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TUESDAY, 04 NOVEMBER 2025, 16:49

Science/Tech

Dick Cheney, Powerful Former VP, Dies at 84

Today at 16:40 PM, via Slashdot

Dick Cheney, who served four Republican presidents and became one of the most powerful and controversial vice presidents in American history as an architect of the post-9/11 war on terror, died at 84. His family said he died from complications of pneumonia and cardiac and vascular disease. Cheney served as vice president under George W. Bush for two terms beginning in 2001 and relentlessly...

Science/Tech

What Happened When Small-Town America Became Data-Center, USA

Today at 16:07 PM, via Slashdot

Amazon’s data-center expansion turned Umatilla, Oregon into an unlikely nerve center for American infrastructure investment. The community of roughly 8,000 residents has seen home prices double and local government budgets surge from $7 million in 2011 to a hundred and $44 million in the past fiscal year. Yesenia Leon-Tejeda, a Realtor and daughter of Mexican-born farmhands who once worked...

Motoring

WATCH: A tale of two Ford Ranger bakkies

Today at 11:40 AM, via The Citizen

When it comes to choosing which Ford Ranger bakkie you would like to invest your money into, it’s not just a piece of cake.