At just 15 years old, Kiyan Prince’s dreams of becoming a professional footballer were snatched away when he became a victim of knife crime. Now, deep fake technology has created a replica of the player he could have been. Kiyan was a promising youngster who was signed to the Queens Park Rangers youth team. Image:
In this article BTC.CM= TSLA Pavlo Gonchar | LightRocket | Getty Images Elon Musk’s decision to stop Tesla from accepting bitcoin as payment has led to fresh scrutiny of the cryptocurrency’s environmental impact. Musk said Wednesday that Tesla had halted purchases of its vehicles with bitcoin due to concerns over the “rapidly increasing use of
The view from the Qeeq family home is rubble. Next door is where the Hadidis once lived – a family now without a mother and four of her sons. The Qeeqs somehow survived. Three generations are holding together, just. Image: Susu says she felt ‘scared’ during the airstrikes Overhead, the dull buzz is the sound
In this article CMCSA VIAC Shari Redstone, chairwoman of ViacomCBS and president of National Amusements, reacts as she celebrates her company’s merger at the Nasdaq Market site in New York, December 5, 2019. Brendan McDermid | Reuters In the words of the great Tom Lehrer, “Who’s Next?“ Now that AT&T has decided to separate WarnerMedia
The US Supreme court will hear a major abortion case, which could overturn a historic ruling on women’s rights. The court has agreed to hear a challenge to Mississippi’s ban on abortions at the 15th week of pregnancy, which could upend Roe v Wade, a 1973 ruling which laid out abortion rights for women in
Originally published on ILSR.org New York enabled virtual net metering in 2011 for solar, wind, and farm-based biogas systems. Virtual Net Metering allows shared-ownership groups or neighborhoods to collectively receive credits for off-site renewable energy generation — essentially allowing community solar. The state did not establish a formal community solar program until 2015, when the New York Public Service
Pop star Ariana Grande has tied the knot with fiance Dalton Gomez in a “tiny and intimate” wedding. The 27-year-old American singer said “I do” in front of less than 20 people over the weekend, the PA news agency reported. Grande announced in December she was engaged to Los Angeles real estate agent Gomez, 25.
The spread of the Indian variant has thrown the timings of key coronavirus announcements into doubt. Boris Johnson said last week that the government would be “saying more later this month about exactly what the world will look like” on 21 June and “what role there could be – if any – for certification [having
The floating wind turbine industry is sure coming up with some interesting twists these days, and that’s good news for President Joe Biden’s decarbonization plan. Here in the US, the offshore wind pipeline is already humming along the Atlantic coast, but the waters of the Pacific coast are too deep for regular old offshore wind
Rain showers have dampened spirits on the high street as shopper numbers fell despite the reopening of indoor hospitality. Footfall across UK shopping destinations was down 3% on the same period last week, according to figures covering the period up to 5pm on Monday from data company Springboard. Shopping visits also remain well below pre-pandemic
Danish wind turbine giant Vestas has announced today that it, along with a coalition of industry and academic leaders, has figured out how to fully recycle wind turbine blades. Fully recycling wind turbine blades As Electrek previously reported at the end of April, the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow and Norwegian offshore wind developer Aker Offshore
In this article DISCA T John Stankey, senior executive vice president of AT&T Inc. merger integration planning, arrives to federal court in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Monday, April 30, 2018. Andrew Harrer | Bloomberg | Getty Images It didn’t work. It was misguided. It never really made sense to begin with. And we’re not talking
9:30 AM ET FRISCO, Texas — As he stepped toward the blocking sled Friday, the sound of metal on metal made a screeching noise Micah Parsons has been used to hearing ever since he started playing football, but it had been a long time since he heard it. “Last time I hit a sled?” the
A total of 2,323 cases of the Indian coronavirus variant have been reported in the UK, the health secretary has said. Delivering a COVID-19 statement in the Commons, Matt Hancock said 483 cases have been confirmed in Bolton and Blackburn with Darwen, where the variant is now the dominant strain of the virus. Live updates
Sustained Israeli military airstrikes have destroyed nine miles (14km) of militant tunnels along the Gaza Strip, and the homes of nine Hamas commanders, it has been claimed. According to the Israeli Defense Forces, the latest attacks killed a local Gaza leader of the Islamic Jihad militant group, blamed for some of the thousands of rocket
A 47-car freight train carrying hazardous material derailed and caught fire in the US state of Iowa on Sunday. Thick black smoke wafted into the air after the Union Pacific train came off the tracks causing a huge pile-up of cars near Sibley, in the north west of the state. There were no reports of