Qantas South Africa flights delayed by falling debris from SpaceX rockets by beardyw

Qantas says it has been forced to delay several of its flights to South Africa at the last minute due to warnings of falling debris from Elon Musk’s SpaceX rockets re-entering Earth. Ben Holland, the head of Qantas’s operations centre, said there was often little advance notice of where the rockets would fall over the

ByHackTechJanuary 14, 20250Comments

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Taiwan asks South Korea for help over Chinese ship after subsea cable damaged by gslin

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The South Sea Bubble, 1720: Narratives of the First International Crash by hhs

New Baker Library | Bloomberg Center Exhibition Highlights the First International Financial Collapse BOSTON—Harvard Business School’s (HBS) Baker Library has opened a new exhibition that focuses on the history of one of the most infamous financial crashes. “The South Sea Bubble, 1720: Narratives of the First International Crash” was organized by Baker Library Special Collections

ByHackTechSeptember 1, 20230Comments

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South Africa’s blackouts are driving a solar boom by dkobia

South Africa’s solar boom shows how the falling costs of renewables have made them more viable as solutions to dysfunctional electric grids — for those who can afford them.Multi-hour blackouts are still a daily reality for most South Africans, as Eskom’s aging power network, which is heavily dependent on coal, drowns in debt and mismanagement

ByHackTechJuly 29, 20230Comments

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South Florida ocean tops 100 degrees; could be world record by bookofjoe

Excessively hot waters off the coast of South Florida rose to an unfathomable level Monday evening.A buoy in Manatee Bay, about 40 miles south of Miami, posted a temperature of 101.1 degrees at 6 p.m. after a morning low of 91 degrees. Temperatures remained at or above 100 from 5 p.m. through late evening.For comparison

ByHackTechJuly 25, 20231Comment

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South Koreans become 1 or 2y younger as country changes system for counting ages by TheAlchemist

All South Koreans have instantly become a year or two younger, as the country ditched its traditional – and increasingly unpopular – system for counting someone’s age and replaced it with the internationally accepted method.Under the previous system, the country’s citizens are deemed to be a year old when they are born, and a year

ByHackTechJune 28, 20230Comments

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U.S. to Allow South Korean, Taiwan Chip Makers to Keep Operations in China by hunglee2

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The $40M bet that made South Korea a food and cultural power by Anon84

If you’ve eaten Korean food, you know it’s delicious. Whether you’ve flipped sizzling beef over a Korean barbecue, crunched down on a tangy piece of kimchi, or basked in the warm steam wafting off a bibimbap bowl, the experience is captivating. What you might not know, though, is that your meal likely came with a

ByHackTechMay 21, 20230Comments

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South Korea has so few babies it is offering new parents $10,500 by langitbiru

Ilsan, South Korea – In their apartment on the outskirts of Seoul, Kwon Jang-ho and Cho Nam-hee sat down recently at the kitchen table to work out the monthly budget for their 17-month-old son, Ju-ha. “Raising a baby in Korea can be affordable if you don’t buy unnecessary stuff and take advantage of government support,” Kwon

ByHackTechApril 14, 20230Comments

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South Korea fines Google $32M for blocking games on competing platform by justeleblanc

SEOUL, April 11 (Reuters) – South Korea’s antitrust regulator has fined Alphabet Inc’s (GOOGL.O) Google 42.1 billion won ($31.88 million) for blocking the release of mobile video games on a competitor’s platform.The Korea Fair Trade Commission (KFTC) said on Tuesday that Google bolstered its market dominance, and hurt local app market One Store’s revenue and

ByHackTechApril 11, 20230Comments

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