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Cautious rollout of the world’s first malaria vaccine, which is 39% effective
The vaccine will be used in pilot programs in three countries, under careful watch.
Sometimes, a vaccine is a slam dunk. Take the 97.5-percent-effective Ebola vaccine, for instance, or the 97-percent-effective measles vaccine. -
Massachusetts offshore wind project gets green light at roughly 8.9 cents/kWh
The Vineyard Wind project will also commit $15 million to battery development.
Last May, Massachusetts chose companies representing a project called Vineyard Wind to negotiate long-term contracts for an 800 megawatt (MW) offshore wind project that would serve some 400,000 homes. -
Signature of changing fundamental constants may hide in copper block
Simple as using an interferometer to measure length change in block of material.
Once upon a time, I was involved in an abortive attempt to measure the variation of the fundamental constants. -
NSA reportedly recommends retiring phone surveillance program
Program that analyzed Americans' calls and texts has become too burdensome, sources tell The Wall Street Journal.
The National Security Agency has recommended the White House abandon a controversial program that collects and analyzes data on millions of Americans' domestic calls and texts, The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday. -
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NSA reportedly recommends retiring phone surveillance program
Program that analyzed Americans' calls and texts has become too burdensome, sources tell The Wall Street Journal.
The National Security Agency has recommended the White House abandon a controversial program that collects and analyzes data on millions of Americans' domestic calls and texts, The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday.Because they are tired of only listening to grandparents and hipsters, presumably.
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Check out the first pics of the asteroid crater made by a Japanese spacecraft
Hayabusa2 found its explosive creation
In the first week of April, a Japanese spacecraft blasted a small crater into an asteroid more than 180 million miles from Earth — and now we’ve finally got the first images of its explosive handy work. -
Russia launches sub that will carry doomsday nuke drone torpedo
Giant sub 27 years in the making, Belogrod is the mother of all "special project" boats.
On April 23, 2019, a hulking submarine named the K-139 Belgorod was christened and launched from Severodvinsk, Russia. -
New type of plastic is a recycling dream
These plastics can easily be disassembled to chemical building blocks.
Recycling sounds great in principle (because it is), but a frustrating number of devils lurk in the details. -
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US economy grows faster than expected
The US economy grew much faster than expected in the first quarter of the year, helped by a jump in exports and by firms building up stocks of goods.
The economy expanded at an annualised pace of 3.2% in the January-to-March period, well above analysts' forecasts.
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Trump denies paying North Korea for Warmbier treatment
President Trump has denied paying North Korea money for the medical care of comatose US student Otto Warmbier.
Warmbier was jailed in North Korea in 2015 during an organised tour and died after being returned to the US in a coma after 17 months in detention.
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Sri Lanka bombings ringleader died in hotel attack, president says
The alleged ringleader behind Sri Lanka's Easter Sunday bombings was killed in the attacks, President Maithripala Sirisena said.
Mr Sirisena said Zahran Hashim, a radical preacher, died at the Shangri-La hotel in the capital, Colombo.
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Anna Delvey: The trial of New York's fake heiress
Just how far can you get in the New York City socialite scene without a real fortune of your own?
Incredibly far, in the case of Anna Delvey - real name Anna Sorokin - who tricked the city's elite into thinking she was a billionaire heiress.
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Wireless carriers fight ban on throttling firefighters during emergencies
Committee passes Calif. bill spurred by Verizon throttling despite CTIA objection.
The US mobile industry's top lobbying group is opposing a proposed California state law that would prohibit throttling of fire departments and other public safety agencies during emergencies -
Daimler North America CEO says future “does not include plug-in hybrids”
Daimler says it will have 50 all-electric test trucks on roads by end of 2019.
At a presentation in Long Beach, California, Daimler Trucks North America President and CEO Roger Nielsen on Wednesday laid out an electrification plan for Daimler's Freightliner brand, which makes medium- and heavy-duty trucks. -
Amazon plans to make Prime shipping one-day by default
Still building up support for more products, ZIP codes before nationwide rollout.
Amazon's latest earnings conference call included the reveal of a major shift for the paid Amazon Prime subscription service: an "evolution" to one-day shipping as a nationwide default. -
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Amazon plans to make Prime shipping one-day by default
Still building up support for more products, ZIP codes before nationwide rollout.
Amazon's latest earnings conference call included the reveal of a major shift for the paid Amazon Prime subscription service: an "evolution" to one-day shipping as a nationwide default.Now that they have more DCs than ever and are using their own delivery service, it makes sense. In some areas, does it cost more to store it than deliver it?
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Tracking the toxic air that's killing millions
The air we breathe is killing us.
The World Health Organisation (WHO) says air pollution causes the death of seven million people a year.
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@mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:
Wireless carriers fight ban on throttling firefighters during emergencies
Committee passes Calif. bill spurred by Verizon throttling despite CTIA objection.
The US mobile industry's top lobbying group is opposing a proposed California state law that would prohibit throttling of fire departments and other public safety agencies during emergenciesHow about the Wireless Carriers let public service folks have unlimited data and not throttle them at all? ... or better yet, quit nickle & diming your customers and stop throttling everybody.
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@dafyre said in Non-IT News Thread:
@mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:
Wireless carriers fight ban on throttling firefighters during emergencies
Committee passes Calif. bill spurred by Verizon throttling despite CTIA objection.
The US mobile industry's top lobbying group is opposing a proposed California state law that would prohibit throttling of fire departments and other public safety agencies during emergenciesHow about the Wireless Carriers let public service folks have unlimited data and not throttle them at all? ... or better yet, quit nickle & diming your customers and stop throttling everybody.
Or how about municipalities pay their bills.
