Rodney King and the 1992 Los Angeles Riots Fast Facts
NCS — Here’s a take a look at the 1992 riots in Los Angeles. The riots stemmed from the acquittal of 4 white Los Angeles Police Department officers in the…
Barbra Streisand Fast Facts | NCS
NCS — Here is a take a look at the lifetime of singer and actress Barbra Streisand. Birth date: April 24, 1942 Birth place: Brooklyn, New York Birth title: Barbara…
OPEC Fast Facts | NCS
NCS — Here’s a have a look at the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, headquartered in Vienna, Austria. The purpose of OPEC is to “coordinate and unify the petroleum…
Vatican returns 2,500-year-old Parthenon sculptures to Greece
Editor’s Note: This article was initially printed by The Art Newspaper, an editorial companion of NCS Style. NCS — The Vatican has signed an agreement to return three sculpture fragments…
Why we’re nostalgic for retro technology
Editor’s Note: The previous 12 months was full of uncertainty over politics, the economic system and the continuing pandemic. In the face of huge adjustments, individuals discovered themselves longing for…
How the technology behind ChatGPT could make mind-reading a reality
NCS — On a current Sunday morning, I discovered myself in a pair of ill-fitting scrubs, mendacity flat on my again in the claustrophobic confines of an fMRI machine at…
Virginia Tech Shootings Fast Facts
NCS — Here is a have a look at the shootings at Virginia Tech in April 2007, one of many deadliest mass shootings in US historical past. Twenty-three-year-old Seung-Hui Cho…
Pirelli: Italy ties China’s hands over fears about chip technology
LondonNCS — Italy has imposed a number of curbs on Pirelli’s largest shareholder, Sinochem, in a transfer geared toward blocking the Chinese authorities’s entry to sensitive chip technology. The Italian…
Bill Gross Fast Facts | NCS
NCS — Here’s a have a look at the lifetime of Bill Gross, founding father of PIMCO, Pacific Investment Management Company. Birth date: April 13, 1944 Birth place: Middleton, Ohio…
Tech layoffs raise new alarms about how platforms protect users
New YorkNCS — In the wake of the 2016 presidential election, as on-line platforms started going through larger scrutiny for his or her impacts on users, elections and society, many…