WASHINGTON — The Biden administration is awarding over $3 billion to U.S. companies to boost domestic production of advanced batteries and other materials used for electric vehicles, part of a continuing push to reduce China’s global dominance in battery production for EVs and other electronics. The grants will fund a total of 25 projects in … Read more
Chris Baraniuk It’s estimated that one third of the world’s airline seats are made in Northern Ireland In a warehouse building in a quiet town in Northern Ireland, a robot arm is opening and closing an airplane meal table over and over again. It has been programmed to carry out this mundane task no fewer … Read more
Ovarian cancer is a type of cancer that impacts the female reproductive system. The risk of developing ovarian cancer in a woman’s lifetime is 1 in 87, according to the American Cancer Society (ACS). It’s most commonly seen in older women, particularly over age 63. ‘DOES SMARTPHONE EXPOSURE CAUSE BRAIN CANCER?’: ASK A DOCTOR Ovarian … Read more
Joseph Peko’s hair is so long coming out of his Oaks Christian helmet that sometimes offensive linemen have tried to pull on it hoping to slow his pass rush. He said he hasn’t cut his hair in five years, which helps explain why it covers the back of his No. 58 jersey. Gardena Serra linemen … Read more
CNN — The battle to decide who will run crisis-wracked Argentina is heading to a run off vote next month between left wing candidate Sergio Massa and far right libertarian Javier Milei, according to data released by Argentina’s National Electoral Chamber after the first round of voting on Sunday. After polls closed Massa received the … Read more
A New York City cowboy boot store may sell classic styles, but it’s been improving its sales by using technology and analytics on the Bindo POS iPad app. Source link
It’s late July/ August, and it is officially ‘late season’ for plant shopping at the nursery. (Don’t worry! – you get another chance for regular-season planting in the early fall – come September). In many parts of the country, this is a good time to find sales on perennials, particularly those that have … Read more
Johanna Dominguez of Put a Plant on It, planted this terrarium for me, my second. Happy new year! I’m celebrating by embracing a new terrarium. I’m somewhat confident because I have one already that I’ve kept going for more than a dozen years. I say somewhat because I personally did not plant either of the … Read more
Olive Garden said Thursday it’s teaming up with Uber to offer delivery for the first time. Darden Restaurants, which owns Olive Garden, LongHorn Steakhouse and other chains, said Olive Garden will be the first of its brands to offer third-party delivery starting later this year. Individual orders will be picked up and delivered by Uber … Read more
Telegram founder and CEO Pavel Durov has hit out at French authorities, calling his arrest last week in relation to allegations of insufficient moderation on the messaging app “misguided”. In his first public statement since he was detained, he denied claims that Telegram is “some sort of anarchic paradise” as “absolutely untrue”. Mr Durov was … Read more