200-year-old church seized by schismatics stands empty, canonical community continues to grow
Strelchintsy, Vinnitsa Province, Ukraine, August 10, 2021 Photo: 1ua.com.ua Three years after the schismatics of Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople’s “Orthodox Church of Ukraine” seized the Church…
New missions open in American Midwest
Marquette, Michigan and Aurora, Illinois, August 10, 2021 The moleben at Northern Michigan Univeristy. Photo: chicagodiocese.org At least two new mission parishes have been established recently…
Constantinople has never once condemned violence against Ukrainian Orthodox, notes canonical bishop
Kiev, August 10, 2021 Photo: vpk-news.ru Patriarch Bartholomew has never once condemned the violence against the canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church perpetrated by his Patriarchate’s “Orthodox Church…
Serbian Diocese of Canada raises thousands for hungry in Montenegro
Toronto, August 10, 2021 istocnik.ca Thanks to the efforts of the Serbian Orthodox Diocese of Canada, the poor and hungry in Berane, Montenegro, will have food…
Samsung details new smartwatch chip ahead of Galaxy Watch 4 launch
Samsung has announced the Exynos W920, a new processor designed for smartwatches and other wearables. The company says it’s the world’s first wearable-specific chip to be built…
Apple’s 2021 iPhones will reportedly have a video portrait mode
Apple’s upcoming flagship iPhones, likely to be called the iPhone 13 line, will be able to automatically blur the backgrounds of footage as part of a new…
AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT review: built for 1080p
AMD has returned to challenge Nvidia with its entry-level RX 6600 XT. This $379 (on paper at least) card is built on the same RDNA 2 architecture…
How Gavin Williamson was forced to allow rampant grade inflation
In August last year, Gavin Williamson was adamant that allowing any degree of grade inflation would deliver a double blow to students. Writing in The Telegraph, he…
More than 30 criminals removed from Jamaica deportation flight after last-minute appeals
Damion Thompson, 42, was jailed in 2011 for two years for possession of a class A drug and £2,000 in stolen cash. Sanjay McLean, 41, was imprisoned…
Xiaomi announces Mix 4 with under-display camera
Xiaomi has announced the Mix 4, the first phone in the Mi Mix series to be announced in nearly three years. The Mix phones have always been…
Record numbers gain Russell Group places as universities told to restart face-to-face lectures
This is compared to 135,260 students at medium-tariff universities, a two per cent increase on last year, and 135,260 at lower-tariff universities, a two per cent decrease…
Nine in 10 private Covid travel test providers yet to be accredited as competent
The testing firms can continue operating while they go through the three-stage accreditation process, which includes checks on laboratory standards. However, companies that simply act as “middle…
Soldiers deployed to help ambulance staff as staycation influx leads to two 999 calls a minute
Soldiers will be deployed to help beleaguered ambulance staff after an influx of staycationers led to two 999 calls every minute. South Western Ambulance Service NHS Trust…
Gaming companies should avoid predatory designs, lawmakers say
Democrats are calling on some of the largest gaming companies to better protect children by extending new UK design rules to children in the US. The regulations…
CyberDog is a new ominous-looking robot from Xiaomi
Chinese tech giant Xiaomi has unveiled a quadrupedal robot named CyberDog: an experimental, open-source machine that the firm says “holds unforetold possibilities.” CyberDog is the latest example…
A NASA scientist explains why the weather is becoming more extreme
Across China and Western Europe in July, the amount of rain that might typically fall over several months to a year came down within a matter of…
Google One VPN expands internationally to Canada, Mexico, UK, and more
Google is expanding the VPN service that it provides as part of its Google One subscription to seven new countries: Mexico, Canada, the United Kingdom, France, Germany,…
Dow, S&P 500 scale new peaks as $1 trln infrastructure bill passes
A trader works on the trading floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., August 9, 2021. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly Senate votes…
COVID-19 misinformation is increasing amid US virus surge
The surge in COVID-19 cases around the United States, driven by the highly contagious and fast-moving delta variant of the coronavirus, is accompanied by a similar surge…
Nvidia’s tiny RTX A2000 GPU can fit inside a small form factor PC
Nvidia is launching its new RTX A2000 GPU today, designed for professional workstations. It’s Nvidia’s smallest Ampere-based GPU so far and can easily squeeze into small form…
NASA’s new space suits are delayed, making a 2024 Moon landing ‘not feasible’
NASA’s development of new astronaut space suits will be nearly two years late and nix its effort to land humans on the Moon by 2024, an inspector…
OpenAI can translate English into code with its new machine learning software Codex
AI research company OpenAI is releasing a new machine learning tool that translates the English language into code. The software is called Codex and is designed to…
OnePlus is trying to jump on Samsung’s folding phone hype
Samsung’s August Unpacked event is scheduled to take place tomorrow with foldables and wearables tossed about, but it appears that OnePlus has a thirst for attention that…
A24 will stream The Green Knight for one night on August 18th
A24’s The Green Knight will make its virtual debut much earlier than expected — on August 18th, you’ll be able to buy a $20 ticket to stream…
Twitter shares analysis of racist abuse that followed Euro 2020 final
Twitter claims identity verification wouldn’t have prevented the torrent of racist abuse against Black players on England’s football team, which followed the team’s loss in the Euro…