IBM, Grillo, and the Linux Foundation partner on early earthquake detection systems
IBM, the Linux Foundation, and Grillo have launched an initiative -- OpenEEW -- to promote the deployment of early earthquake detection systems.
IBM, the Linux Foundation, and Grillo have launched an initiative -- OpenEEW -- to promote the deployment of early earthquake detection systems.
HERE’S SOMETHING I’VE been thinking about a lot during quarantine. What is fiction for? Allow me to be honest. Over the last (as I type this) 100-plus days in quarantine, my ability to read and focus and hold a story in my head has absolutely cratered. Where before I could read, on average, two to […]
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Amazon is continuing its aggressive crackdown on counterfeit goods. On Tuesday (Aug. 11) it announced the expansion of its anti-counterfeit initiative, Project Zero, to seven new countries — Australia, Brazil, the Netherlands, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Turkey and the UAE. The project is now operative in all 17 countries where Amazon does business. The project aims […]
PRAGUE (AP) - Top-seeded Simona Halep had to fight hard to advance to the second round of the Prague Open in beating unseeded Polana Hercog 6-1, 1-6, 7-6 (3) on Tuesday.
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New York City announced a new Tenant Protection Portal to help residents in danger of eviction. Meantime, Russia approved a COVID-19 vaccine and declared it ready for use.
Linfield's Champions League preliminary round game against FC Drita is postponed after Kosovan opponents have two positive Covid-19 tests.
Linfield's Champions League Preliminary Round game against FC Drita is postponed after Kosovan opponents are hit by a Covid-19 issue.
As equestrian competition gets underway in Scotland and Wales, H&H looks at the restrictions that are in place and what this means for show organisers, riders and their support teams...
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