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California Gov. Gavin Newsom is digging in against protesters who this week shut down most operations at the Port of Oakland, saying truckers “should focus on supporting this transition” to a new employment law, even as shippers warned the impasse was hurting their businesses.Mr. Newsom’s administration indicated Thursday it wouldn’t bow to the protesters’ demands to pause the implementation of the new state law, known as AB5, that will make it harder for tens of thousands of independent…

Image: Getty Images/iStockphotoIndian edtech company Physicswallah – which teaches all the sciences, not just physics – has come out of nowhere in a hugely competitive market and managed to pocket a cool $100 million in funding, valuing it at $1 billion.For me, the reason for this instant stardom is easily discernible. The firm's founder Alakh Pandey has led his company in ways that have been strikingly dissimilar to the rest of the fray and offer some key lessons to entrepreneurs in any sector or discipline. Growing…

Khloe, on Wednesday, took to Instagram to share a bunch of photos with her four-year-old where the two could be seen having fun in the ocean waters Pic courtesy/Twitter Looks like Khloe Kardashian is having a blast with her daughter True!Khloe, on Wednesday, took to Instagram to share a bunch of photos with her four-year-old where the two could be seen having fun in the ocean waters. Khloe captioned the post, "Me and my best…

Global smartphone shipments fell 9 percent in Q2 2022, according to a report by market analyst firm Canalys. Samsung took first place with a 21 percent market share with its A series handset supply. Apple came in second with a 17 percent share in the market with the iPhone 13 staying high in demand. Chinese brands like Oppo, Vivo, and Xiaomi dealt with declines of 10 percent, 9 percent, and 14 percent in market share, respectively. According to the firm, the waning demand was due to economic headwinds and regional…

Credit: Richard Selwyn Jones, Author provided Alarming stories from Antarctica are now more frequent than ever; the ice surface is melting, floating ice shelves are collapsing and glaciers are flowing faster into the ocean. …

Pros S Pen included with fantastic performance Lovely Super AMOLED display Great sound from the speakers Samsung DeX is very capable Premium fit and finish Cons Expensive Requires $350 keyboard for full potential Android can be frustrating Very wide for a tablet No 5G option in the USSpecifications Processor Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1Display 14.6-inch 2960 x1848 pixel resolutionOperating system Android 12 with OneUI 4.1RAM 8/12/16 GBStorage 128/256/512 GB w/ microSD card supportCameras 13MP main and 6MP…

Anti-abortion activists demonstrate outside the Supreme Court of the United States in Washington, June 13, 2022.Evelyn Hockstein | ReutersThe Republican Attorneys General Association is hosting a private retreat for its corporate donors at a luxury resort in Florida this weekend — on the heels of the GOP's long-sought win in getting Roe v. Wade overturned by the Supreme Court.Nearly 20 corporations and trade groups are said to have RSVP'd to attend the three-day retreat, including lobbyists and executives from CNBC's…

A star younger than our Sun but similar in size has got scientists worried and they say everyone should be worried too. The star, called EK Draconis, is located dozens of lights years away from us and has been spewing out massive fireworks. Scientists recently watched it having an energy blast and ejecting charged particles so powerful that the Sun has never experienced. The Sun often triggers solar storms after coronal mass ejections (CMEs). But this star experienced an energy blast at least 10 times bigger than the…

The United States is testing satellite resiliency to threats from China and Russia miles above the earth's surface, just weeks after Russia shot down an aging communications satelliteThe computer-aided simulations included potential shooting down of the US missile-tracking satellites, satellite jamming, and other electronic warfare "effects" that are possible tactics in space warfare.Actual satellites are not used. During a visit to Schriever Space Force Base in Colorado, Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks saw…

via Saban Films An unassuming low budget thriller with an eye-catching premise isn’t the easiest thing in the world to stumble upon from the perspective of the filmmakers tasked to develop the project, so praise should be aimed towards The Ledge for its intriguing central conceit. However, the concept isn’t particularly well-suited for a feature film, which leaves the end product padding out its runtime to unnecessary proportions, yielding increasingly disappointing returns as the minutes tick by. Then again,…