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Apple Sharply Cuts Vision Pro Headset Production Target, FT Says
Apple Sharply Cuts Vision Pro Headset Production Target, FT Says
Apple Inc. is cutting production targets for its long-awaited mixed-reality Vision Pro headset due to difficulties in producing
2023-07-03 12:58
Elon Musk says Twitter to change logo, adieu to 'all the birds'
Elon Musk says Twitter to change logo, adieu to 'all the birds'
(Corrects paragraph 2 to owner, not CEO) Elon Musk said he was looking to change Twitter's logo, tweeting:
2023-07-23 13:19
Apex Legends Season 18 Ranked Changes Revealed
Apex Legends Season 18 Ranked Changes Revealed
Apex Legends Season 18 Ranked Changes revealed in a Ranked dev blog from Respawn Entertainment.
2023-07-20 03:54
Astronomers find unprecedented ‘disc’ around distant planet
Astronomers find unprecedented ‘disc’ around distant planet
Scientists have found the first ever disc structure around a star outside of our own Milky Way. The disc is around a young massive star forming in a stellar nursery called N180. It is within the Larg Magellanic Cloud, a dwarf galaxy that neighbours ours. The disc is 163,000 light years from Earth – meaning that it is not only the first to be detected outside of our galaxy, but also the most distant such disc ever seen. Lead author of the study, Dr Anna McLeod from Centre for Extragalactic Astronomy, Durham University said: “When I first saw evidence for a rotating structure in the ALMA data, I could not believe that we had detected the first extragalactic accretion disc; it was a special moment. “We know discs are vital to forming stars and planets in our galaxy, and here, for the first time, we’re seeing direct evidence for this in another galaxy. “We are in an era of rapid technological advancement when it comes to astronomical facilities. “Being able to study how stars form at such incredible distances and in a different galaxy is very exciting.” The findings are reported in a new article, ‘A likely Keplerian disk feeding an optically revealed massive young star’, published in Nature. Read More Scientists find planets moving around in strange ‘rhythm’ Astronomers discover new six-planet system Scientists have cooked ‘alien haze’ that could help find life
2023-11-30 00:16
EU Banks Expand Risk Scenarios They Face Due to Climate Change
EU Banks Expand Risk Scenarios They Face Due to Climate Change
European banks are building out their risk models to better prepare for the fallout from climate change, with
2023-06-22 07:59
Paige Spiranac gives away free Super Bowl tickets, fans say 'you're awesome'
Paige Spiranac gives away free Super Bowl tickets, fans say 'you're awesome'
Paige Spiranac used her Twitter platform to promote an exclusive giveaway, offering fans the chance to win free Super Bowl tickets in Las Vegas 2024
2023-07-16 14:24
X CEO Linda Yaccarino says company is still watching Threads competition
X CEO Linda Yaccarino says company is still watching Threads competition
X CEO Linda Yaccarino, leader of the platform formerly known as Twitter, said the company is keeping an eye on new competitor Threads, despite the sharply slowing growth of the rival app from Meta.
2023-08-11 00:48
Bitcoin consumes as much water as all the baths in Britain, study claims
Bitcoin consumes as much water as all the baths in Britain, study claims
Bitcoin mining requires as much water annually as all of the baths in Britain, according to a new analysis of the cryptocurrency’s environmental impact. Financial economist Alex de Vries, who runs the Bitcoin Energy Consumption Index, estimated that roughly 1.6 trillion litres of water each year is required to cool the computers used to support the cryptocurrency’s network. Separate research from 2018 found that 1.6 trillion litres is how much bath water the British public sends down the plughole every year – enough to fill roughly 660,000 Olympic-sized swimming pools. The latest analysis, which was published in the journal Cell Reports Sustainability on Wednesday, suggested that a single bitcoin transaction could use as much water as a backyard swimming pool. “Many parts of the world are experiencing droughts, and fresh water is becoming an increasingly scarce resource,” said Mr de Vries. “If we continue to use this valuable resource for making useless computations, I think that reality is really painful.” The “useless computations” refer to the complex calculations required to mint new units of the cryptocurrency and verify transactions on the network. The use of water to cool the necessary hardware could be significantly reduced if miners shifted their operations underwater, with companies like Microsoft already placing some of their data centres in the ocean in order to cool them. Earlier this month, China announced that it had begun building the world’s largest underwater data centre in order to reduce electricity and water costs. Bitcoin has previously been criticised for its electricity consumption, with Mr de Vries’s Energy Consumption Index estimating that the cryptocurrency’s network uses roughly as much electricity as the country of Poland. Bitcoin advocates have refuted accusations relating to bitcoin’s electricity consumption, claiming that miners are increasingly turning to renewable energy sources as the costs of wind and solar drop. A recently published study suggests bitcoin mining could actually help speed up the transition to renewable energy, as solar and wind energy installations could earn hundreds of millions of dollars mining bitcoin during periods of excess electricity generation. ”These rewards can act as an incentive for miners to adopt clean energy sources, which can lead to combined positive effects on climate change mitigation, improved renewable power capacity, and additional profits during pre-commercial operation of wind and solar farms,” said Apoorv Lal, a doctoral student at Cornell University who was involved in the research. Read More Bitcoin mining could supercharge transition to renewables, study claims Bitcoin mining rate hits all-time high amid record-breaking prediction for 2024 Elon Musk scam ads appear on X as key advertisers depart Scientists find planets moving around in strange ‘rhythm’ Astronomers find unprecedented ‘disc’ around distant planet Scientists have cooked ‘alien haze’ that could help find life
2023-11-30 00:22
Get lifetime access to Luminar Neo for under £100
Get lifetime access to Luminar Neo for under £100
TL;DR: The Luminar Neo Lifetime Bundle is on sale for £96.62, saving you 80% on
2023-06-04 12:19
Nvidia CEO Touts India as Major AI Market in Bid to Hedge China Risks
Nvidia CEO Touts India as Major AI Market in Bid to Hedge China Risks
During a five-day tour of India earlier this month, Nvidia Corp. Chief Executive Officer Jensen Huang visited four
2023-09-21 09:54
Cisco's orders hit by sluggish demand, shares fall
Cisco's orders hit by sluggish demand, shares fall
By Richard Francis (Reuters) -Cisco Systems Inc said on Wednesday a large backlog of products due to supply chain constraints
2023-05-18 06:29
Jon Jones backs Mark Zuckerberg to counter Andrew Tate's support for Elon Musk in possible fight between CEOs
Jon Jones backs Mark Zuckerberg to counter Andrew Tate's support for Elon Musk in possible fight between CEOs
Musk had proposed a cage match after a fan's concerns about Zuckerberg's jiu-jitsu skills and the Meta CEO accepted, saying, 'Send me location'
2023-06-23 16:29