Googlers angry about CEO’s $226M pay after cuts in perks and 12,000 layoffs
Sundar Pichai compared to Lord Farquaad as employees share memes about CEO pay. Enlarge / Google CEO Sundar Pichai speaks at Vox Media's Code Conference on September 6, 2022, in Beverly Hills, California. (credit: Getty Images |.....»»
An epic global study of moss reveals it is far more vital to Earth"s ecosystems than we knew
Mosses are some of the oldest land plants. They are found all over the world, from lush tropical rainforests to the driest deserts, and even the wind-swept hills of Antarctica......»»
New Zealand fights to save its flightless national bird
New Zealand's treasured kiwi birds are shuffling around Wellington's verdant hills for the first time in a century, after a drive to eliminate invasive predators from the capital's surrounds......»»
Home gardens are key to better lives for vulnerable tribes in India, finds research
The forested hills and rolling fields in the state of Odisha are home to some of India's most vulnerable tribal groups, but a growing number of studies show that small home gardens—producing millet, pulses, fresh fruits and vegetables—could be ke.....»»
Crime blotter: Two New York City assaults and Pencil pinching
In the latest Apple Crime Blotter, Apple Pencils are stolen from an Apple Store, Hunter Biden sues notebook store owner, and iPads stolen from golfer and basketball player.The Apple Store in Short Hills, NJ The latest in an occasional AppleInsider fe.....»»
Automotive supplier takes over Ann Arbor "light therapy" startup out of bankruptcy
Auburn Hills, Mich.-based Eypex, a tier-one supplier of magnetic fasteners for cars, came to terms with the trustee assigned to the case of JustLight, a maker of infrared light devices......»»
ABB Robotics to invest $20M in Michigan plant expansion
Zurich-based robotics giant ABB Ltd. is planning to invest $20 million and create 72 jobs at its Auburn Hills, Mich., plant in response to the growth of automation in the automotive industry and others. The company will increase robot production a.....»»
Scientists use TikTok to explain, fight climate change
With his moustache caked in icicles and frozen droplets, glaciologist Peter Neff shows his 220,000 TikTok followers a sample of old ice excavated from Antarctica's Allan Hills......»»
GM considering Palace of Auburn Hills site in suburban Detroit for "supplier park"
A location for the GM supplier park has not yet been determined, but it could be north of 1 million square feet, sources have said......»»
Crime Blotter: "Mardi Gras bandits" arrested for stealing iPhones in New Orleans
In the latest Apple Crime Blotter, an Apple Store theft in New Jersey, a carjacker forces victim to drive home for Apple ID, and Nigerian celebrities fight over a stolen iPhone.The Apple Store in Short Hills, NJ The latest in an occasional AppleInsid.....»»
Heavy snow hits parts of southern California
Heavy snow fell in southern California on Friday, as the first blizzard in a generation pounded the hills around Los Angeles, with heavy rains threatening flooding in other places......»»
A battle to save Beverly Hills" shady ficus trees is underway
Wendy Klenk never considered herself a political person. But when she witnessed a towering and healthy ficus tree being cut down in Beverly Hills last week, something fired up within her......»»
Colorado ponders storing carbon in defunct oil and gas wells
From Colorado's high desert to the wooded hills of Pennsylvania, millions of oil and gas wells sit deserted, plunging thousands of feet into the earth. Many haven't been plugged, some leak greenhouse gases......»»
Colorado ponders carbon storage in defunct oil and gas wells
From Colorado's high desert to the wooded hills of northwest Pennsylvania, millions of deserted oil and gas wells plunge thousands of feet into the earth after fossil fuels have been pumped out, combusted and released as carbon dioxide. They have lon.....»»
Sonic Automotive sets Q4 revenue record, takes impairment hit
Sonic acquired five Black Hills Harley-Davidson locations in February 2023 after buying Horny Toad Harley-Davidson and seven Team Mancuso Powersports stores in 2022......»»
Rovers Are So Yesterday. It’s Time to Send a Snakebot to Space
The student winners of a NASA competition designed a serpentine bot that could sidewind across lunar regolith or roll down hills......»»
New hope for forests of ancient Athens" silver hills
It was once the source of Athens' fabulous golden-age wealth before its hillsides were blackened by fire after fire and scandalously torched by a foreign mining company......»»
How a vanished Ice Age lake shaped the past and present of Missoula, Montana
The massive lake that fueled unimaginable floods refilled and emptied many times. Enlarge / Past shorelines left deposits that are still visible on the hills near the Missoula Valley. (credit: Richard Forbes) Had the cit.....»»
Beyond Pandora: the 5 best fictional worlds in movies
Whether it's Pandora's blue oceans or Middle-earth's rolling green hills, these fiction movie worlds are some of the best and most imaginative ever created......»»
Death Valley"s Ubehebe Crater reveals volcanic hazard areas are underestimated
When magma bubbles up toward Earth's surface and meets groundwater, steam pressure builds, sometimes bursting into eruptions that spew currents of hot ash, potentially burning and asphyxiating people and burying nearby cities. Take, for example, simi.....»»