Ethiopia says completes third filling of mega-dam reservoir
Ethiopia has completed the third filling of its mega-dam reservoir on the Blue Nile, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said Friday, a development that could raise further tensions with downstream neighbours Egypt and Sudan......»»
Hydro dams are struggling to handle the world’s intensifying weather
Climate change is robbing some hydro dams of water while oversupplying others. Enlarge / The Hemenway Harbor Marina at Lake Mead, the country's largest man-made water reservoir, formed by Hoover Dam on the Colorado River in the S.....»»
Microsoft completes $69bn takeover of Call of Duty maker Activision Blizzard
It comes after the UK approved the $69bn takeover of Activision Blizzard, which makes Call of Duty......»»
Microsoft completes $69B Activision Blizzard deal, its biggest merger ever
Activision CEO Bobby Kotick can now look forward to his next $375M chapter. Enlarge / The crucial part, you see, is You. (credit: Microsoft / Activision Blizzard) It has been a long road since January 2022 when Microsoft.....»»
Microsoft completes $69bn takeover of Call of Duty-maker Activision Blizzard
It comes after the UK approved the $69bn takeover of Activision Blizzard, which makes Call of Duty......»»
Microsoft completes blockbuster Activision Blizzard takeover after UK removes final hurdle
Microsoft has completed its takeover of Activision Blizzard, the maker of "Call of Duty" and other hit video games, closing one of the biggest tech deals of all time......»»
Artificial intelligence and clay tablets: Not yet a perfect match
: More and more articles are popping up about the possibilities offered by artificial intelligence for researching documents in the oldest scripts, from translating ancient texts, to filling in missing parts of clay tablets. But are we better off lea.....»»
X working on new Premium subscription tiers to let users remove ads
Elon Musk’s X platform (formerly Twitter) has been undergoing a lot of profound changes since it was acquired by the billionaire last year, as he wants to turn the social network into a mega app for calls and even payments. In the meantime, it seem.....»»
Plate tectonic surprise: Geologist unexpectedly finds remnants of a lost mega-plate
Utrecht University geologist Suzanna van de Lagemaat has reconstructed a massive and previously unknown tectonic plate that was once one-quarter the size of the Pacific Ocean. Her colleagues in Utrecht had predicted its existence over 10 years ago ba.....»»
Top 10 Most Pirated Movies of The Week – 10/09/2023
Every week we take a close look at the most pirated movies on torrent sites. What are pirates downloading? 'The Equalizer 3' tops the chart, followed by 'The Nun II'. ‘Haunted Mansion' completes the top three. From: TF, for the latest news on copyr.....»»
Discovery of massive undersea water reservoir could explain New Zealand"s mysterious slow earthquakes
Researchers have discovered a sea's worth of water locked within the sediment and rock of a lost volcanic plateau that's now deep in the Earth's crust. Revealed by a 3D seismic image, the water lies two miles under the ocean floor off the coast of Ne.....»»
Atlas V rocket completes on-target orbital delivery for Amazon
Amazon really doesn't want to show anyone what its Internet satellites look like. Enlarge / United Launch Alliance's Atlas V rocket climbs away from its launch pad at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida, with Amazon's fir.....»»
Dealmaster: Deals from Apple and Sony ahead of Amazon’s big event
Get some major deals just ahead of Amazon's next Prime Day sales event. Enlarge / An Amazon Echo Dot. (credit: Amazon) Amazon's second mega-sale of the season is on its way, but there's no need to wait on some of the be.....»»
Filling the data gap for volcanic ash effects on Earth systems
Volcanic ash is no ordinary dust: It gets injected into the atmosphere, climbs to the stratosphere, impacts climate, powders roadways and clogs jet engines......»»
Extreme fires and heavy rainfall driving platypuses from their homes
Australia's emerging pattern of severe mega bushfires and heavy rainfall may be driving platypuses from their homes, a new study by University of Melbourne researchers has shown......»»
The ‘Green’ Future of Furniture Is a Sofa Stuffed With Seaweed
Foam rubber—like the filling inside your couch—produces an enormous amount of CO2. A Norwegian company called Agoprene thinks seaweed could be the solution......»»
Thunderstorms clumping together: How understanding water vapor helps scientists predict future climate change
A team of international scientists from the U.S., France, Germany, and Ethiopia recently published cutting-edge climate research on how thunderstorms can "clump" together and how that influences the Earth's climate. This led to the discovery that thi.....»»
The catch-22s of reservoir computing: Researchers find overlooked weakness in powerful machine learning tool
In nonlinear dynamic systems, a change in one place can trigger an outsized change elsewhere. The climate, the workings of the human brain, and the behavior of the electric grid are all examples—and all change dramatically over time. Because of the.....»»
The 6 best places to order contact lenses online in 2023
If you're tired of filling out your prescription at a store and want to streamline the process, start buying your contacts online at these retailers......»»
NASA"s Atmospheric Waves Experiment completes space environment tests
NASA's Atmospheric Waves Experiment (AWE) has successfully completed critical space environment tests. Planned for launch to the International Space Station in November 2023, AWE will study atmospheric gravity waves in Earth's atmosphere to help us b.....»»
SpaceX projected 20 million Starlink users by 2022—it ended up with 1 million
Starlink has a fraction of the projected $12B revenue and 20M users, WSJ says. Enlarge / SpaceX Starlink satellite dish at Pelican Beach on Willard Bay Reservoir in Willard, Utah, in October 2022. (credit: Tony Webster (CC BY-SA.....»»