Microsoft, an early proponent of emerging technologies that remove carbon dioxide emissions from the atmosphere, has agreed to purchase carbon removal credits from Los Angeles-based startup CarbonCapture. CarbonCapture has a massive facility called a Direct Air Capture (DAC) plant in the works in Wyoming. Named Bison Projectthe facility is expected to start operating in the … Read more
Today the SEC announced the civil charges against Sun and eight celebrities, including Lindsay Lohan, Jake Paul and Soulja Boy. In a complaint filed Wednesday, the SEC says the cryptocurrency entrepreneur engaged in market manipulation and unregistered offering and sale of securities by dealing with his TRX and BTT crypto assets. Celebrities who have advertised … Read more
Epic Games’ next big plan for the metaverse is to unify all of its different asset markets under one brand, fabulous. The new store will include assets from the Unreal Engine Marketplace, Quixel Bridge, Artstation Marketplace, and Sketchfab, and Epic will give creators 88% of earnings on the store, as it does for the Epic … Read more
The Wuhan Huanan Wholesale Seafood Market, where a number of people related to the market fell ill with the new coronavirus, is closed in Wuhan, Jan. 21, 2020. | Photo credit: Dake Kang/AP In an unusual turn of events, scientists recently announced what they called “compelling” evidence that the COVID-19 pandemic had a “natural” origin … Read more
If you haven’t filed your taxes yet (tax day is April 18!), MSCHF’s free dating simulator launching soon may be able to help. The latest gimmick of the artistic collective is Tax Paradise 3000a “visual novel dating game that actually prepares your 2022 U.S. federal tax return,” according to the game’s Steam page. The game … Read more
Epic Games is almost ready to reveal its latest updates to Unreal Engine, its wildly popular suite of developer tools. The company is hosting its 2023 State of Unreal keynote, where the company plans to “check out some new projects, dive into the latest Epic tech, and have some fun along the way.” The keynote … Read more
Watch | Why are some islands in India sinking? The sinking islands of India India has a fragile network of over 1,382 islands. However, many of these islands are under threat from unseasonable cyclonic storms, marine erosion and new development projects. One such island in Lakshadweep has completely disappeared from the map. Environmental researchers are … Read more
“I’m really happy because finally and for the first time in my life I’m working in the video game industry,” Martin wrote in a blog post. “Thank you, Joel, for trusting me, and thank you, Stephen, for the opportunity at Nightdive Studios.” It’s well deserved. THE Resident Evil 4 HD project was a mammoth task … Read more
It only took six years, one life-saving operation, and hundreds of thousands in personal loans, but this handmade, gravity-defying record player from mom-and-pop shop Miniot is finally available to buy. Backers of the original 2017 Kickstarter have been on a wild ride, and most still haven’t received their minimalistic upright turntables. Yet here we are … Read more
Daily Quiz | In the March equinox Hot air balloons float above the Pyramid of the Sun on the day of the vernal equinox, in the pre-Hispanic city of Teotihuacan on the outskirts of Mexico City, Mexico, March 20, 2023. START THE QUIZ 1/5 | In technical terms, the March Equinox is when the point … Read more
