Two people suffered minor injuries after a fire broke out on the roof of St. John’s Episcopal Hospital in Queens on Friday, firefighters said. Rescue workers received reports for the first time that a large cloud of black smoke rose from the top of the hospital in the Far Rockaway neighborhood around 5:15 p.m., they … Read more
ProtonMail, an email service that prides itself on security with end-to-end encryption, has come under fire after it leaked the IP address of a French climate activist to the Swiss police. As TechCrunch reports, the company acted on a request from French authorities about Europol, who were looking for help from the Swiss. Since it … Read more
Wildfire that had burned through remote areas in the Sierra Nevada for two weeks crossed a ridge on Monday and began to descend towards major population centers along Lake Tahoe. As the fire at Caldor intensified in dry and windy conditions, thousands of people were ordered to evacuate along the south and west banks of … Read more
The fast-moving Dixie Fire, the largest of seven forest fires blazing in California, has led to further evacuations in hot, breezy conditions and low humidity, authorities said. (24th July)
Nearly three years after Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh’s riotous confirmation before the Supreme Court, the FBI has released further details of its judicial background review efforts, prompting a group of Senate Democrats to question the thoroughness of the review and to conclude that it was largely shaped by the Trump White House. In a June … Read more
In some industrial applications, robots are ascribed an increase in efficiency. But as a major UK grocery company just found out, that doesn’t mean they aren’t at risk of accidents like humans are. Ocado – which competes with Amazon Fresh – was forced to cancel orders for some customers after a robot collision sparked a … Read more
Toshiba has introduced new options for you to choose from when buying a new Fire TV: The manufacturer has launched a range of smart TVs with an integrated Fire TV experience that will be available in five screen sizes. The 43-inch and 50-inch versions are already listed on Amazon and Best Buy for $ 350 … Read more
Miami Beach has declared a state of emergency in its entertainment district because many spring breakers have flooded the city.
Last year, Walmart sold its mostly video-on-demand video service Vudu to Fandango, and now, after not working on Amazon’s Fire TV platform for many years, the app has finally reached one of the few devices it still runs on not true. Vudu has always specialized in delivering high quality movies and TV shows, even if … Read more