Clouds moderate Amazon deforestation’s climate effect | Science
An unexpected increase in cloud cover partially reduces warming caused by carbon dioxide release Source link
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Tether freezes $344M USDt stablecoins at US law enforcement request
The stablecoin issuer cited “activity tied to unlawful conduct” but no further explanation for the freezing of the dollar-pegged tokens held in two wallet addresses. Source link
Darrell Sheets, Auction Bidder Who Starred on ‘Storage Wars,’ Dies at 67
He appeared in 13 seasons of the long-running reality television show about storage-unit auctions. He later opened an antique shop in Arizona. Source link
PC Andrew Harper's widow unveils 'hero' memorial
A stone tribute honours PC Harper, who was dragged by a car after confronting quad bike thieves. Source link
Microsoft’s new Xbox chief is ‘reevaluating’ exclusive games
Xbox CEO Asha Sharma held an all-hands meeting this morning and laid out her strategy for a “return of Xbox” with employees. While rebranding Microsoft Gaming back to Xbox was part of the agenda, Sharma also revealed that Xbox is looking into “reevaluating” Xbox exclusive games and windowed releases of titles. It’s a hot topic…
Mark Mobius dared to go where few others did
The emerging-markets fund manager died on April 15th, aged 89 Source link
MLB: Mariners pitcher Logan Gilbert takes 108mph catch with his shirt
Seattle Mariners’ pitcher Logan Gilbert “wore one” as he stops a sizzling line drive with his shirt. The spectacular effort was ruled a hit rather than a catch, however, as the rules state that ‘a batted or thrown ball going inside a player or coach’s uniform is deemed out of play’. WATCH MORE: Fan catches…
Resolving the radiation risk debate | Science
When US President Trump signed an executive order in May 2025 seeking to streamline the adoption of nuclear energy by directing federal agencies to reconsider whether radiation protection standards have been unnecessarily strict, he reignited a debate … Source link
OpenAI Releases GPT-5.5: Faster, Smarter—And Pricier
In brief GPT-5.5 launches today for Plus, Pro, Business, and Enterprise users in ChatGPT and Codex, with API access coming soon at $5/M input tokens and $30/M output tokens. The model achieves 82.7% on Terminal-Bench 2.0—a benchmark testing complex command-line workflows—beating Claude Opus 4.7 at 69.4% and Gemini 3.1 Pro at 68.5%. GPT-5.5 uses significantly…
How the Supreme Court’s Shadow Docket Upended Climate Policy
In 2016, a surprise decision from the Supreme Court “sent both climate policy and the court itself spinning in new directions,” Jodi Kantor and Adam Liptak wrote in an investigation published last week. The one-paragraph ruling halted the Clean Power Plan, President Barack Obama’s signature environmental policy, which was aimed at reducing emissions from power…