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High-Profile Geoengineering Experiment Shuts DownA beleaguered solar geoengineering project failed to conduct field tests because of opposition from environmentalists and Indigenous residentsBy Chelsea Harvey & E&E NewsThe idea of spraying substances into the atmosphere to reflect sunlight has raised concerns among some scientists. Credit: chuchart duangdaw/Getty ImagesCLIMATEWIRE | Harvard University ended a solar geoengineering research project after years of setbacks derailed efforts to infuse small parts of…

Whatever we believe in, it is our choice. However, while it is completely fine to talk about those things, pushing them too much can quickly get annoying. As one Redditor shared, the workplace is precisely where personal beliefs should be kept to yourself. When one atheist woman asked an IT worker a simple question and received an answer starting with prayers and blessings, she was quick to tell them she didn’t want that. Still, that made her wonder if that was the right thing to do. Scroll down to read the full…

Nintendo Switch emulator Yuzu is to shut down as the result of a lawsuit against developer Tropical Haze by Nintendo themselves. As part of the settlement agreement the developer also has to pay Nintendo £1.9million ($2.4million) and shut down their Nintendo 3DS emulator, Citra. The injunction, still yet to be approved by a federal judge, prevents people from “developing or distributing software” that in usually only functions when “cryptographic keys are integrated without authorization”. According to the injunction,…

Tesla had to shut down Gigafactory Berlin today after a significant power outage that may have been caused by sabotage. It has been a difficult couple of weeks for Tesla’s Gigafactory Berlin, the automaker’s only factory in Europe. First, it had to halt production due to supply issues amid problems with cargo ships getting through the Gulf of Aden and the Bab al-Mandeb Strait due to the civil war in Yemen. Then, it was the local residents of Grünheide, the municipality where Tesla Gigafactory…

The court has reached a judgement in Nintendo's lawsuit against Tropic Haze, which develops the Yuzu Switch emulator. The judgement finds that "Yuzu is primarily designed to circumvent and play Nintendo Switch games," and has issued a permanent injunction forcing its creators to cease all involvement with or distribution of the emulator.Tropic Haze has been ordered to pay Nintendo $2,400,000 in damages, as well as immediately ceasing to develop, promote, or distribute Yuzu or any of its associated…

The most powerful California blizzard of the winter sent gusts of up to 190 mph to the Sierra Nevada, and heavy snow and strong winds forced officials to shut some roads in the Lake Tahoe and Mammoth Mountain areas.Roads that were forced to shut overnight into Saturday morning included a 50-mile stretch of Interstate 80 between Drum Forebay and the Nevada state line and a 50-mile stretch of Highway 395 north of Mammoth Lakes to Bridgeport. Highway 395 between Mammoth Lakes and Southern California remained open as of…

A "grapple test" of the spacecraft's robotic servicing arm.NASANASA is shutting down a $2 billion project to test satellite refueling in space, it announced on Friday, after the agency's auditor criticized the program's lead contractor Maxar for poor performance.The space agency said in a statement that the OSAM-1, or "On-orbit Servicing, Assembly, and Manufacturing 1," project was being discontinued after nearly a decade of work.NASA cited "continued technical, cost, and schedule challenges, and a broader community…

Sony Interactive Entertainment Sony is the latest company in the video game industry to announce massive layoffs in 2024. We’ve learned that Sony Interactive Entertainment is letting go of about 900 people across several studios; PlayStation’s London Studio will shut down as a result. In a blog post, soon-to-depart Sony Interactive Entertainment President and CEO Jim Ryan says these cuts amount to about 8% of PlayStation’s workforce. “Through discussions over the past few months about the evolving economic landscape,…

Photo: Kevin Winter (Getty Images)Nick Offerman already picked up an Emmy for his guest-starring role on HBO’s The Last of Us—and considering how acclaimed his turn in “Long, Long Time” has been since the episode aired, it’s no surprise he also won an Independent Spirit Award, this time for supporting performance. Andrew Callaghan Talks 'This Place Rules' In the episode, Offerman’s character, Bill, is expanded from his role in the hit video game; “Long, Long Time” gave the cynical survivalist an endearing romantic…

Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege creative director Alexander Karpazis has shut down talk of a sequel to the online tactical shooter. Despite being released in 2015, Rainbow Six Siege still has a huge playerbase, with over 100,000 concurrent players logging in over the weekend (via SteamDB) and regular updates from Ubisoft.  However, Karpazis has no interest in a sequel. ​​”I can confidently say that we have probably one of the best engines in the world when it comes to live PvP shooters,” he said at the 2024 Sieve…