Mercedes Rancaño Otero/Getty Images Although China remains one of the world’s largest emitters of greenhouse gases, it is also making notable progress in its ongoing efforts to move toward cleaner alternatives like wind and solar power. In a significant move that further boosts its green credentials, the country recently installed the Sanxia Linghang, or Three Gorges Pilot, which has been described as the world’s largest single-unit operational floating offshore wind turbine, both in terms of capacity and rotor diameter. Located in the waters off southern China, the turbine, built by…
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Over the past five years, Meta’s Oversight Board has weighed in on everything from Donald Trump’s suspension of Facebook to AI deepfakes. The board is now tackling another thorny issue: Meta’s rules for deactivating user accounts. The board announced earlier this year that it would explore improving the transparency of the process, which is often frustratingly opaque. The watchdog group looked into the issue following a referral from Meta regarding an Instagram account with 70,000 followers that was banned after posting threatening messages targeting a journalist. In its decision, the Oversight Board says Meta was correct in banning the account,…
The company has confirmed that it is producing a version of Switch 2 that meets European standards. Nintendo Nintendo has confirmed that it will release a version of the Switch 2 with replaceable batteries in 2027. In a post announcing its intention to comply with European Union directives, the company said it was “implementing measures to comply” and “preparing product releases” to meet the EU’s 2023 “right to repair” policy. As of February 18, 2027, batteries in “certain devices” sold in the EU will have to be easily replaceable by users at any time, under the…
Evannovostro/Shutterstock The U.S. government is preparing to dismantle one of the most important tools scientists have for monitoring the effects of climate change on the oceans. This will ultimately bring to an end the Ocean Observatories Initiative (OOI), which was scheduled to last 25 years since it began operations in 2016. The system is made up of more than 900 instruments integrated into the deep waters off the coasts of Oregon, Alaska, North Carolina, Washington, as well as the Irminger Sea, located between Greenland and Iceland. This system has been…
The standard version of Rayman Legends Retold will cost $40. Ubisoft Shocking absolutely no one who pays any attention to game rumors, Ubisoft has a remake of its 2013 game Rayman Legends on the way. It was confirmed during the presentation of the inventory on Tuesday that Rayman Legends Tell will arrive on October 1st. It’s coming to PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch 2 and PC. The standard edition will cost $40. Ubisoft Montpellier, the studio that made the original game, worked on the remake with Ubisoft Milan and support teams elsewhere at the…
JPop demon hunters? Yes please. The ever-charming Ikumi Nakamura appeared on today’s State of Play showcase to debut a gameplay trailer for her indie studio’s debut project, Unseen. It’s an action game called Kemuriwhere you play as a yokai hunter discovering and defeating spirits in a futuristic, cyberpunk city. The gameplay trailer highlighted several flashy fighting styles, such as a bow and arrow and magic-infused martial arts. According to Nakamura, you can channel the powers of each defeated demon into fashion pieces that you don to face increasingly difficult enemies. Traversal also appears to be a big…
HANIF KARIM/Shutterstock Ah, the BlackBerry. Has a piece of technology ever gone from “wave of the future” to “object of ironic nostalgia” so quickly? Although technology enthusiasts and business efficiency gurus embraced the BlackBerry during its early years on the market, the rise of smartphones made this trailblazer obsolete. So, it can be easy to forget that the BlackBerry actually offered some genuinely useful features that users still lack today. Users who long for the good old days of BlackBerry may not simply be looking at the past through rose-colored…
Those who purchased the first version of Prologue: Go Wayback! could get a refund. Brendan Greene and his studio PlayerUnknown Productions have just announced a downsizing effort. It’s the developer behind the megahit Battle Royale. PUBG. The company lays off an unspecified number of employees and cancels development of one title, the survival roguelike. Prologue: Flashback. An early access version of this title has been available on Steam and Epic Games Store since last year for $20. Greene says he’s “looking into” ways players can get refunds. This early access version will remain available and will now be free. The…
Subscription also provides access to independent projects that are worth checking out. Atlus Xbox announced the next set of titles coming to its Game Pass subscription in early June. One of the strong points is Persona 5 Royalewhich is the 2020 version that added a third chapter and some other additional information to the original groundbreaking JRPG from 2016. If it’s been a while since you revisited this elegant story, this month might be a good time to jump into another playthrough. The game joins the Xbox subscription lineup on June 9. On the more independent…
And Robert Rodriguez cried. Insomniac / YouTube If you’re a Wolverine fan, you probably know to expect blood every time he shows up. And if you watched this week’s trailer for Insomniac’s upcoming PS5 game, well, let’s just say it earned its M rating. “Everyone looks like a bag of jam,” observed one Reddit user. “Nobody has any organs or bones. They’re just full of jam.” Luckily for the squeamish (and perhaps the game’s sales figures), the game will include accessibility options to alleviate it. Sony studios have made accessibility a priority in recent years, and…