NASA has awarded a task order to Florida Power and Light of Juno Beach, Florida, to provide electric distribution utility service at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. This is a fixed-price task order with an estimated value of $70 million over five years. The contract consists of a two-year base period beginning July … Read more
Nina Raemont/ZDNET Your Google Calendar is moving to your Apple Watch, thanks to a new update spotted by 9to5Google on Monday. The Apple Watch has few Google applications, but a new Google Calendar update, version 25.24.1, is bringing another one to Apple’s smartwatch. Also: Your Apple Watch is getting a major upgrade. The best features … Read more
US President Donald Trump will sign an order lifting sanctions on Syria, the White House announced on Monday. Sanctions will still apply to individuals tied to former Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad, human rights abusers, drug traffickers, people linked to chemical weapons activities, the Islamic State and ISIS affiliates and proxies for Iran. President Donald Trump … Read more
Police sources have identified 20-year-old Wess Roley as the suspect in the sniper attack on firefighters in Idaho, according to the BBC’s US partner CBS News. Two firefighters were killed and a third injured on Sunday after a gunman shot at them as they arrived at a blaze at Canfield Mountain, just north of Coeur … Read more
New Delhi: The Election Commission’s ‘Special Intensive Revision’ of Bihar’s electoral rolls has sparked a major political debate. However, this is not the first time that the poll panel has ordered an ‘intensive’ revision of electoral rolls — at least nine such revisions were held from 1952 to 2004, several of which came with similar … Read more
A file image of U.S. President Donald Trump and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney | Photo Credit: Reuters Canada will rescind taxes impacting U.S. tech firms that had prompted President Donald Trump to retaliate by calling off trade talks, Ottawa said on Sunday (June 29, 2025), adding that negotiations with Washington would resume. The digital … Read more
Deliveroo, Uber Eats and Just Eat have agree to “strengthen” security checks following reports some asylum seekers are working illegally as couriers. The food delivery companies agreed to increase facial verification and fraud checks in a bid to stop people with no right to work in the UK from using someone else’s account to earn … Read more
Buyers should keep an eye on the possibility of rate cuts in the next few months. Tharon Green/CNET Mortgage market predictions have been clouded by economic uncertainty caused by the Trump administration’s trade measures, deficit spending and geopolitical maneuvering. The big question hanging over the housing market is whether rates will rise due to tariff-induced … Read more
A criminal investigation has been launched over performances by Bob Vylan and Kneecap at Glastonbury on Saturday, Avon and Somerset Police has said. The force said it had appointed a senior detective to investigate whether comments made by either act amounted to a criminal offence after reviewing footage. A statement added: “This has been recorded … Read more
Rural India is undergoing a quiet revolution. Once heavily dependent on agriculture, the rural economy is now being rapidly reshaped by the services sector. A new report by HDFC Securities reveals that 112 rural districts, home to 291 million people, have surpassed the $2,000 per capita income threshold—a milestone that signals growing prosperity and consumer … Read more