Germany’s three-month experiment with 9-euro tickets for a month’s unlimited travel on regional train networks, trams and buses saved about 1.8 million tons of CO2 emissions, it has been claimed. Since its introduction on June 1 to cut fuel consumption and relieve a cost of living crisis, about 52 million Read more…
NVIDIA, one of the tech sector’s power players, is pushing the Universal Scene Description protocol as the foundation of interoperable content and experiences in the metaverse. In a recent post the company explains why it believes the protocol, originally invented by Pixar, fits the needs of the coming metaverse. Though Read more…
Provinces in China are being forced to reduce power consumption as forest fires, droughts, and heatwaves ravage the country. There were still some streetlights on the Bund, one of the main roads in central Shanghai. But the decorative lights which light up the city skyline — blue, pink, and red Read more…
After a spring of deadly heat waves, summer floods have killed more than 1,100 people in Pakistan. Since June, rains have washed away buildings, submerged homes and destroyed roads. One-third of the country is underwater. Scientists can’t yet say exactly how climate change has shaped the disaster, but they know Read more…
Matt Stockburn already knew paper supplies were running short when the Toronto city clerk’s office, where he works as a manager, received a notice from its envelope supplier to expect shipment delays. Long-term disruptions to the pulp and paper industry coupled with more recent supply-chain issues triggered a global shortage Read more…
Germany has ordered overnight shutdowns for non-essential digital signage, to save its reserves of natural gas for more important purposes. Like many European nations, Germany relies on natural gas imported from Russia. And thanks to Russia’s illegal invasion of Ukraine, that gas is currently in short supply. The European Union Read more…
A tribe member who has been called the “loneliest man in the world” has died, officials say. The man, whose name was not known, had lived in total isolation for the past 26 years. The He was known as Man of the Hole because he dug deep holes, some of Read more…