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Cummins agrees to U.S. record $2 billion Ram engine emissions settlement

The lawsuit said Cummins allegedly installed so-called 'defeat devices' to bypass or disable emissions controls such as emission sensors and onboard computers......»»

Category: topSource:  autonewsJan 10th, 2024

Scientists engineer yellow-seeded camelina with high oil output

Efforts to achieve net-zero carbon emissions from transportation fuels are increasing demand for oil produced by nonfood crops. These plants use sunlight to power the conversion of atmospheric carbon dioxide into oil, which accumulates in seeds. Crop.....»»

Category: topSource:  marketingvoxRelated NewsJun 11th, 2024

Most companies fail to define ambitious reduction targets, study finds

A study from the University of Twente has revealed insights into the corporate world's approach to achieving net-zero emissions. The findings are published in the journal Climate Policy......»»

Category: topSource:  marketingvoxRelated NewsJun 11th, 2024

Unlocking the future of sustainable mining through carbon sequestration

As the world transitions to greener sources of energy, demand for the metals used in these new technologies is increasing. But how do you grow the mining industry while still holding the line on carbon emissions?.....»»

Category: topSource:  marketingvoxRelated NewsJun 11th, 2024

Climate misinformation overshadows record floods worldwide

Climate skeptics are scapegoating a weather modification technique known as cloud seeding to deny the role of global warming in historic floods that have recently devastated countries from Brazil to Kenya......»»

Category: topSource:  marketingvoxRelated NewsJun 11th, 2024

Combined X-ray surveys and supercomputer simulations track 12 billion years of cosmic black-hole growth

By combining forefront X-ray observations with state-of-the-art supercomputer simulations of the buildup of galaxies over cosmic history, researchers have provided the best modeling to date of the growth of the supermassive black holes found in the c.....»»

Category: topSource:  marketingvoxRelated NewsJun 11th, 2024

Age verification for pornography access? Research shows it fails on many levels

The Australian government has announced an A $6.5 million trial of "age assurance" technology to restrict minors' access to pornography. It's part of a $1 billion package to address gendered violence. And it now comes alongside a proposal to ban peop.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsJun 11th, 2024

Stoke Space ignites its ambitious main engine for the first time

"This industry is going toward full reusability. To me, that is the inevitable end state." Enlarge / A drone camera captures the hotfire test of Stoke Space's full-flow staged combustion engine at the company's testing facility i.....»»

Category: topSource:  arstechnicaRelated NewsJun 11th, 2024

GM launches $6 billion share buyback plan

The board approval follows a $10 billion accelerated share repurchase announced by the automaker in November 2023......»»

Category: topSource:  autonewsRelated NewsJun 11th, 2024

12-volt batteries with more power are poised for a long run in EVs and hybrids

In electrified vehicles and those with self-driving capabilities, no longer is it the battery's job to just start the engine and to keep the lights on. The 12-volt battery has a direct role in the vehicle's critical safety systems and in reducing emi.....»»

Category: topSource:  autonewsRelated NewsJun 11th, 2024

New Zealand scraps plan to tax livestock burps, farts

New Zealand's center-right government said Tuesday it is scrapping a scheme to price greenhouse gas emissions from livestock—squelching a so-called burp tax......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsJun 11th, 2024

Income inequality and carbon dioxide emissions have a complex relationship

Income inequality and carbon dioxide emissions for high-income nations such as the United States, Denmark and Canada are intrinsically linked—but a new study from Drexel University has taken a deeper look at the connection and found this relationsh.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsJun 11th, 2024

Apple integrates ChatGPT into Siri, iOS, and macOS

ChatGPT is treated like a search engine for Siri, and generates text and images for apps. The AIs are learning to cooperate! Siri talks to ChatGPT. [cr.....»»

Category: topSource:  arstechnicaRelated NewsJun 10th, 2024

Farming with a mixture of crops, animals and trees is better for the environment—evidence from Ghana and Malawi suggests

Farming just one kind of crop in a field at a time, and using a lot of chemicals, poses a risk to both people and nature. This simplified intensive agriculture often goes hand in hand with increased greenhouse gas emissions, land and water degradatio.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsJun 10th, 2024

Replaced is the Hellblade 2 of pixel art games

Replaced does for pixel art what Senua's Saga: Hellblade 2 did for photorealistic Unreal Engine 5 graphics......»»

Category: topSource:  digitaltrendsRelated NewsJun 10th, 2024

Apple"s M3 Pro MacBook Pro plunges to $1,699

The WWDC price war sees Apple's current MacBook Pro 14-inch with the M3 Pro chip fall to $1,699, which is the lowest price on record.Get Apple's M3 Pro MacBook Pro 14 for just $1,699.To snap up the deal while supplies last, head over to B&H Photo or.....»»

Category: appleSource:  appleinsiderRelated NewsJun 10th, 2024

Apple"s M3 MacBook Air plunges to $899, the lowest price ever

A record-breaking price drop has hit Apple's M3 MacBook Air, dropping the 13-inch model to just $899.B&H Photo and Amazon are engaged in a weekend price war, with both Apple Authorized Resellers slashing the price of the lastest MacBook Air down to $.....»»

Category: appleSource:  appleinsiderRelated NewsJun 9th, 2024

Study finds fresh water and key conditions for life appeared on Earth a half-billion years earlier than thought

We need two ingredients for life to start on a planet: dry land and (fresh) water. Strictly, the water doesn't have to be fresh, but fresh water can only occur on dry land......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsJun 8th, 2024

Killer deal: 16-inch MacBook Pro with M2 Max chip, 32GB RAM drops to $2,599

Save $900 on the loaded M2 Max MacBook Pro with a 38-core GPU, 32GB unified memory and 1TB of storage. This blowout deal delivers the lowest price on record for the premium laptop.Snap up the lowest price ever on an M2 Max MacBook Pro.To unlock the s.....»»

Category: appleSource:  appleinsiderRelated NewsJun 7th, 2024

Tesla chair says Elon Musk needs $46 billion pay plan to stay motivated

Musk could devote less time to Tesla if pay isn't re-approved, shareholders hear. Enlarge / Elon Musk speaks onstage at SXSW on March 11, 2018, in Austin, Texas. (credit: Getty Images | Diego Donamaria ) Tesla Board Cha.....»»

Category: topSource:  arstechnicaRelated NewsJun 7th, 2024

Scientists record Earth"s radio waves from the Moon

On Feb. 22, a lunar lander named Odysseus touched down near the Moon's South Pole and popped out four antennas to record radio waves around the surface—a moment University of Colorado Boulder astrophysicist Jack Burns hails as the "dawn of radio as.....»»

Category: topSource:  pcmagRelated NewsJun 7th, 2024