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3 months ago+17 17 0Calls for bigger windfall tax after Shell makes ‘obscene’ $40bn profit
The government is under pressure to rethink its windfall tax on energy companies after Shell reported one of the largest profits in UK corporate history, with the surge in energy prices sparked by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine pushing the oil company’ ...
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4 months ago+16 16 0Amazon layoffs hit amid an increase in robot automation: what to know
Amazon maintains that employees and robots will continue to collaborate within its warehouses, however, according to specialists in robotics, the business may eventually be able to rely on robots to carry out much of the jobs that it currently delega ...
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4 months ago+19 19 0The Last of US season two is ‘likely’, Bella Ramsey says
Speaking to the BBC, Bella Ramsey – who plays Ellie in the TV adaptation – said the reaction to the show’s first episodes makes a second season all but certain, but stressed that nothing had been officially confirmed yet. “If people keep watching, I ...
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4 months ago+23 23 0‘Cobra Kai’ Renewed For Sixth And Final Season
Netflix’s Cobra Kai has been renewed for a sixth and final season. The final run, which promises to be “the biggest and baddest” season of all, is set to begin production in late spring, Deadline hears.
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4 months ago+19 19 0Dodgers release Bauer, set to pay him over $21M
The Dodgers couldn't find a trade partner for Trevor Bauer by Thursday's deadline, prompting the starting pitcher to be placed on the release waivers that ultimately make him a free agent.
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4 months ago+20 20 0DNA in the water shows South African scientists where to find a rare pipefish
Keeping track of the world’s wildlife populations is fundamental to conservation efforts in the face of the continued deterioration of global biodiversity. But some species are harder to study than others. Some aquatic species, for instance, elude de ...
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4 months ago+1 1 0Here Are Some Alternative Protein & Future Food Innovations Heading to CES 2023
Ever since Impossible stole the show at CES with the debut of the Impossible Burger 2.0 in 2019, a growing number of future food startups head to Vegas each January to try to repeat the feat
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5 months ago+21 21 0Box Office: ‘Avatar 2’ Scores $90 Million Over Holiday Weekend, ‘Babylon’ Bombs at Christmas
James Cameron’s sci-fi sequel “Avatar: The Way of Water” dominated at the box office over Christmas even as a massive winter storm kept audiences at home. Extreme weather conditions are pummeling a large portion of the U.S. with frigid temperatures, ...
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5 months ago+16 16 0Playing Competitive Video Games Helps the Brain & the Soul
Yes, “try-harding” in Mortal Kombat or Call of Duty will improve your mental functions and values in life. Even if you do not play video games, this post will show you how impactful video games, but even more specifically, competitive video games are ...
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5 months ago+23 23 0U.S. expected to announce major breakthrough in quest for zero-carbon nuclear fusion energy
The U.S. Department of Energy said Sunday it would announce a "major scientific breakthrough" this week, after media reported a federal laboratory had recently achieved a major milestone in nuclear fusion research. The Financial Times repor ...
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5 months ago+15 15 0The weird Republican turn against corporate social responsibility
Republicans have found a new front in the culture war. For months, Republicans have been attacking ESG, the financial shorthand for how some companies consider all the ways the environment, social issues, and corporate governance impact their bottom ...
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5 months ago+16 16 0BBC preparing to go online-only over next decade, says director general
The BBC is preparing to shut down its traditional television and radio broadcasts as it becomes an online-only service over the next decade, according to the director general, Tim Davie. “Imagine a world that is internet-only, where broadcast TV and ...
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6 months ago+18 18 0Sam Bankman-Fried reportedly owns a $100 million stake in Elon Musk's Twitter
Private texts reveal Elon Musk invited Sam Bankman-Fried to roll over his Twitter shares into the company. Publicly, Musk has slammed the FTX founder.
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6 months ago+22 22 0Pristine meteorite found within hours of hitting Earth
At about 10 o'clock on the night of Feb. 28, 2021, a fireball streaked through the sky over England. The blazing extraterrestrial visitor was seen by more than 1,000 people, and its descent was filmed by 16 dedicated meteor-tracking cameras from ...
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6 months ago+19 19 040% of traffic to ecommerce sites comes from bots raising cyber security threat level
While consumers may be looking to scam retailers as the cost of living crisis deepens, cyber criminals are also on the rampage through the sector, with a range of automated threats – from account takeover, credit card fraud, web scraping, API abuses, ...
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7 months ago+14 14 0Will plunging shares end big tech’s era of ‘pornographic’ profits?
Last week was a bad time to be a tech billionaire. When the pandemic drove the world online, the founders of Facebook, Google and Microsoft reaped wealth gains described as “pornographic” and cemented their position as among the richest cohort ever t ...
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7 months ago+10 10 0Fair Pay Agreements Bill passes third reading in Parliament
The legislation will allow collective bargaining to take place at an industry-wide level.
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7 months ago+12 12 0Japan ramps up intervention threats after yen slides past key 150 level
Japanese policymakers made fresh threats of intervention on Thursday after the yen tumbled past the key psychological level of 150 to the dollar, keeping investors on high alert in case Tokyo steps into markets again to support the fragile currency.
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7 months ago+25 25 0The flying car that could turn into a biplane
At a launch event at Draper University in San Mateo, California, a start-up revealed how its flying car hopes to take off. Alef bills its still-in-development electric vehicle, the Model A, as the first true flying car - a vehicle that it hopes will ...
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7 months ago+15 15 0This 33-year-old made more than 1,000 Wikipedia bios for unknown women scientists
When Jessica Wade was invited to Buckingham Palace to receive the prestigious British Empire Medal, she stood out for being a young woman honored for her contributions to science. Ironically, she was being honored for trying to change that. The 33-ye ...