Eight endangered or threatened species could be wiped out in Arizona due to the massive amounts of groundwater being extracted to construct President Donald Trump's border wall, a report has revealed. The desert springs and streams around the San Bernardino …
Read More »Elon Musk Shares Video Of Starship Tank Dome Progress After Pulling All Nighter With SpaceX Team
Private space flight pioneer Elon Musk shared a video Friday of the tangible progress being made on SpaceX's newest craft, the Starship. "Was up all night with SpaceX team working on Starship tank dome production (most difficult part of primary structure)," …
Read More »Trump Has Built Nearly 100 Miles of Border Wall by End of 2019, With 350 Miles to Go in 2020
When President Donald Trump first launched his 2016 election campaign, he promised to rebuild America, starting with the construction of a "beautiful" border wall between the U.S. and Mexico. In the years since, the "wall" as it has come to be known, has bec…
Read More »Large Mayan Palace Discovered in the Middle of the Mexican Jungle
An ancient Mayan palace has been discovered in the middle of the Mexican jungle in Yucatán state, near the historic city of Kulubá. Mexico's National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) announced the news in a press release on December 24, 2019. Th…
Read More »Car sales may be slumping, but policy could give electric vehicles and the auto industry a charge
I’m sure the Montreal Auto Show will be livelier this weekend, but without any motorheads around, it sure felt a lot like a museum on the morning of Jan. 16, the day before the annual event’s official opening. The only loud noises came from periodic unveilin…
Read More »White House considering changes to law banning U.S. companies from paying bribes overseas
President Donald Trump’s administration is weighing whether to seek changes to a 1977 law that makes it illegal for U.S. companies to bribe foreign officials. “We are looking at it,” White House Economic Adviser Larry Kudlow said at the White House on Friday…
Read More »Facebook foes sue to force Mark Zuckerberg to sell his majority stake
Facebook Inc. was sued by four potential competitors who accuse it of anticompetitive behaviour and who asked a judge to order Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg to give up control of the social media behemoth. The companies also said if Facebook isn’t …
Read More »Boaz Manor, business partner indicted on fraud charges in U.S. over blockchain venture
Boaz Manor, a former Canadian hedge fund manager who served jail time following the collapse of Portus Alternative Asset Management Inc. in 2005, was indicted Friday on fresh criminal charges in the United States in connection with an alleged securities fraud…
Read More »In with Galaxy S20, out with the Galaxy S11? Samsung shouldn’t miss its chance to shake up the brand
Samsung's next phone may not be called the Galaxy S11 after all. Angela Lang/CNET Samsung can credit the Galaxy S line with securing its place as the world's top smartphone brand. But after more than a decade, rumors say the company is almost certainly shaking up the way it names its Galaxy S devices. The Galaxy…
Read More »House impeachment manager to Trump: If Ukraine call was ‘perfect’ then ‘call the witnesses’
Washington (CNN)House impeachment manager Jason Crow on Sunday argued that witnesses should be called in President Donald Trump's upcoming Senate trial that kicks off in earnest on Tuesday. "My immediate response (to Trump's legal team's formal response to t…
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