EU commissioner for internal market Thierry Breton shows his mobile phone during a press conference on a common charging solution for electronic devices at the EU headquarters in Brussels, on Sept. 23, 2021. Credit: NBC News.European Union officials have actually settled on brand-new rules requiring a uniform charging cable for smartphones and other devices.LONDON...
Credit: Pixelz.On Tuesday, the Department of Justice (DoJ) announced that an illegal online marketplace called SSNDOB was dismantled in an operation led by U.S. law enforcement agencies.SSNDOB take downSSNDOB trafficked in personal data such as names, dates of birth, credit card numbers, as well as Social Security numbers of roughly 24 million people in...
Credit: 9to5mac.As presumed, Apple has actually presented WatchOS 9 at WWDC. The new Apple Watch platform includes a large upgrade to fitness functions with boosted metrics that include distance and time intervals. As an example, you will realize when to slow down for recovery.Likewise, there are heart rate zones (for both sleep and...
Credit: Windows Central.As was suspected, Microsoft took the covers off its newest Surface offering, the Surface Laptop Go 2. Basically, an entry-level laptop device that was designed to handle the Chromebooks, the Surface Laptop Go 2 is the 2nd generation device that builds on the original Surface Laptop Go released a few years back....
Credit: BII.Fund manager African Infrastructure Investment Managers (AIIM), with its Ideas Managed Fund, has obtained majority stakes in 3 brand-new solar energy plants in South Africa, totaling 30MW.The projects, which got to a financial close in May, are anticipated to achieve commercial operation in March and April 2023.They will connect through a mixture of...
Credit: EWG.As the most current report from the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) explains, the 2020s have to be a decade of change. This is necessary to attain the goals of the Paris Agreement.Carbon capture and storage (CCS) is foreseed to play a vital role to cut carbon emissions. Depending on...
The RecyClass recycled content certification covers all Berry’s clear, coloured and black refuse sacks. Credit: Packaging News.Berry Global claims its refuse sacks firm in Heanor, Derbyshire, has turned into the "first plastic packaging maker in the UK" to get RecyClass recycled material certification.Moreover, the packaging fabricator has also declared that its variety of Berry...
United state oil companies Chevron and Talos and carbon capture & storage project development & finance firm Carbonvert have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU). This allowed for a broadened joint venture to design the Bayou Bend CCS offshore carbon capture and sequestration hub presently held by Talos and Carbonvert.In 2021, a joint venture...
Caterpillar 797 dump trucks working at the CNRL (Canadian Natural Resources Limited) Horizon oil sands mine near Fort McMurray, Alberta. They are the world's largest and carry 400 ton loads of oil sands ore. The Canadian Press Images/Larry MacDougal.Canadian Natural Resources Ltd.'s earnings more than doubled from a year ago in the first quarter....
NIST communications researchers traveled to downtown Boulder, Colorado, to verify their channel model for evaluating high-frequency wireless network designs. Credit: ZDNET.As Wi-Fi is deployed in cities and at greater frequencies, it may rely on an abundant urban resource: streetlight poles.To guarantee these networks work well, scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology...
