By Brad Brooks MOLALLA, Ore. (Reuters) – Nicole West steered her bulldozer through the smoldering forest, pushing logs into the underbrush and away from the wildfires ripping through Oregon’s Cascade Mountains. Her border collie, Oink, rode shotgun as West and a volunteer crew raced to clear a fire line. Behind West, on the front lines […]
by Joe Fedewa Opening ZIP files is something people associate with computers, but it can be done on a phone or tablet too. If you download a compressed file on your Android device, it’s not too difficult to extract its contents. We’ll show you how. Every Android phone comes with a file manager app, but […]
by Benj Edwards IBM’s OS/2 operating system, first released in 1987, occupies a strange place in PC lore. If you were around back then, you probably heard that it was once better than Windows, yet few people used it. So, what was the deal with OS/2? Let’s find out! OS/2 Was Intended to Replace DOS […]
by Katherine Rodriguez A Georgia man says he owes his life to the persistent barking of his neighbor’s dog. Tony Dagnino, of Johns Creek, was repairing his car when it fell on top of him, WSB reported. “(It was) like someone jumped on me. But it was a big guy,” Dagnino said. “I couldn’t catch a […]
Yesterday, the Commerce Department said it will not allow TikTok or WeChat to appear on app stores in the U.S. after 11:59pm on Sunday. The backstory: TikTok seemed to be out of the dog house earlier this week when ByteDance accepted Oracle’s bid for a tech partnership and a major equity stake…but everyone’s still waiting […]
by Eric Schoon Tech is constantly being outdated, and because of that, you might have a small gadget graveyard building up in your house somewhere. But you spent a decent amount of money on all that stuff, it shouldn’t go to waste! So before you get rid of it, let’s go over some cool stuff […]
By Elliot Murphy Many UK universities are increasing their investments in arms companies and acting as their research and development partners. Along with public museums taking sponsorships from arms companies, they risk becoming militarised spaces, losing their public ethos and giving the military industry a humane public face. Britain’s “defence industry” is largely escaping critical […]
The Alfred Jewel The Alfred Jewel is a 9th-century Anglo-Saxon ornament made during the reign of King Alfred the Great. Discovered in 1693, the teardrop-shaped ornament consists of a colorful enamel image of a man covered with a clear, polished piece of crystal and set in gold. Its purpose is unknown, but it was probably […]
by Tania Broughton The editor of two Louis Trichardt newspapers succeeded in a court application to get the Makhado Municipality to give him information about tenders. This, after the municipality stonewalled him. The court ruling is seen as a victory for the right to access information. Tenacious editor Anton van Zyl, the publisher and editor […]
(CNN) A humpback whale has become stranded in a crocodile-infested river in Australia, after apparently becoming confused during migration. In a “very unusual” event, three of the animals entered East Alligator River in Kakadu National Park last week. The animals were first spotted on Tuesday, a spokeswoman for the park, in Australia’s Northern Territory (NT), […]
