Tel Aviv – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his Likud party alleged Thursday that Israel’s elections earlier in the week were stolen by Arab-majority parties, aided by foreign funding that amounted to vote buying, as final results showed Netanyahu’s bloc has lost its majority in Israel’s parliament, the Knesset. Israel’s Arab-majority parties had their biggest … Read more
Image from Jetcity | Stock | Getty ImagesThe U.S. Treasury Department has announced new rates for Series I bonds. The newly purchased I bonds will pay 5.51% annual interest from November 1 to April 30, up from the 4.26% yield offered on purchases made through October 31. The new rate includes a variable part of … Read more
Saturday is Warhammer Day! It’s also Halloween, so to prepare, we’re taking a look at some of our favorite terrifying Warhammer miniatures. Thousand Sons Their whispered war cry is the last thing you will hear. These living armors cannot be reasoned with, they cannot be stopped, and they are armed with magic guns! Once proud … Read more
The inevitable Saturday Night Live parody should be very entertaining. But maybe it’s not as entertaining as reality. As the dysfunction between Troy Aikman and Joe Buck continues to simmer, The Athletic’s Andrew Marchand has provided the clearest and most complete details yet about what happened, in a lengthy article that delves into the nooks … Read more
NASA’s furthest spacecraft scared mission control when it inexplicably went silent and missed two days of planned checks. The scathing incident occurred just two weeks ago, when the Deep Space Network did not receive a call from Voyager 1 on either October 18 or 19. But before the agency could send repair commands, the spacecraft, … Read more
Measles cases are accelerating in the US, with twice as many confirmed cases as last year, and more parents are opting for earlier vaccination – especially with the second dose of the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine, which can be given as soon as four weeks after the first.Giving the second shot soon after … Read more
An eight-year-old boy was seriously injured after being attacked by a wolf inside a German zoo enclosure. The incident occurred on Wednesday morning, before the regular opening of the Johannismühle wildlife park south of Berlin, during a childcare day for children, the zoo said in a press release. 5:16 Wild wolves reintroduced to Yellowstone The … Read more
In the wake of the botched execution, a department spokesperson said it had “followed every step of the State’s legally established execution protocol, approved by the Attorney General’s Office” and that “chemical lethal injection in the protocol has been consistently effective.” Lee ordered an independent review to “determine exactly what happened” and said he would … Read more
12m ago Iranian navy claims “enemy drone” destroyed, 2 oil tankers on fire in Hormuz strait The Iranian navy said Friday that an enemy drone was “struck and destroyed” east of the Strait of Hormuz.In a statement, the navy also said two oil tankers “were damaged and caught fire after striking naval mines,” accusing … Read more
This report is from this week’s The Tech Download newsletter. Do you like what you see? You can subscribe here. Anthropic’s more than 300-page S-1 filing earlier this week contained a lot of information. It was the most comprehensive public statement to date on how an AI lab makes money. After the prospectus was published … Read more