Shortly after the main section of SpaceX’s first recycled Falcon 9 booster landed itself on a platform in the ocean, half of the rocket’s nosecone, which protected a communications satellite during launch, splashed down via parachute nearby, according to Reuters. ...
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Indian classical dance cover of ‘Shape of You’ will mesmerize you
Since Ed Sheeran dropped his single Shape of You, two things have happened, according to Mashable. First, there is no stopping the track. Second, there is no stopping covers of— or people dancing to — the track. Here’s the latest. Some ...
Read More »Latest WikiLeaks release shows how the CIA uses computer code to hide the origins of its hacking attacks and ‘disguise them as Russian or Chinese activity’
The 676 files released today are part of WikiLeaks’ Vault 7 tranche of files and they claim to give an insight into the CIA’s Marble software, which can forensically disguise viruses, trojans and hacking attacks, Joinfo.com reports with reference to ...
Read More »Britney Spears, Sam Asghari Rumored to Be Planning Summer Wedding
An insider revealed to StarzPost that Spears loves the idea of proposing and is actually planning to buy her own ring to ask her boyfriend Asghari to marry her. However, the 35-year-old singer still needs to get the approval from ...
Read More »Evidence That Robots Are Winning the Race for American Jobs
The industry most affected by automation is manufacturing. For every robot per thousand workers, up to six workers lost their jobs and wages fell by as much as three-fourths of a percent, according to a new paper by the economists, Daron Acemoglu ...
Read More »Britain to scrap SATs because ‘they’re too much pressure on children’
The UK education secretary has unveiled plans for children to be examined without them realising they are being tested, Joinfo.com reports with reference to Metro. Justine Greening has begun a consultation after the SATs for seven-year-olds got a heated reception ...
Read More »Chicago violence: 7 killed in one neighborhood in 12 hours
The latest convulsion of violence, which occurred over a 12-hour period in the city’s South Shore neighborhood, comes as Chicago tallied nearly 900 murders in the past 15 months, Joinfo.com reports with reference to USA Today. Two people — a ...
Read More »Meghan Markle appears in the April issue of Vanity Fair alongside Emma Watson, Cher, and Justin Trudeau
Vanity Fair is the magazine that published some of Princess Diana’s most iconic photos and now her son’s girlfriend Meghan Markle is set to follow in her footsteps as she appears in this month’s issue, Joinfo.com reports with reference to ...
Read More »Fired Trump aide Michael Flynn wants immunity to testify on Russia allegations
Robert Kelner says his client “has a story to tell”, but needs to guard against “unfair prosecution”, Joinfo.com reports with reference to the BBC. Congress is investigating the allegations, with one senator warning of Kremlin “propaganda on steroids”. Mr Flynn ...
Read More »Manatees are no longer an endangered species
Manatees have been taken off the U.S. Interior Department’s list of endangered species, Joinfo.com reports with reference to Metro. The species has now been officially reclassified as threatened. The move has been condemned by conservationists who say it weakens protections ...
Read More »Game Of Thrones Season 7 Official Teaser Released
HBO whetted viewers appetite for the upcoming seventh season by releasing an ominous new teaser showing the rivals for the Iron Throne taking their seats as they prepare for war in Westeros on Thursday, Joinfo.com reports with reference to Daily ...
Read More »Australian Scientists Hope to Find Extinct Tasmanian Tigers
Recent “plausible sightings” have challenged the accepted wisdom that Thylacinus cynocephalus has gone extinct — and have inspired researchers at Australia’s James Cook University to commence a quest to find it themselves, Joinfo.com reports with reference to NPR. Let’s clarify ...
Read More »SpaceX makes aerospace history with successful launch and landing of a used rocket
The rocket took off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, this evening, sending a communications satellite into orbit, and then landed on one of SpaceX’s drone ships floating in the Atlantic Ocean. It was round two for this particular rocket, which already ...
Read More »Tyrannosaurs gain new species and a (scaly) facial makeover
Unusually well-preserved fossils indicate the face of the newly discovered member of the tyrannosaur clan, Daspletosaurus horneri, was covered with a mask of large flat scales, with smaller patches of armor-like skin and sheaths of horn, Joinfo.com reports with reference to ...
Read More »Brain implants helped quadriplegic man move his arm
A quadriplegic man has had his right arm and hand brought back to life with the help of thought-control technology, Joinfo.com reports with reference to Sky News. Bill Kochevar, 56, was paralysed below his shoulders in a cycling accident eight ...
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