Aug. 05: There’s now money to be made in Pokemon extermination. Citing a concern that Pokemon Go players are wandering into private land and near electrical equipment, power utility companies in Florida have asked cybersecurity company LookingGlass to pull Pokemon off the map. “We’re now in the business of killing Pokemon,” LookingGlass CEO Chris Coleman […]
Aug. 05: Inside the secretive world of cybersecurity experts is a phrase that quickly determines the severity of a cyberattack: Is this mischief or calamity? For the higher-ups at the Democratic National Committee, hit by a cyberattack that vacuumed up thousands of emails, which WikiLeaks then leaked, it sure felt like a calamity. It was […]
Aug. 04: A newly published study from NASA reveals that Jupiter’s volcanic moon Io has a thin atmosphere that collapses in the shadow of Jupiter, condensing as ice. The study shows the freezing effects of Jupiter’s shadow during daily eclipses on the moon’s volcanic gases. “This research is the first time scientists have observed this […]
Aug. 06: An Ohio university unveiled a new arrival on campus: a “Pizza ATM” that cooks and dispenses pizzas on demand. Xavier University in Cincinnati announced the Pizza ATM installed at Fenwick Hall allows students to use credit cards, debit cards or student IDs loaded with money to purchase pizzas that are then cooked on […]
Aug. 05: A group of scientists spotted a dolphin in a rare sighting in the Oresund strait between Denmark and Sweden. Oresundsakvariet shared video of the short-beaked common dolphin as it swam between a pair of boats in the strait. “It was insane, a huge experience. People had seen it on Wednesday so we went […]
Aug. 05: A Phoenix resident captured video of a 15-pound manhole cover “floating” in a dance-like rhythm due to underground air pressure from a storm. Jessie Pena posted a video to Facebook showing the manhole cover in the Coronado Historic District “floating” on the air pressure from a Tuesday evening storm. Commenters compared the manhole […]
Aug. 05: Police in Tennessee said two burglary suspects were arrested when they tried to sell stolen items at a pawn shop where the victim works. The Clarksville Police Department said in a Facebook post Jeremy Watts, 30, and Jessica Heady, 24, were arrested Tuesday when they took stolen items from a burglary to a […]
Hetauda / Aug. 06: A minor died and six others were injured in separate incidents of lighting in Makwanpur district on Friday. Kumari Gole (4) died when a lightning struck her at Charikhet Palanse in the district yesterday. She was at her uncle’s house when the lightning hit her. Police said that Maya Moktan, Maili […]
Kathmandu / Aug. 06: The Parliamentary Hearing Special Committee (PHSC) on Friday endorsed names of eight officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs officials, who were recommended for appointment as ambassadors of Nepal to various diplomatic missions. A PHSC meeting held Friday afternoon endorsed the names on the basis of their plans of action, qualifications, […]
पोखरा, २१ साउन । मेहनत गरे आफनै देशमा मनग्य कमाउन सकिन्छ भन्ने उदाहरण बनेका छन्, कास्की लाहाचोकका कृषक इमानबहादुर गुरुङ । तीन वर्षअघिदेखि भैँसी र गाईपालनबाट व्यवसाय सुरु गरेका उनले दूध बिक्रीबाट मासिक नौ लाख आम्दान गर्ने गरेका छन् । अहिले उनले गोठमा तीन सय वटा उन्नत जातका भँैसी र १२ वटा गाई पालेका छन् […]