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Not Just Bad CX: Heavy Websites Tax the Poor, Environment

Let’s stop living in digital fantasy land. Digital has massive and growing costs to the environment. It’s time we stopped pretending otherwise. Continue reading........»»

Category: itSource:  cmswireNov 6th, 2022

The OnePlus Open renewed my faith in folding phones. Here’s why

I've had some bad experiences with folding phones. After using the OnePlus Open, I'm a folding phone believer once more. Here's why......»»

Category: topSource:  digitaltrendsRelated NewsNov 8th, 2024

AMD just outsold Intel in the data center space for the first time ever

AMD’s data center revenue tops Intel, which had a bad quarter all round......»»

Category: topSource:  pcmagRelated NewsNov 7th, 2024

The natural environment is declining—are companies doing their part to save it?

The natural environment across the globe is deteriorating, leading to crises like climate change, biodiversity loss, and water scarcity. Companies and industries play a major role in this decline, and they are expected to take responsibility for thei.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsNov 7th, 2024

SpaceX reveals date for next flight of Starship megarocket

The Elon Musk-led spaceflight company will attempt to catch the Super Heavy booster for a second time as it returns to Earth......»»

Category: topSource:  digitaltrendsRelated NewsNov 7th, 2024

Trump’s election win spells bad news for the auto industry

As a candidate, Donald Trump had no love for EVs or foreign imports. Yesterday, Donald Trump won a second presidential term from American voters. His first term was marked, among.....»»

Category: topSource:  arstechnicaRelated NewsNov 6th, 2024

Scientists use high-energy heavy ion collisions as a new tool to reveal subtleties of nuclear structure

Scientists have demonstrated a new way to use high-energy particle smashups at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC)—a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science user facility for nuclear physics research at DOE's Brookhaven National La.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsNov 6th, 2024

Soil sampling in Houston"s greater Fifth Ward reveals toxic levels of lead in yards, play areas

Houston, like many American cities, has areas with soil contaminated by non-biodegradable and persistent pollutants such as arsenic, lead, nickel and cadmium, known as heavy metals and metalloids. These are both naturally occurring in the atmosphere.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsNov 6th, 2024

China’s New Heavy Lift Rocket Looks a Whole Lot Like SpaceX’s Starship

The Long March 9 super heavy-lift rocket made an appearance at a major airshow recently—and looks awfully familiar......»»

Category: gadgetSource:  wiredRelated NewsNov 5th, 2024

Mapping the maze where the IRS could find billions in unpaid taxes

In 2021, the difference between what U.S. taxpayers owed the federal government and what they paid hit nearly $700 billion. This "tax gap" has been growing for years while the Internal Revenue Service's budget has shrunk, declining by 18% between 201.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsNov 5th, 2024

Valencia floods: Warming climate is making once-rare weather more common and more destructive, says researcher

In the last few days, a seasonal weather system known in Spain as the "cold drop" or DANA (an acronym of "depresión aislada en niveles altos": isolated depression at high levels) has caused heavy rain and flooding across Spain's Mediterranean coast.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsNov 5th, 2024

30 years ago, this movie gave video game adaptations a bad name

Which film set back video game adaptations more than the live-action Super Mario Bros. movie? It was this 1994 martial arts adventure......»»

Category: topSource:  digitaltrendsRelated NewsNov 5th, 2024

Bio-based fibers could pose greater threat to environment than conventional plastics

Bio-based materials may pose a greater health risk to some of the planet's most important species than the conventional plastics they are designed to replace, a new study has shown......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsNov 5th, 2024

Artificial intelligence: A double-edged sword for the environment?

As AI technology progresses, the energy demands of training complex AI models have surged, raising widespread concerns about associated carbon emissions. This rapid growth is fueled by global demand across industries and academia, leading to exponent.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsNov 4th, 2024

Mathematical model illuminates how the environment impacts life choices of salmon

Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have created a mathematical model that models how the evolutionary strategies of organisms are affected by the environment. They studied salmonid fishes which choose either to migrate to the sea then ret.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsNov 4th, 2024

Organosilicon chemistry offers options for replacing PFAS in food and medical industries

Due to the unique properties of PFAS, almost no other chemical substances can compete with them. That explains why it is so hard to find a replacement for these toxic "forever chemicals," which accumulate in the environment and do not break down over.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsNov 4th, 2024

Rubber plantations increase leaching of dissolved organic carbon in soil, study finds

Rubber planting brings huge economic benefits, but large-scale rubber plantations have a great impact on the ecological environment, especially in terms of the soil's physical and chemical properties......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsNov 4th, 2024

Sick of supersized EVs? The 2025 Hyundai Kona Electric hits the spot.

It's not too big, it's not too heavy, and it's very, very efficient. If conventional wisdom were to be believed, the car we're reviewing today should not exist. Automakers are on.....»»

Category: topSource:  arstechnicaRelated NewsNov 4th, 2024

Dams have taken half the water from Australia"s second biggest river—and climate change will make it even worse

The largest wetland on Australia's second longest river, the Murrumbidgee in the southern Murray-Darling Basin, is drying up. This is bad news for the plants, animals and people who rely on the vast Lowbidgee Floodplain. So it's important to understa.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsNov 4th, 2024

Political bickering and policy uncertainty take a toll on business investment, research shows

Partisan squabbling isn't just annoying—it's also bad for business......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsNov 4th, 2024

Trump says he could lose: ‘Bad things could happen’

Trump says he could lose: ‘Bad things could happen’.....»»

Category: topSource:  informationweekRelated NewsNov 4th, 2024