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Australian warship deployed as clashes rise in South China Sea

Sydney Morning Herald 

Images and videos released by the Philippines military show a Chinese Coast Guard member is seen brandishing a pickaxe, while another used a knife to try to puncture the rubber hull of a boat. Credit: AFP News Agency

AI goes mainstream as 'AI PCs' hit the market

Energy-daily.com 

Toronto, Canada (AFP) June 18, 2024
A new line of PCs specially made to run artificial intelligence programs hit stores on Tuesday as tech companies push toward wider adoption of ChatGPT-style AI. Microsoft in May announced the new AI-powered personal computers, or "AI PCs," which will use the company's software under the Copilot Plus brand. The idea is to allow users to access AI capabilities on their devices without rely

2 solar projects to supply power for 5 military installations

Energy-daily.com 

Washington DC (UPI) Jun 18, 2024
The Department of Defense is partnering with Duke Energy to provide solar power for five military bases in North and South Carolina. The DOD announced the power partnership with Duke Energy in which all power produced by two new Duke Energy solar energy facilities in South Carolina will power the five military bases. The military bases are the Army's Fort Liberty, the Marine Corp

Power demand peaks in northern India heatwave

Energy-daily.com 

New Delhi (AFP) June 18, 2024
Searing heatwave temperatures in northern India pushed power demand to a record high, the government said Tuesday, with residents of the capital New Delhi also struggling with water shortages. Much of northern India has been gripped by a brutal month-long heatwave, with temperatures regularly soaring above 45 degrees Celsius (113 degrees Fahrenheit). Northern India has "been experiencing

US chip-maker Onsemi to invest $2 bn in Czech plant

Energy-daily.com 

Prague (AFP) June 19, 2024
US chip-maker Onsemi will invest up to $2 billion to expand its plant in the Czech Republic, the biggest investment in the country's modern history, the industry minister said Wednesday. "This investment will not only boost our economy, but also remarkably strengthen our position on the semiconductor market," the minister, Jozef Sikela, said on social media platform X. He said it will al

Amazon to invest extra 10 bn euros in Germany

Energy-daily.com 

Frankfurt, Germany (AFP) June 19, 2024
Amazon said Wednesday it will invest an additional 10 billion euros ($10.7 billion) in Germany, most of it in cloud computing, the US tech giant's latest major investment in Europe. A total of 8.8 billion euros will come from Amazon's cloud computing division AWS and will be invested in southwest Germany by 2026, with the rest going into logistics, robotics and company offices. The inve

Boeing Starliner return to Earth set for June 26

Spacedaily.com 

Washington (AFP) June 18, 2024
NASA and Boeing are targeting a June 26 return to Earth of the Boeing Starliner from the International Space Station, officials said Tuesday. Starliner's first crewed mission to the ISS, which had been scheduled to last about eight days, has been extended due to thruster malfunctions and helium leaks. The spaceship blasted off from Florida atop a United Launch Alliance Altas V rocket on

Hubble Telescope now relying on single-gyro 'pointing mode'

Spacedaily.com 

Washington DC (UPI) Jun 19, 2024
NASA on Tuesday released a Hubble Space Telescope image captured by using a new pointing mode that uses just one gyroscope. The telescope resumed operations June 14 after a gyro issue took it offline for several weeks. The new image is of NGC 1546, a nearby Dorado constellation galaxy. According to NASA scientists, Hubble is expected to be capable of most of it science observatio

Exolaunch to provide launch and deployment services for Spain's Sateliot

Telecompaper.com 

(Telecompaper) Exolaunch said it has reached a launch and deployment services agreement with Spain-based satellite operator Sateliot, the first company to operate a low Earth orbit (LEO) 5G NB-IoT constellation. The deal covers the four CubeSat 6U satellites that are set for imminent launch as part of a...

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I'm a big fan of Bumrah, says bowling legend Ambrose

Timesofindia.indiatimes.com (sports) 

Widely considered the best all-format pacer in the game currently, Bumrah has encountered his share of back issues and underwent surgery in March of the previous year. Following an extensive rehabilitation period, he made his comeback prior to the ODI World Cup in India in November and has been in top form since then.

'Nature's mirror': Climate change batters Albania's butterflies

France24.com (en) 

Increasingly absent from the picturesque district of Zvernec, the Alexanor is one of 58 of the Balkan country's 207 butterfly species that researchers say are at risk. "Sensitive to changes, they are a true mirror of the conditions of the ecosystem in which they live," said Anila Paparisto, an entomologist at Tirana University. In Zvernec, Paparisto leads a team of researchers and students working to identify the country's remaining butterfly species along with those that are now extinct. Numerous... Читать дальше...