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Former President and Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump.Photo: Brandon Bell (Getty Images)In This StoryCrowdStrike is the Texas-based cybersecurity giant responsible for a massive global tech outage Friday that delayed flights, halted business operations and big firms, and in a few cases, …
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Screenshot: Fox NewsOfficially, the U.S. government has no proof that sightings of unidentified aerial phenomena are the result of alien activity. Apparently, though, the definitely-probably-not-aliens have been observed operating unidentified submerged objects in our oceans, Fox News reports. They …
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A total solar eclipse will happen on Monday, April 8, putting on quite a show for roughly 44 million people who live within the totality — the places on the Earth that will be completely shielded by the Moon as it comes between us and the sun. But there are more than a few people on platforms like …
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Screenshot: ZeroHedgeThere’s a certain breed of conspiracy theorist online who tries to turn literally anything that’s happening in the news into their own pet cause. So it makes sense that some people who are obsessed with the war in Ukraine, and Russia’s invasion of the country in 2022, would see …
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Earlier this month, the Defense Department released a long-awaited report designed to address renewed public interest in unidentified flying objects. UFOs—or, UAP, as they’ve recently been rebranded—have been back in the news a lot lately, thanks largely to a few true believers who think the …
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Good morning, Quartz readers! Our apologies for the delay in sending yesterday’s and today’s Daily Briefs, there was a scheduling goof.Quartz Smart Investing: Elyse Ausenbagh Part 2OffEnglishHere’s what you need to know The former head of Audi was sentenced in Dieselgate fraud. Rupert Stadler was …
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Rupert Stadler—the former head of Audi—became the first Volkswagen board member to be sentenced for fraud related to the 2015 emissions scandal that rocked the German auto manufacturer known as “Dieselgate.” Stadler was fined €1.1 million ($1.2 million) and received a suspended sentence of one year …
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Since the Hong Kong protests two years ago, Twitter and Facebook have traced a number of influence operations to China-linked actors. But a recent Facebook takedown operation found one covid-19 influence effort engaged with accounts directly linked to employees of Chinese state-run firms and …
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The head of NASA suspects that we are not alone in the universe—or multi-universes, for that matter. Bill Nelson, who was sworn in as NASA administrator in May, sounded remarkably open-minded about the possibility of extraterrestrial life during an interview with the University of Virginia’s Center …
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In today’s political and media climate, it’s hard to know what to believe. We are bombarded with allegations about fake news, Russian bots have taken root in our social media streams, and in an election season, deception fills the airways. It’s particularly hard to trust what comes out of US …
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