Bomb cyclone
US: Bomb cyclone blasts East Coast, threatens hurricane-force winds By Holly Yan, Judson Jones and Nicole Chavez, CNN (CNN)A dreaded “bomb cyclone” is pummeling the East Coast, hurling blinding snow and wind gusts akin to a Category 1 hurricane. More…
Spotify faces $1.6bn copyright lawsuit
By Becky Roberts From What Hi-Fi? We doubt we were alone in hoping that the first Spotify-related news of 2018 would be the announcement of a Hi-Fi tier – will this year be the year? But instead we hear that…
The future of payment in the Internet – Cryptocurrency
From WN Cryptocurrency, as the name suggests, uses encrypted codes to effect a transaction. These codes are recognized by other computers in the user community. Instead of using paper money, an online ledger is updated by ordinary bookkeeping entries. The…
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California bill would ban new fossil fuel vehicles from 2040
By Rachel England From engadget All new cars sold in the state would have to be zero emission vehicle Under a new bill introduced this week, every single new car sold in California after 2040 would be an emission-free vehicle….
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Books donated to support Caribbean hurricane recovery
By Nadine WhiteFrom The Voice UK Libraries across Barbuda and Dominica will benefit from the thousands of printed works supplied by Book Aid International. THE UK’s leading library development charity will help Caribbean communities devastated by last year’s wave of…
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US: Magnitude 4.5 earthquake rumbles across Bay Area but no damage reported
By Rong-Gong Lin II From LA Times The checks were completed about 5:30 a.m. with no reports of damage, the agency tweeted. The earthquake was centered along the Oakland-Berkeley border, just north of the Claremont Hotel. The epicenter of the…
Researchers just accidentally found an effective Alzheimer’s treatment while trying to cure diabetes
By Mike Wehner From BGR The new drugs, which are classified as “triple agonist” (because they work in three ways), were tested on mice which were developed to express genes linked to Alzheimer’s. The animals were already exhibiting many of…
4 Jan Weather In Cayman
4 Jan Thu 2018 Weather In Cayman Synopsis Moderate northerly winds and seas are expected across the Cayman Islands for the next 24 hours as a cold front becomes stationary over Jamaica today. Further north, a high pressure over…
Weapon flies under radar
China reportedly tests new ballistic weapon that flies under radar By Mallory Locklear From engadget The hypersonic glide vehicle may pose a challenge to existing defense systems A US government source told The Diplomat this week that China has conducted…
Scientists figured out how to read ancient mummy texts without destroying their glorious boxes
By Mike Wehner From BGR Archaeologists often have to walk a very thin line between studying historical artifacts and preserving them in as pristine of condition as possible. For researchers studying ancient Egyptian mummies, that line is often quite blurry,…
