Tag: widespread
Weather tracker: heavy rainfall across India, Japan and Hong Kong causes widespread disruption
Hong Kong hit by 350mm of rain in 24 hours, while mountainous state of Uttarakhand badly affected by landslides and flooding Large parts of Asia have been especially wet this week and the heavy rain is forecast to continue into next week. Hong Kong issued four black rainstorm warnings – the most times this warning…
It’s 2025, the year we decided we need a widespread slur for robots
Vanessa Romo Debate over the song of the summer rages on, but if there were a contest for a word of the summer, one front runner would surely be the onomatopoeiac, clanker. In recent weeks clanker has risen to viral levels on TikTok and Instagram. One popular video from July shows a delivery robot on…
Government Accountability official says fraud does exist, but it’s not widespread
Luke Garrett President Trump and Elon Musk have vowed to uncover and eliminate fraud in the federal government, and the White House has pointed to a recent Government Accountability Office (GAO) report as evidence and justification for their ongoing efforts to take over and dismantle federal agencies. The GAO is an agency under Congress that…