blackwater

The 2023 Ocean Art Contest winners have been announced by the Underwater Photography Guide! In its 12th year, the competition received images from over 90 countries, celebrating both evolving photography skills and technological advancements.Winning entries showcased never-before-seen behaviors, captivating blackwater scenes, inspiring messages on ocean conservation, clever lighting techniques, and stunning animal portraits. With 14 diverse categories, the contest provided a challenging platform for photographers of all…

Cruise, the self-driving car company whose robotaxi dragged a pedestrian, shared footage from the graphic incident with regulators using a bad internet connection, according to an independent review. Cruise didn’t explicitly say that a pedestrian was dragged 20 feet, and hoped screen sharing a video would “speak for itself.” The internet connection was so bad that regulators on the call never saw what happened.Cops Pull Over Self-Driving Car“Internet connectivity issues likely precluded or hampered from seeing the Full…

Map of the Congo Basin (A) with the Ruki sub-basin highlighted in red. Detailed map of the Ruki Basin with sampling location at Mbandaka shown in panel (B). Land-cover data sourced from ESA CCI-LC 2021 data. Credit: Limnology and Oceanography (2023). DOI: 10.1002/lno.12436 The Congo Basin of central Africa is well known for its network of rivers that drain a variety of landscapes, from dense tropical forests to more arid and…