Non-IT News Thread
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@nadnerB said in Non-IT News Thread:
@mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:
South Indian Ocean has seen a record number of major hurricanes this season
The storms this season have been especially strong.
By some measures, it has been the busiest South Indian Ocean hurricane season on record. In terms of damage and major hurricanes, it appears to have been the worst in modern history.cough Tropical cyclone cough
Educational linky: https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/cyclone.html
So... Basically, Tomato / Tomahto.
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Leaked report: Russian Air Force MiG-31 crash was shot down by wingman
Foxhound was shot down because of “poor exercise design;” crew survived.
Almost exactly two years ago, a Russian Air Force MiG-31 Foxhound supersonic interceptor went down during an exercise over the Telemba proving grounds in Buryatia, a Siberian semi-autonomous Russian republic that borders Mongolia. -
Kim Jong-un in Russia for Vladimir Putin summit
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has arrived in the far east of Russia for a summit with President Vladimir Putin.
Mr Kim arrived by train in the Pacific Coast city of Vladivostok for his first talks with the Russian president, which are expected to start on Thursday. -
Sri Lanka attacks: Bomber 'studied in UK and Australia'
One of the attackers behind the Easter Sunday bombings in Sri Lanka once studied in the UK, officials say, as further details on the bombers emerge.
He visited south-east England in 2006-7 to study but did not complete a full university degree, a senior Whitehall official told the BBC. -
Jacinda Ardern leads effort to curb online extremism
New Zealand and France will lead efforts to stop the use of social media to organise and promote terrorism in the wake of the Christchurch attacks.
A gunman killed 50 people in an attack on two mosques in March, while live-streaming the massacre on Facebook. -
Tesla lost $702 million last quarter after drop in Model 3 deliveries
It also says it doesn’t expect another profit until the third quarter of this year
Tesla lost $702 million in the first quarter of 2019, after posting back-to-back profits for the first time ever to finish out 2018, the company announced in an official filing Wednesday. -
Overwatch’s new Workshop lets players build their own custom games
Blizzard’s team shooter Overwatch is getting a big new feature.
Today, the developer announced the Overwatch Workshop, which it describes as “a simplified game scripting system” that will let players create their own custom games. -
The Oscars decides Netflix is OK after all, following DOJ warning
Academy will keep existing eligibility rule requiring one week in LA theater.
Netflix and other streaming platforms won't be banned from the Oscars as the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has rejected calls from Steven Spielberg and others to restrict eligibility for the annual awards. -
@mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:
The Oscars decides Netflix is OK after all, following DOJ warning
Academy will keep existing eligibility rule requiring one week in LA theater.
Netflix and other streaming platforms won't be banned from the Oscars as the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has rejected calls from Steven Spielberg and others to restrict eligibility for the annual awards.That is freaking awesome, go DoJ for recognizing a total abuse of power for a worthless director trying to cheat the system to create a perception of remaining relevant. What a total jerk and cheater than guy is.
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The stars of the next James Bond movie have been revealed
No title yet, but still supposed to release in 2020.
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AT&T says 5G will be priced like home Internet—pay more for faster speeds
Users "are willing to pay a premium" for 500Mbps or 1Gbps, AT&T CEO says.
AT&T says 5G will be priced like home Internet—pay more for faster speeds | Ars Technica. -
Airbnb wants to create TV shows to convince people to travel more
The hotel and rental platform is looking into building an original video studio
Even Airbnb is getting into the TV game. -
2019 has seen the most measles cases in 20 years, CDC says
A dangerous comeback
Measles just hit a major milestone as it spreads across the country, infecting the most people since the year 2000, when public health officials declared the virus eliminated in the US. -
NASA’s InSight spacecraft detects its first possible ‘marsquake’ on the Red Planet
Sadly, it was smaller than what NASA needs
NASA’s InSight lander, which has been sitting on the surface of Mars since November, just detected its first possible quake on the Red Planet. -
North Korea summit: Putin says Kim 'needs guarantees'
Russian President Vladimir Putin has said North Korean leader Kim Jong-un needs international security guarantees if he is to end his nuclear programme.
Such guarantees would need to be offered within a multinational framework, he added, following talks near Vladivostok in Russia's far east.
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Antarctica: Thousands of emperor penguin chicks wiped out
Thousands of emperor penguin chicks drowned when the sea-ice on which they were being raised was destroyed in severe weather.
The catastrophe occurred in 2016 in Antarctica's Weddell Sea.
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US election 2020: Joe Biden launches presidential bid, joining crowded field
Former US Vice-President Joe Biden has declared a presidential bid, putting an end to months of speculation.
In a video announcement, Mr Biden argued that the "core values of the nation... our very democracy, everything that has made America America, is at stake".
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Tenerife cave: Son leads police to bodies of mother and brother
A little German boy's testimony led Spanish police to the bodies of his mother and 10-year-old brother in a cave on the island of Tenerife.
Police arrested the German father, suspected of killing the two victims. -
Egypt Coptic monks sentenced to death for killing bishop
Two former Coptic Christian monks have been sentenced to death in Egypt over the murder of a bishop last year, officials have confirmed.
Bishop Epiphanius, 64, was found dead in a pool of blood in July 2018 at a desert monastery north-west of Cairo.
