After yesterday’s introduction of the Xbox Games Showcase with revelations such as the gameplay of Halo Infinite, rumors began to spread quickly about some of the great games shown. Quoting @ChronoTK on Twitter, the rumor that Playground Games’ Fable was actually an MMO (Massively Multiplayer Online) title spread quickly. For …
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Arizona woman arrested after using prepaid gift card to send $ 500 to al Qaeda, says Justice Department
A woman was arrested this week for trying to provide material support to the terrorist group Al Qaeda, the Justice Department announced Friday. Jill Marie Jones was arrested on July 22 after sending $ 500 with a prepaid gift card to an undercover FBI employee posing as an al-Qaeda member. …
Read More »Testing buildings can become an added weapon in coronavirus reopens
As students and office workers prepare to return to campus or their office buildings, it may not come down to a nasal swab or blood test. Instead, new technology shows that the standard for reopening may be to test buildings and not just people. The technology, developed and tested at …
Read More »COVID-19 antibodies may fade, but hope for the vaccine doesn’t
Recent studies seem to paint a grim picture of how long COVID-19 immunity It lasts, finding evidence of viral antibody counts plummeting in COVID-19 patients just two months after an initial infection. Some are concerned that these people are vulnerable to reinfection and that long-term vaccines may be more difficult …
Read More »Sailors lose 8-2, yes
One of my university courses taught us about uncertainty reduction theory. Basically it says that people have an inherent need to acquire basic information to facilitate a new situation. Once this information is obtained, it becomes much easier to predict future behavior, which is critical to building and maintaining a …
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