The magnitude 7.8 earthquake that struck Turkey and war-torn Syria on Monday has killed more than 20,000 people. Here are some of the world’s deadliest earthquakes in the past quarter-century.
Heartbreak in Turkey as earthquake survivors are left to freeze in tents
EXCLUSIVE: Thousands left homeless by the devastating earthquakes in Turkey are having to stay in tents in freezing conditions.
Commentary: Bard, Bing and Baidu – how Big Tech’s AI race will transform search
If tech companies won’t make as much money from selling links via search results, will they try to sell information gleaned from our interactions with search chatbots?
Commentary: California mass shootings reveal a complex narrative of Asian seniors in the US
The perpetrators behind two mass shootings in California do not fit the typical profile of a mass shooter, but they resemble elderly Asian immigrants who have fallen through the cracks in America, shares Jan Lin Lee.
German Military Chiefs And Politicians Want a Return To Conscription
The new defence minister Boris Pistorius (right) called the 2011 phase-out of conscription a ‘mistake’ that assisted in alienating the public from civic institutions Daily Mail: German politicians and military chiefs call for return of consc…
FCC Approves Amazon’s Satellite Broadband Plan Over SpaceX’s Objections
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Amazon’s Kuiper division can start launching satellites to offer broadband service in the US, the Federal Communications Commission said yesterday. The FCC’s International Bureau approved Kuiper’s …
Hill fumes as Pentagon describes vast China balloon spy program
China’s balloon surveillance program has gone on for years and monitored dozens of countries, the Biden administration said, on a day when its handling of the balloon that traversed the country last week came under sharp, bipartisan criticism on Capito…
SE Labs 2023 Annual Security Report Names Cisco as Best Next Generation Firewall
Cisco Secure Firewall wins best firewall in the SE Labs Cyber Threat Intelligence Annual Report.
Tester Wants FY ‘24 Budget To Bolster Airspace Detection, Presses DoD On Chinese Balloon Decisions
The Senate’s top defense appropriator has said he wants the fiscal year 2024 budget to include funding and plans to help the Pentagon avoid future intrusions into U.S. airspace following the recent spate of Chinese surveillance balloon incidents. Sen. …
Military Pilots Reported 1,700% More Medical Incidents During the Pandemic. The Pentagon Says They Just Had COVID
The Defense Department said Thursday that more than 3,887 medical diagnoses among pilots in 2022 that triggered reporting requirements were COVID-19.