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PA Schoolgirls once learned the art of touch typing And it was, almost. Die-hard fans continued to clack-clack away at their beloved machines, unmoved by the seductive overtures of the laptop. Now they are being joined by growing numbers of young converts – correction fluid at the ready – fascinated by the typewriter’s literary glamour, […]
Thomson Reuters SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea has restarted operations at the Kaesong industrial zone, state-run web sites said on Friday, after the joint venture with South Korea was suspended last year amid disagreement over the North’s nuclear and missile programs. The South ended more than a decade of cooperation at the factory park on […]
Wikimedia Commons (Reuters) – Power grids maker ABB is buying General Electric’s Industrial Solutions business for $ 2.6 billion in a bet it can improve the division’s lacklustre margins over the next five years, the Swiss engineering company said on Monday. Zurich-based ABB sees potential for annual cost benefits of $ 200 million with the deal, which includes an […]
Wikimedia Commons (Reuters) – General Electric Co is nearing a deal to sell its industrial solutions unit to Swiss engineering company ABB Ltd in a deal valued at $ 2.5 billion to $ 3 billion, Bloomberg reported, citing people with knowledge of the matter. The companies are likely to announce an agreement by next week, […]
One demonstration at the Black Hat conference shows how insidious physical infrastructure hacking could be. https://media.wired.com/photos/597b80ea81c49267751c04a5/master/pass/evilbubble-FA.jpg Feed: All Latest
While we’re not going to let the bots take over just yet, it’s clear that bots are going to meet our needs, offer proactive advice, and serve us. The truth is, we won’t try to understand technology. Technology will try to understand us. That’s a lofty goal. The digital revolution was about humans becoming accustomed […]
Enlarge (credit: Mark Walton) Nvidia’s Max-Q initiative, which aims to slim down bulky gaming laptops with hand-picked chips and recommended dimensions and acoustics, has produced three laptops so far: The Clevo P950, Asus Zephyrus, and MSI GS63. While the MSI GS63 uses the same slim chassis as its predecessor—which was part of Nvidia’s 10-series laptop […]
(credit: EIA) Over the last seven years, the electrical power sector has gone from being one of the most carbon-emitting sectors of the American economy per unit of fuel consumed to one of the least carbon-emitting sectors. That’s according to new data from the US Energy Information Administration (EIA). Despite the good news, the EIA’s numbers […]
Published time: 22 Apr, 2017 22:22 For the first time since coal-fired electricity began during the Industrial Revolution, Britain has gone a full working day without needing King Coal to power its electricity grid. Solid overall wind, nuclear and gas production, in combination with particularly low demand after the Easter holidays were the key factors […]
Published time: 21 Apr, 2017 13:33 Britain is set to run without coal power for a whole day on Friday for the first time since the Industrial Revolution. A decade ago, such a feat would have been “unimaginable,” according to Greenpeace. While Britain has in the past used zero coal for a few hours, it […]
