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Shipping generates 3% of global carbon emissions gettyIn Belém earlier this month before COP30 got fully under way, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres blasted world leaders for failing to keep global warming below 1.5°C. After representatives of the International Maritime Organization failed to vote to adopt landmark regulations to drastically reduce emissions, the omens were not good. These would make shipping the first sector with binding global emissions targets. After ten years of negotiations, the IMO agreed in April an ambitious target to reduce greenhouse gases by 8-21% by 2030 and 30-63% by 2035. The IMO package included limits on the…
SAN ANSELMO, CALIFORNIA – OCTOBER 04: In this photo image, the Facebook and Instagram apps are seen on the screen of an iPhone on October 4, 2021 in San Anselmo, California. Social networking apps Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp are experiencing a global outage that began before 9 a.m. (PST) Monday morning. (Photo illustration by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)Getty Images”That’s the dumbest thing I’ve ever heard – and you’ll never be heard from again.” That’s what Michael Ovitch, long known as the most powerful man in Hollywood, told Barry Diller when the former head of Paramount and Fox briefed Ovitch on his…
Why Nobody Tells You How to Actually Get Rich? – Finance Podcast Ever feel like the real secrets to building wealth are being …
In this photo released by the Geological Survey (Badan Geologi) of Indonesia’s Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources, Mount Semeru releases volcanic materials during an eruption in Lumajang, East Java, Indonesia, Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2025. (Badan Geologi via AP)Associated PressMount Semeru — Java’s highest volcano at 3,676 meters — erupted on the afternoon of November 19, 2025, with pyroclastic flows rushing at high speed more than 8.5 kilometers down its slopes, as seen in videos widely shared on social media platforms such as X.Mount Semero is one of fifteen active volcanoes in Java, one of the most populated islands in…
Amazon-owned Zoox is letting the public roam free with its robotaxis in San Francisco for now.ZooxZoox, Amazon’s self-driving technology company, has begun offering rides to the public in its custom-built robotaxis in San Francisco, following a similar launch in Las Vegas. For now, rides in the electric microvan, which has no steering wheel, mirrors or pedals, are free, but commercial service will begin next year if Zoox wins the first federal exemption to operate such vehicles. US auto safety rules require automakers to install standard controls, as well as windshields and wipers, in human-powered vehicles, but AI-driven cars and trucks…
Even a single gene, reworked or regulated in new ways, can fuel repeated bursts of evolutionary innovation, according to a recent study of avian birds.Adult male wheat, “hispanica 1”. (Credit: Reto Burri)Reto BuriA study was recently published in the peer-reviewed journal, Sciencestating that evolutionary innovation (which can lead to speciation) can occur rapidly, either by genetic rearrangement of a single gene or by exposing it to new regulation. This contrasts with the conventional wisdom known as “racial gradualism,” where evolution is believed to be a slow and gradual process based on the accumulation of genetic mutations over time that eventually…
The completion of the longest government shutdown in history and the growing political acrimony rightfully get a lot of attention, but that focus makes it easy to overlook areas where beneficial legislation is politically possible. The broad political agreement that reform of the way pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) operate is necessary exemplifies the potential bipartisan opportunities. The opacity and misguided incentives that plague the PBM market are currently hurting patients. PBMs reduce the efficiency of the prescription drug market, divert billions of dollars to these middlemen in the supply chain, and increase costs for employers, consumers, and taxpayers. PBMs claim…
This week Dean and Matt discuss the importance of estate planning. There are many questions involved when it comes to the …
Windows lays the groundwork for a future where AI agents act as first-class participants in the operating system — managed, identifiable, and secure.gettyWe all know the basic concept of Microsoft Windows as an operating system. You install apps, click a mouse, and maybe write a few things on the side. That model still exists, but now it sits alongside something fundamentally new: software that works for the user instead of waiting for instructions. AI agents can interpret tasks, make decisions, and perform actions at a level that feels less like a tool and more like a digital colleague.This change forces…