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In a bid to reduce vehicular pollution, the West Bengal government is focusing on adding 2,000 electric buses to its fleet and also converting at least 3,000 diesel-run buses into CNG-powered vehicles in the next few years, state Transport Minister Firhad Hakim said on Sunday. Around 80 electric buses are currently plying the roads of Kolkata, Hakim said, adding that a pilot project for turning 30 fossil fuel-run buses into CNG-operated ones has been completed, and the results are encouraging. “We are looking for 2,000…

Alzheimer's disease is the most common cause of dementia; if we are to alleviate its impact, we need to understand as much as possible about how it gets started and the effects it has on brain cells – and a new study reveals that the development of the disease can cause cells to seriously overheat.  We know that Alzheimer's is characterized by the proteins amyloid-beta and tau clumping together in the brain, killing off cells and causing the brain to shrink. The new study shows how amyloid-beta can destroy a cell "like…

A driver resource file mentioning several unreleased Intel processor generations has been unearthed by momomo_us on Twitter. They suggest that this screenshot of device descriptors comes from a file which is part of an Intel Management Engine Interface (MEI) release. A screenshot taken of the file contents makes reference to current generation processors as well as upcoming Raptor Lake (RPL), Meteor Lake (MTL), and even Lunar Lake (LNL) CPUs.(Image credit: momomo_us)Next up on the Intel CPU release calendar are the 13th…

The U.S. economy added jobs at a solid pace in May, extending the labor market’s long stretch of gains.Employers added 390,000 last month, the Labor Department said Friday. That was the slowest pace of growth since April of last year, a 12-month period that saw job gains average 552,000 a month. Still, the May total was well above the average number of new jobs created in the 12 months to February 2020, when the Covid-19 pandemic became widespread in the U.S. The unemployment rate…

In light of the brutal tug-of-war over resources that is natural selection, it's been taken for granted that the giraffe's iconic neck evolved to reach leaves other plant-eaters can't possibly access.  What seemed obvious to Charles Darwin has since attracted a great deal of scrutiny, with some biologists proposing those extended vertebrae aren't for browsing, but rather male weapons of war in the battle for love.Not all researchers are convinced, leaving plenty of room for debate over the benefit of the giraffe's…

Xiaomi has added Redmi Note 7, Redmi K20, Redmi 7, Mi Play, Mi 9 SE, among others in the list of smartphones that will no longer receive any software or firmware updates (including security updates). The Chinese company also says that the smartphones included in the End-of-Support list (EOS) might not even respond to security vulnerability reports. Xiaomi releases monthly as well as quarterly security patch updates for its devices for at least two years after the product is listed in the marketplace.As per the EOS list,…

Last updated: June 1st, 2022 at 15:02 UTC+02:00 WhatsApp keeps getting better, and as you may know, the platform recently added the long-awaited emoji message reactions feature. Developers are now ready to move on to something else, and it looks like the next major update to the popular messaging app could be one of the best yet. WhatsApp could finally add an option to edit messages. The feature discovered by WaBetaInfo exists in a new beta version for WhatsApp on Android, although the editing feature should also be…

There are many illnesses and injuries, including COVID-19, where the body struggles to get the amount of oxygen into the lungs necessary for survival.In severe cases, patients are put on a ventilator, but these machines are often scarce and can cause problems of their own, including infection and injury to the lungs.  Scientists may have now found a breakthrough, and it's one that that could significantly impact how ventilators are used. In addition to traditional mechanical ventilation, there's another technique called…

Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles’ new premium pickup, the Amarok will have LED headlights as standard. As an option and on the higher specification versions of the pickup there is also the so-called ‘IQ.Light’ – its LED matrix headlights also show a high-impact light graphic. Features also include an active (i.e., automatically) dipping full beam whenever there is oncoming traffic, street lighting or traffic lights, and the…

Ship operators are trying to add millions of new containers to address a severe capacity crunch, but the boxes are stuck on liners and at ports as shipping moves into its busiest period.Shipping’s peak season usually starts at the end of June when importers begin ordering products for the back-to-school and holiday seasons. This year, orders went out in mid-May as companies tried to head off the product shortages that plagued them last year. The early start has added to the challenges of getting the supply chain…