Category: News


Groundbreaking biofuel rocket could be ‘Uber for space’


Strapped to a trailer and pulled by a pick-up truck along a runway once used by B-52 bombers in the Cold War, it wasn’t the most glamorous entrance for a rocket about to make history.

Huge snowstorm heads for US east coast


Cities on the east coast of the US, including New York and Boston, are bracing for up to 60cm (20in) of snow as a major winter storm approaches.

Fact check: No evidence for false claims on vaccine ‘warning label’


A year into the coronavirus pandemic, which has now infected more than 24 million Americans and killed more than 400,000 others, a mass vaccine dispersal is underway in the U.S.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2021/01/29/fact-check-no-evidence-claims-made-vaccine-warning-label/6639195002/

Apple’s Tim Cook blasts social media companies over privacy


The first thing you spot on the home page of subreddit r/WallStreetBets is a banner featuring a cartoon character in a suit riding on a yacht, with a street sign reading “Wall St” sitting on top.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2021/01/28/apple-crack-down-iphone-tracking-new-privacy-control/4290285001/

NY undercounted nursing home coronavirus deaths by thousands


New York may have undercounted Covid-19 deaths among its nursing home residents by thousands, according to a report by the state attorney general.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-55850680

US issues ‘heightened threat’ alert after transition


The Department of Homeland Security said the 6 January attack on the US Capitol by Trump supporters may have emboldened some extremists.

Apple hit record revenues of $111B in fall 2020, fueled by coronavirus pandemic


Apple sold more iPhones and iPads, and hit a new revenue high from its services, such as Apple TV+, from October through December 2020, as consumers got new devices and used them more during the coronavirus pandemic.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2021/01/27/apple-iphone-earnings-record-revenue-111-billion/4283569001/

Covid: US pharmacist in vaccine tampering guilty plea


A US pharmacist has agreed to plead guilty to tampering with Covid vaccine vials because he believed the jabs could harm people, prosecutors say.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-55821623