In early 2017, Ukrainian forces battling Russia-backed separatists shot down a drone conducting surveillance over Ukraine’s eastern flank.The unmanned aircraft — nearly six-feet long, with a cone-shaped nose and a shiny gray body — had all the external characteristics of a Russian military drone.But when researchers cracked it open, they […]
Month: February 2022
An independent retro video game translator known appropriate
An independent retro video game translator known appropriately as RetroTranslator recently announced that his team’s work translating Konami’s seminal 1990s dating simulator Tokimeki Memorial into English is almost complete .But there’s a catch: It’s the less-than-perfect Super Famicom port that’s been translated, not the superior version that appeared on the […]
Bowser Sentenced To More Than Three Years In Prison
Bowser Sentenced To More Than Three Years In Prison Nintendo hacker Gary Bowser just got handed a 40-month prison sentence after pleading guilty to his part in software piracy. After a long legal battle, indicted Nintendo hacker Gary Bowser–no relation to the current president of Nintendo of America Doug Bowser […]
Comms Director in Jacksonville, FL — Money Diary
Welcome to Money Diaries where we are tackling the ever-present taboo that is money.We’re asking real people how they spend their hard-earned money during a seven-day period — and we’re tracking every last dollar.Today: a communications director who has a joint income of $497,000 and spends some her money this […]
Metro Manila’s shift to Alert Level 1 hangs in the balance as case trend remains at moderate risk
Robredo’s solid economics, legal background key to PH recovery, says top economists (As of now, the National Capital Region is still at moderate risk against COVID-19.It’s because even though our hospitals are not full — our healthcare utilization is at low risk — our case trend is still at moderate […]
Blue states cite falling COVID-19 cases, not new studies, to justify mask mandate
Blue states cite falling COVID-19 cases, not new studies, to justify mask mandate More Democrat governors are scaling back mask mandates Several Democrat-led states are finally scaling back on masking requirements, citing declining COVID-19 case numbers for the changes rather than scientific evidence that they are not needed. In recent […]
House GOP tell Biden to lift COVID-related emergency powers and ‘get America back to normal’
FIRST ON FOX: A group of 76 House Republicans called on President Biden Thursday to lift the coronavirus pandemic-related emergency powers and establish a plan to “get American back to normal.”In a letter first obtained by Fox News Digital, House Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., said […]
Top 5 Side Hustles: 29-Year-Old Earning About $218,000 Shares Tips
Charlie Chang was rejected from medical school, so he had to find another way to generate income.The biggest mistake he made was trying to create a clothing brand from the ground up.There are easier ways to earn extra cash online, and each one has a different level of difficulty.Charlie Chang, […]
CIA has secret program that collects data on Americans, Sens. Ron Wyden and Martin Heinrich say – CBS News
Washington — The CIA has a secret, undisclosed data repository that includes information collected about Americans, two Democrats on the Senate Intelligence Committee say.While neither the agency nor lawmakers would disclose specifics about the data, the senators alleged the CIA had long hidden details about the program from the public […]
Covid: Wales’ face mask law could be scrapped in March – BBC News
Covid: Wales’ mask and isolation laws could end in March Published 23 hours ago Share close Share page Copy link About sharing Related Topics Coronavirus pandemic Image source, Getty Images Image caption, Face masks will still be required until at least the end of March Wales’ remaining Covid laws – […]