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299 сюжетовВерховный суд заслушал климатический иск Боулдера, судьи задали вопросы обеим сторонам
В понедельник Верховный суд заслушал почти два часа аргументов по вопросу о том, может ли город и округ Боулдер, штат Колорадо, подать в суд штата на Exxon Mobil и Suncor Energy для возмещения расходов, связанных с изменением климата. Судьи…
ASUS unveils Zenbook 14 UX3480 line with Intel, AMD or Qualcomm chips
ASUS announced the Zenbook 14 UX3480 series, a 14-inch laptop line that lets buyers choose between Intel Core Ultra series 3, AMD Ryzen AI 300 and Qualcomm Snapdragon X processors. PC Watch reported the models go on sale in Japan from Octob…
В Южной Корее 6 октября ожидается холодная и ветреная погода с суточным перепадом температур 15°C
Метеослужба Южной Кореи прогнозирует прохладную и ясную погоду 6 октября: утренние минимумы около 3–14°C и суточный перепад температур примерно 15°C в большинстве регионов. В горных и внутренних районах провинции Канвондо ожидается около ил…
Apple and LG Electronics jointly develop smart home devices under LG brand
Apple and LG Electronics are jointly developing smart home devices — a camera-equipped video doorbell, a smart door lock, a security camera and a smart temperature sensor and thermostat — to be sold under the LG brand, according to Bloomber…
Brent rises above $102 a barrel on Middle East supply risks and US storm
Brent crude December futures traded above $102 a barrel on 7 October, with Interfax reporting $101.98 at 17:48 Moscow time and Kommersant citing $102.59 at 16:40 before prices eased. Reports attributed the rise to risks to Middle East suppl…
Turkey's Aselsan announces Astralink network of 198 low-orbit satellites
Aselsan CEO Ahmet Akyol said at the International Astronautical Congress in Antalya that Turkey is building Astralink, a low-orbit satellite constellation of 198 spacecraft, with the first launch planned within two years. Akyol said work be…
Amazon's Prime Big Deal Days Begin With Discounts on Apple Macs, AirPods and iPads
Amazon's fall Prime Big Deal Days sale is live, with early discounts on Apple products including AirPods Pro 3 at $179.00, down from $249.00, AirPods Max 2 at $429.00, and about $200 off most M5 MacBook Air models. Outlets also reported all…
Google signs 3.6GW nuclear power deal with Constellation for AI data centers
Google said it signed a power purchase agreement with Constellation Energy, the largest US nuclear power operator, for about 3.6 gigawatts (3,590MW) of electricity to serve AI data center demand. About 890MW will come from 11 nuclear plants…
Amazon’s October Prime Day runs October 6-8 as retailers cut prices early
Amazon’s October Prime Day, also called Prime Big Deal Days, runs from October 6 at 3AM ET through 3AM ET on October 8, with discounts already live, according to The Verge, NBC News and Wired. Wired listed Google Pixel Buds Pro 2 at $190 ($…
Hoban Construction develops AI design tech to auto-apply per-unit buyer options
Hoban Construction said it developed AI-based design technology that automatically reflects apartment buyers’ option contract choices in each unit’s building information model (BIM). The technology was developed jointly with building and in…
Xreal opens pre-orders for Android XR Aura smartglasses from $1,279
Xreal has opened pre-orders for the Aura, its Android XR smartglasses announced earlier this year at Google I/O, starting at $1,279 for a 12GB RAM / 256GB storage model and $1,499 for a 16GB / 512GB version. The glasses are tethered to a co…
Xbox says GTA 6 will not stream exclusively or to PC, after report of streaming deal
Xbox chief strategy officer Matthew Ball said Grand Theft Auto VI will not be streaming exclusively on Xbox, nor to PC, pushing back on an earlier report that Xbox had secured exclusive cloud streaming rights to the game. The Verge had repo…
Министерство сельского хозяйства Японии вынесло предписание морской пищевой компании в Фукуи из-за неправильно маркированных подарочных наборов с крабом Этидзэн
Министерство сельского хозяйства Японии 6 октября вынесло предписание в отношении Fukumaru Foods, переработчика морепродуктов в посёлке Этидзэн префектуры Фукуи, за маркировку продукции как краба Этидзэн при использовании мидзугани — краба,…
ESRB ratings for Mafia II and Mafia III on PS5 and Xbox Series fuel port talk
Age ratings for Mafia II and Mafia III have appeared on the ESRB website for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series, as spotted by Russian games outlets. The ports have not been officially announced. StopGame noted that a similar rating for Mafia: D…
Google and Unity to launch AI game platform Unity Spark later this year
Google and Unity announced a strategic partnership to launch an AI game platform for next-generation interactive entertainment. Google's experimental Playground is already live, letting users create playable games from natural-language prom…
Moscow SEZ resident Angstrom develops Russian chip for linking electronic devices
Angstrom, a resident of the Technopolis Moscow special economic zone, has developed a microchip for data transmission between electronic devices, according to the company and the zone’s representatives. The chip is built on the RS-485 indus…
Musk says his companies will build and run Terafab chip plant, rules out TSMC role
Elon Musk said on Oct. 7 that his companies will independently build and operate the Terafab chip manufacturing project in Texas, ruling out an operational role for TSMC. He said TSMC could lease part of the planned site or capacity if inte…
Google and Constellation sign 20-year deal to uprate 11 US nuclear reactors
Google and Constellation Energy signed a 20-year agreement to modernize 11 operating US nuclear reactors, adding 890 MW of capacity, with Constellation planning to invest more than $4.3 billion and Google providing financial support directl…
Nine crested ibis released in Ishikawa, second such release on Honshu
Nine crested ibis were released on Oct. 7 in Nakanoto Town, Ishikawa Prefecture, in the second release of the birds on Japan's main island of Honshu. Organisers used the “soft release” method, opening a temporary cage in the Haruki district…
Japan sets up public-private body to develop nuclear workforce
A new organization has been established in Japan to train and secure personnel for the nuclear sector, according to Tokyo Shimbun, Nishi-Nippon Shimbun and NHK News. Tokyo Shimbun reported the founding meeting of the “Japan Nuclear Human Re…