indian student Akash Das was arrested and charged with vehicular homicide (Photo: WPBF) Indian student Akash Das was behind the wheel when his Cadillac SUV collided with an Audi sedan, and the 81-year-old driver of the Audi, Gary Neal Fields, died. The accident took place in July, and Das was arrested in August and his…
Quote of the day by Peter Thiel. PayPal founder Peter Thiel contradicted the well-known business lesson that being the first mover in a sector has its own advantage and suggested that it is highly overrated and a trap. Because first-movers can become unseated by a new entrant and he supported his theory by citing how…
Quote of the day by Michael Bloomberg. In a professional world caught between working smart and working hard, Michael Bloomberg always maintained that he favored hard work because he was no genius. Today, this stands as a controversial piece of advice, but it remains the core principle that sustained his business career and his time…
Echo 1 passes over NASA’s Goldstone Tracking Station on August 12, 1960, with the antenna and star trails visible. (Nasa photo) Exactly sixty-six years ago from today, on August 12, 1960, NASA launched Echo 1A, a 100-foot-diameter balloon that became the agency’s first successful communications satellite. Unlike modern communication satellites, Echo 1A did not actively…
Brits queue for hours as glasses sell out. Hundreds of people across the UK are scrambling to get certified solar eclipse glasses ahead of Wednesday evening’s partial solar eclipse, with stocks selling out at shops and online stores.Long queues have been reported in London, Exeter, Wales and Kent, with some shoppers waiting for hours to…
How the false King Charles death reports went on air King Charles’ death was falsely announced on a U.K. radio station in May after pre-recorded reports claiming the monarch had died were mistakenly broadcast, prompting the country’s media regulator Ofcom to rule that the station had breached broadcast standards.Radio Caroline aired three pre-recorded statements claiming…
Quote of the day by Agatha Christie (Image: Wikipedia) Life often involves genuine risk, but not every risk is actually worth taking. Some decisions place someone in a situation where the possible consequences were obvious from the very beginning. Agatha Christie captured that exact idea in one vivid image. “If you place your head in…
NYC First Lady Rama Duwaji is scheduled to visit Syria and Lebanon in September, New York Post reported. NYC mayor Zohran Mamdani‘s wife Rama Duwaji has a trip to Syria and Lebanon on her schedule in September and that has triggered a major row as it is not clear whether she will be accompanied by…
Representative Image (AI-generated) Maryland is giving residents a new option for what happens to their bodies after death. According to WYPR, a public radio station serving Maryland, the state is now home to what is described as the nation’s largest human composting facility: a 37,000-square-foot facility in Elkridge operated by Earth Funeral. The facility uses…
Indian musician Pritesh Walia detained by ICE, claim friends and family. Pritesh Walia, an Indian musician, was detained by ICE on August 2, a statement issued from his Instagram account claimed. “This is Liza. I’m currently managing Pritesh’s account on his behalf. On Sunday night, August 2, after we returned to Los Angeles, Pritesh was…
