U.S. National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan on Sunday expressed “serious concerns” to his Israeli counterpart about violent clashes in Jerusalem sparked by planned evictions of Palestinians from East Jerusalem, the White House said in a statement.Sullivan in a phone call with Israeli National Security Adviser Meir Ben-Shabbat “encouraged the Israeli government to pursue appropriate measures to ensure calm during Jerusalem Day commemorations.”New confrontations broke out between Palestinians and Israeli police in parts of East Jerusalem on Sunday, including in Sheikh Jarrah and outside the walled Old City, as well as in Haifa, a mixed Arab-Jewish city in northern Israel at…
Author: Mike Harrison
Clubhouse finally launched its Android app, at least for U.S. users. It has been more than a year since iPhone users were exclusively introduced to a new social network experience. On Sunday, the voice-based social network announced the launch of its beta app in Android. The Android app will first be available in the U.S. Eventually, English-speaking users in other countries will soon enjoy it too. And afterward, users around the world will get their hands on it as well. (Photo : Screenshot from Clubhouse Website)Clubhouse finally launched its Android app, at least for U.S. users. It has been more…
The White House was working closely with top US fuel pipeline operator Colonial Pipeline on Sunday to help it recover from a ransomware attack that forced the company to shut a critical fuel network supplying populous eastern states.The attack is one of the most disruptive digital ransom schemes reported and has prompted calls from American lawmakers to strengthen protections for critical US energy infrastructure from hacking attacks.Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said the pipeline fix was a top priority for the Biden administration and Washington was working to avoid more severe fuel supply disruptions by helping Colonial restart as quickly as…
Robocalls are fake calls that people have been getting, and it has led to a major security issue that has been spamming people regarding different issues that may or may not concern them. With this, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is regulating them, and overseas calls would be the most affected, with AT&T, Verizon, and T-Mobile looking into protesting against it. (Photo : Jim Reardan on Unsplash )$225M, That’s the Worth of 1B Insurance Scam Robocalls in 2019, Says FCC While there are limited to no ways of discerning a call to be legitimate or a “robocall” before answering it,…
The release of Mass Effect Legendary Edition is only less than a week from now. But are you ready for Commander Shepard’s glorious high-resolution, high frame rate return? That said, here’s everything you should know about the highly anticipated Mass Effect trilogy remaster. (Photo : Steam ) You’ll Need Some Beefy Hardware to Run it Well Here’s one thing you absolute have to know about Mass Effect Legendary Edition: it runs like a champ on next-gen hardware. Bioware and EA really did their homework on this remaster. But in order for it to run like intended, you’ll need some beefy…
China’s technology giants are looking into the venture to introduce a native-made electric vehicle in the country as Huawei, Baidu, and Xiaomi have already invested a total of $19 billion in their ventures. This move is a massive step for these companies and China, especially as it somehow beats the US’ tech giants in their electric vehicle projects. Apple is known to look into delivering the “Apple Car” by 2025 says analyst reports, and it would already feature a fully electric motor that is also capable of self-driving once it releases. That is a massive step for Apple, especially as…
The former chief physician of the Siberian hospital, where Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny was treated immediately after he was poisoned with a nerve agent last year, has gone missing.Local police in Omsk told TASS that Alexander Murakhovsky, Health Minister of the region, was reported missing on Saturday after leaving a hunting base in a forest on an all-terrain vehicle on Friday and has not been seen since, CNN reported.In a statement, the regional Interior Ministry of Omsk said police officers were searching for a man who had gone missing in the Bolsheukovsky district, without naming the physician.”On May 8,…
The Taliban on Monday declared a three-day ceasefire across Afghanistan to mark this week’s Eid al-Fitr holiday, just two days after being blamed for killing more than 50 people — mostly young girls — in a bomb attack outside a school in the capital.The ceasefire offer comes as the United States continues to pull out its last 2,500 troops from the violence-wracked country despite faltering peace efforts between the Taliban and Afghan government to end a decades-long war.”Mujahideen of the Islamic Emirate are instructed to halt all offensive operations against the enemy countrywide from the first till the third day…
Britain has tasked naturalist David Attenborough with inspiring action to tackle the issue of climate change as its People’s Advocate ahead of the United Nations’ Climate Change Conference (COP26) in November in Glasgow, Scotland.COP26 could accelerate measures by the world’s biggest polluters to tackle climate change, which activists, scientists and world leaders say could ultimately endanger the planet.Britain holds the presidency of the conference this year.Attenborough, 95, the world’s most influential wildlife broadcaster, will exhort leaders at events over the next six months to put climate and the protection of nature at the top of their agenda, including at the…
Israel vowed on Sunday to restore order in Jerusalem after hundreds of Palestinian protesters were wounded in a weekend of clashes with Israeli security forces, while the justice ministry put off a key court ruling on a flashpoint property dispute.Consecutive nights of violence around the Al-Aqsa mosque compound in the Old City has been the worst since 2017, fuelled by a years-long bid by Jewish settlers to take over nearby Palestinian homes in Israeli-annexed east Jerusalem.Ahead of a cabinet meeting, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, also referred to as “Bibi”, warned that Israel “would decisively and responsibly impose law and order…