The Israeli cabinet has approved the firing of Ronen Bar, the head of the Shin Bet domestic intelligence service, effective April 10. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had previously stated his loss of confidence in Bar due to a corruption investigation involving Netanyahu’s office. However, Bar claims that the decision was founded on “baseless claims” and … Read more
The Federal Reserve Chair, Jerome Powell, used the term “transitory” to describe potential tariff-induced inflation during a press conference on Wednesday. However, the last time he employed this phrase was in early pandemic days when it backfired, leading to higher-than-expected inflation. Economists are now questioning whether tariffs can be truly transitory this time around. Powell … Read more
Blake Lively has filed a motion to dismiss Justin Baldoni’s $400 million lawsuit, citing a California law that protects individuals from retaliatory lawsuits if they report allegations of sexual harassment or misconduct. The move comes two days after her husband, Ryan Reynolds, asked the court to do the same. Lively’s legal team cited California’s AB … Read more
A preliminary report by the Canadian Transportation Safety Board (TSB) has revealed new details about the final seconds before a Delta Air Lines plane carrying 80 people crashed in Toronto last month. The report found that the plane was descending at an excessive speed of 1,100 feet per minute when it touched down, nearly twice … Read more
A new report from NASA reveals that global sea levels have risen at a rate 35% faster than expected in 2024, making it the hottest year on record for sea level rise. The acceleration of sea level rise is attributed to ocean warming and meltwater from land-based ice such as glaciers. According to Josh Willis, … Read more
A decade ago, Nick Turk-Browne discovered a paradox in the way babies learn and process information. While statistical learning was thought to be linked to the hippocampus, which forms episodic memories, infants were found to excel at acquiring language despite not forming such memories until age 4 or 5. Turk-Browne sought to resolve this contradiction … Read more
A groundbreaking fossil find in Spain’s Atapuerca Mountains has pushed back the timeline of human habitation in Western Europe by hundreds of thousands of years. The discovery, made at the Sima del Elefante archaeological site, includes a fragment of a human face estimated to be between 1.1 million and 1.4 million years old, making it … Read more
The Entertainment Software Association (ESA) has announced the launch of the Accessible Games Initiative, a cross-industry effort to provide consumers with clear information about the accessibility features available in video games. The initiative was announced at the Game Developers Conference (GDC) by the ESA and representatives from five founding member companies: Electronic Arts, Google, Microsoft, … Read more
The Federal Reserve is bracing for tougher trade-offs as President Trump’s economic agenda, including tariffs and spending cuts, risks stoking inflation while denting growth. Economists warn that this combination could lead to a harder decision point for the central bank, making it challenging to balance its goals of low and stable inflation with a healthy … Read more
The US stock market is set to face its final test this week, with the $4.7 trillion “triple-witching” options expiration on Friday. This event, occurring quarterly, can be associated with increased volatility. However, experts believe that this month’s expiration might actually help restore a sense of calm. The notional value of these contracts varies depending … Read more