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The Department of Homeland Security inadvertently tipped off the Cuban government this month that some of the immigrants the agency sought to deport to the island nation had asked the U.S. for protection from persecution or torture, officials said Monday.Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials are now scrambling to foreclose the possibility that the Cuban government could retaliate against individuals it knows sought protection here. The agency has paused its effort to deport the immigrants in question and is…

More energy out than in. For 7 decades, fusion scientists have chased this elusive goal, known as energy gain. At 1 a.m. on 5 December, researchers at the National Ignition Facility (NIF) in California finally did it, focusing 2.05 megajoules (MJ) of laser light onto a tiny capsule of fusion fuel and sparking an explosion that produced 3.15 MJ of energy—the equivalent of about three sticks of dynamite. “This is extremely exciting, it’s a major breakthrough,” says…

NEW DELHI : Industry bodies and startups have been pushing the government for clarifications on cross-border data flow rules detailed under the new…

The crypto market has seen thousands of new tokens that are revolutionizing the sector. BudBlockz is one of the newest cryptos on the block, and the coin has garnered massive sales since it launched its presale. BudBlockz is a user-friendly blockchain platform that serves as an e-commerce platform for cannabis products.  BudBlockz’s growth has been rapid and is predicted to continue rising fast despite the market falls of 2022. The platform – a bridge between cannabis users and cryptocurrency enthusiasts –…

A second investigation centres on whether Facebook ties its classified ads service Marketplace to its social network to give it an advantage in reaching customers. Facebook owner Meta reached out to EU antitrust regulators some time back in an attempt to settle investigations into its use of customer data and the tying of its classified advertisements service to its social network, people with direct knowledge said. There were very preliminary discussions which so far have not made any progress, the people said.…

When it comes to 2022’s cinematic ladder, there’s very little separating the rungs of the ever-present superhero movies, the stupendously triumphant horror genre, the whodunit dark horses, and, interestingly, films that have to do with military aviation. Indeed, out of every film that cinemas and streaming services were tasked with fielding this year, Top Gun: Maverick was perhaps the single most uncontested success story; grossing nearly $1.5 billion worldwide, Tom Cruise‘s passion project wound up being the most…

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain With the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, people were plunged into a situation that required them to acquire information about an emerging scientific issue to assess the adequacy of government actions and programs of significant personal import to each individual. There are other important…

Richard Vanderford / Wall Street Journal: Google agrees to improve its compliance program for legal demands in a settlement with the US DOJ, which said Google lost data sought by investigators in 2016 — The tech company will be monitored by a compliance professional after the Justice Department said Google lost data sought in a U.S. investigation Richard Vanderford / Wall Street Journal: Google agrees to improve its compliance program for legal demands in a settlement with the US DOJ, which said…

A teenage boy and a woman are in custody in the slaying of rapper PnB Rock, who was gunned down two weeks ago at Roscoe’s House of Chicken & Waffles in South L.A., Los Angles police confirmed to The Times on Wednesday. Authorities are searching for a third suspect, identified as the boy’s father, whom they describe as armed and dangerous.LAPD Capt. Kelly Muniz said a federal task force arrested two people in Lawndale on Tuesday in Rock’s slaying. A minor was arrested on suspicion of murder, and Shauntel Trone, 38, was…

Hometown Deli, Paulsboro, N.J.Mike Calia | CNBCFederal authorities sought to detain one of the men charged in an alleged multiyear fraud scheme involving a neighborhood deli in a small New Jersey town, according to court records.The man – Peter Coker Sr., 80 – was arrested Monday in North Carolina and then let go after the government agreed to the conditions surrounding his release. His son Peter Coker Jr., 53, was also charged. He is based in Hong Kong and remains at large.Authorities also charged another North Carolina…