Installing solar over abandoned landfills is generally viewed as a win-win solution for waste and energy management. Yes, converting a detrimental disposed waste infrastructure to scale up renewable energy in the electricity generation portfolio certainly presents challenges. It also offers opportunities. Renewable solar energy goals help to restore and stabilize degraded land. Instead of occupying
Month: April 2021
BAFTA has suspended Noel Clarke’s membership and his recent award for outstanding contribution to British cinema after allegations against him. It comes after The Guardian published claims of sexual harassment against the actor and director that he says he “vehemently denies”. In a statement, BAFTA said: “In light of the allegations of serious misconduct regarding
Marin Tomas | Moment | Getty Images The number of electric cars, buses, vans and heavy trucks on roads is expected to hit 145 million by 2030, the International Energy Agency said on Thursday. According to the IEA’s Global Electric Vehicle Outlook, if governments ramp up their efforts to meet international energy and climate goals,
Travellers reporting a failure to receive expensive COVID testing kits or results from private providers has raised fears that the UK’s current system for managing airport arrivals is not fit for purpose. People arriving in the UK, from countries that are not on the “red list”, currently have to quarantine for 10 days and pay
WARNING: THIS ARTICLE CONTAINS SPOILERS FOR THE LATEST EPISODE OF LINE OF DUTY, SEASON SIX, EPISODE SEVEN, AS WELL AS PREVIOUS SEASONS. DO NOT CONTINUE READING IF YOU ARE NOT UP TO DATE. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED “This thing has been driving me mad for years!” says a frustrated Superintendent Ted Hastings. Us too, Ted!
Elon Musk now says that Tesla’s next Full Self-Driving Beta software update ‘will blow your mind’ and it’s only about two weeks away. Tesla is currently testing the “feature complete” version of its Full Self-Driving (FSD) package in beta with a few thousand customers and employees through what it calls its “early access program”. It’s
The world is still experimenting with and in awe of Deep Nostalgia, an AI-powered technique from online family tree service MyHeritage, which adds facial animations to still portrait photographs. Almost daily, we come across small clips on the Internet in which the said technology has been used to animate still pictures, making a character smile,
Tvasta Manufacturing Solutions, a start-up founded by alumni of IIT Madras, has made what it says is India’s first 3D-printed house. The team printed the structure using a specialty concrete that it had developed to print large-scale 3D structures in short periods. They say the mix is based on ordinary portland cement, which has a
In this article CMCSA NBCUniversal kicks off it’s new Peacock streaming service. Todd Williamson | Peacock | NBCUniversal | Getty Images Comcast is set to report first-quarter results before-the-bell on Thursday. Here are the key numbers: Earnings per share: 59 cents expected in a Refinitiv survey of analysts Revenue: $26.7 billion per Refinitiv High-speed internet
It was a speech full of promises but pragmatism too. US President Joe Biden was clear that he’d inherited a divided and struggling nation but declared: “America is on the move again…” It was the biggest speech of his presidency so far; a moment for him to reach out, he hopes, to the “forgotten” in
Boris Johnson has claimed there isn’t “anything to see here” as he fights inquiries into who paid for his Downing Street flat renovations, as a new poll showed the Tories’ lead undented despite the growing questions. The prime minister, who currently faces three probes, said he will have the final say on any investigation into
Boris Johnson has said he will have the final say on any investigation into ministerial misconduct after appointing an independent adviser to look at how his Downing Street flat refurbishment was paid for. Christopher Geidt, the Queen’s former private secretary, was appointed on Wednesday and launched an investigation straight away, but questions have been asked
Heathrow’s chief executive has said he is “deeply concerned” the UK’s Border Force will not be able to cope with additional COVID checks if all foreign travel resumes from 17 May. John Holland-Kaye told Sky News the Home Office and UK Border Force “need to get a grip” on the checks or change the system
Elliot Page has said it was “crucial and important” to publicly come out as transgender at a time the community is experiencing a “horrible backlash”, in a new televised interview with Oprah Winfrey. The Hollywood actor has spoken to the US TV host for what will be his first broadcast interview since he announced his
BT has confirmed that it is in “early discussions” over BT Sport – following a report that it was in talks to offload a stake in the TV operation. The Daily Telegraph said the telecoms giant was understood to be in talks with potential partners including Amazon, Disney and sports streaming service Dazn, as well
Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny has appeared in public for the first time since going on hunger strike – via video link during a court hearing. The 44-year-old Russian opposition leader, who told the court he looks like a “creepy skeleton”, was arrested earlier this year and is serving a two-and-a-half-year sentence in a prison some
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