U.S. president Donald Trump’s power struggle with China was perhaps the defining feature of his presidency, until the coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic struck.
Donald Trump’s China Nightmare Is Coming True For The U.S. Dollar
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Six Reasons Active Funds Have Failed To Capitalise On Market Weakness
It is a long-held investment truism that active funds may struggle in frothy markets, but they deliver the goods at times of distress. They aren’t compelled to continue investing in companies who growth prospects are lacklustre simply because they are a large part of an index. They can be agile. Or so the story goes.
How much does a F1 pit crew member earn?
An updated estimate of F1 pit crew salaries and bonuses by TSMSportz.com suggests that for top performing pit crew members the demand for their services has pushed top earners over $250,000 USD per year in salary.
Your Whole Company’s Microsoft Teams Data Could’ve Been Stolen With An ‘Evil GIF’
Tech giants are fighting to become the de facto videoconferencing tool for remote workers in the time of COVID-19. Zoom rose to the top fast, but thanks to various security and privacy issues, was pegged back by competitors. But rivals have their flaws too, as evidenced by a weakness discovered in Microsoft’s collaboration and videoconferencing tool Teams, as revealed on Monday.
Here’s What You Do With Two-Thirds of the World’s Jets When They Can’t Fly
Just finding space to park can be a problem, and idle planes require a surprising amount of work, from maintaining hydraulics to stopping birds from nesting.
The Way Humans Point Isn’t as Universal as You Might Think
Octopuses have long arms and plenty of smarts, but they don’t point. Nor do chimps, gorillas or other apes, at least not in the wild.
Report: Digital Video Game Revenue Hit $10 Billion In March, Its Best Month Ever
As countries put in place lockdowns to combat the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, people turned to video games in droves, pushing digital revenue to $10 billion and making March the best month ever for digital spending, according to Nielsen’s SuperData.
The Surprises Emerging from the Pandemic
The unprecedented global shutdown has had some surprising effects on the environment. On the upside, less commerce and commuting has resulted in lower pollution. On the downside, the lockdown has translated into fewer volunteers for conservation efforts and a serious lack of ecological law enforcement. So as we pause, amid this great pause, to celebrate Earth Day, here are some of the pandemic’s less obvious effects on our common home.
Why couldn’t the ancient Greeks fight off Roman soldiers even though they defeated the Persian empire years before?
To borrow and slightly modify a famous quote from Napoleon “The Greeks’showed themselves worthy of victory, but the Romans showed themselves worthy of being invincible.”
The Romans were the most powerful fighting force the world had ever seen. There was simply no stopping their expansion.
What are your favorite optical illusions that seem simple?
Wouldn’t you say that it just looks like a blurry picture of Albert Einstein? Maybe even ghostly with the shadowing.