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Published time: 23 Dec, 2017 19:39 Edited time: 23 Dec, 2017 20:37 Russian communists have settled on a surprise pick for its 2018 presidential candidate. Pavel Grudinin, 57, a farm mogul running a so-called “island of socialism,” will replace the party’s evergreen leader, Gennady Zyuganov. It was widely expected that long-time leader Zyuganov, an ever-present […]
Facebook released a tool that shows users if they’ve liked or followed accounts linked to a Russian troll farm. https://media.wired.com/photos/5a3d8b10dab97f2b797c4741/master/pass/FB-Counsel-FeatureArt-868719300.jpg Feed: All Latest
Cycloponics/Facebook Something is growing underneath La Chapelle, a neighborhood north of central Paris. It’s an underground farm by Cycloponics, a local indoor farming startup that harvests lettuce, herbs, and mushrooms in a space it calls la caverne (the cave). The farm uses an agricultural technique called hydroponic farming, in which greens are grown under LEDs in […]
With a little lot of help from Tesla, Australia is now home to the world’s largest lithium-ion battery. Back in March, Elon Musk told Atlassian CEO Mike Cannon-Brookes that he could create a 100MWh battery storage farm within 100 days — otherwise, his company would do the job for free. The Twitter pledge was in […]
The World Health Organization is urging farmers to stop using antibiotics to promote growth and prevent disease in healthy animals because the practice fuels dangerous drug-resistant superbug infections in people. CBC | Health News
REUTERS/Joshua Roberts A Twitter account that claimed to represent Tennessee Republicans was run by the Russian-backed Internet Research Agency. Members of President Donald Trump’s family and campaign staff promoted tweets from this account. The account attracted more than 100,000 followers and was suspended in August. Members of Trump’s family and campaign staff, including Donald Trump […]
Microsoft announced that it has bought all the energy that will be produced for the next 15 years by GE’s 37-megawatt Tullahennel wind farm in Ireland. But this isn’t just a good marketing move: Both companies will take the opportunity to mine the powerplant’s data to understand how each turbine’s battery can better store energy […]
Microsoft has inked a 15-year agreement with General Electric (GE) to purchase the entirety of all wind energy produced from a new 37-megawatt wind farm in County Kerry, on the southwestern corner of Ireland. The tie-up will also see the duo delve into energy storage solutions that will look at ways to harness excess energy […]
Thomson Reuters BARRANQUITAS, Puerto Rico (Reuters) – While his competitors wait for diesel to restart generators knocked out by Hurricane Maria, flower grower Hector Santiago is already back in business because of solar panels powering his 40-acre (16.2-hectare) nursery in central Puerto Rico. The U.S. territory is in a near blackout, its electricity grid shredded […]
Rory Gardiner Ikea is known for its flat-pack kitchen tables, islands, and cabinets. Now the home furnishings retailer is experimenting with products that allow people to harvest food at home. Space10, Ikea’s innovation lab, has designed a prototype of a mini-farm that can grow greens and herbs indoors. Called Lokal, it uses a hydroponic farming system — allowing […]
