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An excavator photographed at a lignite mine operated by RWE on April 8, 2022. RWE says it wants to be carbon neutral by 2040.Alex Kraus | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesThe chief financial officer of German energy firm RWE told CNBC Thursday that it will burn more coal in the short term — but insists its plans to be carbon neutral in the future remain in place.Michael Muller's comments come as European countries scramble to shore up energy supplies, as the war in Ukraine continues.Russia was the biggest supplier of both…

Turbulent weather hit parts of the Front Range on Friday with flash flooding in the Cameron Peak fire scar, a tornado warning in Adams County and a landspout tornado touching down west of  Denver International Airport. A two- to three-foot surge of water was reported in Larimer County along Buckhorn Creek in the Cameron Peak fire area, according to the National Weather Service. “Significant” flash flooding occurred along Buckhorn Creek with the water rushing downstream toward Masonville. ⚠️Significant flash flooding is…

Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) heads to a vote on the Senate floor on June 8, 2021 in Washington, DC.Photo: Samuel Corum (Getty Images)The PACT Act, which allocates health care funds for U.S. veterans suffering from exposure to toxic burn pits and Agent Orange, passed the U.S. Senate on Tuesday in a vote of 86-11 and is now heading the President Joe Biden’s desk to be signed into law. Who are these politicians who voted against veterans getting the most basic care for diseases caused by America’s wars? Terrible, terrible…

Books by David Whitehouse, Preti Taneja and Graeme Macrae Burnet are on the shortlist for this year’s Gordon Burn prize.The award is for the year’s “boldest and most innovative” books, and is open to fiction and nonfiction.Also making the shortlist of five – chosen by a judging panel chaired by writer Denise Mina – are Margo Jefferson and Lea Ypi. The shortlist includes memoir, creative nonfiction, true crime and fiction in works the prize described as “expansive in form and ambition”, and which “unflinchingly explore…

The CCTV footage from a Dutch business park shows a man in a black cap pouring the contents of a white container at the base of a cellular radio tower. Flames burst out as the man jogs back to his Toyota to flee into the evening.It's a scene that's been repeated dozens of times in recent weeks in Europe, where conspiracy theories linking new 5G mobile networks and the coronavirus pandemic are fuelling arson attacks on cell towers.Popular beliefs and conspiracy theories that wireless communications pose a threat have long…

Despite the ongoing correction in the public markets, mass layoffs in the tech sector and high inflation, U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen says we’re not yet in a recession. At the same time, it’s taking a lot longer to secure startup funding than it did just a few months ago, which means many companies are burning cash faster than they can raise it. Full TechCrunch+ articles are only available to members.Use discount code TCPLUSROUNDUP to save 20% off a one- or two-year subscription. For SaaS startups, laying…

Have you ever noticed people out walking with poles even on flat surfaces and wondered why they are doing it? This is known as Nordic walking, which is a little bit like cross-country skiing but without the snow.  Walking with poles was first developed in Scandinavia and came to central Europe about 20 years ago. For some reason, it has not become particularly popular even though it has many health benefits.Here's why – alongside a few good reasons to give Nordic walking a try.1. You burn more caloriesAs far back as…

via Lucasfilm Some Star Wars fans have realized how comfortable R2-D2 and C-3PO are with burning the Jawas on Tatooine in Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope.  Before Luke Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi join Han Solo on the Millenium Falcon, the group burn a bunch of Jawas in a bonfire. Some Redditors have pointed out that R2-D2 and C-3PO just stood idly by, while the Jawas burned away. Most of the Reddit comments are joking about R2-D2 claiming that he’s seen much worse, with one Redditor saying, “That’s Tuesday…

The COVID-19 pandemic made personal computers more important than ever, and sales exploded two years in a row. But the good times for PC and chipmakers now seem to be fading fast. Last quarter’s slump in Chromebook sales has made way for an even bigger decline that’s hitting Windows manufacturers as well, and today, chipmaker Intel has revealed a 25 percent decline in consumer chip sales. It says that a “near-term cyclical slowdown” is shrinking the total market for PCs by approximately 10 percent this year. Earlier…

DeFi tokens with special burn mechanics are designed to support prices and prevent them from crashing. Recent months have seen an explosion of new initiatives and protocols in the DeFi arena. As a result of the increase in activity, projects compete with one another for the best features and functionality. One such instance is the new Uniglo (GLO) initiative, which aims to disrupt the DeFi market with its deflationary approach that is achieved with its ultra-burn feature. Besides GLO, Shiba Inu (SHIB) and Pancakeswap…