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Sea level rise is affecting coastal communities around the world, especially those like Honolulu, pictured, that are located on islands. Credit: NOAA Teacher at Sea Program, NOAA Ship HI’IALAKAI A long-term sea level dataset shows ocean surface heights continuing to rise at faster and faster rates over decades of observations. Global average sea level…

A "Sale Pending" sign in front of a home in Pinole, California, US, on Tuesday, Dec. 26, 2023.David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesSales of existing homes surged 9.5% in February from January to 4.38 million units, on a seasonally adjusted annualized basis, according to the National Association of Realtors. Housing analysts had been expecting a slight drop.Sales were down 3.3% year over year, but it was the largest monthly gain since February of last year. Sales surged the most in the West, up 19.4%, and the South,…

Dutch startup Eye Security has raised €36mn as it looks to defend European businesses from cyber criminals.  Founded in 2020 by a group of Dutch intelligence and security experts, the Hague-based outfit provides cyber protection, incident response, and cyber insurance services to small-to-medium sized companies.  The funding round, which brings Eye Security’s total amount raised so far to €57.5mn, was led by JPMorgan, the private investment arm of American financial giant JPMorgan Chase. Eye…

Founders of publicly listed startups have seen their fortunes fluctuating over the past 12-14 months, in tandem with the stock market performances of their companies. Details on this and more in today’s ETtech Morning Dispatch.Also in the letter:■ Spiritual boost to online gaming■ WhatsApp Biz feels no Google threat■ Byju’s defence in NCLTFounders’ fortunes swing with stock prices in past 12-14 months The fortunes of startup founders have mirrored the ups and downs of the stock market performances of their firms in…

Cheating in Call of Duty has always been a risky business, but it's gotten especially fraught in late February. A recent update from Activision's official CoD X account said that the game's anti-cheat team have been monitoring a spike in cheating within the community, which resulted in over 6,000 accounts being banned in a four-day span.According to the post, the developers are currently testing additional security updates, but the team already pushed one that disabled game code that cheaters were using…

A new study including data from some 1,400 air quality monitoring stations across China has found that suicide rates rise as air quality declines. It also shows how a nationwide, government-led plan to reduce air pollution helped prevent tens of thousands of suicides in just a few years.China has some of the most polluted cities in the world, its metropolises blanketed in thick smog that hangs heavy over millions of urban inhabitants.Around 16 percent of worldwide suicides occur in China, although the country's rates…

Denzel Washington and Spike Lee are reuniting for their fifth film together. The actor and the veteran filmmaker, who last collaborated on `Inside Man` (2006), are now partnering on `High and Low.` The crime thriller is an English language reinterpretation of Akira Kurosawa’s 1963 film of the same name. Starring Toshiro Mifune, Kurosawa’s classic was based on Ed McBain’s novel, King’s Ransom, which chronicles the ruin of a businessman following a ransom payment to kidnappers. Lee and…

Spike Lee and Denzel Washington are teaming up for the fifth time, reimagining Akira Kurosawa’s 1963 crime drama High and Low.The pair, whose previous projects include Malcolm X and He Got Game, will start filming a reinterpretation in March. Based on the novel King’s Ransom by Ed McBain, the original film stars Toshiro Mifune as a wealthy man in ruin after paying the ransom for a kidnapping.The story also served as the inspiration for Steven Soderbergh’s 2023 miniseries Full Circle. In 2008, it was reported that Martin…

The November outage impacted rail networks, hospital communications and businesses across the country, and cost Bayer Rosmarin her job. Optus is still searching for her replacement.“I think 10 million people have variously expressed dissatisfaction with the impact of the outage,” Gebert said. “I’m sure everybody’s learnt a lot and there are a number of government reviews that will increase everyone’s focus on ensuring that many lessons are learnt.”This Friday, Optus rivals Telstra and TPG, along with the competition…

Avalanche has risen 66.5% YTD and could spike above the $60 price barrier  Dogecoin sees an increase in new addresses by 1,100% and can spike, according to Ali Martinez The Pullix DeFi token can surge 100x based on the latest projections following the revenue share model and token-burning feature Avalanche (AVAX) experienced a YTD climb of 66.5%, and, due to the bullish sentiment, has recently surged above the $35 range. Moreover, Dogecoin (DOGE) as a meme coin is also up on the charts, indicating that the…