Europe Is Struggling to Coexist With Wild Bears

It was around 5 pm on March 15, and the light was fading fast, when Constantin and Tatiana were attacked by the bear. The young couple, aged 29 and 31 and identified in local media reports only by their first names, were Belarusians living in Poland. But Constantin had been working for the winter as […]

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Samsung struggling to get tax subsidy for US chip plant

In 2022, the President of the United States, Joe Biden, signed the CHIPS and Science Act, to boost the manufacturing of semiconductors in the US. Under this act, the US government is supposed to offer $52.7 billion in grants to companies building foundries in the country. Looking at the lucrative incentive, Samsung started building a […]

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Hydro Dams Are Struggling to Handle the World’s Intensifying Weather

For BC Hydro, which serves 95 percent of British Columbia’s population, heat waves have proven a bigger problem than drought. Rivers and rains remain strong, but the province’s historically mellow springs and summers have warmed up, prompting many people to switch on air conditioners, which jacks up power demand. To keep the ACs humming, BC […]

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Apple struggling with weight and prescription lenses for Vision Pro

According to the latest newsletter from Mark Gurman, Apple is working tirelessly to address two big issues with its VR/AR headset, the Vision Pro. People who had the chance to play around with the Vision Pro complain about the weight as well as the device’s incompatibility with different types of prescription glasses. For the next-generation […]

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TSMC Struggling to Make Enough 3-Nanometer Chips for Apple

Apple supplier TSMC is “straining” to produce enough of its newest 3-nanometer chips to meet demand for Apple’s upcoming devices, according to a report from EE Times. Analysts believe TSMC is having issues with tools and yield, impacting the ramp up to volume production of the new chip technology. TSMC is manufacturing the 3nm A17 […]

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Samsung is borrowing $16 billion to help its struggling chip division

Samsung’s chip business has long been the company’s cash cow. It has contributed tens of billions of dollars in profit to the company’s coffers but has recently been struggling. That’s largely due to both the demand and price of chips plunging significantly in the second half of 2022. The company has been investing heavily in […]

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Nuclear Power Plants Are Struggling to Stay Cool

From its humble start as a glacial trickle in the Swiss Alps, the Rhône River quickly transforms into one of the world’s most industrialized waterways. As it winds through the south of France toward the Mediterranean Sea, its chilly water is drawn into boilers, sucked through pipes as coolant, deviated for agriculture. Among its biggest […]

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A fix has been found for users still struggling to launch Xbox games

Source: Matt Brown | Windows Central Update, May 7, 2022, at 8:50 a.m. CT: The Xbox Network should be working again, and a workaround for affected users has been found. Update, May 6, 2022, at 10:25 p.m. CT: Over seven hours after the outage was first reported, Xbox Network is still experiencing issues. Update, May […]

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Windows 11 is struggling to speed up adoptions, says report

Different research gathers different results, so take these findings from Lansweeper with the same grain of salt you’d take any other figures. If Lansweeper’s stats are on the money, then it seems Windows 11 adoption is slow going. For contrast, back in January 2022, AdDuplex claimed Windows 11 had eaten 16% of Windows 10’s lunch […]

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Week 14 in review: S22 series struggling, M53 official, X80 Pro+ coming

Another week to recap, let’s begin. Samsung reintroduced the Galaxy S20 FE in Korea as the Galaxy S20 FE 2022 – the same phone with a trimmed down retail package and lower price. Samsung’s flagship S series’ popularity is decreasing. One report points to the Game Optimization Service as the culprit, saying it seriously tarnished […]

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