Enlarge (credit: Monty Rakusen | Getty Images) Five young people whose resolve was hardened by floods and wildfires recently took their governments to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR). Their claim concerns each country’s membership of an obscure treaty they argue makes climate action impossible by protecting fossil fuel investors. The energy charter treaty…
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Enlarge / Federal Communications Commission Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel during a House Energy and Commerce Committee Subcommittee hearing on March 31, 2022, in Washington, DC. (credit: Getty Images | Kevin Dietsch ) Federal Communications Commission Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel is aiming to increase the agency’s broadband speed standard from 25Mbps to 100Mbps on the download side and…
How do I do this without a touchscreen? [credit: NYT / Hasbro ] On Thursday, The New York Times and Hasbro announced Wordle: The Party Game, a $20 physical version of the viral web game hit that will be available starting in October. But this new game is far from the first to allow players…
If you experienced irregular menstrual bleeding after getting a COVID vaccine, you’re not alone. Deposit Photos Since the COVID-19 vaccines first began rolling out last winter, some recipients have noticed unexpected menstrual bleeding after getting the shots. A survey of tens of thousands of adults published today in the journal Science Advances confirms that this…
Julie Gionfriddo Contributor Share on Twitter Julie Gionfriddo is director of advisory services at accounting and advisory firm Fiondella, Milone & LaSaracina LLP. Prior to joining FML CPAs, Julie spent nearly 20 years at PE and VC firms rising to the level of principal. If an early-stage startup is ready to raise money but its…
Nucleus Genomics, a genetic testing company focused on calculating a patient’s risk of certain diseases, is adding $14 million on to their initial seed funding round. With this round the company has raised, in total, $17.5 million. This “seed plus” funding round was led by Alexis Ohanian’s 776. Ohanian is joining investors like Founders Fund,…
Following a spate of recent attacks, the notorious BlackCat ransomware could be about to get a whole lot nastier, new research has claimed. A report from Sophos has said that the threat actors behind the ransomware now appear to have added the Brute Ratel tool to their arsenal, making the tool that much more dangerous….
Netflix recently made news for something aside from its plunging subscriber base or more positive developments like the success of Stranger Things season 4: the addition of Spatial Audio to select shows on its platform. Similar to the Spatial Audio tracks on streaming services like Apple Music, Netflix Spatial Audio aims to provide a realistic…
Owner of NBA’s Dallas Mavericks Mark Cuban Mark Halmas/Icon SMI/Corbis/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Bill Gates and Mark Cuban are not on speaking terms, Cuban said in a podcast interview. Cuban says he once told a joke at a conference that got Gates “so pissed” that they never spoke again. The interaction happened right after…
Russian President Vladimir Putin. Mikhail Svetlov/Getty Image German utility giant Uniper has had to tap its winter gas reserves as Russia cuts energy deliveries, the FT reports. The Nord Stream 1 pipeline is under maintenance, though Russia’s Gazprom has hinted it could delay bringing it back online. Germany aims to restore its gas storage facilities…