How smart technology is impacting sustainability
IoT Secure collected interesting facts and statistics about the impact of smart technology on sustainability efforts from industry experts and news reports.
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Month: August 2022
Least expensive metros to buy a home in July
Using Realtor.com data, Stacker explored the least expensive metros across the U.S. to purchase a home in July 2022.
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Indian billionaire makes hostile bid for high-profile NDTV news channel
By Diksha Madhok, CNN Business Asia’s richest man has launched a hostile bid to take over an influential broadcaster in India and gain a firmer footing in the country’s vibrant media space. AMG Media Networks, a unit of billionaire Gautam Adani’s conglomerate, said in a statement late on Tuesday that it has acquired a 29%
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Últimas noticias breves del mundo hoy, 24 de agosto
Melissa Velásquez Loaiza 🔄 Haz clic aquí para ver las entradas más recientes The-CNN-Wire™ & © 2022 Cable News Network, Inc., a Warner Bros. Discovery Company. All rights reserved.
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How 24 British rabbits took over Australia
By Heather Chen, CNN What seemed like an innocent Christmas gift of 24 English rabbits in 1859 would go on to become Australia’s “most devastating biological invasion,” according to a new study by the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Wild rabbits are not native to Australia and are considered an invasive species. Farmers
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Kevin Durant to remain with Brooklyn Nets, team management says
By Wayne Sterling, CNN Brooklyn Nets All-Star forward Kevin Durant will remain with the franchise, general manager Sean Marks said on Tuesday. After Durant reportedly requested a trade from the Nets less than two months ago, Marks announced the news on social media. “Steve Nash and I, together with Joe Tsai and Clara Wu Tsai,
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Rupert Murdoch’s son sues Australian website for defamation
SYDNEY (AP) — Fox Corp. chief executive Lachlan Murdoch is suing Australian news website Crikey in a Sydney court for defamation over an opinion piece about last year’s storming of the U.S. Capitol. Media mogul Rupert Murdoch’s son filed a statement of claim Tuesday after Crikey publisher Private Media’s chairman Eric Beecher and managing editor
Continue Reading Asian stocks mostly higher as markets await Fed chair speech
By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares were mostly higher Thursday as Wall Street and global markets wait for a highly anticipated speech from the U.S. Federal Reserve chair about interest rates at the end of the week. Benchmarks rose in Japan, Australia and South Korea. Trading was delayed in Hong
Continue Reading Chinese province plans ban on sale of gasoline cars
BEIJING (AP) — Hainan island in the South China Sea says it will become China’s first region to ban sales of gasoline- and diesel-powered cars to curb climate-changing carbon emissions. The provincial government says sales of fossil fuel-powered cars will be banned by 2030 and electric vehicles will be promoted with tax breaks and by
Continue Reading A treasured manuscript in a college library that was believed to have been written by Galileo is a forgery, university says
By Aya Elamroussi, CNN A prized manuscript in the University of Michigan library that was believed to have been written by the famed Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei is a forgery, the university said. The 1-page document known as the “Galileo manuscript” can’t be traced to any earlier than 1930 and was likely written by the
Continue Reading Tropical Storm Ma-on headed for southeastern China
BEIJING (AP) — Tropical Storm Ma-on was gaining strength as it headed for Hong Kong and other parts of southeastern China on Wednesday after displacing thousands in the Philippines. Several cities in Guangdong province suspended high-speed rail and ferry service and evacuated workers on offshore projects. The airport in Shenzhen, a Chinese tech center that
Continue Reading Arizona passed a law barring video recording within 8 feet of law enforcement. The ACLU and news organizations are now suing
By Paradise Afshar and Nouran Salahieh, CNN The ACLU and multiple news organizations filed a lawsuit over an Arizona law that made it a crime to video record within eight feet of law enforcement activity after a warning is given from an officer. The law, which was signed by Republican Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey in
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Ray takes no-hit try into 7th, Mariners beat Nationals
By LUKE OLSON Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Robbie Ray took a no-hit try into the seventh inning, Mitch Haniger and Eugenio Suárez both hit two-run homers and the Seattle Mariners defeated the Washington Nationals 4-2. Ray, last year’s AL Cy Young winner with Toronto, had issued just a pair of walks through six before
Continue Reading Gonsolin, Dodgers rebound from shutout, bully Brewers, 10-1
By BETH HARRIS AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Tony Gonsolin combined with four pitchers on a four-hitter in his major league-tying 16th victory, and the Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the Milwaukee Brewers 10-1. Trayce Thompson blasted a three-run homer in the second and drove in another run. Freddie Freeman went 3 for 5
Continue Reading Gonzalez, Giménez homer off Clevinger, Guardians top Padres
By BERNIE WILSON AP Sports Writer SAN DIEGO (AP) — Rookie Oscar Gonzalez and Andrés Giménez homered off former Cleveland pitcher Mike Clevinger and the AL Central-leading Guardians beat the San Diego Padres 3-1. Gonzalez hit a line shot to left field with two outs in the second, his fourth. Giménez drove a ball deep
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National Archives wanted to share classified docs from Mar-a-Lago with FBI and intel community for damage assessment months ago
CNN By Tierney Sneed, Evan Perez, Jamie Gangel and Kristen Holmes, CNN The National Archives told former President Donald Trump‘s legal team in May that it was sharing hundreds of pages of classified material it had retrieved in January with the FBI and other entities in the intelligence community so that an assessment could be
Continue Reading National Archives wanted to share classified docs from Mar-a-Lago with FBI and intel community for damage assessment months ago
CNN By Tierney Sneed, Evan Perez, Jamie Gangel and Kristen Holmes, CNN The National Archives told former President Donald Trump‘s legal team in May that it was sharing hundreds of pages of classified material it had retrieved in January with the FBI and other entities in the intelligence community so that an assessment could be
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El Paso defeats Oklahoma City, 7-3; Chihuahuas get another step closer to first place in PCL East
(Courtesy: El Paso Chihuahuas) OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma – Luis Campusano and Kyle Martin both hit two-run home runs in the 10th inning Tuesday for El Paso in the Chihuahuas’ 7-3 win over the Oklahoma City Dodgers. The Chihuahuas are now 7-4 in extra-inning games and have won two straight 10-inning games. The Chihuahuas trailed 3-1 with
Continue Reading Anderson homers, Marlins hold off A’s 5-3
By BEN ROSS Associated Press OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Brian Anderson homered, Pablo López pitched six scoreless innings and the Miami Marlins survived Oakland’s ninth-inning rally to beat the Athletics 5-3. López (8-8) struck out five, allowing four hits and two walks in his first career start against Oakland. Anderson broke a scoreless tie in
Continue Reading August 24, 2022 Russia-Ukraine news
By Jessie Yeung, Kathleen Magramo, Josh Berlinger, Aditi Sangal and Adrienne Vogt, CNN The-CNN-Wire™ & © 2022 Cable News Network, Inc., a Warner Bros. Discovery Company. All rights reserved.
Continue Reading Judge gives Trump until Friday to better explain why he wants a special master for Mar-a-Lago documents
CNN By Katelyn Polantz and Tierney Sneed, CNN A federal judge in Florida has given former President Donald Trump until Friday to refine the legal arguments in his request for a special master to oversee the review of evidence gathered in the Mar-a-Lago search. District Court Judge Aileen Cannon in the Southern District of Florida
Continue Reading 6 months of Russia’s war in Ukraine
CNN’s Sam Kiley sits down with Ukraine Defense Minister Oleksiy Reznikov six months after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Continue Reading 5 takeaways from Twitter whistleblower Peiter Zatko
By DAVID HAMILTON AP Technology Editor SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Startling new revelations from Twitter’s former head of security, Peiter Zatko, have raised serious questions about the security of the platform’s service, its ability to identify and remove fake accounts, and the truthfulness of its statements to users, shareholders and federal regulators. In a whistleblower
Continue Reading Student loan forgiveness could help more than 40 million
By COLLIN BINKLEY, SEUNG MIN KIM and CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — More than 40 million Americans could see their student loan debt reduced — and in many cases eliminated — under the long-awaited forgiveness plan President Joe Biden announced Wednesday, a historic but politically divisive move in the run-up to the midterm
Continue Reading Cruise ship rescues Cuban migrants stranded at sea
By Patrick Oppmann, Sahar Akbarzai and Paul P. Murphy, CNN Six Cuban migrants adrift at sea on a makeshift raft were rescued by a cruise ship last week, video shared with CNN shows. The video captured the impromptu encounter Friday as the Carnival Cruise liner, Carnival Paradise, sailed from Tampa, Florida to Cozumel, Mexico. The
Continue Reading Angola at a crossroads as citizens vote in tight presidential election race
By Elaine Hulbert, Nimi Princewill and Stephanie Busari, CNN Voters in the oil-rich African nation of Angola will go to the polls on Wednesday to decide who will lead the country — the party that has been in power for nearly five decades, or an opposition promising a fresh start especially for disaffected youth. President João
Continue Reading Uvalde school board votes unanimously to fire police chief Pete Arredondo
By Jason Hanna and Steve Almasy, CNN The Uvalde school board voted unanimously Wednesday evening to immediately terminate the contract of district police chief Pete Arredondo, three months after a teenaged gunman took the lives of 19 children and two teachers at Robb Elementary. Lieutenant Mike Hernandez will remain interim police chief, the school district’s
Continue Reading Uvalde superintendent updates school board and frustrated parents on safety measures as school year nears
Uvalde school board members unanimously voted to fire police chief Pete Arredondo after residents demanded his dismissal. Texas State Senator Roland Gutierrez describes what’s next for the community and says more people should be held accountable.
Continue Reading Mariners’ Robbie Ray loses no-hitter in 7th vs Nationals
SEATTLE (AP) — Seattle Mariners left-hander Robbie Ray has lost his no-hit try on a leadoff home run in the seventh inning by Washington’s Joey Meneses. Ray had faced just one batter over the minimum through six innings. But Meneses ended any chance of Ray’s first no-no with his sixth home run of the season.
Continue Reading India’s top court to hear petition against release of 11 men who gang-raped pregnant Muslim
By Reuters India’s Supreme Court will hold a hearing on a petition challenging the release last week of 11 Hindu men convicted of the gang rape of a pregnant Muslim woman during Hindu-Muslim riots in 2002 in the western state of Gujarat. Dozens of women in Mumbai protested on Tuesday against their release and carried
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