Technicians make repairs to bitcoin mining machines at a mining facility operated by Bitmain in Ordos, Inner Mongolia, China, on Friday, Aug. 11, 2017. Qilai Shen | Bloomberg | Getty Images China has long been home to more than half the world’s bitcoin miners, but now, Beijing wants them out ASAP. In May, the government
Month: June 2021
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) joined universities and wind energy experts from across the country on Friday to announce the winners of the Collegiate Wind Competition. Over the course of the academic year, thirteen undergraduate teams designed, built, and tested model wind turbines, developed project plans, collaborated with industry experts, and engaged with their
New York is returning to “life as we know it” after at least 70% of adults in the state have received at least one COVID jab, its governor has said. Andrew Cuomo announced on Tuesday he is lifting virtually all remaining COVID-19 restrictions for businesses and social settings. It comes on the day the US,
In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB): Clean energy made up nearly 100% of all new Q1 electric capacity, but problems are looming. The largest utility in Kansas will make its first solar investments and says it will reach net zero by 2045. UnderstandSolar is a free service that links you to top-rated solar installers
The UK is even less prepared to deal with climate change already hitting the country than it was five years ago, thanks to a “failing” government response, its own independent advisers have warned. In a damning report published today, the Climate Change Committee (CCC) said government action to improve the nation’s resilience was failing to
7:51 AM ET Multiple title fights. Famous names in exhibitions. A bunch of younger fighters in bouts that could push their careers forward. Saturday, for a moment, might feel like boxing used to before the pandemic. There were times in the last year and a half where there were surely questions about when a day
Alibaba founder Jack Ma is still lying low, focusing his efforts on hobbies and philanthropy, according to a company executive. “He’s lying low right now, I talk to him every day,” Joe Tsai, Alibaba’s executive vice chairman said in an interview on CNBC’s “Squawk Box.” “He’s actually doing very, very well. He’s taken up painting
More than 30 million people in the UK are now fully vaccinated against COVID-19, according to the government. A total of 30,204,738 people have had both doses of a coronavirus vaccine (57.3% of the adult population). And 41,830,546 people across the UK have had a first dose (79.4%). The government met its target of offering
Like so many musicians Jack Savoretti is finding it tough not being able to promote his new record on the road like he usually would. His seventh studio album, Europiana, is out later this month, and while traditionally a release is followed by a string of live dates, the singer is not due to tour
China has warned Britain, the United States and the rest of the NATO alliance that it will not “sit by and do nothing” if challenges approach. A senior diplomat also accused the 30 allies of slander after they agreed for the first time that Beijing posed “systemic challenges” to international rules and values. At a
A new study shows that making music and singing together can improve bonds and lower stress. This is something that many of us would have intuitively assumed, as music is a near universal source of relaxation, comfort, and connection, whether you’re humming while running an errand, or songs are blasting on speakers in the gym
A new paper titled, ‘Cetacean Translation Initiative: a roadmap to deciphering the communication of sperm whales’, explains how the scientists are going to try to decode whale vocalisations. The researchers are using machine learning techniques to try and translate the clicking and other noises made by sperm whales, to see if we can understand what the
Former BBC director-general Lord Tony Hall has told MPs that he “trusted” Martin Bashir and “gave him a second chance” – but that trust was “abused and misplaced”. Lord Tony Hall is giving evidence to the DCMS (digital, culture, media and sport committee) about events leading up to Bashir‘s now infamous Panorama interview with Diana,
Actress Lisa Banes has died aged 65 after being involved in a hit-and-run accident in New York City. The star, best known for playing Marybeth Elliott in Gone Girl, as well as Bonnie in the Tom Cruise film Cocktail, had been in a critical condition in Sinai Morningside hospital following last week’s accident. Her colleague,
The first crew for China’s new space station prepared to blast off this week for the latest step in Beijing’s ambitious programme to establish itself as a space power. The mission is China’s first crewed spaceflight in nearly five years, and a matter of prestige for the government as it prepares to mark the 100th
19 July is the “terminus date” for England’s remaining coronavirus restrictions and it would take an “unprecedented and remarkable” change in circumstances to derail that, Michael Gove has told Sky News. The Cabinet Office minister was speaking after Boris Johnson announced a delay to step four in England’s roadmap out of COVID-19 measures, pushing back
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