In preparation for a 15-day exercise with Chinese and Cambodian troops named Golden Dragon, China unveiled robot dogs mounted with machine guns. China tested out robot dogs, which are military vehicles mounted with machine guns on their backs. In preparation for a 15-day exercise with Chinese and Cambodian troops named
According to a recent Bloomberg report, the world’s top chipmakers can flip a ‘kill switch’ should China invade Taiwan, effectively admitting that the semiconductor chips you’re buying come with a kill switch. If China invades Taiwan, two of the biggest semiconductor companies in the world can remotely “kill switch” their
Bird flu cases in the US and Australia spark a surge in vaccine stocks. The discoveries, including a mild case in Michigan and Australia’s first, raise concerns about potential human-to-human transmission and the need for further research. Following two reports of human bird flu infections—one in the US and the
According to SmartAsset, which calculated the income a family needs to live comfortably in every US state using the MIT Living Wage Calculator, Massachusetts is the most costly state to live comfortably, and Mississippi is the cheapest. To live comfortably, a family in the five most expensive states in the
According to Statista’s Consumer Insights survey, what Americans are most worried about is inflation or cost of living and crime. The most significant issues facing American adults at the moment and how those priorities have changed over time are being monitored by Statista’s Consumer Insights survey. The following graphic, courtesy
Scientists led by physical chemist Rodney Ruoff of the Institute for Basic Science in South Korea published their results in the journal Nature on April 24, revealing that they can grow diamonds from scratch in 15 minutes. Researchers have developed a novel method for creating diamonds at room temperature and
In Buford, Georgia, two alleged members of a transnational money laundering organization, Li Pei Tan and Chaojie Chen, were arrested for laundering millions in drug proceeds for Mexican cartels, including Sinaloa and CJNG. Due to their alleged involvement in a scheme to launder millions of dollars in illicit drug proceeds
According to Russian state media, Russian authorities arrested Lieutenant-General Vadim Shamarin, deputy to General Valery Gerasimov, head of the army’s general staff, on suspicion of large-scale bribe-taking. Is President Vladimir Putin continuing what appears to be a purge of his senior defense staff members? The Kremlin escalated its crackdown on
Newly released emails from the House Select Subcommittee reveal that leading scientists, including NIH adviser Dr. David Morens, discussed destroying email evidence related to bat coronavirus research and evading FOIA requests during the COVID-19 outbreak. According to a recent batch of emails made public by the House Select Subcommittee on
