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La France à l'heure du vote — Européennes
Le vote, qui a commencé samedi, est terminé dans les autres territoires ultramarins, qui ont voté dès samedi, avec une participation en progression en Guyane, Martinique, Guadeloupe, Polynésie. Pour leur 28e samedi consécutif de manifestations, à la veille du scrutin européen, ils étaient environ 12.500 dans toute la France, selon le ministère de l'Intérieur, la mobilisation la plus faible de ce m... [Full Article...]
Asus' ZenBook Pro Duo is a bonkers laptop with two 4K screens
Some, however, might be more interested if the company is anywhere close to making its Precog dual screen convertible laptop a reality. While that may sound like hyperbole, there may be some truth to what is the most exciting and unique laptop so far at Computex 2019 . [Full Article...]
Artist auctions off a virus-ridden laptop for $1 million
Artist Guo O Dong collaborated with the cybersecurity firm Deep Instinct to produce " The Persistence of Chaos ", meant to convey the kind of real-world damage malware can bring. It contains half a dozen malware samples that have collectively caused over $95 billion in financial damages. Other viruses are BlackEnergy, ILOVEYOU , MyDoom, SoBig and DarkTequila. [Full Article...]
‘Large and unsafe tornado’ on ground near Trotwood, Ohio
One person was killed and dozens were injured. "The second is the ability to drain any storm water we might get here in our city over the coming days", it said. There is a low tornado threat again with these storms. Six apparent tornadoes were reported in Iowa, five in Nebraska, four in IL, three in Minnesota and one in Idaho. [Full Article...]
Justice Thomas explains the frightful historic connection between abortion and eugenics
Still, supporters of abortion rights will be disappointed and anxious that the justices allowed the fetal tissue provision to go into effect. Left-wing Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Sonia Sotomayor noted they would have also ruled against IN on the fetal burial provision. [Full Article...]
Iraq warns of ‘danger of war’ as Iran’s top diplomat visits
Democratic presidential candidate Beto O'Rourke criticized President Donald Trump's approval to send an additional 1,500 U.S. troops to the Middle East this week as a step toward "yet another war". This came even as one US military official and a lawmaker speaking to Newsweek expressed their doubts toward the administration's spin on the intelligence. [Full Article...]
Trump bids Japanese emperor farewell, tours USA navy base
Not only did Trump don his "Tiger Woods victory red" half-zip windbreaker during a round of golf with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe , the president also attend a marquee sumo wrestling tournament in Tokyo, where he presented the victor with a special "President's Cup" trophy. [Full Article...]
HP adorns its Envy laptops with wood
WTF?! HP, having already released laptops containing non-conventional materials, has refreshed its Envy, EliteBook, and ZBook families for 2019, with the "Envy Wood" series featuring, as you might imagine, different types of wooden finishes. [Full Article...]
India will not invite Pakistan's Imran Khan to Modi swearing-in ceremony
Pakistan has tried to downplay India's decision not to invite Imran Khan for Narendra Modi's swearing-in on Thursday, claiming that the Indian Prime Minister's "internal politics" does not permit him to extend an invitation to his Pakistani counterpart. [Full Article...]
Lot-et-Garonne : Le détenu part voter et en profite pour s'évader
Le journal confirme que l'homme est allé voter " à Villeneuve-sur-Lot vers 9 heures ". Mais vers midi, le personnel du centre de détention constate qu'il n'est pas rentré. L'homme est désormais considéré comme évadé, ajoute le quotidien local. Mais d'autres ont poursuivi selon les deux procédures habituelles à leur disposition: le vote par procuration , et l'autorisation de sortie. [Full Article...]
Progression limitée des eurosceptiques, poussée écologiste — Européennes
Après la sortie du Royaume-Uni de l'UE, les deux listes obtiendront le même nombre (23) d'eurodéputés. " La vague de partis nationalistes et eurosceptiques est très contenue, si on met de côté le RN et la Ligue ", estime Eric Maurice, analyste à la Fondation Robert Schuman, interrogé par l'AFP . [Full Article...]
Man dies on plane after swallowing 246 packets of cocaine
Paramedics then boarded the plane and declared the man dead. Udo N., of Japan , died on board a flight from Mexico City to Tokyo early Friday morning. During the autopsy, it was discovered that the man had swallowed 246 packets of cocaine , each of them measuring 1cm in width and 2.5cm in length. [Full Article...]
Apple’s new iPod touch is the fastest yet - and all too familiar
The (old) new iPod touch . That phone has a similar design as the iPod touch but a bigger, 4.7-inch screen, far better cameras, a fingerprint sensor (built into the Home button), and water resistance. The device still charges via a lightning port and Apple claims its battery will last up to 40 hours for music playback and 8 hours for video playback. [Full Article...]
Sajid Javid enters race to replace May as PM
Instead, he declared his candidature with a short video message on the need to "restore trust" and spread economic opportunities. If elected, the home secretary would be the first ethnic minority leader of Britain, a country which he said has "done so much for me". [Full Article...]
Google Duo eight-person group calling rolls out globally
When Apple announced its FaceTime group calling function, it nearly sounded absurd that it could support more than two dozen people In comparison, Google Duo's limits can sound pretty, well, limiting. This feature is now available in countries like Indonesia, India, and Brazil, and it'll expand to more markets in the coming months. Users will be able to use up to 50% less data with the feature e... [Full Article...]
Federal appeals court fast tracks review of Mazars USA case
The delay is the result of what Reuters calls a "rare accord" between Trump's attorneys, the banks, and the House Intelligence and Financial Services Committees. It followed an informal request to the bank by Democratic lawmakers in March seeking records related to potential conflicts of interest tied to Trump's Washington hotel and other businesses. [Full Article...]
Les séparatistes plus forts que jamais (analyse des résultats)
Le Vlaams Belang est le 2e parti en Flandre, et à l'heure où je vous parle, le PTB se bat pour la 3e ou la 4e place en Wallonie. Ecolo réaliserait une percée. Le Vlaams Belang, parti rival des nationalistes flamands de la N-VA et allié du Rassemblement national (extrême droite française) au Parlement européen, dépassait les 18% en Flandre, selon des résultats portant sur environ 15% des bureaux de... [Full Article...]
Canadian had to 'climb over dead bodies' on Mount Everest
Last week, there were reports of massive crowding, especially near Hillary Step, where climbers had to walk single file. More than 200 mountaineers have died on the peak since 1922, when the first climbers' deaths on Everest were recorded. [Full Article...]
AMD Rolls Out Ryzen 3rd Gen Desktop CPUs, Including a Ryzen 9
As an early preview machine, Corsair has not finalized their specifications for the PC, so we can only speculate whether or not it will also use AMD's upcoming Radeon RX 5700-series graphics card, but since everything else inside of it was related to AMD's latest-generation technology, this seems incredibly likely. [Full Article...]
Instagram’s IGTV now supports horizontal videos
Similarly, we've heard from viewers who come across landscape videos in IGTV but want to watch them in a more natural way. Now, however, a dedicated hub for long-form portrait-mode video won't appear anywhere at all. Instagram TV has been around for a year and the company has now made a decision to add in support for landscape videos. "It enabled creativity to flourish and engagement to rise - a... [Full Article...]