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Trump: “Anybody running for President or Vice President should be forced to take a Cognitive Examination prior to entering the Race! By doing so, we wouldn’t be surprised at people like Barack ‘Hussein’ Obama, or Sleepy Joe Biden, getting ‘ELECTED.’ Our Country would be a much better place! I took the Exam three times during …
A man uses a dissolved solids meter to test the water quality of both fresh rainwater and his city tap water, and the results he finds are going shockingly viral, with rainwater measuring almost as pure as it can be at 2 ppm, while his city water is well over 300 ppm. In case… pic.twitter.com/KZQOnUs2g0 …
Your body produces a chemical every single day that can turn loose sand into solid stone. No cement. No heat. No cost. Scientists have confirmed it works. Universities have reproduced it. And the four-hundred-billion-dollar cement industry has made absolutely sure you never heard about it. This is the story of biocementation — the living chemistry …
Mobile internet access has been disabled in Moscow in recent days after similar outages in dozens of regions Russia is stepping up its tests of systems designed to keep millions of people from accessing information online in times of political unrest, shutting off mobile internet access in the capital in recent days. People in Moscow, …
JUST IN: The United States quietly put its nuclear command aircraft in the air over the Gulf this week. Most people do not know what that means. They should. The E-6B Mercury is not a combat aircraft. It carries no weapons. It exists for one purpose and one purpose only: to ensure that if everything …
Russian Defence Minister Andrei Belousov has announced preparations for full-scale nuclear tests in response to recent U.S. drills that he claims simulated “pre-emptive missile-nuclear strikes” on Russian territory. Speaking at a Kremlin Security Council meeting, Belousov said the Novaya Zemlya test site is ready for activation “within a short time frame.” The move marks a …
Putin dropped a nuclear-powered torpedo story the same week one of his Balkan allies got off the hook in Washington and a Russian drone wandered over a NATO base. “Putin said the Poseidon drone was tested while running on nuclear power for the first time Tuesday… describing it as a ‘huge success’… the nuclear reactor …
Public broadcasters just dropped a bombshell: nearly half of all automated news responses are wrong and the companies behind them are still pushing these systems into classrooms, search engines, and government portals without friction, disclaimers, or oversight. This isn’t a tech hiccup. It’s a systemic failure, coordinated across platforms and languages, where fabricated quotes, misdated …
Hepatitis C often shows no signs until serious damage is done. It can be treated, so testing is key to help you help reduce your risk. #WorldHepatitisDay #HepC🔗 https://t.co/mqokQBm3RX pic.twitter.com/ahoVG5kEv3 — UK Health Security Agency (@UKHSA) July 28, 2025 Brits at elevated risk of hepatitis C have been urged by UKHSA to get tested even …
🚀For the first time! Honda successfully tests its reusable launch vehicle The Japanese company developed it entirely from scratch. 🇯🇵The test went more than just well — the rocket met all planned parameters, reached an altitude of 271.4 meters, and landed almost perfectly —… pic.twitter.com/xCgPZpYWS6 — NEXTA (@nexta_tv) June 18, 2025
BREAKING: 🚨 MINORITY REPORT GOES LIVE IN BRITAIN: “MURDER PREDICTION” SOFTWARE BEING TESTED 🚨 🔴 The UK government is building software to predict if someone will be a future killer — even if they’ve never committed a crime. 🧠 Using personal data from police, health records & probation services, they’re creating risk profiles — in …
Chinese researchers have successfully detonated a hydrogen-based explosive device in a controlled field test, triggering devastating chemical chain reactions without using any nuclear materials, according to a study published last month. The 2kg (4.4lbs) bomb generated a fireball exceeding 1,000 degrees Celsius (1,832 degrees Fahrenheit) for more than two seconds – 15 times longer than …
Norwegian robotics startup 1X plans to start early tests of its humanoid robot, Neo Gamma, in “a few hundred to a few thousand” homes by the end of 2025, according to the company’s CEO, Bernt Børnich. “Neo Gamma is going into homes this year,” Børnich told TechCrunch in an interview at Nvidia GTC 2025. “We …
Immigration Tests Elon’s Commitment To Free Speech A clash between President-elect Donald Trump’s coalition factions has tested X owner Elon Musk’s commitment to online free speech. The fight began around Christmas and focused on H1-B visas. The tech sector is widely reported to be one of the largest users of the visa program, and critics …
Menzies Research Centre’s Freya Leach praises Elon Musk’s call for elected officials to undergo cognitive tests. “I completely support the idea of competency tests for anyone over 50 to be honest,” Ms Leach said. “Not only do I support competency tests, I support universal IQ tests for politicians as well.”
by Grouchy_Seesaw_ tl:dr – the world is as expected. AMD’s software needs lots of hand holding and support, Nvidia’s runs very well right out of the box. Nvidia maintains performance advantage in nearly every test run. https://semianalysis.com/2024/12/22/mi300x-vs-h100-vs-h200-benchmark-part-1-training/ Key Findings – Comparing on paper FLOP/s and HBM Bandwidth/Capacity is akin to comparing cameras by merely examining megapixel …
The Japanese auto industry is shaken by a new scandal after Toyota, Mazda, and Yamaha have been discovered to have faked their safety data. Deliveries of six models, including three manufactured by Toyota, have been halted. This is the second safety-related scandal affecting Toyota after revelations in December 2023 that its vehicles have not been …
In a bold move towards fiscal adaptation, California pioneers a controversial car tracking initiative to plug the budgetary holes left by waning gas tax revenues. As the state braces for an electric future, the debate over privacy versus necessity reaches a critical juncture. Key points: California pilots “road charge” to replace declining gas tax revenue. …
Amid threats of NATO troop deployment to Ukraine from Western leaders, Russia announces tactical nuke tests, escalating tensions. After multiple Western leaders over the past several weeks have explicitly threatened to deploy NATO troops to Ukraine — France's Macron, UK's David Cameron, US's Hakeem Jeffries — Russia announced tests for use of tactical nukes. Fun, …
The US Space Force conducted the first test of a ground-based warfare system to protect military forces against ‘space-enabled’ attacks – as Russia and China aim to put nukes in space . The device, which looks like a satellite dish, was designed to jam orbiting satellite communication by overloading the airwaves with competing signals. Known …
By Martin Armstrong As expected, this was a test with slow-moving drones that gave hours to respond, but now Iran knows the US shot the drones down – not Israel. U.S. defense announced that they shot down the drones. The official statement: the U.S. continues to “shoot down Iranian-launched drones targeting Israel.” They added, “Our forces …
Harvard University announced Thursday it will once again require standardized test scores for undergraduate admissions, the latest—and most high-profile—higher education institution to reverse its test-optional policy spurred by the Covid-19 pandemic. The standardized testing requirement will affect undergraduate students applying for admissions to the class of 2029 this fall, according to Harvard College, the Ivy …
The probe was initiated after a door panel blew off a 737 Max 9 during an Alaska Airlines flight in early January and comes amid intense scrutiny of the company’s practices FAA auditors found that out of 89 product audits that were conducted, Boeing passed 56 tests and failed 33 of them, according to the …
China’s economy is teetering at a “critical stage,” expanding a modest 4.9% in Q3, below the five percent target. The aftermath of draconian Covid measures persists despite their removal in 2022. Surprisingly, an economic model reliant on debt-fueled construction faces challenges. Ghost cities, idle airports, and vacant skyscrapers showcase the limitations of this approach. China’s …
Russia says to have successfully tested its ability to deliver a massive retaliatory nuclear strike by land, sea and air. The test launch of missiles was from a land-based silo, a nuclear submarine, and from long-range bomber aircraft. Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu called it a rehearsal for “a massive nuclear strike” in response to an …
The US military is fighting a fitness crisis brought by a growing number of obese troops and ‘skinny fat’ recruits who can’t pass fitness tests. Obesity rates among service members surged during COVID and recruiters are also confronted by a growing number of would-be soldiers who are simply too large, too weak or both. Top …
Costco customers beware! The wholesaler is voluntarily recalling a Costco staple, their Kirkland Signature ham, over a possible listeria contamination, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) said. The FSIS said that the recalled product include Costco’s ready-to-eat ham products produced by Sunnyvalley Smoked Meats in Manteca, California. The FSIS said …
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