Flights slowly resume at Sicily"s Catania airport as volcano erupts
Sicily's Catania airport began gradually reopening for flights Friday after they were temporarily suspended following an eruption from Mount Etna, Europe's largest active volcano......»»
iOS 17.6 continues Emergency SOS via satellite expansion
With and later, users can contact emergency services even when there’s no Wi-Fi or cellular signal thanks to the Emergency SOS via satellite feature. This feature was first launched in the US and Canada and has since been slowly expanded to more c.....»»
Drought in Sicily threatens grain fields, animal herds
A crushing drought in Sicily has withered fields of grain, deprived livestock of pasture land and fanned a spate of wildfires, causing damage already estimated at 2.7 billion euros this year......»»
Bearded fireworm stalks shallows as Mediterranean warms
The fish in Alfonso Barone's net are hauled aboard off Sicily half- eaten, ravaged by bearded fireworms, a voracious predator flourishing in the increasingly warm Mediterranean sea......»»
New study disputes Hunga Tonga volcano"s role in 2023–24 global warm-up
New research from a collaborative team featuring Texas A&M University atmospheric scientist Dr. Andrew Dessler is exploring the climate impact of the 2022 Hunga Tonga volcano eruption and challenging existing assumptions about its effects in the proc.....»»
Climate change will bring more turbulence to flights in the Northern Hemisphere, analysis finds
A type of invisible, unpredictable air turbulence is expected to occur more frequently in the Northern Hemisphere as the climate warms, according to new research. Known as clear air turbulence, the phenomenon also increased in the Northern Hemisphere.....»»
CrowdStrike’s ubiquity under fire as Congress calls for CEO to testify
Congress fears worker shortage may delay CrowdStrike repairs. Enlarge / Travelers navigate customer service and ticketing lines at Ronald Regan Washington National Airport on July 19, 2024 in Washington, DC. A global computer out.....»»
Running Windows XP on an iPad is slow but fun
Apple’s u-turn on PC emulators has made a bunch of things possible, and even easy – like running Windows XP on an iPad. One tech writer who tried it says that it runs very slowly (though possibly no slower than it did on PCs of that era), but.....»»
In the middle of the meltdown: One thing CrowdStrike and Microsoft can’t fix
Not being able to blame the airline just makes delays that much more frustrating. Here's what it was like in the midst of Delta's CrowdStrike/Windows meltdown at the country's busiest airport......»»
CrowdStrike aftermath: Microsoft claims it cannot legally implement the same protections as Apple
The CrowdStrike aftermath is seeing IT teams around the world struggle to restore the 8.5 million Windows PCs taken out by the bug. The mess included thousands of flights cancelled, health centers unable to make appointments, retailer payment termina.....»»
Giraffes bring peace to Kenyan communities once at odds
On a vast farm in Kenya's Rift Valley, a veterinarian carefully takes aim before shooting a tranquiliser dart and sending another giraffe sinking slowly to the ground before it is roped and blindfolded......»»
A Windows version from 1992 is saving Southwest’s butt right now
Nearly every flight in the U.S. is grounded right now following error that’s affecting everything from travel to mobile ordering at Starbucks — but not Southwest Airlines flights. Southwest is still flying high, unaffected by the outage t.....»»
Major outages at CrowdStrike, Microsoft leave the world with BSODs and confusion
Nobody's sure who's at fault for each outage: Microsoft, CrowdStrike, or both. Enlarge / A passenger sits on the floor as long queues form at the check-in counters at Ninoy Aquino International Airport, on July 19, 2024 in Manila.....»»
Global chaos erupts as Windows security update goes bad
The vast majority of corporate IT worldwide is struggling on Friday morning, with things as mundane as point-of-purchase, and as complex as flight management not working because of a bad Windows security patch by security firm CrowdStrike.An unknown.....»»
The next Nvidia driver makes even more GPUs “open,” in a specific, quirky way
You can't see inside the firmware, but more open code can translate it for you. Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) You have to read the headline on Nvidia's latest GPU announcement slowly, parsing each clause as it arrives......»»
With nests on telephone poles, once-endangered osprey are flying high in Illinois
Wildlife biologist Chuck Rizzo climbs into what looks like an enormous white bucket and slowly begins to rise......»»
Nurse Recognizes ‘Snoring and Breathing’ as Heart Attack Signs, Saves Man’s Life at Airport
Nurse Recognizes ‘Snoring and Breathing’ as Heart Attack Signs, Saves Man’s Life at Airport.....»»
A Black man got a job interview after he changed the name on his resume. Now, he’s suing for discrimination
A Black man got a job interview after he changed the name on his resume. Now, he’s suing for discrimination.....»»
Researchers listen to the hearts of bats in flight
Researchers from Konstanz have measured the heart rate of bats over several days in the wild, including complete flights—the first time this has been done for a bat species. To record the heart rate of male common noctule bats during flight, the sc.....»»
Boeing to plead guilty to conspiracy to defraud FAA Aircraft Evaluation Group
Families say deal with US "fails to hold Boeing accountable" for 346 crash deaths. Enlarge / An American Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft approaches San Diego International Airport for a landing on June 28, 2024. (credit: Getty.....»»
Sicily"s Catania airport reopens after Mount Etna eruption
Sicily's Catania airport reopened Friday after a temporary suspension of flights earlier in the day caused by an eruption from Mount Etna, Europe's largest active volcano......»»