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The past week has seen pro-Palestine encampments sprout up on college campuses across the US, as students try to push universities to divest from financial ties to military companies. At schools including Columbia, Yale, and NYU, dozens of students were suspended and arrested for their involvement in the protests, like Rep. Ilhan Omar’s (D-MN) daughter and Barnard student, Isra Hirsi. …

The SLIM lander is continuing to snap photos of the moon’s surface JAXA Somehow, Japan’s Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) has survived three lunar nights, an astonishing feat. Moon landers typically survive for one lunar day – about two Earth weeks – because night on the moon is so cold that it ruins spacecraft batteries and electronics. Very few …

Representative Donald M. Payne Jr., a Democrat from Newark who succeeded his father, New Jersey’s first Black member of Congress, died on Wednesday in Newark in the midst of his sixth term on Capitol Hill. He was 65. He had been hospitalized in Newark and unconscious since April 6, when he sustained a heart attack resulting from complications of diabetes, …

401(k) plans in the U.S. and Registered Retirement Savings Plans (RRSPs) in Canada offer tax-advantaged ways to save for retirement. However, there are some important differences between these plans, which we’ll explore here. Key Takeaways RRSPs and 401(k)s are retirement savings accounts with similar tax benefits. Where 401(k)s and RRSPs differ is in how they work and how they’re set …

Eleven Republicans have been indicted by a grand jury in Arizona and charged with conspiracy, fraud and forgery for falsely claiming that former President Trump had won the state in 2020 over then-Democratic nominee Joe Biden.  “I will not allow American democracy to be undermined,” Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes said in a Wednesday video announcing the indictments over the …

When St. Vincent released the lead single of her upcoming seventh album, All Born Screaming, in March, the immediate consensus among critics and fans was that the avant-rocker was back to her roots. Following 2017’s pop-leaning Masseduction and 2021’s funked-up Daddy’s Home, the singer’s sound had seemingly strayed further and further away from the spiky and weird rock that originally …

NOW earnings call for the period ending March 31, 2024. Image source: The Motley Fool. ServiceNow (NOW 0.72%)Q1 2024 Earnings CallApr 24, 2024, 5:00 p.m. ET Contents: Prepared Remarks Questions and Answers Call Participants Prepared Remarks: Operator Good day, everyone, and welcome to the first quarter 2024 ServiceNow earnings conference call. Today’s call is being recorded. I would now like …

The massive scale of the problem is compounded by the fact that these vulnerabilities aren’t hard to exploit. “You don’t need huge supercomputers crunching numbers to crack this. You don’t need to collect terabytes of data to crack it,” says Knockel. “If you’re just a person who wants to target another person on your Wi-Fi, you could do that once …

An Arizona grand jury in April indicted 11 state Republicans as well as seven attorneys and aides affiliated with Trump’s 2020 presidential campaign on felony charges over their alleged efforts to subvert Biden’s 2020 win in the state. The group is charged on counts pertaining to conspiracy, fraudulent schemes and forgery. The charges were announced by Arizona Attorney General Kris …

The S&P 500 could plunge and a mild recession is likely this year, Paul Dietrich said.Getty Images The S&P 500 is at risk of plunging 44% to around a four-year low, Paul Dietrich said. The top strategist explained that selling stocks well before they crash can yield outsized returns. Dietrich predicted a mild US recession this year based on multiple …

The thong sandal is about to have its day in the sun if Elle Fanning has anything to say about it. The actor took a stroll in New York City today in an outfit befitting a cool spring day. She wore a prim white pointelle tank top underneath an open white button-up shirt, and a pair of baggy, low-rise indigo …

If you’ve been wondering when you’ll be able to order the flame-throwing robot that Ohio-based Throwflame first announced last summer, that day has finally arrived. The Thermonator, what Throwflame bills as “the first-ever flamethrower-wielding robot dog” is now available for purchase. The price? $9,420. Thermonator is a quadruped robot with an ARC flamethrower mounted to its back, fueled by gasoline …

On the night before Elon Musk unveiled Tesla’s first-quarter results on April 23rd, your columnist brought his car to a halt, noticing a futuristic vehicle hooked up to a Tesla charging station in Los Angeles. It was a dark-purple Cybertruck. Twinkling lights glittered behind the tinted windows. It looked so wedgelike, angular and otherworldly that it could have moonlighted as …

Baguio, Philippines – Inside an unlit bathroom, Windel Bolinget gently tips a pail of water over his head, careful to minimise the sound of splashing on the tiled floor. A well-known activist leader in the mountainous Cordillera region in the northern Philippines, the 49-year-old spends most of his days between several undisclosed refuges. Bolinget tries to stay invisible indoors, not …

“Hm, this is a lot wider than I expected,” I said when I held the Rabbit R1 for the first time. Laying flat on my hand, the vivid, electric orange chassis exceeded the span of my palm. Credit: Kimberly Gedeon / Mashable No, it’s not the most comfortable gadget to hold with its unforgiving flat edges, but it’s not unwieldy …

Ofsted’s controversial single-word judgments are here to stay, the government has ruled, in a blow to campaigners who hoped they would be scrapped after the suicide of the primary school headteacher Ruth Perry. Perry’s sister, Prof Julia Waters, reacted with fury to the government’s statement, published on Thursday in response to an inquiry into Ofsted by MPs on the Commons …

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Mark Zuckerberg rekindled investor fears that he would not control costs at Meta after vowing to increase spending and turn the social media group into “the leading AI company in the world”, sending its shares tumbling more than 15 per …

“I love u so much and I’ll make it up to you and be back better than ever very soon,” the artist writes on social media Kim Petras announced on Wednesday that she will be canceling her upcoming festival appearances this summer due to unspecified health concerns. “I’m devastated to be writing this but I’m going through some health issues …

IBM wisely gravitated away from trying to be a pure cloud infrastructure vendor years ago, recognizing that it could never compete with the big three: Amazon, Microsoft and Google. It has since moved on to helping IT departments manage complex hybrid environments, using its financial clout to acquire a portfolio of high-profile companies. It began with the $34 billion Red …

Chipotle is launching Farmesa Fresh Eatery first at Kitchen United’s upcoming Santa Monica location. Source: Chipotle Mexican Grill Chipotle Mexican Grill is abandoning its Farmesa Fresh Eatery spinoff after partner Kitchen United closed its ghost kitchens. A little over a year ago, Chipotle announced the opening of its first Farmesa location at Kitchen United’s Santa Monica location. The spinoff’s menu …