Month: August 2022

Sitting and Watching TV May Boost Older Adults’ Dementia Risk

Adults 60 and older who sit for long periods watching TV or engaging in other passive, sedentary behaviors may be at increased risk of developing dementia, according to a new study. The risk is lower for those who are more active while sitting—engaging in behaviors like reading or using a computer. “It isn’t the time…


Inflation in Germany Hits Record High as European Central Bank Plans Next Move

Inflation in Germany hit a record high of 8.8 percent in August due to soaring energy prices, adding further pressure on the European Central Bank (ECB) to massively increase interest rates at its next meeting. Germany, the European Union’s largest economy, hasn’t had inflation rates this high since the winter of 1973–74, when global prices were…


[Premiering Wed. Aug 31, 7 PM ET] Entrepreneur Battling Communist China for Control of Earth’s ’Goldilocks Zone’

Declan Ganley, founder and president of Rivada Networks, is in a fierce battle over Earth’s “Goldilocks zone”—a prime location for a low Earth orbit satellite network.  “This is the most state-of-the-art communications network that the planet will have ever seen,” Ganley told NTD’s Paul Greaney. The network would compete directly with Elon Musk’s Starlink network….


[Premiering Wed. Aug 31, 7 PM ET] Entrepreneur Battling Communist China for Control of ’Goldilocks Zone’

Declan Ganley, founder and president of Rivada Networks, is in a fierce battle over Earth’s “Goldilocks zone”—a prime location for a low Earth orbit satellite network.  “This is the most state-of-the-art communications network that the planet will have ever seen,” Ganley told NTD’s Paul Greaney. The network would compete directly with Elon Musk’s Starlink network….


Film Review: ‘Explorer’: The Amazing Life Story of Author and Renowned Overachiever Ranulph Fiennes

NR | 1h 53min | Documentary, Biography | 30 August 2022 (USA) The third cousin (once removed) of the Fiennes acting family (Ralph, Joseph, and three others), Sir Ranulph Fiennes (full name: Ranulph Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes) has lived a life that would make most overachievers blush and cause others to reconsider their own bucket lists. Sir Ranulph Fiennes at an airfield camp…


Mikhail Gorbachev, Final Soviet Leader, Dies at Age 91

Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, the final president of the communist country, has died at age 91, according to a hospital in a statement Tuesday. “Mikhail Sergeevich Gorbachev died this evening after a serious and long illness,” the Central Clinical Hospital in Moscow confirmed, reported the Interfax, TASS, and RIA Novosti news agencies. Other circumstances…


Quantum Computing as Important as the Atomic Bomb: Expert

Chinese tech giant Baidu is developing its own quantum computer to compete with the United States in the race toward next-generation information processing. The computer does not outperform rivals currently being developed in America but, according to one expert, signals dire competition over the future of data security. Arthur Herman, a senior fellow at the…


[Premiering 8/31 at 1 PM ET] J6 Prisoners Experiencing Cruel and Unusual Punishment at Hands of Police, Prosecutors, Congress: Rep Andy Biggs | Facts Matter

This video is brought to you by Sekur: https://ept.ms/3yW0Wul In this interview with Rep. Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.) we had the opportunity to discuss his take on the pre-trial solitary confinement for those who stand accused of violations stemming from their involvement in the Jan. 6 Capitol breach. Biggs believes there’s been an outright breakdown of the…


Sydney Commuters ‘Strongly’ Advised to Work From Home on Wednesday Due to 24-Hour Rail Strike

Sydney Trains CEO Matt Longland strongly advises that Sydney residents “avoid all unnecessary travel” on Aug. 31 due to industrial action. The action, led by the Rail, Tram, and Bus Union (RTBU), will be the final industrial action of the month after a series of strikes and disruption to commuters throughout all of August. For…


What If?

Commentary Probably the most important thing in forecasting is the ability to ask: What if something is not how you think it is? Open speculation on world developments is the key to establishing a position, where basically nothing can really surprise you. And at that point, you have come so far as a forecaster. The…