When you hear the word “satellite phone”, your mind may cause clumsy images of mobile monsters directly from the spy thriller. In general, in remote locations of unavailable cellular networks, rather bulky and utilitarian traditional satellite phones are often required. However, today, satellite connections can also be found in conventional smartphones thanks to new hardware…
Human rights groups accused Serbian authorities of undermining peaceful protests with “voice weapons”. The government denies it. CBC's visual investigation department looks at what happens, and what can be proven in fact.
Columbia University agreed on Friday to put the Middle East Research Department under new supervision and overhaul its protest and student discipline rules, defaulting on the Trump administration’s extraordinary last resort to implementing these and other changes, or risking loss of billions of dollars in federal funds. As part of a radical reform, the university…
Sometimes the worst news stories lead to the best satirical memes. On Monday, Atlantic Magazine published an article by editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg titled “The Trump Administration accidentally posted a plan for war for me.” While it sounds like a parody story in the onion, it’s too real. Goldberg somehow uses signal, open source, encrypted messaging…
By Naveen Thukral Singapore (Reuters) – Asian buyers are reducing their purchases of U.S. agricultural goods as Washington plans to charge fees for Chinese-linked vessels and key import tariffs on key regional trading partners Stoke uncertainty and a decline in appetite for U.S. products. China's 34% responsibility for U.S. goods is the largest importer of…
At some point, we all fantasize about having our employer’s big and middle fingers outside the door, whether we are as we wish or being pushed away. Well, a 55-year-old Texas man allegedly built an automatic bird foot in the form of a kill switch, which crashed his company's system and locked it in their…
The artist's angular skills blur the boundaries – they are both literal and symbolic. Photo: Charles Roussel Alioune Diagne's paintings are made up of tiny dotted lines scattered across his large canvas, creating images that are simultaneously blurred and unique. The Senegalese artist’s debut in New York and his third performance in Templon takes a…
Donald Trump is adopting a new strategy to ensure consumers don't blame him for the rising cost of goods: begging companies to save him. The president targeted Walmart in a truth-clarifying social post on Saturday morning and said the company should stop blaming his ongoing trade war on price increases and insisted that the company…
In yet another bad news for the league, a former Atlanta Hawks executive was arrested and charged with fraud and misappropriation of $3.8 million from the team. Competitor has been revealed. “Jones, 46, of Atlanta, is accused of defrauding and embezzling $3.8 million from NBA teams, according to an indictment filed last week by the…
When Los Angeles City Council members proposed a plan this week to hike the wages of travel workers, they received some wording suggestions from city lawyers: There has been no vote on it yet. Senior Assistant City Atti. Michael J. Dundas, who was in-depth at his meeting on Wednesday, had not yet conducted a final…