X-ray diffraction images showing the new form of silica created by sending an intense shock wave through a sample of quartz with a specialized gas gun. As the X-rays repeat repeating faces of a crystalline structure, they scatter. This provides a distinctive ring pattern. Each ring is associated with a …
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Google location tracking tactics took care of their own engineers
Google’s own engineers were worried about the way the company secretly tracked the movements of people who did not want to be tracked until a 2018 Associated Press investigation discovered the shady surveillance, according to unsealed documents in a consumer fraud case. The peek behind the scenes stems from a …
Read More »Stock futures trade lower ahead of Fed speech, GDP report
Credit Suisse chief executive of American stock strategist Jonathan Golub on how tech stocks are doing in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak and whether you should invest in big tech now. US equity futures traded lower during Thursday’s session on Wall Street. The major futures indices suggest a decline …
Read More »Trump takes night off from anti-immigrant talk to swear in American citizens
Planning for the event began early last week when White House officials rushed to the Washington Office of the Civil and Immigration Office with a request to organize a naturalization ceremony at the White House, according to a senior administration official. Naturalization ceremonies have been held in the White House …
Read More »Following the suspect in the deadly Kenosha Shootings
A teenager who was walking among protesters in Kenosha, Wis., With a military-style semi-automatic rifle, was arrested and is facing a charge of first-degree intentional manslaughter in connection with shootings that killed two people Tuesday night. Kyle Rittenhouse, a 17-year-old Illinois resident, appeared on multiple videos taken overnight by protesters …
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