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Germany’s center-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU) is set to return to power with the far-right Alternative for Germany as second-largest party, exit polls show, after snap elections dominated by concerns over immigration, the economy and the return of Donald Trump. The CDU’s party headquarters were filled with cheers and applause on Sunday evening as the exit polls were revealed and it became clear that the opposition party was set to become the largest group after Sunday’s election. Outside the building, a small group of protesters had gathered to demonstrate against what they perceive as party leader Friedrich Merz’s hard line on immigration.…
Approximately 2,000 employees at the US Agency for International Development will be laid off Sunday and a majority of the remaining full-time staff will be put on sweeping administrative leave overnight, workers were informed in an email. “All USAID direct hire personnel, with the exception of designated personnel responsible for mission-critical functions, core leadership and/or specially designated programs, will be placed on administrative leave globally,” read the email, sent to employees at 2:42 p.m. ET and obtained by DLY. The administrative leave goes into effect at 11:59 p.m. ET Sunday, according to the note. “Concurrently, USAID is beginning to implement…
A recently discovered asteroid, named 2024 YR4, has a 2.8% to 3.1% chance of hitting Earth in 2032, according to NASA and the European Space Agency. While the odds of an impact are slim, astronomers are closely tracking the space rock to uncover more details — a process that could soon involve the most powerful observatory ever launched into space. Not much is known about 2024 YR4, but the asteroid is estimated to be 131 to 295 feet (40 to 90 meters) wide, a “size range comparable to that of a large building,” said Dr. Paul Chodas, manager for the Center for Near-Earth Object Studies,…
The world’s oldest dated rune stone, a landmark discovery revealed in 2023, is just one piece of a larger, nearly 2,000-year-old slab, new research has found. Now, scientists in Norway are working to reassemble the ancient puzzle, a process that’s starting to shed light on who carved the mysterious runic writing and what the words mean. Runes were the building blocks of the first Germanic writing within the first few centuries AD and remained in use in Scandinavia until the late Middle Ages, according to the University of Oslo’s Museum of Cultural History. It’s believed Germanic people drew inspiration from the Roman…
Some House Democratic lawmakers are raising “deep alarm” over Department of Government Efficiency’s interactions with NASA and potential conflicts of interest in a new letter released Friday. “The lack of transparency surrounding DOGE’s presence and activities within NASA is ominous and unacceptable,” reads the letter, which is signed by three Democrats in leadership positions within the House Science, Space and Technology Committee and dated February 21. The note, which is addressed to acting NASA Administrator Janet Petro, calls out the space agency for failing to answer a list of questions and concerns from lawmakers they sent in a letter earlier this month.…
Ladies and gentlemen, the time is almost upon us … we hope. Rihanna has spoken at length about her next album – a project that has been speculated about, pored over, theorized on and dreamt up for nearly a decade, ever since her eighth album “Anti” came out all the way back in 2016. In a new interview with Harper’s Bazaar published on Saturday, the singer and fashion mogul addressed the near-feverish desire for more information on her new music, saying she “just cracked the code on what I really want to do for my next body of work. I am actually feeling…
Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah set six records in a 2-0 win over Manchester City in the Premier League on Sunday. The 32-year-old put Liverpool ahead in the 14th minute when his shot found the back of the net, courtesy of a deflection from Nathan Ake. Then, in the 37th minute he provided an assist for Dominik Szoboszlai, with the Hungarian giving Liverpool a two-goal lead. However, after the match ended, statistics company Squawka announced that the Egyptian representative had broken a total of six records. Mo Salah is the first player in Premier League history to record an involvement in…
YouTube is set to officially launch a cheaper, “Premium Lite” version of its service, according to Bloomberg . This new tier “will target viewers who primarily want to watch programs other than music videos,” reports the DLY. It is known that YouTube piloted an ad-free version of a tier called Premium Lite in several European countries starting in 2021 before canceling the plan in 2023. But the company confirmed in October that it was testing a “different version” of Premium Lite, and at least one user reported that the new version had limited ads. In a statement, YouTube spokesman Paul Pennington said…
Appletoday announced that the next software updates, iOS 18.4, iPadOS 18.4, and macOS Sequoia 15.4, are scheduled to be released in April. However, this update is also available starting today for those using the beta versions and will bring several improvements, including expanded language support and platform availability for Apple Intelligence in the EU. With these updates, Apple Intelligence will become available in several new languages: French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Japanese, Korean, and Chinese. It is reported that this expansion significantly expands the reach of Apple Intelligence, making it accessible to millions of new users around the globe. And…
OpenAI is predicting a major shift in the next five years around who will get the bulk of its computing power. By 2030, OpenAI expects to get three-quarters of its data center capacity from Stargate, a project that is expected to be heavily funded by SoftBank, one of OpenAI’s newest financial backers. This represents a major shift from Microsoft, OpenAI’s largest shareholder, which meets most of the startup’s power needs today, Tech Crunch writes , reports DLY. But, change will not happen overnight. OpenAI still plans to increase its spending on Microsoft-owned data centers in the coming years. Otherwise, during this time,…