UAE opens summit as energy industry weathers Middle East concerns

Boeing factory workers to vote on deal that could end seven-week strike

Nintendo reports lower profits as demand drops for its ageing Switch console

Hugo Boss faces sales target delays amid weak demand in China

Profits at power company CEZ hit by lower earnings in trading and mining

Boeing to take weeks to resume production of planes after strike

Halloween fans flock to spooky Bucharest festival

As with any high-stakes event, elections have become a prime target for cybercriminals seeking to exploit public trust through impersonation, misinformation, and scams. CSC's comprehensive research about the 2024 U.S. Election reveals the alarming role of dormant domains, which have the potential to be exploited for launching cyber attacks against political campaigns, organizations, and constituents.

Thanks to wide adoption of the Infrastructure as Code (IaC) approach, programmatic provisioning of cloud resources is slowly transforming almost every aspect of computing, with administration of web apps having emerged as a key use case. With IaC, it's possible to streamline resource management tasks, shorten time-to-market, control costs, and scale at will. The adoption of continuous integration and continuous delivery (CICD) pipelines is already making a huge difference in web app deployment and cloud resource management.

The U.S. Office of Public Affairs issued a statement on 4 September 2024 regarding the seizure of 32 websites that are believed to be part of the so-called "Doppelganger" campaign.

A CircleID post by Alexander Klimburg takes aim at my article, "The Power to Govern Ourselves," delivered at the Gig-Arts conference in June. That speech, available here on the blog, argued that: "Multistakeholder does not describe a governance model. It never has. It was always a compromised Public Relations concept," one that muddied the distinction between governance by state actors and non-state actors. What really made the Internet institutions unique was their break with sovereignty.

If you've been waiting for a real mission of discovery into the unknown, this is it.

US probing whether TSMC helped Huawei make AI chips.

Announcements will almost certainly include the first wave of M4-powered Macs.

Learn how to transform the dreaded statement of "We pay yet see no problems" through approaches revealing your true value beyond fixes. MSPs gain insights for better client relationships long-term.

Source: How to Deal with “Everything Works, What Do We Pay You For?” - Technibble.com

A great interior and decent economy, but a harsh ride and numb steering.

The grand discovery of alien life is likely to come in the form of frustratingly subtle chemical clues.

At least nine asteroid missions are underway or coming soon, a recognition of these objects' scientific fascination — and their potential danger.

Deputy project scientist Ken Williford shares his hopes about what NASA's latest rover might discover on the Red Planet.

A starry sense of wonder can pry apart the fears and doubts that turn so many people away from science.

May's incredible displays may have been among the strongest in 500 years. Now, the responsible sunspot region is rotating back toward us.

Is sugar really addictive? It's better to have a low-sugar diet instead of a full sugar detox for both your mind and body health.

It’s probably best to enjoy your Halloween spoils in moderation.

From boosting bone strength to balancing hormones, weight lifting offers powerful benefits that support our overall health and wellness.

Fueled by record-warm waters, the storm turned into one of the largest on record ever to slam into the Gulf Coast.

"Hurricane Milton became one of the most rapidly intensifying storms on record as it went from barely hurricane strength to a dangerous Category 5 storm in less than a day."

Linguists explore how climate may shape language, revealing links between weather conditions and vocal sounds.

Despite a sliver of good news in the latest monthly climate analyses, global heating continues — and the world is far from taming it.

Margaret Floy Washburn overcame barriers in the male-dominated field of psychology. Learn how she established herself as the founding mother of comparative psychology.

When it comes to mental illness, we’ve come a long way since the days of superstition and sorcery. But we still have work to do.

What is the psychology behind keeping secrets? How the things we hide affect our wellbeing. Here are some ways to cope with them.

New brain-coding technology brings us one step closer to mind reading.

Along with eclipse-related activities, try some pet projects, library kits and litter monitoring

Bats, dolphins, National Parks and a 12-hour Zooniverse Palooza are coming up for Citizen Science Month.

CubeSats make it affordable for universities and private companies to launch a satellite into space.

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The Moon starts the week low in twilight with Venus and Spica, then steps eastward past Antares and the Sagittarius Teapot. Meanwhile, the recurrent nova in Corona Borealis is still keeping us waiting.

The post This Week's Sky at a Glance, September 6 – 15 appeared first on Sky & Telescope.

The Moon occults Saturn before dawn on Tuesday morning, then the Moon skims the edge of Earth's shadow for a partial lunar eclipse that evening. Meanwhile, Jupiter and Mars shine in fine view late at night.

The post This Week's Sky at a Glance, September 13 – 22 appeared first on Sky & Telescope.

In this dark-of-the-Moon week, the Cygnus Milky Way crosses the zenith, and Arcturus, Capella, and Fomalhaut come to a certain balance.

The post This Week's Sky at a Glance, September 20 – 29 appeared first on Sky & Telescope.

On these moonless evenings, Cassiopeia shows some of its inner workings. The Circlet of Pisces offers a very red star next to a little-known cross. From Vega, Lyra points away from the head of Draco.

The post This Week's Sky at a Glance, September 27 – October 6 appeared first on Sky & Telescope.

The waxing crescent Moon passes Venus, then Antares, in the western twilight. Several days later, Comet Tsuchinshan starts stealing the twilight show for everyone in the world's north temperate latitudes!

The post This Week's Sky at a Glance, October 4 – 13 appeared first on Sky & Telescope.

Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS enters its week of glory for those of us in the Northern Hemisphere. Don't let any clear twilight slip by!

The post This Week's Sky at a Glance, October 11 – 20 appeared first on Sky & Telescope.

Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS fades and shrinks as it rises high into a darker sky. Venus passes Antares. The waning Moon passes the Pleiades, Jupiter, and Mars. Arcturus becomes the Ghost of Summer Suns.

The post This Week's Sky at a Glance, October 18 – 27 appeared first on Sky & Telescope.

Fading Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS poses high in a moonless sky for its fans with binoculars and telescopes, even as we wave farewell for at least a hundred thousand years, maybe forever. Meanwhile four brighter, more permanent members of the solar system await attention.

The post This Week's Sky at a Glance, October 25 – November 3 appeared first on Sky & Telescope.

The thin crescent Moon pairs beautifully with Venus low in Monday's twilight. And be on the lookout for any Taurid fireballs this week!

The post This Week's Sky at a Glance, November 1 – 10 appeared first on Sky & Telescope.

The stars betray that we've tipped from the season of warm evenings to the cold (or at least crisp). And the Moon this week skims Saturn, then the Pleiades.

The post This Week's Sky at a Glance, November 8 – 17 appeared first on Sky & Telescope.

The Arecibo Observatory’s radar system may have produced currents that weakened the zinc sockets holding the cables in place, new report says.

The post Arecibo’s Powerful Radar May Have Contributed to the Telescope’s Demise appeared first on Sky & Telescope.

[First published on Antiwar.com]

Fantasies underlying push for conscription are delusional and dangerous.

Doubling down on their recent war-game exercises and report on the (un)readiness of the U.S. to activate a military draft, Taren Sylvester and Katherine Kuzminski of the Center for a New American Security (CNAS) have a new article in War on the Rocks, “Preparing for the Possibility of a Draft Without Panic,” laying out why they think the U.S. needs to prepare for a draft in order to be able to win an all-out war with China over Taiwan.

CNAS and War on the Rocks like to describe themselves as “realists”. But their arguments for stepped-up planning and preparation for a draft are strikingly unrealistic, in at least four respects: