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Brightening Earth’s clouds so that they reflect more sunlight just might cool the planet — that is if we can figure out how to do it without causing any unintended harm. To test the theory out, a group of over 30 leading scientists have written up a research road map that was published in the journal Science Advances yesterday. The paper focuses on how to approach attempts to artificially shade Earth’s surface with marine clouds by spraying saltwater into the air from ships, a strategy called marine cloud brightening…

Things look awfully bleak in the House of Hope, as the Baldur’s Gate 3 baddie Raphael reigns over this special circle of hell with an extra degree of cruelty. As you travel here in Act 3 of BG3, you’ll meet its tortured residence and tackle a risky to-do list snooping around in the devil’s domain. However, he’s not exactly passive about trespassing, and the hammer comes down when trying to leave the House of Hope. To really escape, here’s how to fight Raphael in Baldur’s Gate 3. Screenshot by Destructoid How to defeat…

“From what we’ve seen so far, our method seems to be working well,” says Machado.  This isn’t the only attempt to use drones for the dispersal of disease-fighting mosquitoes—one team ran similar studies in Brazil’s northeast after the region saw an outbreak of zika in 2015 and 2016 that led to 3,308 babies being born with birth defects, and another is carrying out EU-funded tests in France and Spain.  Birdview is now negotiating with different biofactories, or insectaries, that sterilize male Aedes aegypti and with…

French regulators said Wednesday they were fining Google 250 million euros ($272 million) for breaching commitments on paying media companies for reproducing their content online and for using their material for its AI chatbot without telling them.Google had made commitments in 2022 to negotiate fairly with French news organisations, a year after the Competition Authority hit the US tech giant with a 500-million-euro fine over the long-running dispute. Organisations representing French magazines and newspapers -- as well…

It started at a hackathon a few years ago near Trafalgar Square, in London. Raphaël Haupt and James Farrell got to talking about how to use the growing popularity of blockchain and cryptocurrencies to help combat climate change. The result was Toucan, a project founded by the duo, which aims to revolutionize carbon offsetting.To understand what that means you have to start with the voluntary carbon offsetting market. The logic behind it is quite simple. While companies and individuals need to reduce how many carbon…

Filmmaker and Hollywood legend George Lucas is throwing his support behind Walt Disney CEO Bob Iger in the bitter proxy battle between the company and activist investor Nelson Peltz.Lucas, who received 37.1 million Disney shares as part of Disney's $4.05 billion purchase of Lucasfilm in 2012, is currently the largest individual investor in the company, multiple sources confirmed to CNBC.In a statement provided to CNBC, Lucas wrote:"Creating magic is not for amateurs. When I sold Lucasfilm just over a decade ago, I was…

The “Star Wars” creator and one of Disney’s biggest individual shareholders said Tuesday that he was confident in the company’s leadership in their battle against Peltz, whose hedge fund Trian Partners is trying to seize two board seats. The “Star Wars” creator and one of Disney’s biggest individual shareholders said Tuesday that he was confident in the company’s leadership in their battle against Peltz, whose hedge fund Trian Partners is trying to seize two board seats. FOLLOW US ON GOOGLE NEWS Read original…

Twenty-five years ago, the ultimate bro film came out; it is now rereleased for the anniversary. David Fincher’s bone-splintering, soft-tissue-pulping Fight Club is the ultraviolent hipster-fantasy about a depressed white collar nerd befriended by a supercool alpha male and inducted into a secret bare-knuckle combat cult whose purpose is to restore real masculinity. It was adapted by screenwriter Jim Uhls from the uncompromisingly pessimistic novel by Chuck Palahniuk and, after a slow commercial start, became the movie…

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In Tanzania, farmers are using an AI-assisted app that works in their native language of Swahili to detect a devastating cassava disease before it spreads. In South Africa, computer scientists have built machine learning models to analyze the impact of racial segregation in housing. And in Nairobi, Kenya, AI classifies images from thousands of surveillance cameras perched on lampposts in the bustling city’s center. The projected benefit of AI adoption on Africa’s economy is tantalizing. Estimates suggest that four…