Multiple employees at Ubisoft, including two executives, were placed on administrative leave while the company conducts a corporate investigation after allegations of professional misconduct, Bloomberg reports. The two licensed executives are Tommy François and Maxime Béland, two employees who serve as vice presidents in a division that oversees the worldwide …
Read More »COVID-19: Here’s Long Island’s latest three-day positive testing trend
With thousands of new coronavirus (COVID-19) tests being conducted daily throughout New York, the numbers on Long Island have remained relatively stable in recent days. In New York, 61,723 COVID-19 tests were performed in the past 24 hours, with a total of 805 (1.3 percent) testing positive for the virus, …
Read More »NASA describes a plan to use steam robots to explore icy moons
One day, a fleet of steam robots could be used to explore the moons of Jupiter and Saturn “leaping giant across their frozen landscapes.” Researchers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory are developing small soccer ball-sized spherical robots equipped with steam thrusters for future exploration. If they ever move beyond the …
Read More »Dodgers’ Andrew Toles arrested behind Florida airport
Dodgers outfielder Andrew Toles, who has not played since 2018, was arrested and jailed this week when police found him sleeping behind the Key West airport in South Florida. Toles, 28, was charged with a misdemeanor trespass on Monday night. Police listed his address as “Key West streets.” The Miami …
Read More »Pompeo: United States imposes restrictions on Chinese Communist Party leaders that undermine Hong Kong autonomy
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Friday announced new restrictions against members of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), declaring that the United States has banned visas for CCP members affiliated with the obstruction of Hong Kong’s autonomy. “President Trump promised to punish Chinese Communist Party (CCP) officials responsible for eviscerating …
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