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Google just landed a deal to capture planet-heating pollution at a huge bargain: $100 per ton of CO2, the price climate tech startups around the world are racing to achieve in order to make their technologies commercially viable.
The company announced the agreement today with Holocene, a startup with an even shorter history than others in the emerging carbon removal industry that has nevertheless attracted some big-name backers.
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Worldās first gigawatt-scale floating solar power system launches off Chinaās eastern coast. The 1,223-hectare installation has annual output of 1.78 billion kilowatt-hours. China has expanded its renewable energy portfolio with a pioneering floating solar power installation in the Yellow Sea. The one-gigawatt facility, activated by state-owned utility CHN Energy, transforms unoccupied ocean space into a... Read more Ā» Read more āŗ
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Looking for new Pixels this year? Well, for better or worse, this year's lineup is as big as it gets. You have a choice between four Pixel 9 phones. But if you've narrowed down your choice to just the Google Pixel 9 Pro and the Google Pixel 9 Pro XL, we've got you covered as we'll be putting them head-to-head in this comparison based on our extensive review findings. We... Read more āŗ
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A Nvidia sales lead said in an email to colleagues that Musk's demand for chips was straining the company's supply chain, per The Wall Street Journal. Read more āŗ
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"And now I look across the table, and I just think, 'When am I going to have to change this guy's diaper?'" Teri Hatcher said. Read more āŗ
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The A350 marks the start of fleet modernization for Emirates, alongside Boeing 777X and 787 aircraft. For Sir Tim Clark, the new planes canāt arrive soon enough. -Ajay Awtaney Read more āŗ
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Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg reportedly met with Trump, who previously threatened to jail the Facebook founder. Read more āŗ
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Traveling for the holidays doesn't have to mean leaving your favorite streaming channels at home. My go-to streaming stick gets a big discount for Black Friday. Read more āŗ
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No Man's Sky didn't get off to the smoothest of starts, but eight years after its controversial launch, Hello Games' exploratory space sim has reached a significant milestone, finally gaining enough favourable player reviews on Steam to shift its overall rating to "Very Positive". Read more Read more āŗ
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We've tested alarm clocks -- a whole collection -- to identify the best one to help kickstart your day. These are the best options. Read more āŗ
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While the iPhone 17 Pro and iPhone 17 Pro Max are not expected to launch for 10 more months, there are already plenty of rumors about the devices. Below, we recap key changes rumored for the iPhone 17 Pro models so far: Aluminum frame: iPhone 17 Pro models are rumored to have an aluminum frame, whereas the iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro models have a titanium frame, and... Read more āŗ
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Republicans and the banking industry have accused the CFPB of regulatory overreach because it doesn't follow the usual congressional budget process. Read more āŗ
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Marine biologists documented the never-before-confirmed behavior among orcas living in the Southern Gulf of California. Read more āŗ
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The Miss Universe first runner-up, Chidimma Adetshina, earned Nigeria's highest-ever placement. She shared her tumultuous pageant journey with BI. Read more āŗ
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Some women are playing poker to help build their risk-taking and negotiating skills, which in turns helps them in their careers. Read more āŗ
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Lava unveiled the Yuva 3 in February, and today, the brand announced the Yuva 4 as its successor. The Lava Yuva 4 comes with the Unisoc T606 SoC, 4GB RAM, up to 128GB storage, and Android 14. The Yuva 4 is built around a 6.56" HD+ 90Hz LCD and packs a 5,000 mAh battery with 10W charging support. For photography, you get an 8MP selfie camera on the front and... Read more āŗ
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On Thursday, tens of millions of Americans will partake in a national ritual many of us say we donāt especially enjoy or find meaning in. We will collectively eat more than 40 million turkeys ā factory farmed and heavily engineered animals that bear scant resemblance to the wild birds that have been apocryphally written into [ā¦] Read more āŗ
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The race for better performance is irrelevant to me. How long the product lasts on a charge is what I'm really looking for. Read more āŗ
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Western officials believe that Moscow likely orchestrated the Baltic Sea incident as part of growing efforts to cripple key maritime infrastructure. Read more āŗ
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An anonymous reader quotes a report from the Associated Press: Danish lawmakers on Monday agreed on a deal to plant 1 billion trees and convert 10% of farmland into forest and natural habitats over the next two decades in an effort to reduce fertilizer usage. The government called the agreement "the biggest change to the Danish landscape in over 100 years." Under the agreement, 43 billion kroner ($6.1 billion) have... Read more āŗ
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Luxury cobblers previously told BI that Taylor Swift may have sparked an interest in Louboutins among Gen Z after wearing them on the Eras Tour. Read more āŗ
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Kristen Radtke / The Verge Bluesky feels like the big winner right now. Iāve been covering Bluesky ever since I got my invite in April 2023. Iāve felt the platform has always had promise, especially with features like feeds with custom algorithms and the ability to let users pick their own moderation filters. But for a long while, it didnāt have the critical mass of users that I could follow... Read more āŗ
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Illustration by Lille Allen / The Verge Elon Musk is, in addition to many other things, now the co-lead of the currently nonexistent Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) advisory group. Now, before it even gets rolling, he has begun singling out individual government employees he says are emblematic of the governmentās bloat and posting about them to his hundreds of millions of followers on X. Earlier this week, as first... Read more āŗ
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Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge These days, Black Friday isnāt so much a single-day shopping holiday as it is an ever-expanding, monthslong event that often begins as early as October. The 24-hour deal blitz that once was the focus of newspaper headlines and mobs outside of stores is no more, which makes knowing when and where you should be spending your cash all the more confusing. Luckily, weāre here... Read more āŗ
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Photo by Prince Williams/Wireimage Musically speaking, Iād say Drake lost the tit-for-tat feud this year between himself and Kendrick Lamar, which culminated in Lamarās hit song āNot Like Us.ā But Drake (real name: Aubrey Graham) doesnāt seem to want to accept defeat that easily. In a petition filed in New Yorkās state Supreme Court on Monday, Drake is accusing Universal Music Group ā the label thatās represented him for his... Read more āŗ
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Image: Hugo Herrera / The Verge Youād think Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla and its wide-reaching Supercharger network, would already know about the workings of the federal National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) program that has dedicated $7.5 billion to building a national charging network. However, he needed Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg to chime in on X yesterday to stop some Republican leaders from spreading misinformation about the program.... Read more āŗ
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Image: Universal Jon M. Chuās Wicked adaptation gets at the heart of what makes musicals such a spectacular form of storytelling. Continue readingā¦ Read more āŗ
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Image: Elen Winata for The Verge From noise-canceling earbuds to robot vacuums and 4K OLED TVs, there is already plenty on offer. Continue readingā¦ Read more āŗ
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Image: The Verge A New York judge has determined that SiriusXMās ālong and burdensomeā cancellation process is illegal. In a ruling on Thursday, Judge Lyle Frank found SiriusXM violates a federal law that requires companies to make it easy to cancel a subscription. The decision comes nearly one year after New York Attorney General Leticia James sued SiriusXM over claims the company makes subscriptions difficult to cancel. Following an investigation,... Read more āŗ
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Photo by Liam James Doyle for The Verge One Amazon influencer makes a living posting content from her beige home. But after she noticed another account hocking the same minimal aesthetic, a rivalry spiraled into a first-of-its-kind lawsuit. Can the legal system protect the vibe of a creator? And what if that vibe is basic? Continue readingā¦ Read more āŗ
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Some Apple Home users have shoehorned iPads into wall-mounted home controllers. However, reports indicate Apple is developing a dedicated home control device. | Photo By Carlos Avila Gonzalez / The San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images The smart home has an interface problem. Searching for an app on your phone, fighting with a confused voice assistant, and fiddling with a āsmartā display to turn off a light is enough to... Read more āŗ
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