Thursday, October 24, 2024
News

'The most powerful hurricane on the planet'

Super Typhoon Mawar is headed for Taiwan after hitting Guam on Wednesday. The forecast of the super typhoon prompted President Joe Biden to declare a state of emergency in the US territory, Naval Base Guam to send its ships, and Anderson Air Force Base to shelter its planes in hangars or send them off the island. The storm is now moving through the Philippine Sea with sustained winds of 165 mph, the same strength as a Category 5 hurricane, according to the National Hurricane Center. Meteorologists have commented on the...
News

The Best 30 Business Ideas for Women in 2023

Sheet 1,000 VC Firms Information about the countries, cities, stages, and industries they invest in, as well as their contact details. Get the Sheet for $50 Starting an entrepreneurial venture can be both exciting and challenging. Women in business bring a unique perspective, a wide range of skill sets, and a growing entrepreneurial spirit. This article aims to inspire and guide female entrepreneurs in their search for the best business idea. So, if you are interested in starting a business but don’t know where to start, consider the 30 best business...
News

5 Best VR Headsets (2022): Virtual Reality Accessories, Apps & Games

was virtual reality It is believed The next big thing was in 2016 when the original Oculus Rift and HTC Vive launched. It was technology whose time had finally come. Or so we thought. As it turned out, VR was still a bit pricey and probably too isolated for the gaming world to handle. Then there was the hype about the “metaverse,” and now we’re seeing companies that have started investing heavily in VR, so keep that in mind when you’re investing in a new headset. Still, VR can be...
News

Ryan Reynolds heads out for Hollywood after ending with Wrexham

WREXHAM, WALES – SPOILER ALERT! Season 2 of “Welcome to Wrexham” is set to deliver the Hollywood ending that the first one failed to deliver. This being Wrexham, though, the question of a last-minute plot is not out. It’s hard to imagine that the A-list owners of the Welsh football team, Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney, could have anticipated the edge-of-your-seat, unscripted spectacle created by this unlikely union. “It was the most dramatic thing I’ve ever seen in my life,” Reynolds said after a 3–2 win over Notts County. “I’ll...
News

Last remaining Gurkha Victoria Cross recipient dies aged 83 in Nepal Gurkha

The last remaining Gurkha recipient of Britain’s Victoria Cross has died in Nepal at the age of 83. Rambahadur Limbu was awarded Britain’s highest military honor by Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace in 1966 for his gallantry during an attack on Indonesian troops on the island of Borneo, during which he saved two fellow soldiers. Limbu, then a lance corporal, carried out the mission in November 1965, part of a three-year “confrotasi” conflict known as the Battle of Bau, triggered by Indonesia’s opposition to the formation of Malaysia ....
News

What are hectocorns and how many are there?

Sheet 1,000 VC Firms Information about the countries, cities, stages and industries they invest in, as well as their contact details. Get the Sheet for $50 It’s always a big day when a startup enters the world of unicorns. After years of long nights slinging code and hundreds of millions of dollars in venture capital, a billion-dollar valuation validates your business model and signals that you’re ready to break out into the future. This was until unicorns became common. According to Crunchbase, 400 startups join unicorn in 2021, raising the...
News

Want to be an artist? Good luck to you. It's selling its practice.

NEW YORK — The phenomenon of artist exit, whether she simply socially leaves the scene or actually stops working, may be as old as the scene itself, but it may be catching on. In 1967, Agnes Martin left New York for the New Mexico desert, escaping the art world for years. In 1975, bassist Jan Eder disappeared after crossing the Atlantic alone in a small boat, prompting speculation as to whether this was his last artistic gesture. Stanley Brown, Charlotte Posenenske and Lee Lozano have absented themselves, and more recently,...
News

PR lessons from Trump's CNN town hall—some good, some bad

I’ve long said that PR people can learn valuable lessons for free Which is not taught in communication school, especially after the happenings on the political scene. And politics aside, former President Donald Trump’s appearance on CNN’s town hall provided many of those lessons—some good, some bad. Below are several that our business people should add to their “Know This” book. Positive Lessons: 1. Mr. Trump said he knew the moderator, Caitlin Collins. He probably agreed to have her as the interviewer because he believed he could overwhelm her. Lesson,:...
News

Ancient galaxy 25 million light-years away discovered using most powerful space telescope ever built

Sign up for our free weekly IndyTech newsletter, delivered straight to your inbox Sign up for our free Inditech newsletter Astronomers have used the most powerful telescope ever built to identify a massive, densely packed galaxy 25 million light-years away. Known as GS-9209, researchers say the galaxy formed about 600 to 800 million years after the Big Bang and is the oldest of its kind found. Scientists led by experts from the University of Edinburgh used the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to reveal the properties of a galaxy named...
News

The planet is losing more wildlife than previously thought

Man has killed off most of Earth’s extant wildlife, and some scientists argue that human activity set off the world’s sixth mass extinction event. New research Now shows that global animal populations are declining faster than previously thought. Authors of the study published in the journal organic review More than 71,000 animal species—including mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, fish and insects—were analyzed to assess their population growth over time, May 15. They found that 49% of these species are stable, but 48% have shrinking populations, and only 3% have growing populations....
1 60 61 62 63 64 153
Page 62 of 153