East vs. West: Antarctica’s ice tells two very different stories

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By means of Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research July 7, 2024 Rendered image of the landing of the MARUM-MeBo70 on the seabed of the Amundsen Sea. Credit: MARUM – Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, University of Bremen / Martin Künsting New findings indicate that East Antarctica began to ice out … Read more

‘If it happens, we’ll all be extinct’: Asteroid hitting Earth is a real possibility, we need to prepare, ISRO chief tells News18 – News18

Space agencies around the world are working on building planetary defense capabilities to protect Earth from asteroids and ISRO too is keen to take responsibility in this regard. Representative Image/AP Apophis, a near-Earth asteroid with a diameter of 370 metres, is being called the most dangerous of the current era, will fly by us on … Read more

Post Office lawyer advises against sharing critical Horizon report, former chairman tells investigation

Tim Parker said he regretted following advice not to give the council the 2016 Swift report, which questioned whether the Post Office had sufficient evidence to prosecute sub-postmasters. By means of James Sillars, Business Reporter @SkyNewsBiz Wednesday, July 3, 2024 7:12 PM, UK A former Post Office director told the Horizon IT scandal investigation that … Read more

Influencer tells people to call in sick to work to go to gigs

A millennial influencer has divided opinion by urging twenty-somethings to “call in sick” to go to concerts, vacations and events they want to attend. Abbie Curls, who splits her time between London and Bristol, shares tips for people younger than her in the run-up to her 30th birthday. The 29-year-old admitted that she faked being … Read more

What the Dutch Central Bank tells us about Bidenomics

Receive the US Election Countdown newsletter for free The stories that matter about money and politics in the race for the White House Last year, De Nederlandsche Bank launched a study into how inflation affects sentiment. The results should be chilling for US President Joe Biden as he prepares for the upcoming presidential debate and … Read more

Apple tells emulator developers it’s okay with retro games – not entire operating systems

Updated A few developers have come to terms with Apple’s latest rules regarding video game emulators in the App Store and have concluded that the iGiant doesn’t approve of software that emulates an entire operating system. The developers of the DOS emulator iDOS and the multi-OS emulator UTM both posted that Apple has rejected their … Read more

Google’s AI search tool tells users to ‘eat rocks’ for their health

Stay informed with free updates Simply log in to the Artificial intelligence myFT Digest – delivered straight to your inbox. Google’s new artificial intelligence search tool has advised users that eating rocks can be healthy and gluing cheese to pizza, sparking ridicule and raising questions about the decision to embed an experimental feature into the … Read more