In what could be a prophecy for the future of this year’s Academy Awards, Dune: Part 1 has conquered this year’s nominations for the British Academy of Film and Television Arts awards like a potential Kwisatz Haderach might conquer fear, aka the Mind-Killer. The sci-fi epic will be featured in 11 categories, more than…
The end of the International Space Station is finally approaching, with NASA declaring the retirement of the orbital outpost in 2030 and a dramatic deorbiting early in the following year.
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” data-medium-file=”https://cdn.slashgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Switch-OLED-BotW-1-1280×720.jpg” data-large-file=”https://cdn.slashgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Switch-OLED-BotW-1-1280×720.jpg” />Nintendo has revealed its financial results for Q3 of its 2022 fiscal year, and with those results, the company has announced new sales figures for the Switch. Not only has the Switch joined the 100 million club – selling more than 100 million units worldwide since its introduction – but it has now surpassed the Wii in terms of total … Continue reading
Need proof Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has a disconcertingly large fortune? Just ask Rotterdam. Rijnmond and The Washington Post have learned the Dutch city has agreed to temporarily dismantle part of the historic Koningshaven Bridge (often called De Hef) to let his upcoming superyacht, Y721, pass through this summer. City spokeswoman Frances van Heijst didn’t yet have a cost estimate, but stressed that shipbuilder Oceanco would cover the costs rather than the city.
As you might imagine, Y721’s design is… excessive. With a 417-foot length, three masts and several decks, the vessel is poised to be the world’s largest sailing yacht. It’s currently under construction in Alblasserdam and is believed to cost about $500 million. If Rotterdam hadn’t granted permission to dismantle part of the bridge, Oceanco would likely have needed to sail the partly constructed yacht under the bridge and finish construction at another dock.
The city is also catching some flak over the decision. Koningshaven, built in 1927, was declared a national monument after it was decommissioned in 1994 due to its significance as the first in Western Europe with a central section that raises to allow taller ships underneath. The city finished a three-year restoration of the bridge in 2017, and vowed to never dismantle the bridge again — the Bezos deal breaks that promise in spectacular fashion.
Not that Bezos will necessarily be fazed. Forbesestimates Bezos’ net worth at $166.6 billion as of this writing. He could pay for the Netherlands’ latest defense budget ($14.3 billion) ten times over and still afford the yacht. To him, dismantling the bridge is effectively a minor inconvenience where it it’s a huge affair for virtually everyone else.
Need proof Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has a disconcertingly large fortune? Just ask Rotterdam. Rijnmond and The Washington Post have learned the Dutch city has agreed to temporarily dismantle part of the historic Koningshaven Bridge (often called De Hef) to let his upcoming superyacht, Y721, pass through this summer. City spokeswoman Frances van Heijst didn’t yet have a cost estimate, but stressed that shipbuilder Oceanco would cover the costs rather than the city.
As you might imagine, Y721’s design is… excessive. With a 417-foot length, three masts and several decks, the vessel is poised to be the world’s largest sailing yacht. It’s currently under construction in Alblasserdam and is believed to cost about $500 million. If Rotterdam hadn’t granted permission to dismantle part of the bridge, Oceanco would likely have needed to sail the partly constructed yacht under the bridge and finish construction at another dock.
The city is also catching some flak over the decision. Koningshaven, built in 1927, was declared a national monument after it was decommissioned in 1994 due to its significance as the first in Western Europe with a central section that raises to allow taller ships underneath. The city finished a three-year restoration of the bridge in 2017, and vowed to never dismantle the bridge again — the Bezos deal breaks that promise in spectacular fashion.
Not that Bezos will necessarily be fazed. Forbesestimates Bezos’ net worth at $166.6 billion as of this writing. He could pay for the Netherlands’ latest defense budget ($14.3 billion) ten times over and still afford the yacht. To him, dismantling the bridge is effectively a minor inconvenience where it it’s a huge affair for virtually everyone else.
The Peacock series also stars John Cameron Mitchell and presents the “Tiger King” case of Joe Exotic in “a brand new way.” It debuts March 3.
Though at times it seemed unlikely this day would ever come, the Facebook era of unrelenting user growth has finally come to an end. For the first time in its nearly 18-year-history, Facebook’s users have actually declined.
The first results from a UK trial that deliberately exposed people to the coronavirus are finally here. Among other things, the research found that people who caught the infection became symptomatic within two days and remained infectious for longer than a week. None of the volunteers became severely sick, though a…
One of the most outspoken proponents of the metaverse is struggling to find its place in this hypothetical virtual world. Microsoft has reportedly scrapped plans to make a HoloLens 3—what would have been a successor to its current mixed reality headset—and infighting within the mixed reality division has fueled…
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Oshkosh Corp
” data-medium-file=”https://cdn.slashgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/usps-ngdv-1152×720.jpg” data-large-file=”https://cdn.slashgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/usps-ngdv-1280×800.jpg” />The new US Postal Service fleet would be less efficient than a Hummer H1, and barely more frugal than the aging outgoing vehicles, the EPA has warned, throwing an EV roadblock into the multi-billion revamp of how Americans’ mail is delivered. Though the USPS had settled on a 10 year agreement for as many as 165,000 of the distinctively designed … Continue reading
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