News & Reviews: USA
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Aug 28, 2024

On October 7, 2023, the Israeli army was surprised by an attack carried out by Hamas using motorised paragliders. Because of its small size and relatively silent operation, an ambush on a control post can be carried out successfully before being detected. Now the United States Army is starting a Personal Air Mobility System (PAMS) program to use gliders when conducting operations on the battlefield.
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Aug 21, 2024

Most familiar stars peacefully orbit the centre of the Milky Way. But citizen scientists working on NASA’s Backyard Worlds: Planet 9 project have helped discover an object moving so fast that it will escape the Milky Way’s gravity and shoot into intergalactic space. This hypervelocity object is the first such object found with a mass similar to or less than that of a small star.
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Aug 07, 2024

Last Monday, the men's 100-meter final event of the Olympic Games ended with two runners recording a time of 9.79 seconds. However, with the help of high-speed camera technology, Noah Lyles, a runner from the United States, was crowned the gold medalist with an official time of 9.784 seconds, beating Kishane Thompson from Jamaica with a time of 9.789 seconds.
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Aug 02, 2024

Intel has now announced that they will lay off more than 15,000 employees at the company, involving more than 15% of Intel's workforce. This step is done as one of the cost-saving methods by 2025. So, what should you know about it?
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Aug 01, 2024

2 years ago, police departments at Kimberling City Police and Indian Point Police in Missouri conducted a pilot program to test new devices to help improve daily operations. As a result, police officers there are equipped with Samsung Galaxy Z Flip series smartphones to help them find efficiency in their work through several methods. So, what should you know about it?
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Jul 15, 2024

Tesla was initially scheduled to introduce their robot-taxi in August 2024. Now, early reports are stating that Tesla has delayed its introduction to October. So, what should you know about it?
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Jun 18, 2024

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) is suing Adobe for offering subscription plans that it says are not transparent to users. What the DOJ is focusing on is a monthly payment plan for a one-year subscription to Adobe's software. If the customer wishes to terminate earlier than the expiry period, they will be subject to expensive penalty charges.
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Jun 01, 2024

If you're following the TikTok vs US story, you probably know the company was told to sell or face a permanent ban. TikTok has refused and retaliated with a lawsuit last month, so the latter outcome seems inevitable. But reports now claim TikTok is looking for ways to get around the issue.
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May 02, 2024

Looks like the Internet just got more interesting. Recently, the U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) last year accused Google of "possessing a monopoly in the search engine field" and even paid Apple huge sums of money for it. That said, what should you know about it?
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Apr 30, 2024

Previously, we mentioned how DJi drones could be banned in the USA. Looks like the drama is not ending anytime soon. Recently, a report said the USA wants ByteDance to sell CapCut too. That said, what should you know about it?
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