Airbnb introduces safety guide for natural disasters in Puerto Rico Airbnb has introduced “ Safety Recommendations for Natural Phenomena ,” a guide developed to assist hosts and their guests in Puerto Rico in staying safe during natural disasters such as earthquakes, ... 04/17/2024 - 10:01 pm | View Link
Resolution for Emergency Management Disaster Plan Approved by Town of Albin Spring clean up and an ambulance fundraiser was on the agenda at the Albin Town Council monthly meeting on April 11th. This was a first in a year that Mayor Kelly Krakow had nothing to report. He also ... 04/17/2024 - 5:28 am | View Link
Updated LA County climate action plan sets goals for carbon-neutral county by 2045 The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved an updated climate action plan on Tuesday, April 16 with the goal of reducing greenhouse gases emitted within unincorporated county ... 04/16/2024 - 1:15 pm | View Link
How to Create a Small Business Continuity Plan for Natural Disasters Many small businesses protect themselves by incorporating. However, companies should also understand how to protect themselves from natural disasters. Forces of nature, like major hurricanes and ... 04/11/2024 - 1:03 am | View Link
Simon Stiell (Executive Secretary, UN Climate Change) Address To Chatham House: Two Years To Save The World The World Bank’s work on Climate Resilient Debt Clauses - which allow countries facing supercharged storms to focus on recovery - are another welcome step in the right direction. Eligibility should ... 04/10/2024 - 10:42 am | View Link
Connections is the latest New York Times word game that's captured the public's attention. The game is all about finding the "common threads between words." And just like Wordle, Connections resets after midnight and each new set of words gets trickier and trickier—so we've served up some hints and tips to get you over the hurdle.
Enlarge / A meeting of the UN Security Council on April 14. (credit: Fatih Aktas/Anadolu via Getty Images)
Russia vetoed a United Nations Security Council resolution Wednesday that would have reaffirmed a nearly 50-year-old ban on placing weapons of mass destruction into orbit, two months after reports Russia has plans to do just that.
Russia's vote against the resolution was no surprise.
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Logitech announced a new mouse last week. A company rep reached out to inform Ars of Logitech’s “newest wireless mouse.” The gadget’s product page reads the same as of this writing.
I’ve had good experience with Logitech mice, especially wireless ones, one of which I'm using now.
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Trendy, unproven "vampire facials" performed at an unlicensed spa in New Mexico left at least three women with HIV infections. This marks the first time that cosmetic procedures have been associated with an HIV outbreak, according to a detailed report of the outbreak investigation published today.
Ars reported on the cluster last year when state health officials announced they were still identifying cases linked to the spa despite it being shut down in September 2018.
The HMD Pulse base model. [credit:
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HMD has been known as the manufacturer of Nokia-branded phones for years now, but now the company wants to start selling phones under its own brand. The first is the "HMD Pulse" line, a series of three low-end phones that are headed for Europe.
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In the world of AI, what might be called "small language models" have been growing in popularity recently because they can be run on a local device instead of requiring data center-grade computers in the cloud. On Wednesday, Apple introduced a set of tiny source-available AI language models called OpenELM that are small enough to run directly on a smartphone.