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Unknown T & Knucks Team Up For ‘Elegant Drill’ Cut “Right Hand”

Returning with something a little different from his usual output, Unknown T has teamed up with Knucks for new single “Right Hand”. Although both rappers are known for their laid-back, considered flows, “Right Hand” places Unknown T in a wholly different context. Set against a sparsely arranged, melody-driven backdrop—familiar ground to Knucks—T dials back the energy to let the airy “Stylin” sample breathe for an almost hypnotising effect, before Knucks comes through with his ‘chill rap’ swag.For the video, Dir.Lx takes …

Danny Brown Speaks on New York Drill, Says Rappers ‘Sound Like Batman’

Danny Brown isn’t shying away from sharing what he thinks about the prominent New York drill rap scene.During the latest episode of his podcast the Danny Brown Show, the Detroit rapper, while chopping it up with his guest, JPEGMAFIA, poked fun at drill rappers. “What’s up with New York drill music?” Brown asked at the 48:20 mark. “Why all these n***as sound like Batman?”After spitting a hypothetical drill rap line in a voice that resembles the low-pitched one Christian Bale used in Christopher Nolan’s Batman trilogy,…

U.S. proposal would make oil companies look for shipwrecks before they drill | Science

As oil and gas development pushes into deeper waters off the U.S. coast, federal officials want to tighten rules for when energy firms must look for archaeological sites before drilling. A proposal released this week would require that oil and gas companies survey any area where they plan to disturb the sea floor, not just places where data or models suggest there is a shipwreck or other cultural site. The draft rule from the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management…

Plant-inspired E-seeds drill themselves into the dirt when moistened

Using drones for aerial seeding may seem like a good idea, but … the seeds could easily just blow away if left on the surface of the soil. A bio-inspired seed carrier has been designed to help, by corkscrewing its seed load down into the ground.The device is known as the E-seed, and it was created by a Carnegie Mellon University team led by Asst. Prof. Lining Yao. She was in turn inspired by the Erodium genus of plants, which has evolved a unique strategy for surviving in arid climates.Some of the plants have seeds that…

NNPC set to drill first oil well in Nasarawa

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited on Friday announced that the official drilling of the first oil well in Nasarawa State will commence in March. This, the NNPC said, is in continuation of hydrocarbon exploration activities in Nigeria’s inland basins. The company’s chief executive officer, Mele Kyari, disclosed this while receiving a delegation of Nasarawa State indigenes, led by the Governor Abdullahi Sule at the NNPC Towers, Abuja, on Friday. Mr Kyari, however, called for immediate action…

In The Lives of Puppets Excerpt: TJ Klune’s Sci-Fi Pinocchio

TJ Klune’s latest leads you deep into a fantastic forest where a man has raised a small family of robots. This standalone novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The House in the Cerulean Sea and Under the Whispering Door takes inspiration from Carlo Collodi’s The Adventures of Pinocchio, and is described as “Swiss Family Robinson meets Wall-E.” In a strange little home built into the branches of a grove of trees, live three robots—fatherly inventor android Giovanni Lawson, a pleasantly sadistic nurse machine,…

Brooklyn Drill Rapper Dusty Locane Behind Bars for Gun Charges

Brooklyn rapper Dusty Locane has found himself behind bars.The drill artist turned himself in on Nov. 30 and has now pleaded guilty to two charges of criminal possession of a weapon, in connection with crimes committed in 2019 and 2020, per Billboard. The charges come with a mandatory minimum sentence of one year and a maximum sentence of three years.The 23-year-old shared the news on Nov. 24, telling his fans and followers that he has, “Been fightin cases for damn near 4 .”Locane has still remained active online and in…

“Smart” drill designed to speed and simplify cochlear implant surgery

The installation of a cochlear implant is a tricky procedure, in which certain nerves may be damaged if the surgeon isn't sufficiently careful. A new "smart" surgical drill is designed to help, by automatically shutting off if it gets too close to those nerves.The device is designed for use with an existing image-guided, robotic-assisted system, in which the implant is inserted into the inner ear through a narrow channel that's drilled in the skull. That channel has to be very precisely located, as it must pass through a…

Try it to Prevent it: Fire Drill Your Way into Cybersecurity

As digitalization expands and finds new horizons, the ever-looming threat of Cybersecurity will rear its ugly head. Global cyber-attacks rose by 28% in 2022 with more than 1,130 weekly attacks per organization globally. If there is any way to prevent it, it is to face it, say cybersecurity experts. They say preparing ourselves for impending threats is a key component of cybersecurity. Various studies show that human actions account for a large part of cyber-attacks. A report published by Verizon found that the human…