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This week marks 15 years since the iPhone first went on sale and ushered in a new era: the age of the smartphone.
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North Korea’s possible decision to deploy tactical nuclear weapons along its border with South Korea that could reach Seoul and U.S. forces stationed in the country in minutes could be a game changer in the standoff between Kim Jong Un and the United States. North Korea already has thousands of conventional weapons aimed at South Korea, but moving short-range nuclear-armed missiles to the border would be the clearest sign yet that Kim is looking to use his nuclear weapons to both threaten South Korea and wrest concessions from outside nuclear negotiators.
How does Rick Astley handle one of his songs being part of the biggest internet meme of all time? He rolls with it, obviously. He says he's “ever so grateful for it.” ”Never Gonna Give You Up" turns 35 this year and is still very much alive, buoyed by a second chapter as a gentle joke wherein someone baits you with an enticing online link, which points instead to the video for this 1987 dance-pop smash. Thirty-five years later, Astley is still singing it, this summer on tour with New Kids on the Block, Salt-N-Pepa, and En Vogue for the 57-date “The Mixtape Tour 2022.”
This WorldView-1 satellite black and white image from Maxar Technologies shows the northern end of Snake Island with burn marks in the Black Sea, on Tuesday, June 21, 2022. (Satellite image ©2022 Maxar Technologies via AP)
This WorldView-1 satellite black and white image from Maxar Technologies shows an overview of the northern end of Snake Island, in the Black Sea, on June 17, 2022. (Satellite image ©2022 Maxar Technologies via AP)
This WorldView-1 satellite black and white image from Maxar Technologies shows an overview of Snake Island, in the Black Sea, on Tuesday, June 21, 2022. There is damage to the tower on the southern end of the island and burned vegetation in several locations. (Satellite image ©2022 Maxar Technologies via AP)
This WorldView-1 satellite black and white image from Maxar Technologies shows an overview of Snake Island, in the Black Sea, on June 17, 2022. (Satellite image ©2022 Maxar Technologies via AP)
The trade association for U.S. nuclear plant operators says it hopes to nearly double their output over the next three decades. Those plans hang on the functionality of a new type of nuclear reactor that’s far smaller than traditional reactors. The industry is generating less electricity as reactors retire. Even so, utilities that are members of the Nuclear Energy Institute project they could add 90 gigawatts of nuclear power with the bulk of that coming online by 2050. That translates to about 300 new small modular reactors. The institute's president will talk about doubling U.S. nuclear output in a speech Tuesday to industry leaders and policymakers.
European benchmarks are higher after most Asian markets retreated, while the price of bitcoin hovered near $20,000. U.S. futures advanced and oil prices fell back early Monday. China kept its 1-year and 5-year loan prime rates unchanged as it struggles to spur a recovery while keeping coronavirus outbreaks under control. U.S. markets will be closed for the Juneteenth holiday and Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell is set to testify before Congress later in the week. The price of bitcoin, the world’s most popular cryptocurrency bounced during the weekend, at one point plunging nearly 10% to under $18,600, according to the cryptocurrency news site CoinDesk.
