The origins of Silicon Valley – long before Facebook, Google and Apple – are inextricably linked with America’s defence establishment. It was Pentagon funding that helped to develop the internet, while Fairchild Semiconductor – now seen as the original Valley start-up – began by making chips for Cold War missiles and the rockets that put … Read more
The hottest temperature on Earth ever recorded may have been reached on Sunday afternoon, as the mercury in California’s Death Valley hit 130 degrees. The temperature was reached at 3.41pm Pacific time on Sunday, according to the National Weather Service. If verified, the reading would break Death Valley’s previous August record by three degrees, the … Read more
The hottest temperature on Earth ever recorded may have been reached on Sunday afternoon, as the mercury in California’s Death Valley hit 130 degrees. The temperature was reached at 3.41pm Pacific time on Sunday, according to the National Weather Service. If verified, the reading would break Death Valley’s previous August record by three degrees, the … Read more
There is a horse on the ceiling. Not Pegasus, but Kettledrum, winner of the 1861 Derby. This, in the apse of a church, is surprising. Designed by Edward Pugin (son of the architect of the Palace of Westminster) and secreted down a remote country lane in the Ribble Valley, the tiny Catholic Church of St … Read more
She debuted her new puppy when she took to social media to have fans and followers help her name the adorable Teacup Pomsky, which was a gift from her beau Carter Reum. Just one day later and the hotel heiress, 39, was spotted while out on a bike ride in Northern California’s wine country with another … Read more
Investing in companies that are part of the new digitalised world has proved a sound strategy for many investors in recent years – as well as in the past few months as the world has gone into lockdown and is only now slowly emerging from its mothballing. Look at the US stock market and it … Read more
The Silicon Valley tech CEO caught in a racist rant against an Asian family on Saturday was charged with domestic assault and vandalism in 2016, DailyMail.com can reveal. Michael Lofthouse, 37, was filmed gesturing at Jordan Chan and her family in a Carmel Valley restaurant and saying ‘Trump is gonna f**k you’, ‘you f***ers need … Read more
A Silicon Valley entrepreneur was kicked out of a California restaurant on July 4 for hurling racist abuse at an Asian family and yelling ‘Trump is going to f*** you’. Michael Lofthouse, the British founder of tech company Solid8, was caught on camera racially attacking Jordan Chan and her family when they were out celebrating … Read more
Chinese troops have started removing tents and other structures from a contested Himalayan valley where they fought a deadly battle with Indian soldiers last month. 20 Indian soldiers were killed in brutal hand-to-hand fighting on June 15 in the Galwan Valley in Ladakh, sending tensions soaring between the nuclear-armed neighbours. China has acknowledged it suffered … Read more
Alex Trebek donates $500k to faith-based nonprofit for new homeless facility in LA’s San Fernando Valley By Rachel Mcgrath For Dailymail.com Published: 01:33 BST, 25 June 2020 | Updated: 01:37 BST, 25 June 2020 He’s been battling stage 4 pancreatic cancer for more than a year. But Alex Trebek isn’t letting that get in the … Read more