Tag: noisy

27 DEC

Alphabet is re-working its Wing delivery drones to be less noisy

Before Alphabet’s Wing drones can start dropping off deliveries all over the globe, the company has to remedy one of the biggest complaints about it first. According to a Wall Street Journal report, the drones are extremely noisy — someone who lives directly under the drones’ path in rural Australia where they’re current being tested […]

28 FEB

Tory MP challenges ‘noisy feminists’ to speak up for Muslim women during PMQs (VIDEO)

Sharia courts in the UK are discriminating against women according to a Tory MP, speaking at a rowdy PMQs. Philip Davies, MP for Shipley, attacked so-called “noisy feminists” in Parliament for failing to raise the issue. Following the customary exchange between Prime Minister Theresa May and opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn, Davies rose to speak. “Last year […]

26 JAN

Philippines Duterte tells Myanmar’s leader human rights activists are ‘just a noisy bunch’ amid Rohingya crisis

Paula Bronstein/Getty Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte dismissed human rights activists as “just a noisey bunch” in a conversation with Myanmar’s leader Aung San Suu Kyi, whose country is going through a crisis with 655,000 stateless Muslims fleeing to escape persecution. Human rights groups also strongly condem Duterte’s drug war which has killed a suspected 3,900. […]

09 JAN

Tax reform will make for a ‘noisy’ earnings season — but stocks should keep surging

Reuters / Brendan McDermid The effects of tax reform could stir up some turmoil in what’s expected to be an otherwise very strong earnings season, according to Goldman Sachs. The two areas to watch are required corporate write-downs of deferred tax items and the hundreds of millions of dollars S&P 500 companies will owe in […]

06 DEC

BBC weather: Carol Kirkwood SLAMMED for noisy forecast: 'Is there actually any point?'

The meteorologist presented her report from inside the Magical Ice Kingdom at Winter Wonderland in London. However, her choice of location left those at home furious as the festive background music made it difficult to hear her.  Taking to Twitter to air their frustration, one posted: “Can you tell the orchestra to pipe down a […]