Places and Things

Legal questions linger as governments and companies keep pushing into space The Perseverance rover’s landing on Mars is still fresh in people’s memories, privately-owned companies are ferrying people and supplies into orbit, and NASA continues to work on “the most powerful rocket” it has ever built. Continue Reading . . . https://www.engadget.com/new-laws-needed-for-space-mining-exploration-sxsw-2021-194711581.html

New White House website includes a hidden recruitment message for coders With Joe Biden now the 46th president of the United States, the official White House website has gone live with an eye-catching new design. It’s fully responsive and even comes with a snazzy dark mode to match. And like all good websites, it also comes with a fun Easter egg.  Continue Reading . . . https://www.engadget.com/biden-administration-white-house-easter-egg-205032994.html

Newly Released COVID-19 Data Show Most U.S. Cities Are 'Sustained Hotspots' The Trump administration on Friday made public a trove of federal data on the pandemic that reveals a country awash in red alerts. Continue Reading . . . https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2020/12/18/948181472/new-federal-covid-19-data-release-flags-most-u-s-cities-as-sustained-hotspots

Pentagon officially releases UFO footage As if the world didn’t have enough to contend with at this point in time, we’ve now got another global challenge to add to the list: aliens. Well, maybe. Continue Reading . . . https://www.engadget.com/pentagon-officially-releases-ufo-footage-101048644.html

Biometric identification has become part of everyday life. from https://www.engadget.com/2019/06/27/the-pentagon-has-a-laser-that-identifies-people-by-their-heartbe/ https://o.aolcdn.com/images/dims?quality=85&image_uri=https%3A%2F%2Fo.aolcdn.com%2Fimages%2Fdims%3Fcrop%3D6000%252C4000%252C0%252C0%26quality%3D85%26format%3Djpg%26resize%3D1600%252C1067%26image_uri%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fs.yimg.com%252Fos%252Fcreatr-images%252F2019-06%252F1534b380-98c7-11e9-bffe-6e6e5909fb0f%26client%3Da1acac3e1b3290917d92%26signature%3D89027e281ec0637b234508631ab4f8e152f6b967&client=amp-blogside-v2&signature=12173db4bc929e5748a6a87cd24ab9f277f7a404

Analysis: The self-described deal-maker president gave up the ransom and the hostage for... a conference committee. WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump promised a wall. He got a procedural death trap. from https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/there-s-no-art-trump-s-deal-re-open-government-n963006 https://media3.s-nbcnews.com/j/newscms/2019_04/2730091/190125-donald-trump-ew-503p_e7fb53329874bd7f14ff4958b03309a5.fit-760w.jpg