said, citing genetic sequencing. Cases worldwide surpassed 700 this week, many spotted in Europe among recent travelers to Africa or their contacts. During a Friday press briefing, the head …
Read More »US House Speaker’s husband arrested for drunk driving
The 82-year-old husband of US Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence in Northern California, according to the Napa County sheriff’s office. According to the records, Paul Pelosi was arrested at 11:44pm Saturday night, and booked into jail at 04:13am on Sunday, …
Read More »Russia’s trade minister shares his experience of driving a Tesla in winter
“The existing energy storage units aren’t yet a fully established technology, particularly in our climatic conditions,” Manturov said at the plenary session of Russia National Day at Expo 2020 Dubai. The international innovations event, which launched on October 1 and runs until March 31, was originally scheduled for 2020-2021, but had to …
Read More »US tech giant Uber bought out in Russia by homegrown Yandex, handing over keys to self-driving cars & food delivery business
In a statement issued on Tuesday, Moscow-based Yandex revealed that it would take full control of four separate businesses in which the two giants had previously both held stakes. In exchange for $1 billion in cash, Yandex will take a 100% stake in restaurant courier app Yandex.Eats, grocery delivery service …
Read More »Elon Musk’s promise of a ‘Tesla Bot’ is driving nothing but an anti-human narrative
Last week’s Tesla recruitment bonanza in Palo Alto ended with what is perhaps one of the most childish presentations seen in Silicon Valley for years: a person in a tight white suit, their head encased in black, robot-walked onto the dark stage to blaring Techno music, began to Charleston, mimicked …
Read More »Ex-Facebook data scientist says Russia not driving Covid-19 conspiracies online, warning Americans really have themselves to blame
In an article for the UK’s The Guardian on Wednesday, former Facebook data scientist Sophie Zhang said that the allegations had become a convenient way to blame Moscow, rather than face up to the worrying trends. According to her, the networking giant relentlessly focuses on whether posts are “authentic,” and …
Read More »Minor earthquake hits California, driving Twitter into frenzy
The quake shook California’s Alameda County on Monday evening. According to the US Geological Survey (USGS), the epicenter was located some 3.4 km (2.1 mi) north of San Lorenzo, a community in the East Bay with a population of about 26,000 people. Although minor, the sudden tremor sent Twitter into …
Read More »Cold War should have stayed in past, but US-led NATO bloc is driving return to 1950s-style hostility, top Russian diplomat claims
Speaking at an international relations forum on Tuesday, Alexander Grushko said that, on the continent, “the military situation is deteriorating – it is being artificially worsened.” “The Cold War,” he argued, “should have remained in the past, but NATO was unable to adapt to the new geopolitical realities and has …
Read More »Tesla admits Elon Musk is exaggerating about ‘full self-driving’ cars before end of year – reports
A DMV memo – obtained through a public records request by PlainSite – claims that a boast from Musk about self-driving cars “does not match engineering reality,” based on a conversation with the director of the Autopilot software, CJ Moore. “Tesla is at Level 2 currently,” the department wrote. Level …
Read More »Tiger Woods was driving ALMOST DOUBLE SPEED LIMIT before horror crash, police reveal
Officials from the LA County Sheriff’s Department stated on Wednesday that Woods had been traveling between 84 and 87mph (135kph-140kph) in a 45mph zone and crashed into a tree while moving at 75mph. Woods waived his right of privacy and allowed the release of the details of the crash, information …
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