A cold eagle took down a government drone in Michigan, officials said Thursday. The raptor struck the Phantom 4 Pro Advanced quodcopter drone at about 162 feet in the air on July 21, “tore off a propeller and sent the plane to the bottom of Lake Michigan,” according to the …
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Here is how many extra deaths over normal numbers were prevented during coronavirus pandemic, according to a statistician
By Ronald D. Fricker Jr., Professor of Statistics and Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs and Administration, Virginia Tech The death toll in the United States through July 2020 is 8% to 12% higher than it would have been if the coronavirus pandemic had never happened. That is at least 164,937 …
Read More »The Spurs’ 22-year-old playoff spot is over, but their legacy is alive and well
For years, when San Antonio Spurs coach Gregg Popovich was asked about the Spurs’ affirming organizational culture as their continuing place as candidates in the Western Conference, he would turn all credit to Hall of Famer Tim Duncan. “Before you start giving applause and credit to everyone else in this …
Read More »Intel sends back concerns about its chipmaking technology
Text size David Becker / Getty Images Intel fights back against growing consensus picture that delays in manufacturing caused the 52-year-old chipmaker behind rivals such as Advanced Micro Devices. Over the course of nearly three hours, Intel (ticker: INTC) engineers from various business departments talked in depth about various lines …
Read More »Elon Musk offers help to Belarus. Can its Starlink satellites run round censorship?
Belarus petitions Elon Musk’s SpaceX company to test them Starlink satellite system in their country to the CEO tweeted offer sympathy and support. Internet outages coincide with a fourth day of protests in Belarus, following a controversial presidential election on Sunday, saw Aleksandr Lukashenko re-elected to a sixth term in …
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