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Two major U.S. union bodies are lending their support to the workers at Apple's Grand Central Station retail store in New York City. "In the truest form of trade union solidarity, Workers United and the Communications Workers of America (CWA), together with the organizing committee of Fruit Stand Workers United(FSWU) have agreed that CWA will provide support to FSWU's union organizing efforts at Apple's Grand Central Station store in New York City," the CWA announced on Wednesday. The group says that Apple's union group,…

Fresh off the release of his sophomore album, Jack Harlow has partnered with KFC for a limited edition combo meal named after the Louisville rapper.Available at KFC restaurants nationwide beginning Monday, June 6, the Jack Harlow Meal includes KFC’s Spicy Chicken Sandwich, Secret Recipe Fries, Mac & Cheese, a side of ranch, and a lemonade. The meal will also be served in special packaging. “From releasing ‘Come Home the Kids Miss You’ and now launching my own meal at KFC, I’m having a super blessed summer,” Harlow…

Since the velocity is defined as the time-rate of change of position, the slope of this plot should give the velocity. That puts this wave speed at 2.85 m/s, which is pretty close to the theoretical prediction. I'm happy with that.But what if I want to look at the speed of a wave in a giant metal chain, instead of a string of beads? I actually don't have one of these things lying around—and I probably couldn't move it anyway. So let's build a computational model.Here's my idea: I'm going to let the chain be made of a…

The Puna Plateau is part of the Central Andes, a mountain belt in which the elevation is mainly driven by lithospheric strength and tectonic forces. Credit: Mitchell D'Arcy for GFZ Scientists have come up with a new classification scheme for mountain belts that uses just a single number to describe whether the elevation of the mountain belt is controlled mainly by weathering and erosion or by properties of the Earth's crust,…

Ransomware encrypts files on people’s computers and extorts them to get their information back.Photo: Lino Mirgeler (AP)A new strain of ransomware was recently identified by cybersecurity analysts, which forces its victims to complete a series of charitable tasks in order to retrieve their data. It combines the inconvenience of having your data stolen, plus the added cringe of self-righteous instructions on how to retrieve said data by doing a number of “good deeds.” The ransomware is dubbed GoodWill, and was recently…

Suppose this parallel plate capacitor is connected to a 9-volt battery. A volt is a measure of the electric potential difference. In short, this is the electric potential energy per charge—it’s a measure of how much energy a charge would gain by moving across that potential. So, this 9-volt battery will create a 9-volt change in potential across the plates.But what would happen if you pushed one of the plates so that the distance between them decreases just a little bit? Well, since the capacitor is still connected to the…

MOUNT PLEASANT, Wis.—Nearly five years after iPhone assembler Foxconn Technology Group unveiled plans for a factory that would transform this corner of southeastern Wisconsin into a high-tech manufacturing hub, only a few buildings occupy the 3,000-acre site, a huge power substation stands largely untapped and new roads are sparsely traveled. But Taiwan-based Foxconn remains on the hook to pay for the infrastructure improvements and land acquisition for its now-abandoned grand plans. Starting next tax year, Foxconn’s…

The International Space Station’s spacesuits might finally need to be retired. NASA has paused ISS spacewalks following a water leak in one of the astronauts’ helmets. This isn’t the first time that the aging spacesuits have sprung a leak, either. Back in 2013, ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano had to cut a spacewalk short after his helmet filled with 1.5 liters of water. NASA pauses ISS spacewalks Image source: NASA A spacesuit is literally the difference between being able to breathe and being lost to the…

Mumbai Airport. (Image for representation)An inebriated passenger on a Bengaluru-bound flight led to an emergency landing at Mumbai International Airport on Saturday night.An inebriated passenger on a Bengaluru-bound flight led to an emergency landing at Mumbai International Airport on Saturday night. The police stated that Sarfuddin Ulwar, who hailed from Kerala was detained and booked under the Indian Penal Code and the Aircraft Act. Ulwar was produced in a metropolitan magistrate court on Sunday and remanded in…

Developed from a 2016 short, Matt Glass and Jordan Wayne Long’s post-US Civil War supernatural thriller isn’t just atmospheric and characterful, it’s an often shrewd allegory of the US self-image as the shining “city on a hill”. Thomas Hobson plays James McCune, a black doctor and war veteran nurturing physical and psychological wounds, who is summoned by his Uncle Matthew (Phil Morris) to a post in Norfolk, a walled town sequestered deep in the Ozark forest. When he arrives, he is shocked to encounter a biracial paradise…