Month: August 2022
green solution to the vinyl record backlog
The barrier to finding eco-friendly alternatives to PVC has always been the desire to match the same rich sound quality while maintaining the hardness and durability of plastic. Global demand for albums is at its highest in 30 years, while most factories are still using the same pressing methods deployed in the 1980s. The backlog
Russia and the West geopolitical fight
The conflict, Europe’s biggest since World War Two, has flattened towns and cities, killed thousands, forced millions to flee and deepened a geopolitical chasm between Russia and the West. Artillery and rocket fire close to the Zaporizhzhia nuclear reactor complex, on the Russian-occupied south bank of the Dnipro River, has stirred fears of a nuclear
Sony PlayStation sued for £5 billion
Sony PlayStation is being sued for £5 billion in the UK over allegations it “ripped off its customers” with overpriced games and in-game purchases. The legal case claims Sony PlayStation’s actions have driven up prices for consumers, resulting in customers being “unwittingly overcharged” for digital gaming purchases by up to a total of £5 billion
The fight over Europe’s largest nuclear plant
The Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant is the largest in Europe. This nuclear facility has been the hub of infighting between Russian and Ukrainian troops, and the concern of a nuclear disaster among the international community. The international community has grown increasingly concerned that any misfire from either side might bring a nuclear disaster that would
USA-South Korea military drills
South Korea and the United States began their annual joint military drills on Monday with a resumption of field training. The drills were scaled back in recent years because of COVID-19 and as Yoon’s predecessor sought to restart talks with Pyongyang, which has called the exercises a rehearsal for invasion. North Korea has conducted missile
Putin ally killed in Moscow blast
The daughter of a close ally of Russia’s President Vladimir Putin has been killed in a suspected car bombing. Investigators confirmed that Ms Dugina died at the scene near the village of Bolshiye Vyazemy. They said an explosive device planted under the car went off and the vehicle caught fire. Forensic and explosive experts are
Russian spacewalk cut short
A Russian cosmonaut had to urgently abandon his spacewalk “due to a battery power issue” on his spacesuit. During the spacewalk, the two cosmonauts had managed to complete the installation of two cameras on the European robotic arm on the ISS, Nasa says. Russia’s space agency Roskosmos has not publicly commented on the reported incident.
protecting the oceans
World leaders will meet at the UN in New York later for more talks to save the world’s oceans from overexploitation. Two-thirds of the world’s oceans are currently considered international waters, which mean all countries have a right to fish, ship and do research there. But only 1.2% of these high seas, as they are
Apple-1 computer prototype auctioned for nearly 700,000 dollars
An authenticated Apple-1 Computer prototype from the mid-1970s has sold at auction for nearly 700,000 dollars. The prototype was used by Apple co-founder Steve Jobs in 1976 to demonstrate the Apple-1 to Paul Terrell, owner of The Byte Shop in Mountain View, California – one of the first personal computer stores in the world. The
EA honours 99% discount price error
Electronic Arts (EA) has admitted to scoring “a pretty spectacular own goal” after mistakenly pricing its Fifa 23 Ultimate Edition on India’s Epic Games store at 4.80 rupee. Fifa Ultimate Editions are typically more expensive than standard editions of the game because they offer extras such as more limited edition tradeable player items, extra Fifa