Tourists Watch Russian Man Get Devoured by Shark on Egypt Beach

BREAKING NEWS:

“It’s eating his remains now,” one witness could be heard saying as the shark pulled the man underwater.

Details:

  • Tourists visiting the popular Egyptian resort of Hurghada watched a man get eaten alive by a shark not far away from a crowded beach.
  • The incident occurred on the beach of the Dream Beach hotel.
  • The victim was identified as Vladimir Popov.
  • Popov could be seen struggling with the shark before it became clear that it was a losing battle.
  • Popov’s father was watching on the beach during the shark attack.
  • Rescuers tried to save Popov but by the time they got there, the shark had already gotten him.

Source: The Daily Beast

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Microsoft Wants To Move Windows Fully To The Cloud

BREAKING NEWS:

A new Microsoft internal presentation reveals the company’s long-term goal for Windows.

Details:

  • Microsoft has been increasingly moving Windows to the cloud on the commercial side with Windows 365.
  • The software giant also wants to do the same for consumers.
  • During an internal “state of the business” Microsoft presentation from June 2022, Microsoft discusses building on Windows 365 to enable a full Windows operating system streamed from the cloud to any device.
  • Windows 365 is a service that streams a full version of Windows to devices, and so far, it’s been limited to just commercial customers, but Microsoft has been deeply integrating it into Windows 11 already.
  • A future update will include Windows 365 Boot, which will enable Windows 11 devices to log directly in to a Cloud PC instance at boot instead of the local version of Windows.

Source: The Verge

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Reddit Is Warning Protesting Mods Their Communities Will Not Stay Private

BREAKING NEWS:

The battle continues between Reddit, and subreddit community moderators.

Details:

  • Reddit has been pressuring moderators who have set their subreddits to private to reopen their communities.
  • The company has given moderators deadlines to lay out their plans for reopening but said that they can’t stay closed.
  • Reddit has been pushing for protesting communities to reopen for weeks, telling them it would replace “inactive moderation,” “mods vandalizing communities,” and “subreddit squatters” with active mods.
  • Many subreddits have reopened as normal, while others have switched from private to restricted where content is viewable, but only certain users can post or leave comments.
  • While in restricted mode, any links that show up in Google search results are made useful, but it appears that Reddit wants to make that synchronous across the board, and it may possibly reopen communities unilaterally, although Reddit hasn’t specifically said this.

Source: The Verge

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It’s Taken One Day For Customers To Report Broken Pixel Fold Screens

BREAKING NEWS:

Google’s first foldable has officially launched, and we’re already seeing reports of damaged screens — big yikes!

Details:

  • Ron Amadeo over at Ars Technica experienced: OLED death in no uncertain terms.
  • Another Fold owner reports some nasty peeling from the screen protector, along with what appears to be a scratch.
  • On r/GooglePixel, user marcusr_uk reports that a bright pink line appeared across the Fold’s inner screen after only a couple of hours.

Source: The Verge

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Madonna Postpones Celebration Tour Following Hospitalization

BREAKING NEWS:

Madonna became ill and was placed in ICU for several days.

Details:

  • Madonna’s talent manager, Guy Oseary, say’s “On Saturday June 24, Madonna developed a serious bacterial infection which lead to a several day stay in the ICU. Her health is improving, however she is still under medical care. A full recovery is expected. At this time we will need to pause all commitments, which includes the tour. We will share more details with you soon as we have them, including a new start date for the tour and for rescheduled shows.”
  • The Celebration tour, produced by Live Nation, was set to kick off at the Rogers Arena in Vancouver, BC on Saturday, July 15th, 2023, taking in 43 cities with shows across North America, and Europe.
  • The show is geared to take fans on Madonna’s artistic journey through four decades and pay respect to the city of New York where her career in music began.
  • Madonna stated “I am excited to explore as many songs as possible in hopes to give my fans the show they have been waiting for,” when announcing the shows.
  • The shows were set to run through October in North America, before hitting Europe with a string of dates – including six stops at the O2, London.
  • Madonna is set to return to the US in December for another run of live dates into the New Year.
  • Bob the Drag Queen a.k.a. Caldwell Tidicue will guest across all dates on the global tour.

Source: RETROPOP

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Train Carrying Potential Contaminants Derails Into Yellowstone River In Montana

BREAKING NEWS:

Officials said the derailed cars were carrying hot asphalt and molten sulfer.

Details:

  • Happened on Saturday morning, June 24th, 2023 at 6:45 AM.
  • Multiple tankers were left in the Yellowstone River, decimating the railroad portion of the Yellowstone Twin River Bridges in Stillwater County, Montana.
  • It’s not clear whether the derailment caused the bridge to collapse or if the collapse happened before the derailment.
  • Four of the railcars were carrying molten sulfur, and three where carrying hot asphalt.
  • Two other railcars were carrying sodium hydro sulfate which is a corrosive substance and according Montana Rail Link those substances did not enter the river.
  • Many residents are concerned about the vulnerability of their chief water supply.

Source: ABC News

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Titan Sub Passengers Died Instantly In Implosion

BREAKING NEWS:

“I’ve often heard it described as happening faster than the brain can process what’s happening,” says a journalist who has written extensively about deep sea exploration.

Details:

  • The five passengers aboard the Titan likely “died instantly” when the submersible imploded during a journey to the Titanic.
  • Multiple pieces of the missing sub were located near the Titanic while a remotely-operated vehicle (ROV) from the Canadian vessel Horizon Arctic searched the area on Thursday, Coast Guard officials said at a press conference in Boston on Thursday 06/22/23.
  • The Horizon Arctic discovered the Titan’s tail cone about 1,600 feet from the bow of the Titanic, United States Coast Guard Rear Admiral John Mauger said.
  • Additional debris was found that is “consistent with the catastrophic loss of the pressure chamber.”
  • Passengers likely did not have time to react to an implosion, according to journalist Josh Dean, who has written extensively about deep sea exploration.
  • An implosion would have likely been caused by the failure of the Titan’s pressure housing.
  • The location of the Titan’s wreckage was “consistent with the location of last communication for an implosion” in the water, as said by Paul Hankins, the US Navy’s director of salvage operations and ocean engineering.
  • “Five different major pieces of debris” were found that told experts that the sub experienced a catastrophic event, Hankins said.
  • The nose cone was found first, followed by “a large debris field” where crews found the front end bell of the pressure hull.
  • Crews also found a second, smaller debris field in which they found the other end of the pressure hull, he added.
  • Even if the sub hadn’t imploded, there is no machine or system on earth capable of saving people at that depth.

Source: People

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Google Domains Agrees To Be Acquired By Squarespace

BREAKING NEWS:

Squarespace acquires assets of Google Domains, which includes approximately 10 million registered domains hosted on Google Domains.

Details:

  • Squarespace announced that it is acquiring all assets of Google Domains, including the transfer of approximately 10 million domains, with the transaction expected to close by the third quarter of 2023.
  • Google entered an agreement with Squarespace to transfer the assets of Google Domains.
  • This news came as a huge surprise, and many users of Google Domains are not happy with the announcement. Many on Twitter stated they would transfer their domains somewhere else.
  • Squarespace is a Google Workspace reseller. Customers who purchased a domain through Workspace will transition to the Squarespace billing.
  • Squarespace also owns a domain registration business as well that features a domain management tool, just like any other domain name registrar, that allows one to edit the DNS. This aquisition is expected to add ten million more customers.
  • Domains at Squarespace cost between $20 to $70, a much higher cost over Google Domains.
  • Google domains is highly popular in the search marketing community and beyond due to it’s use and low key interface.
  • Squarespace announced it’s excitement about the acquisition. Google Domains customers did not.

Source: Search Engine Journal

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Water Cave Tour Boat Overturns in Upstate New York

BREAKING NEWS:

A tour boat capsized inside an Erie Canal water cave near Niagara in upstate New York on Monday morning 06/11/23, leaving one person dead and 11 others injured.

Details:

  • Happened on Monday, June 11, 2023.
  • The tour boat contained 29 passengers total, and were mostly hospitality workers from nearby Niagra who were on the tour boat as part of a “familiarization tour”.

Source: People

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Man Drowns On Hawaii Honeymoon and Thieves Steal Newlyweds Belongings From Beach

BREAKING NEWS:

A sad death of a newlywed man, and low-life criminals to make matters worse.

Details:

  • A newlywed California man, Steven Phan, drowned while on his honeymoon with his wife, Brittany, in Hawaii.
  • A spear fisherman pulled him to shore and bystanders began CPR before first responders arrived, but he didn’t make it.
  • They were only married for three months.
  • Belongings taken by thieves on the beach included cell phones, wallets, money, clothing, and their car rental.

Source: New York Post

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