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BARCELONA: Impromptu street celebrations erupted across Spain as the clock struck midnight on Saturday, when a six-month-long national state of emergency to contain the spread of coronavirus ended and many nighttime curfews were lifted.
In Madrid, police had to usher revelers out of the central Puerta del Sol square, where the scenes of unmasked dancing and group signing esembled pre-pandemic nightlife.
Teenagers and young adults also poured into central squares and beaches of Barcelona to mark the relaxation of restrictions.
"Freedom!" said Juan Cadavid, who was reconnecting with friends. "(It’s) a bit scary, you know, because of COVID, but I want to feel like this around a lot of people."
The 25-year-old Barcelona resident was also rejoicing at the prospect of going back to work at a Michelin-star restaurant that has been closed for the past seven months due to pandemic-related restrictions.
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OCCUPIED JERUSALEM: Tensions ran high Sunday in annexed east Jerusalem after hundreds of Palestinians were wounded in a weekend of clashes between protesters and Israeli security forces, sparking global concern that the unrest could spread further.
The violence around Jerusalem's revered Al-Aqsa mosque compound and the Old City, mostly at night, is the worst since 2017, fuelled by a years-long bid by Jewish settlers to take over Palestinian homes in east Jerusalem.
The unrest swept parts of the occupied West Bank and a rocket was fired early Sunday from the Gaza Strip towards Israel, with the Israeli army saying it responded with an air strike that struck a Hamas military post.
Tunisia's foreign ministry said it has called for a meeting Monday of the UN Security Council to discuss the escalating violence amid growing international calls for an end to the unrest.
Some 100 Palestinians were wounded in Saturday's overnight clashes, many hit by rubber bullets and stun grenades, the Palestinian Red Crescent said. Israeli police said of its 17 officers were wounded.
The previous night more than 220 people, again mostly Palestinians, were hurt after Israeli police stormed Al-Aqsa after they said Palestinians threw rocks and fireworks at officers.
On Saturday night, thousands of Palestinians packed Al-Aqsa mosque compound, Islam's third holiest site which Jews revere as the Temple Mount, to hold special Ramadan prayers.
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Live audio app Clubhouse will begin introducing a test version of its app to Google's Android users in the United States on Sunday, the company said, in a potentially big expansion of its market.
The app, which spiked in popularity early this year after celebrity billionaire Elon Musk and others appeared in audio chats, has sparked copy cats from startups and larger rivals including Facebook Inc and Twitter Inc.
It has been available only to users of Apple devices and by invitation. In some markets such as China, invitations were so sought after some were auctioned on online marketplaces.
But downloads of the app, one measure of popularity, have significantly fallen.
After peaking in February with 9.6 million downloads, that number fell to 2.7 million in March and then 900,000 downloads in April, according to Sensor Tower.
The drop has sparked questions about its long term viability and whether its success was owed in part to people spending more time at home during the pandemic.
The long anticipated Android launch is expected to reach more new users globally. The Android version will reach other English-speaking markets and then the rest of the globe days and weeks after the U.S. market beta launch.
Clubhouse, which created the category, now faces the likes of Facebook, whose CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced in April a slew of audio products, including Clubhouse-style live audio rooms and a way for users to find and play podcasts.
In January, Twitter Inc said that it will introduce a new feature to let users charge admission to their live audio chat rooms in its "Spaces" feature, as the company seeks to court more content creators. It has been available to Android users since March.
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At least 30 people have been killed and many more were injured after a bomb exploded near a girls’ school in a majority Shia district of the Afghan capital Kabul.
Many of the victims were pupils aged between 11 and 15 years old, an Afghan government spokesmen said.
The Taliban condemned the attack, apparently aimed at civilians, and denied any responsibility.
Ambulances rushed to evacuate the wounded from the scene of the blast near Syed Al-Shahda school, in the Shia majority area of Dasht-e-Barchi, in the west of the city.
Residents said the explosion was deafening.
One local man told The Associated Press he heard three separate explosions, although there was no official confirmation of multiple blasts.
While no-one has claimed responsibility for the bombing, previous brutal attacks in the same area have been claimed by the Afghan affiliate of the so-called Islamic State (IS).
The radical Sunni Muslim group has declared war on Afghanistan’s minority Shia Muslims.
Washington blamed IS for a vicious attack last year in a maternity hospital in the same area that killed pregnant women and newborn babies.
In Dasht-e-Barchi, angry crowds attacked the ambulances and even beat health workers as they tried to evacuate the wounded, health ministry spokesman Ghulam Dastigar Nazari said.
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A retired Dutch couple have become Europe’s first inhabitants of a 3D-printed house. Elize Lutz and Harrie Dekkers (main picture above) moved into the boulder-shaped bungalow in Eindhoven at the weekend. They are renting the two-bedroom place for €800 (£695) per month.
A far cry from the winsome, wonky townhouses synonymous with the Netherlands, the squat structure is the world’s first habitable 3D-printed property with load-bearing walls.
Proponents of the technology say it could slash building costs, making properties more affordable, as well as reducing the amount of cement used in construction. Cement is responsible for an estimated 8 per of the world’s CO2 emissions.
Prof Theo Salet from Eindhoven University of Technology said the home, one of five planned by the construction firm Saint-Gobain Weber Beamix, was a “major step” toward scaling up 3D printing technology. “Digitisation from design to implementation leads to sustainable and affordable homes, tailor-made to the wishes of the resident,” he added.
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A cyberattack has forced the shutdown of a major gas pipeline in the U.S. that supplies 45% of all fuel consumed on the East Coast.
The cyberattack against Colonial Pipeline, which runs from Houston to Linden, New Jersey, began 7 p.m. on Friday night, according to a Federal Emergency Management Agency report reviewed by ABC News.
"We proactively took certain systems offline to contain the threat, which has temporarily halted all pipeline operations, and affected some of our IT systems," the company said in a statement.
Colonial’s network supplies fuel from U.S. refiners on the Gulf Coast to the eastern and southern U.S. and transports 2.5 million barrels a day of gasoline, diesel, jet fuel and other products through 5,500 miles of pipelines, the company said.
t’s not clear how long the pipelines would be shut down. The shutdown will affect other pipeline operations such as the Buckeye and Twin Oaks Pipeline which runs through the NYC-Long Island area and Maine, FEMA said.
The company, based in Alpharetta, Georgia, said it hired an outside cybersecurity firm to investigate the nature and scope of the attack and has also contacted law enforcement and federal agencies.
"Colonial Pipeline is taking steps to understand and resolve this issue. At this time, our primary focus is the safe and efficient restoration of our service and our efforts to return to normal operation. This process is already underway, and we are working diligently to address this matter and to minimize disruption to our customers and those who rely on Colonial Pipeline," the company said.
The FBI has not responded to ABC News' request for comment on the matter.
Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas spoke about the dangers of ransomware earlier this week given the recent spate of ransomware attacks, including the hack of the Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Police Department and the Illinois Attorney General's Office.
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Authorities in Indian-administered Kashmir have barred doctors from speaking to media and directed the oxygen manufacturing units to stop supplies to the NGOs and private users.
The order issued by the region’s department of health on Thursday came as it battles a deadly wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, with hospitals running short of beds and patients scrambling for oxygen cylinders, medicines and medical equipment such as oxygen concentrators.
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Palestinians and Israelis hurled rocks and chairs at each other in the tense East Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah on Thursday before Israeli police moved in to separate them, arresting at least 15 people, all of them Palestinians. In one incident, a Jewish Israeli man fired into the air after a vehicle was set on fire.
Tensions have flared in Sheikh Jarrah over the last week where dozens of Palestinians are at risk of being evicted following a long legal battle with right-wing Jewish Israelis trying to acquire property in the neighborhood, which is just north of Jerusalem’s Old City.
The tensions have raised fears of sparking a wider conflict, with the Hamas terror group in Gaza warning of renewed violence over the issue.
Pro-Palestinian protesters have been meeting for nightly iftars — the meal held after breaking the day-long fast during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan — at long tables set up outside. On Thursday, extreme-right MK Itamar Ben-Gvir set up a makeshift parliamentary office across the street from the iftar meal.
Video circulating online later showed protesters on both sides hurling rocks and chairs at each other, and Palestinians tearing down the awning, before police moved in. There were no reports of serious injuries.
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John Krasinski has unveiled the final trailer for his much-delayed sequel to 2018’s A Quiet Place.
The film, starring Emily Blunt as a mother trying to protect her children in a post-apocalyptic world filled with monsters who hunt using incredibly sensitive hearing, has been delayed several times due to the pandemic.
A Quiet Place Part II was originally due to arrive in March last year but was pushed back to September 2021, 18 months after its initial release date.
The final trailer reveals the feature will now arrive in UK cinemas on the earlier date of June 3 and will not initially be released on streaming services.
Sharing the two-minute teaser on Twitter, Krasinski wrote: “Here. We. Go!”
Returning to the day the outbreak began, Krasinki’s Lee Abbott is seen witnessing the chaos unfold on TV, before cutting to his wife Evelyn, played by Blunt, trying to survive following the events of the first film.
Evelyn and her children encounter a colony of survivors including Peaky Blinders star Cillian Murphy as Emmett and Oscar-nominee Djimon Hounsou.
“I don’t know why you came all the way up here – there’s nothing left,” Murphy says in character.
The original A Quiet Place arrived in 2018 to critical acclaim.
Blunt’s husband, Krasinski, directed and starred in the film, and also writes and directs the sequel.
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A small plane has crashed into a house in Mississippi, killing one of the home’s four occupants and three Texas residents who were flying to a university graduation ceremony, authorities said.
The National Transportation Safety Board said that an investigator was on the way to the scene in Hattiesburg, about 90 miles south-east of Mississippi capital Jackson, to investigate the crash, which caused a fire.
Authorities were not aware of any distress calls from the Mitsubishi MU-2B-60 but have yet to review air traffic recordings, agency spokesman Peter Knudson said.
Police and the coroner’s office identified the dead as Gerry Standley, 55, of Hattiesburg; and two adults and a toddler from Wichita Falls, Texas: Louis Provenza, 67, Anna Calhoun, 23, and Harper Provenza, two, news agencies reported.
Mr Standley worked full-time for a paving company and was assistant pastor at his church, according to a webpage to raise money for funeral expenses and the replacement of belongings lost to the fire.
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Ellie Goulding’s newborn son has been named Arthur Ever Winter Jopling.
The singer’s art dealer husband Caspar Jopling confirmed last week that Goulding had given birth to her first child.
A birth announcement in The Times newspaper confirmed the newborn’s name and revealed he was born on April 29.
Jopling posted a picture of the announcement on Instagram.
Alongside the picture, he wrote: “It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools. Ecclesiastes 7.5 [[ ps hi A.E.W.J. ]].”
Last week Jopling said Goulding, 34, and the baby were “happy and healthy” following the birth.
He added: “I don’t ever address the public attention that comes with Ellie’s job.
“But during this magical and personal moment we would really appreciate being able to enjoy our privacy. Thank you x.”
Goulding and Jopling tied the knot in a glamorous wedding at York Minster in August 2019.
The chart-topper wore a traditional bespoke wedding gown with a veil and train designed by Natacha Ramsay-Levi for Chloe, while Mr Jopling opted for a suit from Savile Row tailors Huntsman.
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Latvia has officially recognized and condemned the 1915 Armenian Genocide, Armenia’s Ambassador to Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia Tigran Mkrtchyan, who is completing his mission, said on Facebook.
“Latvia has finally officially recognized and condemned the Armenian Genocide. 58 out of 100 members of the Saeima voted in favor of the resolution. What was difficult to imagine years before today has become a reality. This is a result of the hard work of the past years, where the intensive political contacts, the parliamentary diplomacy, the cultural diplomacy have played a key role”, the Ambassador said.
“I bow before all political forces and lawmakers of the Latvian Parliament who have voted in favor of giving a solution to this very important issue for the Armenian people in Latvia. A statement about the Armenian Genocide committed under the era of the Ottoman Empire”, he said.
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Canada’s health regulator has authorised Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine for children aged 12 to 15.
Dr Supriya Sharma, chief medical adviser at Health Canada, said it will help children return to a normal life.
The vaccine was previously authorised for anyone 16 or older.
The US Food and Drug Administration is also expected to approve Pfizer’s vaccine for young people by next week, setting up jabs for many before the beginning of the next school year.
The announcement comes barely a month after the company found that its vaccine, which is already authorised for those age 16 and older, also provided protection for the younger age group.
Pfizer in late March released preliminary results from a vaccine study of 2,260 US volunteers aged 12 to 15 showing there were no cases of Covid-19 among fully vaccinated adolescents compared with 18 among those given dummy jabs.
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Meme-based virtual currency Dogecoin soared on Wednesday to an all-time high, extending its 2021 rally to become the fourth-biggest digital coin.
Dogecoin, launched as a satirical critique of 2013's cryptocurrency frenzy, has climbed 41% in the last 24 hours to a record $0.68, according to CoinMarketCap.
This year alone it has soared over 14,000%, from $0.00468 on Dec. 31, taking it past more widely used cryptocurrencies such as the Tether stablecoin and XRP to become the fourth-largest by market capitalisation.
Dogecoin - whose logo features a Shiba Inu dog at the centre of the meme - remains little used in commerce or payments. Like other digital coins, it is highly volatile and its price is heavily influenced by social media users.
On Tuesday, the New York crypto exchange Gemini said it would start letting users trade and custody the token.
Some cryptocurrency market players said its volatility was its main draw, with a mixture of retail investors and market makers fuelling its trading volumes.
"The ugly truth is that a lot of crypto valuations are divorced from reality anyway," said Joseph Edwards, head of research at crypto brokerage Enigma Securities.
"Right now, (Dogecoin) is being seen as it's always been seen - an asset with surprising staying power that provides opportunities to take advantage of volatility every year or so."
Dogecoins are now cumulatively worth $88 billion, compared to bitcoin's $1 trillion and ethereum's $391 billion.
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As India grapples with an unprecedented new wave of COVID-19, one of the country’s major companies is working round-the-clock to get free oxygen out to people in need.
Traditionally, Reliance Industries is not a manufacturer of medical-grade liquid oxygen. But over a year into the pandemic, the company—which is owned by India’s richest man Mukesh Ambani—has gone on to become the nation’s largest producer from a single location, supplying over 55,000 MT of medical-grade liquid oxygen to people since March 2020.
At its refinery-cum-petrochemical complex in Jamnagar and other facilities, Reliance is producing over 1000 MT of medical-grade liquid oxygen per day—or over 11% of India’s total production—meeting the needs of nearly every 1 in 10 patients needing the life-saving treatment across the nation.
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Happy World Portuguese Language Day!
Today, about 229 million people in the world speak Portuguese. This makes Portuguese the 9th most spoken language in the world. Someone who speaks this language is called a Lusophone. A majority of Lusophones live in Brazil. Besides Brazil, eight other countries name Portuguese as the official language.
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Mexican authorities have promised a full investigation into the collapse of a metro overpass in Mexico City, as questions mount over the line's safety.
President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said "nothing would be hidden" while the mayor said an external company would be involved in the inquiry.
The elevated track on Line 12 plummeted onto a road killing at least 23 people.
Concerns over possible structural failures have been raised since the line was inaugurated, in 2012.
There have been concerns about design problems and construction standards, as well as allegations of corruption.
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At least 44 people have been killed and 150 people hospitalized following a stampede around midnight Friday in Israel at Mount Meron during Lag BaOmer festivities, according to the Israeli Health Ministry. Among those injured, at least 23 are in critical condition, officials said. The Israeli military said it sent 6 helicopters and 250 ambulances to aid in rescue efforts. Hundreds of people are still waiting Friday to be taken away from the scene. "The Meron disaster is one of the worst disasters in the history of Israel. We mourn the dead, our hearts go out to the families of those wounded, to them we wish a full recovery," Prime Ministry Benjamin Netanyahu said in a statement Friday. "We have seen here heart-breaking sights, people who were crushed to death, including children. A large number of the fatalities have not yet been identified, so I ask you to refrain from spreading rumors in social media because this is too hard for families. "Let the authorities do their work. I have to point out here the speedy rescue effort of the police and the other security and rescue organizations, we are grateful to them. Their work prevented an even larger disaster. We will conduct a thorough investigation so such a disaster will not happen again. I declare Sunday a national mourning day," he continued. The MDA said helicopters were sent to work with ambulances to bring victims to Ziv Hospital in Safed and Galil Medical Center in Nahariya. Lag BaOmer is an annual celebration on the anniversary of the death of Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai, who was buried in a tomb at Mount Meron in northern Israel. The festivities include pilgrimages to bar Yochai's tomb and lighting bonfires and celebrating throughout the night. ——————————————— Follow: Columbus Reports Source: ABC News ——————————————— #news #topnews #dailynews #dailyreport #columbus #columbusnews #columbusreport #breakingnews #worldnews #worldnewstonight #israel
India ordered its armed forces on Monday to help tackle surging new coronavirus infections that are overwhelming hospitals, as countries including Britain, Germany and the United States pledged to send urgent medical aid. In a meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat said oxygen would be released to hospitals from armed forces reserves and retired medical military personnel would join COVID-19 health facilities. And where possible, military medical infrastructure will be made available to civilians, a government statement said, as new coronavirus infections hit a record peak for a fifth day. "Air, Rail, Road & Sea; Heaven & earth are being moved to overcome challenges thrown up by this wave of COVID19," Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said on Twitter. Modi on Sunday urged all citizens to get vaccinated and to exercise caution amid what he called a "storm" of infections, while hospitals and doctors in some northern states posted urgent notices saying they were unable to cope with the influx. In some of the worst-hit cities, bodies were being burnt in makeshift facilities offering mass cremations. The southern state of Karnataka, home to the tech city of Bengaluru, ordered a 14-day lockdown from Tuesday, joining the western industrial state of Maharashtra, where lockdowns run until May 1, although some states were also set to lift lockdown measures this week. The patchy curbs, complicated by local elections and mass festival gatherings, could prompt breakouts elsewhere, as infections rose by 352,991 in the last 24 hours, with crowded hospitals running out of oxygen supplies and beds. "Currently the hospital is in beg-and-borrow mode and it is an extreme crisis situation," said a spokesman for the Sir Ganga Ram Hospital in the capital, New Delhi. FIRE Following a fire at a hospital in the western diamond industry hub of Surat, five COVID-19 patients died after being moved to other hospitals that lacked space in th
Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies posted sharp losses on Friday, onconcern that U.S. President Joe Biden's plan to raise capital gains taxes will curb investments in digital assets. News reports on Thursday said the Biden administration is planning a raft of proposed changes to the U.S. tax code, including a plan to nearly double taxes on capital gains to 39.6% for people earning more than $1 million. Bitcoin, the biggest and most popular cryptocurrency , slumped to $47,555, falling below the $50,000 mark for the first time since early March. It was last down 4% at $49,667. Smaller rivals Ether and XRP fell 3.5% and 6.7%, respectively, while dogecoin, created as a joke for early crypto adopters and which had surged about 8,000% this year prior to this latest setback, was down 20% at $0.21, according to price and data tracker CoinGecko. The tax plans jolted markets, prompting investors to book profits in stocks and other risk assets, which have rallied massively on hopes of a solid economic recovery. "With a high growth rate in the bitcoin price, crypto holders that have accrued gains will be subjected to this tax increment," said Nick Spanos, founder at Bitcoin Center NYC. He sees bitcoin dropping further in the coming days. Bitcoin is on track for an 11.3% loss on the week, its worst weekly showing since late February. On the year, however, it was still up 72%. But while social media lit up with posts about the plan hurting cryptocurrencies, and individual investors complaining about losses, some traders and analysts said declines are likely to be temporary. "I don't think Biden's taxes plans will have a big impact on bitcoin," said Ruud Feltkamp, CEO at automated crypto trading bot Cryptohopper. "Bitcoin has only gone up for a long time, it is only natural to see a consolidation. Traders are simply cashing in on winnings." Others also remained bullish on bitcoin's long term prospects, but noted it might take time before prices start increasing again. "I
Police in Ohio shot and killed a black teenage girl who swung at two other people with a knife, according to bodycam footage from the officer who fired the shots minutes before the verdict in George Floyd’s killing was read. Officials with the Columbus Division of Police showed a segment of the footage hours after the shooting in a neighbourhood on the city’s east side. The decision to swiftly release the video was a departure from protocol as the force faces immense scrutiny from the public following a series of recent high-profile police killings that have led to clashes. The 10-second clip begins with the officer getting out of his car at a house where police had been dispatched after someone called 911 saying they were being physically threatened, Interim Police Chief Michael Woods said at the news conference. The officer takes a few steps towards a group of people in the driveway when the girl starts swinging a knife wildly at another girl or woman, who falls backwards. The officer shouts several times to get down. The girl with the knife then charges at another girl or woman who is pinned against a car. From a few feet away, with people on either side of him, the officer fires four shots, and the teenager slumps to the ground. A black-handled blade similar to a kitchen knife or steak knife lies on the pavement next to her. A man immediately yells at the officer: “You didn’t have to shoot her! She’s just a kid, man!” The officer responds: “She had a knife. She just went at her.” The race of the officer wasn’t clear and he was taken off patrolling the streets for the time being. The girl was taken to hospital, where she was pronounced dead, police said. It remains unclear if anyone else was injured. Police did not identify the girl or her age on Tuesday. One family member said she was 15, while another said she was 16. Protesters who had gathered peacefully after the Floyd verdict to call for police reform and accountability quickly s
One of the survivors of the 1915 Armenian Genocide Ovsanna Mirkhanyan has passed away at the age of 106 in Lenughi village of Armenia’s Armavir province, her son Sargis Mirkhanyan told Armenpress. “She has undergone a complex surgery. Besides, she could not get out of bed because she fell in the yard. We are 5 children. My mother had 2 daughters in Syria, they both died”, Sargis Mirkhanyan said. Rest In Peace Ovsanna Mirkhanyan (1915 - 2021) ——————————————— Follow: Columbus Reports Source: Zartonk Media Armenpress ——————————————— #news #topnews #dailynews #dailyreport #columbus #columbusnews #columbusreport #breakingnews #worldnews #worldnewstonight #armeniangenocide #armenia #armeniangenocide1915 #ovsanna #ovsannamirkhanyan #genocide #genocidesurvivors #genocidesurvivor #1915 #1915genocide #genocide1915
Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk's brain-chip startup released footage appearing to show a monkey playing a simple video game after getting implants of the new technology. The 3-minute video by Neuralink shows Pager, a male macaque with chips embedded on each side of its brain, playing 'Mind Pong'. Although he was trained to move a joystick, it is now unplugged. He controls the paddle simply by thinking about moving his hand up or down. "First @Neuralink product will enable someone with paralysis to use a smartphone with their mind faster than someone using thumbs," Mr Musk tweeted. "Later versions will be able to shunt signals from Neuralinks in brain to Neuralinks in body motor/sensory neuron clusters, thus enabling, for example, paraplegics to walk again. The device is implanted flush with skull & charges wirelessly, so you look & feel totally normal," he added Neuralink works by recording and decoding electrical signals from the brain using more than 2,000 electrodes implanted in regions of the monkey's motor cortex that coordinate hand and arm movements, the video's voiceover said. "Using these data, we calibrate the decoder by mathematically modeling the relationship between patterns of neural activity and the different joystick movements they produce." Co-founded by Mr Musk in 2016, San Francisco-based Neuralink aims to implant wireless brain computer chips to help cure neurological conditions like Alzheimer's, dementia and spinal cord injuries and fuse humankind with artificial intelligence. In August 2020, Musk unveiled a pig with a Neuralink chip implant, describing it as "a Fitbit in your skull." Musk has a history of bringing together diverse experts to develop technology previously limited to academic labs, including for rockets and electrical vehicles, through companies such as Tesla Inc and SpaceX. ——————————————— Follow: Columbus Reports Source: breakingnews.ie ——————————————— #n
There’s nothing cuter than a bucket of puppies, right? It was after dinner and time for a nap in Sebastopol, California—and none of these guys wanted to be left out of the veritable ‘dog pile.’ When five of them succeeded at fitting inside the plastic pail, the sixth one of the litter was not to be outdone. Maybe being on the top was better anyway—so it leapt atop the furry mound of brothers and sisters. ——————————————— Follow: Columbus Reports Source: Good News Network ——————————————— #news #topnews #dailynews #dailyreport #columbus #columbusnews #columbusreport #breakingnews #worldnews #worldnewstonight #puppies #puppy #puppylove #puppylover #puppylovers #puppiesofinstagram #puppyvideo #playfulpuppy #playfulpuppies #puppiesandbucket #sixpuppies #puppiesinbucket
Egyptians have been witnessing a historic procession of their country's ancient rulers through the capital, Cairo. The lavish, multimillion-dollar spectacle saw 22 mummies - 18 kings and four queens - transported from the peach-coloured, neo-classical Egyptian Museum to their new resting place 5km (three miles) away. With tight security arrangements befitting their royal blood and status as national treasures, the mummies were relocated to the new National Museum of Egyptian Civilisation in what is called The Pharaohs' Golden Parade. They were transported with great fanfare in chronological order of their reigns - from the 17th Dynasty ruler, Seqenenre Taa II, to Ramses IX, who reigned in the 12th Century BC. Egypt experienced a sharp rise in Covid-19 infections a year ago, but following a decline in the number of cases and deaths, restrictions on open-air gatherings were later lifted. One of the main attractions of Saturday's event is King Ramses II, the most famous pharaoh of the New Kingdom, who ruled for 67 years and is remembered for signing the first known peace treaty. Another is Queen Hatshepsut, or Foremost of Noble Ladies. She became ruler even though the customs of her time were that women did not become pharaohs. Each mummy was carried on a decorated vehicle fitted with special shock-absorbers and surrounded by a motorcade, including replica horse-drawn war chariots. While ancient mummification techniques originally preserved the pharaohs, for the move they have been placed in special nitrogen-filled boxes to help protect them against external conditions. Roads along the route have also been repaved to keep the journey smooth. "The Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities has done its best to make sure that the mummies have been stabilised, conserved, and are packed in a climate-controlled environment," said Salima Ikram, professor of Egyptology at the American University in Cairo. ——————————————— Follow: Columbus Report
Fresh out of their winter den, this mama black bear in Connecticut had her paws full—trying to get all four cubs across the road as cars piled up in both directions. 25 miles northwest of Hartford, the state capital, a driver in the city of Winsted had a front row seat to the amusing scene unfolding. Four cubs is a lot for a bear, an animal that usually has to manage caring for only two or three. The adorable video, shot on March 27, depicts the difficulty she had, with the fourth cub refusing to cross, and trying to climb a utility pole instead. The police from nearby Winchester were called to the scene, but drivers were waiting patiently for the bear to get her brood safely to the other side. She BEAR-LY made it across! Swipe to watch the video!!! ——————————————— Follow: @columbus.reports Source: @goodnewsnetwork ——————————————— #news #topnews #dailynews #dailyreport #columbus #columbusnews #columbusreport #breakingnews #worldnews #worldnewstonight #bear #bearbaby #teddybear #mamabear #hilarious #cubs #bearcub #bearcubs #bearcubscrossing #bearcubscrossingroad #hilariousnews #hilariousvideos #hilariousvideo #hilariousmemes #cute #cuteness #cutenessoverload #cutecubs
A Massachusetts woman noticed something strange about the “For Sale” sign outside a home in her neighbourhood. On top of the sign with the name of the broker and their contact information was a sign with the words “Not Haunted” in big red letters. “This just went up around the corner and I have so many questions,” Margot Bloomstein wrote in a tweet this week that included an image of the sign, The Boston Globe reported on Thursday. The house is west of Boston but Bloomstein didn’t want to say exactly where to respect the homeowner’s privacy, she said. But she reached out to the real estate agency to learn more about the sign. They knew nothing about it either. The consensus is that the sign is a prank – maybe played by a ghost with a sense of humour. ——————————————— Follow: Columbus Reports Source: CBS News ——————————————— #news #topnews #dailynews #dailyreport #columbus #columbusnews #columbusreport #breakingnews #worldnews #worldnewstonight #haunted #hauntedhouse #CBS #CBSNews #Nothauntedhouse #prank #pranks #cnn #cnnnews #bbc #bbcnews #abc #abcnews #foxnews #funny #funnyvideos #funnyposts #funnynews
Onlookers have said they briefly thought “aliens were finally here” after a falling SpaceX rocket lit up the skies over the United States’ Pacific Northwest. The Falcon 9 second stage rocket drew awe from onlookers in Seattle as it burned up in the Earth’s atmosphere shortly after 9pm on Thursday. Front desk supervisor Eberton Paul spotted the blaze of flames as it passed by the city’s famous Space Needle tower. “One millisecond I wished aliens were finally here,” the 36-year-old told the PA news agency. “I was on my PC, and I often stare at the Space Needle, when suddenly I saw this bright light coming towards it. “I first thought it was a plane, but then I saw the sparkles and I was sure it was debris re-entering.” The SpaceX rocket had been delivering Starlink satellites and the company said on Wednesday that its first stage rocket had returned to Earth as planned, landing on a barge off the coast of Florida. No damage or impacts were reported on the ground from the debris. ——————————————— Follow: Columbus Reports Sources: breakingnews.ie KING 5 ——————————————— #news #topnews #dailynews #dailyreport #columbus #columbusnews #columbusreport #breakingnews #worldnews #worldnewstonight #spacex #elon #elonmusk #falcon9 #spacexfalcon9 #fireball #atmosphere #rockets #spacexrockets #spacexrocket #bbc #bbcnews #cnn #cnnnews #abc #abcnews #foxnews #king5 #king5seattle #reuters #alien #aliens #aliensarereal
This is the incredible moment a man escaped almost certain death when he toppled backwards off a balcony—but gets saved when a bystander catches his foot. CCTV footage shows a group of men lining up to collect their labor pensions on the second-floor balcony of a bank in Kerala, South India. In the video, one of the men can be seen slowly swaying back and forth before leaning backwards and tumbling off the concrete balcony ledge. A quick-thinking bystander springs into action—grabbing his foot as he goes over. Others can be seen rushing over to the aid of the unconscious man, eventually pulling him back to safety. The man, known locally as Binu, was later taken to the nearest hospital. It’s reported that he did not sustain any injuries and is now safe—with his black-out having been caused by an unexplained medical episode. ——————————————— Follow: Columbus Reports ——————————————— #news #topnews #dailynews #dailyreport #columbus #columbusnews #columbusreport #breakingnews #worldnews #worldnewstonight #india #indiannews #indianews #lifesaving #lifesavingmoment #lifesavingmoments #balcony #topples #bbc #bbcnews #cnn #cnnnews #foxnews #abc #abcnews #reuters
A woman in New York went viral on TikTok last week after documenting how she found a secret unoccupied apartment behind her bathroom mirror. Millions have now watched Samantha Hartsoe make the unusual discovery, offering comparisons to films such as Parasite and Candyman. In one of the clips, which has since been viewed more than 11 million times, the 26-year-old shows how cold air is blowing her hair in the bathroom. Then she looks behind the mirror, revealing a hole in the wall that leads to another flat. ———————————————— Follow: Columbus Reports Credit: @samanthartsoe ———————————————— #news #topnews #dailynews #dailyreport #columbus #columbusnews #columbusreport #breakingnews #worldnews #worldnewstonight #secret #mystery #mysterious #scary #scarystories #newyork #newyorknews #samantha #samanthahartsoe #hartsoe #mirror #mysteriousstories
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