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17 hours ago
Current Event capotiThe Arctic is in even worse shape than you realize
Over the past three decades of global warming, the oldest and thickest ice in the Arctic has declined by a stunning 95 percent, according the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s annual Arctic Report Card. The finding suggests that the sea at the top of the world has already morphed into a new and very different state, with major implications not only for creatures such as walruses...
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6 days ago
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Four charged in US Panama Papers probe
Four men have been charged in the US with fraud and tax evasion in connection with investigations prompted by the leaked Panama Papers. Justice officials said the four were involved in a "decades-long criminal scheme perpetrated by Mossack Fonseca". Mossack Fonseca was the Panama-based law firm subjected to a massive leak of papers in 2016 that lifted the lid on hidden tax activities of the wealthy.
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11 days ago
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Nintendo to End Its Creators Program in December
Nintendo will be ending its Nintendo Creators Program (NCP) next month, so it can "make it easier for content creators to make and monetize videos that contain Nintendo game content." Announced on Twitter, Nintendo will no longer require content creators to submit their videos to the NCP and the creators will be able to monetize any video, as long as they follow Nintendo's guidelines.
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1 month ago
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How small robots may kill the tractor and make farming efficient
Agriculture has a reputation of being stuck in the past. In reality, for farmers, their workplaces are a fertile testbed for innovative technology – they were among the first to embrace commercial drone use, and autonomous vehicles that could work effectively (and safely) in confined areas of farmland. Among the latest developments in agri-tech are small, farming robots that can improve crop yield and reduce farming’s impact on the environment.
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1 month ago
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Red Dead Online Beta to Arrive 'Towards the End' of November
We knew it would come at some point this month, but Rockstar owner Take-Two Interactive has confirmed that the beta for Red Dead Online will arrive at the end of November. On an earnings call, Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick explained that "it will launch in public beta towards the end of the month – Rockstar will have a lot more to say about it".
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1 month ago
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Humanity has wiped out 60% of animals since 1970, major report finds
The huge loss is a tragedy in itself but also threatens the survival of civilisation, say the world’s leading scientists
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1 month ago
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Cars and traffic signals are talking to each other
Cars and traffic signals are talking to each other, leaving the driver — if there even is one — out. Top automakers including Volkswagen, Honda (HMC), Ford (F) and BMW (BMWYY) are experimenting with technology that allows cars and traffic lights to communicate and work together to ease congestion, cut emissions and increase safety.
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1 month ago
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Toddler goes through baggage X-ray at train station
Security cameras were rolling at a Chinese train station when a curious toddler climbed onto a baggage belt and went through the X-ray scanner. The video, filmed at the Xiaolan railway station in Zhongshan City, Guangdong Province, shows the man going through security when his young son disappears from view. The man gets to the other side of the checkpoint and notices his son is missing. He turns to find the boy, who then crawls out of the luggage X-ray machine.
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2 months ago
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CBS Shuts Down Stage 9, a Fan-Made Recreation of the USS Enterprise
For those unfamiliar with the project, Stage 9 is a beautiful virtual recreation of the Enterprise ship from Star Trek: The Next Generation for Windows, Mac and Linux. More experience than game, Stage 9 was built by fans over two years in the Unreal Engine. “There were two things that we were always pretty careful with,” says project leader ‘Scragnog’.
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2 months ago
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Slave labor found at Starbucks-certified Brazil coffee plantation
At first sight, the Córrego das Almas farm in Piumhi, in rural Minas Gerais state, seems to be a model property. “No slave or forced labor is allowed,” reads one of several signs that display international certifications — including one linked to the U.S.-based company Starbucks corporation.
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3 months ago
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Discovered: Optimal magnetic fields for suppressing instabilities in tokamaks
Fusion, the power that drives the sun and stars, produces massive amounts of energy. Scientists here on Earth seek to replicate this process, which merges light elements in the form of hot, charged plasma composed of free electrons and atomic nuclei, to create a virtually inexhaustible supply of power to generate electricity in what may be called a “star in a jar.”
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3 months ago
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Mazda Skyactiv-X engine range to gain plug-in hybrid variant from 2021
Mazda pledged that its next generation of petrol-engine vehicles will be cleaner than electric cars due to the use of efficiency-boosting compression ignition technology - and it'll boost that promise in 2021, when a plug-in hybrid (PHEV) drivetrain will join the range.
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3 months ago
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Germany returns Namibia genocide skulls
Germany has handed back the human remains of indigenous people killed during a genocide in colonial Namibia more than 100 years ago. A Namibian government delegation received the skulls at a church service in the capital, Berlin. The bones had been sent to Germany for now-discredited research to prove the racial superiority of white Europeans.
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3 months ago
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Get some AC and problemo solved.
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3 months ago
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Gatwick flight information screens fail
Airport staff had to write flight information on whiteboards after screens went blank.
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3 months ago
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The world's first floating farm making waves in Rotterdam
An offshore dairy farm aims to help Rotterdam produce its own food more sustainably.