WILMINGTON, Del. On Monday, a judge in the Delaware Superior Court is expected to swear the jury in a defamation trial that has little precedent… Read More »Fox News is on trial, as are falsehoods about 2020
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When will those trials lead to autonomous construction machines that actually do work on construction sites? “We’ll get there,” says Weiss, but Caterpillar’s partners need… Read More »The elusive dream of fully autonomous construction vehicles
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In an interview, Dr. Avram that he made a concerted effort to inform the public about the side effect as soon as he learned about… Read More »CoolSculpting promised to zap fat. For some, it brought deformity.
Logan Barnhart, circled in yellow, as seen in CCTV footage from a Washington Metropolitan Police Department camera.Ministry of Justice via AP Logan Barnhart, a Michigan… Read More »A man who modeled for the cover of a military novel in which a woman lusts after her “man whore” Navy SEAL stepbrother was sentenced to 3 years in prison for assaulting a police officer at the Capitol on Jan. 6.
Smartwatches from tech companies like Apple and Garmin make it easy to see a number that can more accurately reflect how old you are than… Read More »What good are portable computers if the data is incorrect?
The Dominion Voting Systems v. Fox News defamation case, set for trial in Delaware next week, is expected to spark heated debates about journalistic ethics,… Read More »Groundbreaking trial against Fox News could affect the future of the libel law
MEXICO CITY (AP) — A gang of gunmen raided a resort where dozens of vacationers were spending the weekend in central Mexico and opened fire,… Read More »Gunmen fire at resort in central Mexico, killing 7 people
Here’s a personal finance pop quiz with an extremely high success rate. In what industry do so many customers only know the price after requesting… Read More »How four parents hacked their own college pricing tools together
Enlarge / “S’up?” An adorable sloth was briefly robbed on camera during ESA’s JUICE launch live stream on Friday. European Space Agency Do you remember… Read More »This adorable sloth briefly stole the spotlight during the JUICE launch
When you host one of the world’s last over-the-air radio shows in Yiddish, fans will occasionally contact you. But you hear more often from critics.… Read More »Is public television the Israeli government’s next target?
“Raise your hand if you know who’s getting fired?” wrote a Meta employee this month in an online chat group for the company’s engineers. “Fire… Read More »Mass layoffs and absentee bosses create a moral crisis at Meta
