An anonymous reader quotes a report from Wired: Twitch has been and remains home to illicit sports broadcasts; a late December boxing match attracted over 86,000 viewers — some of whom spammed ASCII genitalia in chat — and a mid-January soccer match drew over 70,000 over three livestreams. Although Twitch often stomps them out mid-match, plenty of livestreams posted by throwaway…
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What Went Wrong With Virtual Reality?
An anonymous reader shares a report: “When I put in the earpieces and goggles the first time it was crazy – it feels so believable,” says Anna Taylor, 32, of her visit to a virtual reality (VR) arcade. “The whole experience of being immersed in a compelling virtual world is incredible.” Anna has since visited the east London arcade many times,…
Twenty years of discoveries changing story of human evolution
Archaeological discoveries are happening faster than ever before, helping refine the human story. Source: https://earthsky.org/human-world/archaeological-discoveries-changing-story-of-human-evolution…
Aliens may be among us, says former astronaut
Britain’s first ever astronaut – Dr. Helen Sharman – is certain that we are not alone in the universe. The first woman ever to visit the Mir space sta… Source: https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/333522/aliens-may-be-among-us-says-former-astronaut…
Energy Consumption at Data Centers Will Become ‘Unsustainable’, Researcher Predicts
“The gigabytes of data we’re using — although invisible — come at a significant cost to the environment,” argues the CBC’s senior technology reporter. “Some experts say it rivals that of the airline industry.” And as more smart devices rely on data to operate (think internet-connected refrigerators or self-driving cars), their electricity demands are set to skyrocket. “We are using an…
Ferocious fires in Australia intensified this week
The outlook for the bushfire situation in Australia continues to be grim. This post is an update via NASA, containing NOAA-NASA satellite images of actively burning fires and the resultant billowing smoke. Source: https://earthsky.org/earth/ferocious-fires-in-australia-intensified-this-week…
A Quarter of the World’s Pigs Died Last Year in China
By the end of August 2019, the entire pig population of China had dropped by about 40 percent. China accounted for more than half of the global pig population in 2018, and the epidemic there alone has killed nearly one-quarter of all the world’s pigs. From a report: By late September, the disease had cost economic losses of one trillion yuan…
One-Quarter of World’s Pigs Died In a Year Due To Swine Fever In China
An anonymous reader quotes a report from The New York Times: The [African swine fever disease] was first reported in Shenyang, Liaoning Province, in early August 2018. By the end of August 2019, the entire pig population of China had dropped by about 40 percent. China accounted for more than half of the global pig population in 2018, and the epidemic…
Dad Takes Son To Mongolia Just To Get Him Off His Phone
An anonymous reader quotes a report from the BBC: Riding through a remote valley in Mongolia on the back of his motorbike, adventurer Jamie Clarke let the hum of the engine and the wind echo in his mind while his thoughts wandered. After several hours, he pulled over to shake off his helmet and take a look at the map. This…
Alone In A Crowded Milky Way
Basic extrapolations suggest that if there are other spacefaring civilizations in the Milky Way, they could spread across the entire galaxy with surprising speed. Why, then, have we found no irrefutable evidence of aliens visiting Earth? Popular answers to this puzzle — that we are alone, that interstellar travel is impossible, that aliens are hiding from us — all rest on…