The future of diamonds is in recaptured CO2 pollution

MIRNY, RUSSIA - NOVEMBER 1, 2018: A view of a kimberlite tube of the Mir diamond mine owned by ALROSA's Mirny Mining and Processing Division (MPD).  Alexander Ryumin / TASS (Photo by Alexander Ryumin  TASS via Getty Images)

Diamonds weren’t always a girl’s best friend. Before the 1930s, they were no longer synonymous with weddings than opals, rubies, and sapphires, which had been routinely used in engagement rings for centuries. It was only when DeBeers – the South African mining company that in the past controlled around 85 percent of the international diamond … Read more

Opinion | What Mitch McConnell Got Right

Opinion | What Mitch McConnell Got Right

In a fair term, the Trump administration reshaped the federal judiciary. Working closely with a Republican Senate, the Trump White House appointed more than a quarter of all active judges, including three Supreme Court judges and more than four dozen appeals court judges – 245 judges total, more than other newer presidents in their first … Read more

Microsoft and HPE team up to bring the cloud to space station

International Space Station

The International Space Station will soon be connected to Microsoft Azure. (NASA photo) The sky is not the limit for the cloud: Microsoft is working with Hewlett Packard Enterprise to bring Azure cloud computing to the International Space Station. HPE’s Spaceborne Computer-2, which is due to be brought to the station on February 20, aboard … Read more

Pisces gifts for their birthday

Pisces gifts for their birthday

(CNN) – If there are special Pisces in your life – those born between February 19th and March 20th – and you’re looking for the perfect gift for their birthday or otherwise, we’ve put together a few tips to help keep this sensitive, creative, delighting empathetic watermarks. From items that indulge their artistic inclinations to … Read more

India’s BharatPe valued at $900 million in new $108 million fundraise – TechCrunch

India’s BharatPe valued at $900 million in new $108 million fundraise – TechCrunch

India could soon have another fintech unicorn. BharatPe said Thursday it raised $ 108 million in a round of funding that valued the New Delhi-based financial services startup at $ 900 million. Coatue Management led the Series D round of the three-year startup. Another six existing institutional investors – Ribbit Capital, Insight Partners, Steadview Capital, … Read more

Pregnant women; vaccinations; CDC; masks; French nun

Pregnant women; vaccinations; CDC; masks; French nun

Das Tragen einer eng anliegenden Maske oder einer Doppelmaske kann die Exposition gegenüber und Ausbreitung von COVID-19, einer entscheidenden Abwehr gegen neu auftretende Variationen des Virus, drastisch verringern, berichtete die CDC am Mittwoch. In Labortests mit Dummies verringerte sich die Exposition gegenüber potenziell infektiösen Aerosolen um mehr als 90%, wenn enge oder doppelte Masken verwendet … Read more

Biden’s latest move confirms Microsoft avoided political nightmare when it lost TikTok deal

Biden’s latest move confirms Microsoft avoided political nightmare when it lost TikTok deal

“There is no God-given right for US tech companies to assume that there can be no other technical force,” Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella told Bloomberg TV in an interview that aired on Wednesday. (GeekWire Photo Illustration) The news this morning that the Biden administration has stopped selling TikTok’s U.S. operations further shows how extraordinary the … Read more