Mar 09
The legendary explorer ship Endurance was located in Antarctica after more than 100 years under the ice – and now we get to see it up close and personal.
Mar 09
Study Shows Antimicrobial Air Filters Can Kill COVID-19 Particles In 30 Seconds
Posted in: Today's ChiliHEPA filters are great but come with some important limitations. Researchers recently tested an alternative filter, one designed to destroy COVID-19.
Mar 09
2 Billion Genetically Modified Mosquitoes Cleared for Release in California and Florida
Posted in: Today's ChiliBritish biotech firm Oxitec announced this week that it has received approval from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for its genetically modified mosquitoes to be released in parts of Florida and in California, following the completion of a pilot program last year. The modified male insects are designed to…
Mar 09
In recent years, Star Wars has had lots of fun telling tales of Obi-Wan Kenobi’s time on Tatooine between Revenge of the Sith and A New Hope. But never like this. The first trailer for the Disney+ limited series Obi-Wan Kenobi was just released and it looks like Kenobi’s old apprentice, Darth Vader, hired a legion of…
Mar 09
The upcoming Disney+ series, which reunites McGregor with Hayden Christensen, finds the Jedi master on the run from the Empire.
Mar 09
Sony is joining Microsoft in stopping Russian sales following the country’s invasion of Ukraine. CNBCreports Sony has halted all PlayStation hardware and software sales in Russia, and has cut access to the digital PlayStation Store. The company called for “peace in Ukraine” and said it would donate $2 million to the UN High Commissioner for Refugees as well as Save the Children.
The decision comes a week after Ukraine Vice Prime Minister Mykhailo Fedorov called on Microsoft and Sony to block Russian players, and a few days after Microsoft stopped all sales in the country. Nintendo put its Russian eShop in “maintenance mode,” but that may have been due to a payment service freezing processing for purchases made using rubles.
Numerous Western game developers have stopped selling their work in Russia, including Ubisoft, Take-Two, CD Projekt Red, EA, Activision Blizzard and Epic. However, Sony’s move might be the most damaging yet. Russian gamers will have a much harder time expanding their game libraries, and they can forget about buying the already-elusive PlayStation 5. Sony may feel the sting when it dominates Russian console sales (according to IDC data), but there might not be much practical choice when there’s so much industry pressure to take a stand on the Ukraine war.
Mar 09
The first trailer for Obi-Wan Kenobi is released by Lucasfilm and Disney, giving us a glimpse of what we have in store for the limited series premiering in May.
Mar 09
A leak of data suggests a new Samsung phone will look a whole lot like its release partner, the both of them likely headed for the midrange market this Spring.
Mar 09
Scientists Think They Could Resurrect an Extinct Rat but Don't Really Want To
Posted in: Today's ChiliA team of scientists recently modeled the likelihood of hauling a species back from dead, using the Christmas Island rat, a large rodent that went extinct between 1902 and 1908, as their hypothetical subject.
Mar 09
Newly Released Email Claims Climate-Friendly BlackRock 'Didn't Mean' the Nasty Things It Said About Big Oil
Posted in: Today's ChiliFinancial giant BlackRock, which has fashioned itself as a leader in a global transition to cleaner energy, seems more than willing to shrug off its climate commitments and keep investing in dirty fuels behind closed doors, according to an email released this week.
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