Hackers posted pro-Trump messages Friday across various corners of Reddit.Photo: Nicholas Kamm (AFP (Getty Images) Reddit got Trump. On Friday, many users visited their favorite subreddits and found something unexpected: pro-Donald Trump Make America Great Again campaign banners and messages supporting the president. It was no accident. Weeks after Twitter …
Read More »FDA will quickly decide on experimental drugs for Alzheimer’s
Biogen’s headquarters in Cambridge, Massachusetts.Photo: Dominick Reuter (Getty Images) On Friday, the pharmaceutical company Biogen announced the Food and Drug Administration accepted its request to conduct a priority review of its experimental Alzheimer’s drug for approval. The faster-than-normal process sets the stage for treatment, called aducanumab, to be the first …
Read More »Toshiba is officially leaving the laptop business
After more than three decades in the laptop business, Toshiba says goodbye.Photo: Yoshikazu Tsuno (AFP (Getty Images) Toshiba will not officially make PCs. To be honest, it had taken a step back from making laptops in recent years, but this goes beyond that. It’s a complete turnaround. Reported in a …
Read More »Judge gives even more control over movie theaters to Studios
Photo: AFP / Stringer (Getty Images) Movie theaters have been generously screwed by the global pandemic, and in the last blow, a federal judge has given the go-ahead to ax the 71-year-old Paramount Concession Decision, which should evoke horror of horror for the four of you who have idea what …
Read More »Martian sky pulses and glare when seen at night in UV light
Ultraviolet ‘Nightglow’ from Mars’ atmosphere.Image: NASA / MAVEN / Goddard Space Flight Center / CU / LASP New ultra-violet observations of the Red Planet mark complex circulation patterns in the Martian atmosphere, including extremely regular night-glass pulses that are invisible to the unsupported eye. The Martian atmosphere is, when viewed …
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