Japan literary laureate admits using ChatGPT for her novel
TOKYO, JAPAN - The winner of Japan's most prestigious literary award has acknowledged that about "five percent" of her futuristic novel...
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Arab nations’ pledge bolsters COP26 message
The UAE, Saudi Arabia, and Egypt have made some strong climate-action pledges at or before COP26.
- The summit may not achieve its target of reducing carbon emissions by 45 percent by 2030
- COP26 wants governments to adopt carbon emission targets through 2030
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Olive growers in Holy Land at the mercy of climate change
During the recent olive harvest, Palestinian farmer Dalal Sawalmeh raked her fingers through the silvery green leaves of her family's...
- Like many farmers across the occupied West Bank, Gaza Strip and Israel, she blames climate change for impacting the iconic gnarled trees
- This year her trees produced less than half their usual yield and "not all the trees bore fruit"
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Ten global firms launch the Alliance for Clean Air
The first global corporate effort to tackle air pollution was launched today, named the Alliance for Clean Air, bringing together...
- Ten companies are committing to measuring their air pollution footprint and creating clear, actionable plans to help deliver clean air
- In 2019, it was the fourth leading risk factor for early death worldwide, surpassed only by high blood pressure, tobacco use and poor diet
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Augmented reality: an early taste of the metaverse?
The key idea behind metaverse, supposedly the internet of the future, is the blurring of the divide between the physical...
- Augmented Reality is believed to be the early stage of the metaverse envisioned by Facebook.
- With AR, you put on a device and you're still in your world, but we're augmenting it with digital content, says Peggy Johnson, CEO of Magic Leap
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US approves Pfizer’s Covid vaccine for children aged 5-11
The United States can now start giving children aged 5-11 the Pfizer-BioNtech Covid vaccine, US health authorities said Tuesday in...
- Days after gaining authorization from the Food and Drug Administration, the vaccine was endorsed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- The government was well ahead of the decision, procuring enough doses for the children in the 5-11 age group
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IMF head urges COP26 to ramp up climate action
The world is at a turning point on climate change. IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva has urged world leaders at the...
- The IMF chief has urged world leaders to make strong policy on climate change, calling it a grave threat
- Kristalina Georgieva said in a blog that global policies will leave 2030 carbon emission far higher than needed to achieve current goals
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Dubai to plant more mangrove trees to preserve coastline
Dubai Municipality has begun a new drive to plant mangrove trees in Dubai’s natural reserves as part of its efforts...
- Dubai Municipality will start planting mangrove trees in its marine reserves in Ras Al Khor and Jebel Ali
- These trees will be planted in areas that are not exposed to waves, such as shallow areas and creeks, where the tidal rate does not exceed 1-2 meters
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Qatar plans to reduce 25% greenhouse emissions by 2030
The 25 percent reduction would equal to a dip of 37 Mat CO2 eq by 2030, according to national figures,...
- The reduction said to be part of the National Climate Change Action Plan to reduce emissions in Qatar
- The plan is expected to take Qatar closer to achieving its sustainable development goal by 2030
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Saudi Arabia joins space-based climate monitoring effort
The move comes barely days after the country announced during the Saudi Green Initiative forum that it aims to achieve...
- Saudi Space Commission has signed the joint international statement on space monitoring of the climate
- The signing took place at the headquarters of the Saudi pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai
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TII of Abu Dhabi partners with top institutes on mesh projects
Technology Innovation Institute (TII) has announced that its Secure Systems Research Centre (SSRC) has partnered with three universities on secure...
- Mesh network is a network topology in which the infrastructure nodes connect directly, dynamically, and non-hierarchically to as many other nodes as possible
- The project is set to strengthen the security of the Mesh network technology that TII is currently developing
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‘Super-sized’ cosmic explosion dwarfs solar system
Astronomers have observed a fireball 100 times the size of our solar system that suddenly began blazing in the distant...
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Rise of ChatGPT: GCC might lose 10 million jobs in 5 years
Its transformative power to reshape life has left people awestruck across the world, but the technology that powers ChatGPT might...
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‘US needs $30bn to seal 14,000 unplugged offshore oil, gas wells’
The cost to secure thousands of inactive oil and gas wells in the US Gulf of Mexico could top $30...
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NASA sends two small satellites into orbit to track hurricanes
A second Rocket Lab-built vessel is due to launch in about two weeks carrying two more satellites to complete a...
- The new storm trackers, sent into orbit on a rocket built by US company Rocket Lab, can fly over hurricanes every hour, compared to every six hours with current satellites
- Researchers will be able to see storms evolve on an hourly basis, said NASA scientist Will McCarty at a press conference for the first launch of the TROPICS mission
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UAE astronaut, others relocate SpaceX Dragon on ISS
The relocation of the spacecraft was supported by the Mission Control Centre at NASA’s Johnson Space Centre in Houston, SpaceX...
- The relocation of the spacecraft was supported by the Mission Control Centre at NASA’s Johnson Space Centre in Houston, SpaceX in California, and monitored by the MBRSC team
- The successful completion of the important mission marks a new accomplishment for Expedition 69 and advances scientific endeavors on the space station
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Regional cooperation vital to address climate change
“The recent, intense weather events in Central and West Asia show that we need to take urgent, collective action. Countries...
- Urgent, collective action to address the severe impacts of climate change in Central and West Asia and its neighboring countries, says ADB Director General for the region
- Climate change may have severe impacts in the region, including greater water scarcity, expanded desertification, and more extreme weather events like floods and drought