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The conversation of sustainability is at the forefront of design but there is "still a long way to go" said designer Caroline Till at the Materials of Tomorrow symposium during 3 Days of Design.Researcher and designer Till began her keynote speech at the Materials of Tomorrow symposium, which was hosted by furniture brand IKEA's research lab Space10, by focusing on how human activity has depleted the Earth's resources.

A coalition of charities and campaigners have demanded the chancellor funnel more funds into making Britain's leaky housing stock energy efficient at next week's budget to help cut bills and protect the environment.In a letter to Jeremy Hunt, more than 20 organisations asked the government to set aside at least 6bn a year over the next decade to support an acceleration in insulating home and installations of heat pumps.

Los Angeles Times Executive Editor Kevin Merida says the decision to lay off 13% of newsroom staff is "agonizing."Kevin Wolf/Invision/AP The Los Angeles Times informed its newsroom Wednesday that it would lay off about 13% of the paper's journalists, the latest in a string of blows to major American news outlets.

Jeremy Clarkson has revealed that one of the pranks on The Grand Tour: Eurocrash includes James May's car ending up inside a restaurant.In the latest instalment of the motoring travel programme, Clarkson, May and Richard Hammond go on a 1,400-mile road trip through Poland, Slovakia, Hungary and Slovenia.

The UK's first autonomous bus service has begun taking paying passengers across the Forth Road Bridge.The vehicles have two members of staff a safety driver who can take control of the vehicle and a captain to sell tickets and provide customer service.The Stagecoach service, from Ferrytoll Park and Ride in Fife to Edinburgh Park Transport Interchange, will operate on a trial basis until 2025 as part of the CAVForth project.

The BBC's savings target has increased by 40% to 400 million amid high inflation and a licence fee freeze.In its Annual Plan published on Thursday, the broadcaster said it was responding by cutting 1,000 hours of content commissions across its portfolio, among other measures.The BBC previously projected it needed to save 285 million by 2027/28 the end of the current charter period.

The UK's first self-driving electric bus service has been unveiled as part of a project to explore the art of the possible.First Group said it will analyse how passengers, drivers, other road users and pedestrians respond to autonomous buses at a business and technology park in Oxfordshire.The project involves two all-electric fully-autonomous vehicles on public roads.

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has confirmed the UK will provide tanks to Ukraine to help Kyiv's forces push Russian troops back.Downing Street said Mr Sunak made the pledge during a call on Saturday morning with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.In a readout of the phone conversation, a No 10 spokeswoman said the Prime Minister offered Challenger 2 tanks and additional artillery systems as a sign of the UK's ambition to intensify our support to Ukraine.

European Union added Bosnia to the list of official candidates to join the wealthy 27-nation bloc, diplomats said Thursday.The Western Balkans country joined the waiting room despite continuing criticism of the way it is run.Three diplomats told the Associated Press that Bosnia was granted candidate status.

Three days after opening up a pair of spots on their 90-man roster, the New England Patriots have made one follow-up move.The team is signing undrafted free agent wide receiver Ed Lee out of the University of Rhode Island, per a report from Monday morning.What exactly does signing mean for the Patriots, though?

The New England Patriots took a patient approach to the first round of the 2023 NFL Draft, and came away with one of the best players available: Oregon cornerback Christian Gonzalez was added with the 17th overall selection.Seen as a likely top-10 draft pick heading into Day 1, Gonzalez falling into the Patriots' lap - even more so after a trade-down - was a surprising development.

This time last year, Ten Hag was in his yellow pastel suit, walking into Selhurst Park.He watched a sorry United end their sorry season losing to a Crystal Palace side at the hands of a former player, Wilfried Zaha.If not for Brighton, The Red Devils would have been kitting out in the Europa Conference League this year.

Last week, Coca-Cola pitched fans on using generative artificial intelligence tools to create artwork for the brand with the chance that something they create could potentially appear on billboards in New York and London.The beverage behemoth is also reportedly working with consultancy Bain & Company to consider how it can integrate AI technologies into its marketing.

After I parked a new 2023 Toyota Prius and walked away, I turned around to look at it.Not because I was checking my parking job, but because it just looked so good.Turning around to look at a Prius is, seriously, something I never thought I would do.The car's sloping nose, low roof and sharply cornered back end resemble a sports car more than a flipped-over deviled egg like past Priuses.

While speaking to Yahoo Finance, Nina Schick, AI thought leader, had some bold predictions about AI's role in content creation and the future.Looking at the current popularity of OpenAI's ChatGPT, she stated, " I think we might reach 90% of online content generated by AI by 2025, so this technology is exponential...

People with type 2 diabetes should exercise in the afternoon instead of the morning to manage their blood sugar, a new study has found.In this study, we (have) shown that adults with type 2 diabetes had the greatest improvement in glucose control when they were most active in the afternoon, co-corresponding author Dr. Jingyi Qian, from the Division of Sleep and Circadian Disorders at Massachusetts' Brigham and Women's Hospital, said in a statement.

Canada's inflation rate reversed its cooling trend last month and moved higher, to a 4.4 per cent annual rate.Economists had been expecting new data released by Statistics Canada on Tuesday to show the cost of living had eased from March's 4.3 per cent pace to something around 4.1.Instead, it moved higher again, as the cost of things like gasoline, rent and mortgages increased during the month.

Canada's inflation rate slowed to 5.9 per cent in January, Statistics Canada said on Tuesday.That number was lower than the 6.2 per cent that economists were expecting.However, the price of groceries continued to accelerate at a faster pace than in December, the statistics agency reported.Mortgage interest costs continued to rise, clocking in at 21.2 per cent in January as the Bank of Canada tries to tame inflation with high interest rates.

We can hardly believe it, Google's first foldable is finally here - and alongside it launched what may be the best Pixel a-series phone yet.What are your impressions of the two devices from this year's Google I/O?
We'll start with the Google Pixel Fold.This phone is already up on pre-order in the US for $1,800 and will be available only in a few other key markets - the UK, German and Japan, though that will happen at a future date.

Isaac Newton connected the two motions in a way that revolutionized physics and made space travel possible.If you drop an object, it will fall.It's a motion that we've all seen hundreds of times.We've also all seen plenty of the moon, which makes one complete orbit around our planet every 27.3 days (as seen from the Earth).

Pep Guardiola has some starting XI decisions to make when Manchester City travel to Merseyside to face Everton on Sunday.The Citizens took a 1-1 draw from their first leg with Real Madrid in the Champions League semi-finals but have Premier League duties to worry about before the return fixture next week.

China has ordered Tesla, the world's dominant maker of electric vehicles, to recall 1.1 million vehicles, citing an issue with the acceleration and braking systems of certain models manufactured in China and abroad.China's market regulator announced the decision after carrying out an investigation into a reported defect, according to a statement issued on Friday.

The next two years are going to be tough on a tech industry that is seeing demand ginned up by the COVID-19 pandemic leveling off and an increasingly volatile global economy, according to Microsoft Chairman and CEO Satya Nadella.In an interview this week with CNBC this week, Nadella said the long-term growth prospects for tech companies are strong with emerging technologies like artificial intelligence, but that upswing will come after some pain.

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Data is the fuel that powers modern business.But as demand for data surges, so does the pressure on data leaders and practitioners to deliver it.Businesses need resilient data pipelines that deliver critical insight for real-time decision-making to users on demand.However, against the backdrop of today's chaotic modern data ecosystems, this is much easier said than done.

Ukrainian soldiers walk in a trench near Bakhmut, an eastern city where fierce battles against Russian forces have been taking place, in the Donetsk region, Ukraine, Saturday, 29 April 2023.Photograph: Libkos/AP Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature Emma Graham-Harrison White House national security council spokesperson John Kirby did not detail how the US calculated Russia's losses, but said about half of those who died were fighting under the Wagner mercenary group, rather than with the Russian military.

Explosions rang out once again across the Ukrainian capital on Saturday morning before being joined by the sound of air raid sirens.The deputy head of Ukraine's presidential office, Kyrylo Tymoshenko, said that critical infrastructure in the city had been targeted by a Russian missile attack, while mayor Vitali Klitschko wrote on Telegram that "explosions were heard in Dniprovskyi district."

EU leaders and their counterparts in the Western Balkans have worked to strengthen their partnership during a summit in Albania as Russia's war in Ukraine threatens to reshape the geopolitical balance in the region.he EU wanted to reassure leaders from Albania, Bosnia, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia and Serbia on Tuesday that they have futures within the wealthy economic bloc.

Sign up for CNN's Wonder Theory science newsletter.Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more.In 2017, Oumuamua became the first observed interstellar object to zip through our solar system, and its appearance sparked questions scientists are still trying to answer.

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Investment Thesis
Since my last coverage on Zoom Video Communications () in June, the company's share price has fallen over 28% and is now trading near its 52-week low.While I certainly do not think ARK Innovation ETF ( ARKK) target price of $1,500 is viable, the company does look pretty de-risked right now.

HEIGHT: 6'0"
WEIGHT: 176
HAND: 9"
ARM: 32 1/2"
WINGSPAN: TBD
40-YARD DASH: 4.40
3-CONE: N/A
SHUTTLE: N/A
VERTICAL: 40"
BROAD: 11'3"
POSITIVES - Elite burst and acceleration off the line.Threatens DBs immediately.- Great downfield speed.Will be an NFL team's primary field-stretcher right away.

On April 20, 2023, a new SpaceX rocket called Starship exploded over the Gulf of Mexico three minutes into its first flight.SpaceX is calling the test launch a success, despite the fiery end result.As a space policy expert, I agree that the "rapid unscheduled disassembly" - the term SpaceX uses when its rockets explode - was a very successful failure.

Dropbox has announced it plans to cut 16% of its workforce, equivalent to around 500 staff, as the company bets on artificial intelligence (AI) to support future operations.In a statement yesterday, CEO Drew Houston outlined the reasoning behind the company's round of layoffs, noting sluggish growth and economic headwinds have "put pressure on our customers" and the business.

Bruins "They had an impact and tilted the ice every time they were on it."On March 2, Jakub Lauko made the most of his first game at TD Garden in nearly a month.Inserted as a fourth-line spark plug, the 22-year-old winger rewarded Jim Montgomery's lineup reshuffle by lighting the lamp twice in Boston's 7-1 victory over the Sabres.

As companies move to more agile development, automated testing and process discovery will be critical to their ability to achieve innovation and success.Nearly 90% of software development teams have adopted agile and adoption is spreading throughout the organization, including IT, where close to two-thirds of teams have adopted it.

Meta Platforms' stock jumped 12% during after-hours trading on April 26 following its first-quarter report.The social media giant's revenue rose 3% year over year to $28.65 billion and beat analysts' estimates by $990 million.Its net income fell 24% to $5.71 billion.Its earnings per share ( EPS), which was buoyed by $9.22 billion in buybacks during the quarter, dropped 19% to $2.20 but still cleared the consensus forecast by $0.23.

When the bidders for India's multibillion-dollar incentive to make solar components were announced in early March, the absence of corporate behemoth Adani Group was conspicuous.The group which set up a gigantic factory to make solar equipment in 2016, more than tripled its capacity to make solar panels since 2017 and have begun making silicon materials needed to convert the sun rays to electricity was expected to bid in a large way, said Chiranjeev Saluja, the managing director of Premier Energies, an Indian solar components manufacturer.

If the Dallas Cowboys are serious about competing for a Super Bowl, they'd part ways with any and all deadwood on the roster.That, unfortunately, includes Ezekiel Elliott after the declining running back looked like a shell of his former self this past season, and posted career lows across the board.

Perhaps the biggest question looming over the Dallas Cowboys' offseason is the future of Ezekiel Elliott.A large contingent of fans were ready to move on from Elliott after last season, when he averaged just 4.2 yards per carry and 58.8 yards per game and looked as though his burst and acceleration were fading.

The Bank of England hiked interest rates by a quarter of a percentage point Thursday, extending its long-running fight against inflation, which rose unexpectedly in February.The central bank's 11th consecutive rate hike takes its benchmark rate to 4.25%, the highest since October 2008.Like other major central banks, it has pushed ahead with raising the cost of borrowing despite recent turmoil in the banking sector.

The nation's top aviation official talked about the safety risks of complacency in a Senate hearing Wednesday, and said the Federal Aviation Administration is juggling three competing systems of controlling US airspace.Billy Nolen, the acting FAA administrator, appeared before the Senate Commerce Committee to address the software outage that halted flight departures nationwide last month, a near miss between an American Airlines plane and a Delta Air Lines plane on a JFK airport runway last month, another close call between a FedEx cargo plane and a Southwest plane in Austin, Texas, earlier this month, and other recent safety problems plaguing the aviation industry.

The cigar-shaped 'Oumuamua, the first interstellar object in recorded human history to whizz through the Solar System, is a comet after all, a pair of astronomers declared in research published in Nature on Wednesday.In 2017, 'Oumuamua captured the imagination of scientists and space fans with its peculiar characteristics.

The astronomers operating the Pan-STARRS1 telescope on the island of Maui were not expecting to hit cosmic paydirt on Oct. 19, 2017but they did.On what was otherwise an ordinary night of skygazing, they suddenly spotted what is easily the oddest comet ever detected.Its high speed87 km per second (54 mi. per second)and highly elliptical angle indicated that it originated from deep space, the first known interstellar object ever to enter our solar system.

A pair of scientists may have figured out interstellar asteroid 'Oumuamua's secret - and it's not an alien spaceship after all.When the first known interstellar object passed through our Solar System in 2017, it got a lot of attention.Astronomers noticed that it was accelerating away from the Sun in a way that shouldn't have been possible, leading to wild speculation from some big names who suggested it might even be part of an alien spacecraft.

Sinclair Broadcast Group's big bet on regional professional sports veered into Bankruptcy Court on Tuesday as the company's unit that broadcasts local games filed for Chapter 11 protection.The company is seeking to restructure the more than $8 billion in debt it incurred from its 2019 purchase of regional cable channels.

For the second half of the regular season, once Alabama lost its first game, Georgia and Ohio State seemed to be on a collision course to play in the College Football Playoff championship game at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood on Jan. 9.But then the Buckeyes played Michigan, and their supposed revenge game against their rejuvenated rival turned out to be a 45-23 humiliation by the Wolverines in Columbus - a shocking result that threw out all assumptions as to which fan bases will invade Los Angeles in the new year.

Position: TE Bench Press: 21 reps
20-yard shuttle: 4.08
Background: Started 27 of 36 games for the Georgia Bulldogs, including seven as a freshman.In 2021, Washington missed three weeks due to a foot injury.Washington suffered another foot injury in the spring of 2022.Later in the year, Washington injured his ankle (contusion) against Ohio State but was available for the National Championship.

Nathaniel "Tank" Dell, WR/KR/PR School: Houston | Conference: AAC
College Experience: Junior | Age: 23
Height / Weight: 5'8" / 165 lbs
Projected Draft Status: 2nd-3rd Round
Player Comparison: Slower DeSean Jackson
College Statistics
Player Overview
The path to the NFL has been anything but linear for Nathaniel "Tank" Dell.

Garrett Williams, CB School: Syracuse | Conference: ACC
College Experience: RS Sophomore | Age: 21
Height / Weight: 5'10" / 192 lbs
Projected Draft Status: 3rd Round
Player Comparison: Kendall Fuller
College Statistics
Player Overview
Like many other players, Garrett Williams was a dual sport athlete sprinting while dominating in the secondary for his high school.

In the wake of a rough second half of 2022, Recurrent Ventures is prioritizing areas of its ad business where it sees the highest growth potential and return.That means ramping up its focus on programmatic direct and private marketplaces (PMPs) rather than open auctions, said Scott Mulqueen, Recurrent's VP of programmatic and yield.

PubMatic (Nasdaq: PUBM), an independent technology company delivering digital advertising's supply chain of the future, announced findings from a new report into the thriving European commerce media landscape.The study, "The Evolution of Commerce Media in Europe", commissioned in partnership with ExchangeWire, revealed that 67% of commerce media companies and retailers are planning to increase investment in this area, and 24% are planning to maintain an already healthy level of investment.

Next up in ExchangeWire's 2023 Predictions series is one of ad tech's hottest topics: Retail media.A market that has been a decade in the making, Retail media represents a completely untapped opportunity for the ad tech industry.How will the industry navigate the area in 2023?Industry experts share their thoughts.

Published XIoT vulnerabilities are trending down and have been since 2021.At the same time, the percentage of vulnerabilities published by the device manufacturer rather than third-party researchers is trending up.The clear implication is device manufacturers are taking greater responsibility for the security of their own devices.

The Ukrainian people have "suffered unimaginably", King Charles has said in a message marking the first anniversary of Russia's invasion.He also praised their "remarkable courage and resilience" after thousands have been killed and injured.A minute's silence was held across the UK at 11:00 GMT.

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The dream of high-speed rail from the major cities of California to Las Vegas took a step forward today with the announcement of a labor agreement to construct the 260-mile Brightline West project.From a statement:

...the State Building and Construction Trades Council of California (SBCTC), Southern Nevada Building Trades Union, and Brightline West announced a historic memorandum of understanding to construct America's first true high-speed rail system connecting Las Vegas and Southern California.

A wave of green subsidies in the US and EU aims to boost renewable energy sources based on a 1.8C temperature rise.Climate policy announcements from the past three months are becoming more ambitious, and most aim for a rise in global temperatures of no more than 1.8C (3.1F), a new assessment finds.The Inevitable Policy Response (IPR), which describes itself as a climate transition forecasting consortium, has been tracking government and private sector climate policies since a United Nations climate summit in November 2021 and weighs the announcements according to their credibility and ambition.

The Desert Stateline Solar Facility near Nipton, Calif.(Bing Guan/Reuters)The world is set to add as much renewable energy in the next five years as it did in the past two decades, as a global energy crisis sparked by the war in Ukraine accelerates growth in renewables such as wind and solar, the International Energy Agency says.

The Raptors 905 got some much-needed Ws at the expense of the visiting Fort Wayne Mad Ants this past weekend, and topped it off with a win over the G League Ignite last night.The Mad Ants came to town shorthanded for their two-game set, with depth as the swing factor for both games.Despite having the reigning G League MVP in Trevelin Queen, the Raptors 905's relentless attacks were too much for the visitors.

Is remote work good for startups, or should more companies require their employees to return to doing business in-person?Depends on who you ask.A16z co-founder Marc Andreessen recently lamented how young workers, in particular, are disadvantaged by remote work."There's this whole model that an entire generation grew up with that has all of the sudden been detonated," Andreessen said about the shift in work culture over the past couple of decades.

For months, the outlook for the U.S. economy has been a mostly bleak one: Inflation hitting a four-decade high, consumer spending weakening, interest rates surging.Most economists penciled in a recession for 2023.An economic downturn is still possible.Yet in recent weeks, with inflation showing widespread signs of easing, a more cheerful view has gained traction: Maybe a recession isn't inevitable after all.

T ube trains could travel at slower speeds to iron out bumps in the track that cause excessive noise on the London Underground.Transport for London is to trial a self-correcting system after spending up to 50 million on partly failed efforts to reduce the screeching and rumbling suffered by passengers and residents.

The Miami Dolphins aren't only facing the Buffalo Bills on Saturday night.They'll also be facing harsh elements and some serious history.Nobody from Miami wants to see snow or jackets.The Dolphins are no exception.For the Miami Dolphins, Saturday night will have them seeing plenty when they visit the Buffalo Bills.

European affairs ministers from the 27 EU nations gathered Tuesday to discuss a recommendation from the bloc's executive arm to grant Bosnia candidate member status.Despite continuing criticism of the way the Balkan nation is run, Bosnia could make a significant step toward the wealthy club if it gets unanimous support from member countries before EU leaders hold a summit in Brussels on Thursday.

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