Modern research shows the public work together selflessly in an emergency, motivated by a strong impulse to help It was early morning on 1 January last year when Colin McGarva dived into a flooding river in Worcester to rescue an unconscious woman. McGarva said he didn’t think twice about the...
James D Watson, who co-discovered DNA’s twisted-ladder structure, dies aged 97
Nobel prize winner shaped medicine, crimefighting and genealogy, but later years marred by racist remarks James Dewey Watson, whose co-discovery of the twisted-ladder structure of DNA in 1953 helped light the long fuse on a revolution in medicine, crimefighting, genealogy and ethics, has died, according to his former research lab....
Silence over Sudan: why do Manchester City’s owners get away with so much?
Two midweek matches in England had a backdrop of war and geopolitics, but only one drew large protests How would you feel if the owner of the football club you support was implicated, even as those implications are repeatedly denied, in famine, ethnic cleansing and the deaths of 1,500 men,...
England are in right shape for Chandler Cunningham-South to seize chance at No 8 | Ugo Monye
Harlequins man will have a new role against Fiji in a side likely to deploy a similar gameplan to that which felled Australia Opportunity knocks for Chandler Cunningham-South against Fiji on Saturday. He has 18 caps to his name but this will be the first time he has worn the...
Net zero is an insidious loophole that distracts from the scientific imperative to eliminate fossil fuels | Joëlle Gergis
History tells us that polite incrementalism and political kowtowing will prevail at Cop30 – even as catastrophe unfolds around us As world leaders gather in Brazil this year for Cop30 – the first Amazonian Cop – it’s worth doing a quick reality check on how we are collectively tracking to...
Nvidia’s DGX Spark mini AI PC can run Cyberpunk 2077, but performance is expectedly poor
Redditor Retrotom says he was able to get the game running on his DGX Spark using Box64, an x86-to-ARM translation layer that lets users run x86_64 Linux programs on non-x86 Linux systems. To get started, he compiled Box64 v0.3.8 with the BOX32 and BOX32_BINFMT options, installed Steam using the included......
FBI is investigating the shadowy owner of web snapshot service Archive.today
Archive.today recently revealed a subpoena showing that the FBI is seeking the website's owner. The bureau asked Tucows, a Canadian company and one of the world's largest domain registrars, to provide extensive information on the anonymous customer behind the web snapshotting service and all its aliases, including the owner's name,......
Terraforming startup wants to save sinking cities with robot-powered land lifts
San Rafael is sinking into the ocean. The small city just north of San Francisco is already three feet below sea level and is sinking about half an inch per year. The city's elevation and proximity to the Bay increase its risk of flooding, particularly from rising sea levels. Read...
Microsoft apologizes for upselling Copilot bundles, offers refunds to millions of users
Microsoft recently began sending apologetic emails to millions of its Australian customers. The company is contacting subscribers of its Microsoft 365 Personal and Family plans to provide details about more affordable options. Redmond has also offered refunds to customers who renewed their cloud subscriptions in 2024 without being informed of......
Tesla shareholders approve $1 trillion pay package for Elon Musk
Tesla shareholders have approved a compensation package worth nearly $1 trillion for CEO Elon Musk. Results announced Thursday at the annual shareholder meeting in Austin, Texas, showed that roughly 75 percent of voting shares supported the plan, which ties Musk's pay to ambitious long-term stock and operational milestones. Read Entire...