World Health Organization says monkeypox is not a global health emergency right now
The WHO did not activate its highest alert level in response to the global monkeypox outbreak, called a public health emergency of international concern.
Another day, another crypto heist: Hacker steals $100 million from Harmony blockchain bridge
$100 million. That’s the latest haul from yet another successful crypto heist carried out by hackers finding a weakness to exploit. Harmony, a blockchain bridge that helps facilitate transfers between different cryptocurrency tokens, recently announced that $100 million in cryptocurrency was stolen from its Horizon bridge on Thursday morning. In a blog post detailing the […]
Off-duty RI cop allegedly attacks political opponent at abortion rally after Supreme Court ruling
Jen Rourke said she was "violently attacked" after her speech outside the state house in Providence protesting the Supreme Court ruling overturning Roe v. Wade.
Strange Martian rock reveals Mars' wildly different past
Mars used to be a wildly different land. Though the red planet is bone dry today, NASA’s Curiosity rover recently rumbled by poignant evidence of an ancient watery world. The car-sized robot snapped an image of a unique rock that looks like its composed of stacked layers. Such a rock likely formed “in an ancient […]
Google warns of 'hermit spyware' infecting Android and iOS devices
As part of Google’s efforts to track the activities of commercial spyware vendors, the company’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) released a report Thursday on spyware campaigns targeting Android and iOS users. Google TAG researchers Benoit Sevens and Clement Lecigne go into detail about the use of entrepreneurial grade spyware dubbed “Hermit.” This sophisticated spyware tool […]
A rocket slammed into the moon. NASA got a picture.
The moon has a strange, new crater. But this one’s not natural. NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, which began mapping the moon in 2009, spotted the impact site of a recent rocket crash on the far side of the moon, which occurred in early March. The space agency published imagery of the impact on Friday, which […]
This couple left the U.S. to live abroad and save money: 'We've been to London, Rome and Lisbon'
In 2021, Kimanzi Constable and his wife sold their house in Florida and left the U.S. to travel the world full-time. Now, they're living as digital nomads in cities like Lisbon, Rome and Nice — and cut their monthly spending budget by 50%.
President Biden signs bipartisan gun reform bill into law
President Joe Biden signed the nation's most significant gun reform bill in decades into law early Saturday after years of stalled efforts to tighten gun laws.
El Salvador's $425 million bitcoin experiment isn't saving the country's finances
The government's crypto coffers have been cut in half, bitcoin adoption nationwide isn't really taking off, and the country has big upcoming debt payments.
Social Security isn't bankrupt: What we know about future benefits based on latest trustees report
A later depletion date for Social Security's trust funds isn't anything to celebrate. But there are some nuggets of good news for beneficiaries in a new report.