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Tuesday, 20 October 2026
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After announcing plans to introduce its own streaming service last month, JustWatch, a popular guide and search engine for finding things to watch on existing platforms like Disney Plus and Netflix, launched JustWatch TV today.
Today, as part of the official release of California's Fifth Climate Change Assessment, researchers at the University of California, Santa Cruz, have launched a platform, data and tools that community leaders can use to estimate the block-by-block climate risks and the cost-effectiveness of adaptation solutions
The International Seabed Authority (ISA), a U.N.-associated body, has long managed activities related to deep-sea mining in international waters.
A 2025 Centre for Global Development study reported that across 50 countries, “women spend an average of 29.92 hours weekly on domestic work as a primary activity, while men spend only 9.78.” Continue Reading Category: Good Thinking, Technology Tags: Washing Machine, Clothing, Charity, Human-Powered
Global rainfall maps are built from observations collected by multiple satellites, but they have an important limitation.
“Obviously, as a student, it was a shock and [a] reality check for me.” Cardeñosa, now a shark trade researcher at Florida International University in the U.S., lived in Hong Kong in 2018 and returned repeatedly from 2
Marital breakups have consequences that extend beyond the immediate end of cohabitation.
Ambassador Gouyette argues that the visit serves a dual purpose: alleviating France's energy pressures while reaffirming its longstanding defense partnerships with Gulf monarchies.
New research from the University of Aberdeen has revealed that periods of global warming can trigger long-lasting increases in wildfire activity, with ecosystems taking far longer to recover than previously thought.
With US President Donald Trump’s approval rating falling to a record low of 31%, Republicans are facing mounting concerns ahead of November’s midterm elections.
Why is the IPCC in a ‘serious funding crisis’?
‘[W]hat can we change in the spaces where people live, work, study and spend their free time?’ Originally published on Global Voices Screenshot from SafeSteps website.
By Johnny Sturgeon Known for their distinctive black-ringed eyes, lipstick-like mouth markings and timid, elusive nature, the vaquita is the world’s rarest marine mammal.
Insider Brief Vietnamese quantum expert Nguyen Luong Quang recommends closer EU partnerships to develop Vietnam’s quantum workforce, research infrastructure and industrial capabilities.
He promised that rioters would face extremely firm punishment.
Meo, Nos and Vodafone have announced that they are working together on technologies to prevent fraud, including systems to stop cloned card users from accessing homebanking or shopping online.
Meo, Nos e Vodafone anunciaram que estão a trabalhar em conjunto em tecnologias para evitar a fraude, nomeadamente sistemas para travar que utilizadores de cartões clonados possam aceder ao homebanking ou fazer compras online.
Automatic translation by Bittrees-hosted AI. The source link opens the original publication.Per the State Department, it’s also meant to drive closer alignment of foreign governments’ civil and commercial space positions at the UN’s Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS) and Gene
Apple says that American companies are supplying “critical materials and components” for both the iPhone 18 Pro and the iPhone Duo.
A new study suggests that, although many employers have attempted to make special accommodations in the workplace, they fail to address a woman's increased psychological burdens related to the menopause transition.
For 34-year-old Saiful Gazi — a resident of Ramjannagar Union in Shyamnagar, Satkhira, an area highly vulnerable to climate change — securing institutional financing is a major struggle.
French unrest raises questions about political accountability, police exhaustion and the increasingly confrontational relationship between citizens and the state.
Police seize doses of hepatitis B vaccine from people at center of dispute over research on African newborns Controversial vaccine researchers who have been praised by Robert F Kennedy Jr, the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) secretary, had their offices in Guinea-Bissau
The U.S. Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, defended this Tuesday the dialogue between the United States, Russia and China, before Kiev's criticism of a possible summit among the leaders of the three nuclear powers.
O secretário de Estado norte-americano, Marco Rubio, defendeu esta terça-feira o diálogo entre Estados Unidos, Rússia e China, perante críticas de Kiev sobre uma possível cimeira entre os líderes das três potências nucleares.
Automatic translation by Bittrees-hosted AI. The source link opens the original publication.Meo, Nos and Vodafone (without Digi) joined together to try to protect connections between applications and mobile networks.
A Meo, a Nos e a Vodafone (sem Digi) juntaram-se para tentar proteger conexões entre aplicações e rede móvel.
Automatic translation by Bittrees-hosted AI. The source link opens the original publication.Our host Zershaaneh Qureshi has just launched a new YouTube channel: Zershaaneh Talks AI — featuring conversations about who should control AI, how to control AI, and who gets the benefits. The first episode is with philosopher Simon Goldstein, discussing why paying AIs for their work and effectively giving them something to lose might be the best way to keep humanity safe and prevent AI going rogue. It might sound crazy at first, but one of Simon's most striking arguments is that it's actually inevitable that AI companies are going to end up paying AIs for their work: because AI alignment is
Toto Wolff, Team Principal and Co-Owner of the Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1 Team, joins John Collison for a pint to discuss the engineering, management, and economics behind modern Formula 1. Toto breaks down how Mercedes spots generational driver talent as early as age eight, why they enforce a strict "No Dickheads" hiring policy across 2,500 employees, and how the F1 cost cap transformed racing teams into $1B+ assets. He also shares his early career as a dot-com investor, the team’s "Navy SEALs" approach to car development, and why he believes live sports are immune to AI disruption. Timestamps
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