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Venice, Italy, is suffering from a combination of subsidence—the city’s foundations slowly sinking into the mud on which they are built—and rising sea levels. In the worst-case scenario, it could disappear underwater by the year 2100. Alessandro Gasparotto, an environmental engineer, is one of the many people trying to keep that from happening. Standing on…

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TL;DR: As of August 22, you can get the Mini Docking Station for Nintendo Switch on sale for $18.99 instead of $24.99 — which is a savings of 24%.

TL;DR: As of August 22, you can get the RokBlok 2.0 for $89.99 — that's 9% off its regular price of $99.

India's robotic spacecraft has beamed back intriguing close-up views of the moon as it gets ever-closer to its planned landing attempt.

Remember when we were inundated with crypto commercials starring Matt Damon, major sports league sponsorships, and drawings of apes? For those in the mainstream, cryptocurrency seems pretty much dead. However, the crypto community is still very much alive online. Investors, speculators, and scammers have been holding out during this long bear market, hoping that the next big crypto project will come along and turn their dimes back into dollars.

$48 billion in projects is set to be funded by consumers over the next two decades.

Yet another study tells us what most of us already know: Access to cloud services is a business necessity now. However, for cloud resources, you need high-speed internet access, and many businesses still need help with that.

NVMe SSDs are seeing rapid adoption in the cloud, enterprise data centers, and edge computing for data-intensive applications such as relational databases and NoSQL environments. However, the data in these SSDs is temporary and will persist only during the lifetime of their associated virtual machine instances. 

As Nova Scotia's population surges, a public education system that was once closing schools due to declining enrolment is now seeing some classrooms at capacity. Teachers are grappling with an influx of diverse students, many of whom don't speak much English.

Forget for a moment the indictments against Donald Trump, including the latest from Georgia, and about what impact they might have on his presidential candidacy.

Historically, the leaders of environmental groups and mining companies have not spoken with one voice, as we are now on the critical issue of transitioning to clean energy.

The New York Times has reported that President Joe Biden was, let’s say, less than truthful about his son Hunter when claiming that he never profited from his business dealings overseas.

It has become common for the Clark County School District to begin classes with a shortage of teachers.

Nevada is one of the few states that is both deploying advanced energy and building the supply chains — from mines to battery manufacturing — to support the nation’s energy future. In fact, more than 41,000 Nevadans work directly in the mining industry ...

The word “Eucharist” itself literally means “thanksgiving.” So why does thanksgiving seem ever more removed from our celebration of the Eucharist?

1. Microsoft to Sell Activision Blizzard Streaming Rights to Ubisoft in Revised Deal  Push Square
2. Microsoft makes new bid to unblock Call of Duty deal  BBC
3. Microsoft's deal with Ubisoft answers the CMA's objections over Activision Blizzard | Opinion  GamesIndustry.biz
4. Microsoft to sell off Activision cloud gaming rights to Ubisoft in bid for UK approval  The Verge
5. Microsoft will sell Activision Blizzard streaming rights to Ubisoft  Eurogamer.net
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This English idyll of a village is nestled amongst ancient woodland and overlooked by an impressive castle, but only a few miles away lies a seaside resort that has been voted among the ‘worst' in the UK.

A royal expert has said she would like to see the Monarch and the Prince of Wales "extend a hand" across the Atlantic to Prince Harry.

Prior authorization is a common cost-cutting tool used by health insurers, but patients say it creates hurdles that delay or deny access to care.

Could office-to-housing conversions play a material role in solving the housing crisis? Brookings Metro fellow Tracy Hadden Loh discusses the challenges.

Adora Cruises is the child of Carnival Corp and a Chinese shipbuilding giant. Its first vessel, the Adora Magic City, will sail with nearly 5,250 guests.

The history of Costco: Founded in 1983 in Seattle, Washington, Costco now has 852 locations around the world and more than 124 million cardholders.