The American space company SpaceX successfully launched a new package of satellites for its Starlink constellation on Sunday. A Falcon-9 launch vehicle from SpaceX took off from Cape Canaveral in Florida at 4.20 pm Belgian time. The first stage returned to Earth about nine minutes later, landing on the […]
Nearly 1,600 Evacuations Due to Fire in Yosemite Park
Published on :Nearly 1,600 people have already been evacuated due to the forest tire in Yosemite Park in the US state of California, the British public broadcaster BBC reported on Monday. The evacuations due to the Washburn Fire that broke out on July 7 occurred in the town of Wawona in […]
Opposition Leader Starmer Does Not Want a New Conservative Prime Minister
Published on :British opposition Labor leader Keir Starmer does not want a new Conservative prime minister to succeed Boris Johnson. “There must be a new government.” “The Conservative Party has been in power for 12 years now. That party has plunged our country into chaos. The cost of living has skyrocketed […]
Microsoft Narrows Largest Public Cloud Player
Published on :With revenue of $408.6 billion last year, the public cloud continues to grow. Although there are many players active, it is noticeable that the largest players are growing faster and Microsoft takes the most market share among those large. Last year, public cloud services grew 29 percent to more […]
Amazon Stops Dark Patterns, But Only in Europe
Published on :If you want to cancel your Amazon Prime subscription, you can do that with two mouse clicks. At least if you live in Europe. This is the result of requirements from the European Commission. He says in a statement that she has forced Amazon to show a highly visible […]
Greece Rejects Criticism of Migrant Pushbacks
Published on :Greece denies that it is systematically driving migrants back to Turkey, after several media reports. This is what the Greek Minister of Merchant Shipping and Island Policy Yannis Plakiotakis told local media. “All complaints are being investigated, but none have been confirmed at the national or European level so […]
German Energy Sector Wants More Land for Building Windmills
Published on :Much more land is needed to build windmills in Germany to reduce dependence on Russian energy. According to the German trade association for the energy and water sector BDEW, the available area for wind turbines should even be doubled. Currently, 0.8 percent of the German territory is designated for […]
Facebook and Instagram Now Ban Posts About Abortion Pills
Published on :Days after women lost the right to abortion in many US states, Meta, the parent company of Instagram and Facebook, decided to crack down on reports of legal abortion pills in the US. Posts that provide information about abortion pills, or that offer women to forward the pills, are […]
Philips: Problems With Sleep Apnea Machines Less Dangerous
Published on :The problems with sleep apnea devices from Philips are less dangerous for users than the Dutch healthcare technology company previously thought. The company states this is based on early research results into the devices. However, the recall continues unabated. The problems were caused by the sound-insulating foam in the […]
New Antitrust Complaint for Job Boards Google
Published on :A Danish job board files a complaint against Google for abuse of power by promoting its own job board more prominently than others. Google launched Google for Jobs in 2018, but it was not met with industry applause. By 2019, 23 job boards were criticized. They complain that they […]