AWS’ sudden decision to abandon its proposed 7.2 million-square-foot data center campus in Louisa County, Virginia, marks a notable turning point in the ongoing tug-of-war between hyperscale cloud ambitions and local community interests. The project, pitched as one of the world’s largest digital...
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In the rapidly evolving landscape of artificial intelligence, the collaboration between Microsoft Azure and NVIDIA has emerged as a beacon of innovation, particularly in the realm of biological research. Their joint initiative, the Catalyst series, spotlights pioneering startups leveraging AI to...
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In the heart of Northern California’s Humboldt County, a grassroots movement is quietly making waves in the fight against mounting electronic waste. The Arcata Repair Café, a collaborative initiative between the City of Arcata and the Humboldt Repair Café group, is doing more than mending broken...
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Microsoft’s announcement of a $5 million cloud computing credits grant to 20 Washington state organizations marks a pivotal moment in the company’s efforts to support the local community in sustainability, health, education, and broader public good initiatives. This investment, unveiled as part...
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Every year in the month of April, we celebrate Earth Day. Living in the Pacific Northwest, as the snow begins to melt and the landscape brightens, I reflect on what a privilege it is to live in such a beautiful place. The theme for this year’s global Earth Day is “Invest in Our Planet,” and I...
Humans steal electricity from Earths magnetic field. You cannot make electric from movement or wind energy because wind isnt an energy, movement isnt an energy.
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Energy have 4 forms: light, heat, magnetism, electric
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Humans live by generating electricity, heat, light, magnetism. We take...
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National Geographic photographer and Microsoft Devices Ambassador, Stephen Alvarez, traveled to Australia to explore one of the Seven Natural Wonders of the World—the Great Barrier Reef.
Stretching 1,200 miles along the northwest coast of Queensland, the Great Barrier Reef is larger than...
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A first-class passenger in Thailand was arrested after airport authorities found his suitcases were packed with a 'virtual zoo' of baby leopards, panthers, a bear and monkeys. The guy had a virtual zoo in his suitcases
The 36-year-old man, a United Arab Emirates citizen, was bound for...
New York City Parks and Recreation Commissioner Adrian Benepe hold a red-tailed hawk before releasing it in New York's Central Park 2009. Violet the red-tailed hawk nesting on a Manhattan window ledge amazed experts and hordes of online fans when one of her three eggs beat the odds to hatch a...
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A tortoise the size of a grape is enjoying life in the slow lane after becoming the newest, and smallest, addition to a zoo.
Tiny Tim, an Egyptian tortoise, tipped the scales at just 6g when he hatched a month ago. Today he is just 5cm long, but is expected to grow to 500g over the next...
A dolphin weighing between 600 and 700 pounds jumped onto the deck of a boat, injuring a woman in South Florida.
Isles of Capri Fire spokesman Keith Perry says a charter boat captain called 911 Sunday afternoon after the dolphin jumped on the boat and landed on one of his passengers.
The...
An estimated one million fish turned up dead in a Southern California marina, creating a floating feast for pelicans, gulls and other sea life and a stinky mess for harbour authorities.
The sardines apparently depleted the water of oxygen and suffocated after getting lost in the marina...
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The handlers donned the panda outfits to release giant panda Cao Cao and her cub Cao Gen into the Wolong Nature Reserve.
They have worn the outfits at all times when handling the creatures as it is thought that a healthy fear of humans will be good for them in the wild.
When pandas are...
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SYDNEY (Reuters) – A colony of 22,000 bats may be coming to a neighbourhood near you after an Australian court served the flying foxes with an eviction notice and allowed the government to chase them away with loud industrial noise.
The court ruled that the grey-headed flying foxes, the...
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Reuters – Tarantula's confiscated by the U.S.
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A German national who shipped hundreds of live tarantulas into the United States through the mail has pleaded guilty to a federal smuggling charge...
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ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (Reuters) – Russian authorities have confiscated three tonnes of mammoth tusks from a criminal gang which tried to smuggle them out of the country.
The court office of the northern city of St. Petersburg said on Thursday that it had...
Tiger kills bus driver
A tour bus driver was mauled to death by a tiger at a breeding centre in northeast China this week after he got out of his vehicle to check on a mechanical problem, state media reported on Thursday.
Jin Shijun was attacked by a Siberian tiger and dragged off to a...
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Plastic Jar Removed From Fla. Bear Cub's Head
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A clear plastic container was removed from the 6-month-old cub's head after being stuck for at least...