From a Raid, a Reunion Never in my 39 years did I ever think I would be embarrassed to be an American, but after seeing the government “storm troopers” pointing a gun at a terrified Elián, my patriotic pride is shattered. Shame on you, Janet Reno. Hanna Clayton Springfield, Tenn. My God, what a frightening sight your May 1 cover was. You made that INS agent look like a female version of the Devil, carrying poor little Elián off to the bowels of hell....
Brisbane finished third in the A-League standings and faced a Western Sydney side that finished with the lowest points total of any team to make the post season. Jets part ways with Mark Jones Fourth placed Melbourne City won the right to host fifth placed Perth despite the teams finishing level on 39 points. Dates and times for the second week of the A-League 2017 Finals Series will be confirmed when the results of the Elimination Finals are known....
Before this latest expansion, players of Elite Dangerous could not exit their ship upon docking. They would access missions and upgrades from the pilot seat without ever leaving. Now, visiting a starport will offer a greater sense of immersion. The NPCs available to interact with range from quest givers to weapon vendors to bartenders that trade chemicals. Alongside these vendors are potential ship upgrades as well. As the player moves past a weapon rack, fans can see two rifles that appear similar to ones previewed during last year’s gameplay trailer, as well as potential items such as medkits and ammo boxes....
Holmes, 38, filed a request of leniency last week with U.S. District Judge Edward Davila, and among the documents were letters from more than 130 friends, family and former Theranos employees. The biotechnology entrepreneur’s highly-publicized trial ended in January with her being found guilty on three counts of wire fraud and one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud by lying to investors. She was found not guilty on four counts related to defrauding Theranos patients, while the jury didn’t reach a verdict on three counts of deceiving investors....
“Facebook holds incredible power to affect elections and our national debate. They’ve decided to let political figures lie to you—even about Facebook itself—while their executives and their investors get even richer off the ads containing these lies,” Warren tweeted. “Once again, we’re seeing Facebook throw its hands up to battling misinformation in the political discourse, because when profit comes up against protecting democracy, Facebook chooses profit.” Warren has repeatedly targeted Facebook and its CEO personally in her battle against Big Tech, reinforcing her role as a David confronting capitalist Goliaths....
Elmo’s Twitter page released a tweet on Wednesday addressing the popularity of the clips. On Wednesday, Elmo tweeted: “Don’t worry everybody! Elmo and Zoe practiced sharing and are still best buds forever! “Elmo loves you Zoe! Ha ha ha! Elmo doesn’t want to talk about Rocco. He later tweeted: “Has anybody ever seen a rock eat a cookie? Elmo is just curious” One clip showing muppet and Zoe and Elmo discussing whether he could trade cookies with her pet rock has been viewed over 6....
Bitcoin was down about 5.5 percent at the time of writing, having experienced two sharp tumbles in price starting from Thursday night. The cryptocurrency is trading at about $36,450, and its market cap—the total value of bitcoin’s circulating supply—is around $680 billion. Musk, the CEO of SpaceX and Tesla, posted his tweets after the token had already dropped in price a little, and another quick drop followed. At around 9 P....
The billionaire also pulled on a classic Monty Python sketch to give an analogy of the current situation on the social media site which he now owns. After completing his takeover of Twitter, Musk has been banding around ideas of changes to make which have included new fees and bringing back Vine. Musk had openly considered charging $20 for users to keep a blue check mark on their accounts, before settling on and announcing an $8 system....
Not only has Musk’s reaction to the spread of Covid-19 been noted by many as completely short-sighted and ignorant, with the billionaire claiming there’d “probably close to zero new cases” in America by the end of the year, but he’s also been labeled a conspiracy theorist for his dismissive claims surrounding the pandemic. Hilariously, this all came to a head when the entrepreneur changed his Twitter icon to that of Deus Ex’s cover art, with many seeing the decision as Musk comparing himself to the figure in the center of the photo: protagonist JC Denton....
“I will resign as CEO as soon as I find someone foolish enough to take the job!” Musk tweeted Tuesday night. “After that, I will just run the software & servers teams.” The announcement from the “Chief Twit,” a self-assigned nickname, follows a poll Musk posted over the weekend asking users if he should “step down as head” of the company, in which 57.5 percent of the more than 17....
The offer, which comes after the Tesla CEO bought a 9.2 percent stake in Twitter but decided not to take a seat on the board, sent Twitter shares surging by as much as 10 percent in pre-market trade. Musk’s decision not to take a boardroom seat gave him the flexibility to acquire more shares of the social media platform. Musk, the world’s richest man, told Twitter’s chairman, Bret Taylor, that he believes under his leadership the social media platform’s potential could be unlocked....
The billionaire technologist has been using social media to update his 29.7 million followers with details about the vehicle’s pre-orders since November 23, when he wrote that Tesla had attracted 146,000 pre-orders since the headline-grabbing reveal in California two days prior. Musk teased at the time that 42 percent of Cybertruck converts opted for a dual motor all-wheel drive, 41 percent the tri-motor and 17 percent single motor. Since then, the CEO has been publishing brief tweets with fresh numbers....
The billionaire tech CEO responded after Reich, who is Chancellor’s Professor of Public Policy at the University of California, Berkeley, criticized Tesla for making workers take a pay cut during the COVID-19 pandemic, as Musk’s net worth soared. “Musk is a modern-day robber baron,” Reich said in a post that has attracted more than 24,000 shares and close to 80,000 “likes” on the platform at the time of writing....
The 76ers’ hopes of reaching the Eastern Conference Finals were dashed in Wednesday’s thrilling 114-112 game-five defeat, despite Embiid and Dario Saric each contributing 27 points to the cause. There were high hopes for the 76ers heading into the NBA playoffs after a campaign that yielded 52 victories in the regular season and a first playoff series win since 2012 – a round-one triumph against the Miami Heat. It did not pan out quite as the 76ers had hoped, but Embiid insists the future is bright for a talented and youthful Philadelphia side....
Embracer announced Thursday morning that it’s issuing 36 million new shares, citing strong demand. These 36 million shares are expected to raise SEK 7.6 billion, around $890 million, in what’s an effort to raise capital faster than normal. As noted, Gearbox Entertainment was acquired for around $1.3 billion, so the new stock issuance won’t cover that. Nevertheless, nearly a billion dollars in capital is absolutely a significant amount and opens up a lot of opportunities to Embracer....
Samsung Electronics - South Korea The premier emerging market brand is already better known than Sony, with an R&D budget larger than Intel’s and number one global market shares in memory chips and flat screens. Hyundai Motor - South Korea Known less than a decade ago as the butt of Jay Leno’s jokes on “The Tonight Show,” Hyundai last year passed Toyota in the J.D. Power car quality survey. Now it is a global producer, with plants in the United States, China, India and Korea....
Alexis’ sparkling form making him more expensive PSG have struggled to find their best form ever since Emery replaced Laurent Blanc as the man in charge at the Parc des Princes and have already lost more league games this term than in the entirety of last season. They sit third in the table heading into the weekend and will fall seven points behind Lucien Favre’s men if they lose on Sunday....
Koscielny pulled up during the warm-up before the Gunners’ 3-0 win at Blackpool in the third round of the FA Cup, suffering from an apparent back complaint. The former France centre-back missed his country’s World Cup triumph due to a ruptured Achilles tendon sustained during Arsenal’s Europa League semi-final loss to Atletico Madrid in May and only returned to action this month. A patched-up backline kept Blackpool out at Bloomfield Road – not always in convincing fashion – and, with Shkodran Mustafi, Hector Bellerin and Nacho Monreal also joining Rob Holding among the walking wounded, Emery believes it would be easy to push Koscielny too hard, too soon....
The One True King, abbreviated as OTK, co-founder features in the game as a skin for the playable character Thanatos, who is among the playable gods in SMITE. Fellow Twitch streamer Emily “Emiru,” reacted on stream to Mizkif’s skin in the most amusing way, which was clipped and shared multiple times, including on the subreddit r/LivestreamFail by user u/daiceninja on Thursday. While her overall reaction was one of seccond-hand embarrasment, the highlight was when she saw the OTK logo:...
title: “Electric Vehicles A Short History Lesson” ShowToc: true date: “2022-12-03” author: “Wesley Hoefer” The first electric vehicles shared the road with horse-drawn and steam-powered carriages for years before gas-powered cars showed up on the scene, and they grew in popularity as advances in battery technology and the growing availability of electricity made them ever more convenient to operate. The wide availability of inexpensive gas in the early part of the 20th century helped push EVs out of the public consciousness, but various automakers continued working on related technology throughout the years....
