An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Verge: First, Anker told us it was impossible. Then, it covered its tracks. It repeatedly deflected while utterly ignoring our emails. So shortly before Christmas, we gave the company an ultimatum: if Anker …
Swallowed fishing gear and plastic most likely cause of Hawaii whale’s death
Large volumes of traps, nets and marine debris in sperm whale’s intestinal tract highlight plastic pollution’s threat to wildlifeA sperm whale that washed ashore in Hawaii over the weekend probably died in part because it ate large volumes of fishing t…
US reunites nearly 700 kids taken from parents under Trump
A federal task force has reunited nearly 700 children who were separated from their families during the Trump administration.
HASC Chair Rogers Eyes NDAA Markup This Spring, Expects To Find Savings At Pentagon
The new leader of the House Armed Services Committee on Thursday said he’s planning for a “very aggressive schedule” of briefings and hearings with an aim to markup the next version of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) this spring. Rep. Mi…
Help with programming Gem-P1632
I need to add some zones to my current 8 zone system GEM-P1632. I’m going over the manuals reading about direct address programming via keypad. I see at location #1423 it enables zone doubling, I’m not sure if that’s the best way to add. I also see I c…
Winter freezes over Texas
A winter storm has gripped Texas with freezing rain and sleet, creating power outages and chaos on the roadways.
Police: ‘High chance’ of Hollywood mass shooting prevented
A “high chance” of a mass shooting in Hollywood was thwarted Tuesday by police seizing a cache of guns and ammunition in a high-rise apartment where several rifles were pointed toward a nearby park, the Los Angeles Police Department said.
Pentagon expected to ship more long-range rockets to Ukraine
The Biden administration is expected to send Ukraine a sophisticated new weapon, the Ground-Launched Small Diameter Bomb, as part of a new $2 billion security assistance package to be announced shortly.