Author: Morton Obrien

British researchers are engaged in uncovering and documenting the mysteries of the deep sea.Scientists at the Natural History Museum (NHM) embarked on a six-week expedition to learn more about fragile and rarely studied environments in the remote waters of the South Atlantic.The team will sample and map the coastline, test water quality, measure temperature and plastic particles, and identify marine life.The researchers suspect that some of the specimens they recovered from the waters around St. Helena and Ascension Islands may be examples of species previously unknown to science, but further analysis is underway.James McLain, NHM’s senior curator of fish, who…

On Saturday, May 27, a computer outage affected the automated passport control system and created major delays for passengers arriving at airports in the United Kingdom, particularly in London, officials were informed. On social media, many travelers complained of having to wait for hours to get through immigration controls over the long weekend. London’s Heathrow and Gatwick airports allow automatic passage through checks, citing a national issue affecting British border police’s “e-gates”. “Our teams are working closely with Border Police to quickly resolve the issue,” Heathrow Airport Authority posted on its website, adding more staff were deployed to manage queues…

In April the company was denied a bid to buy Activision in the UK; Microsoft is appealing the decision and a positive decision could put pressure on the US regulator Microsoft promised and delivered. Redmond appealed against the CMA’s (United Kingdom Competition and Markets Authority, in Portuguese) refusal to buy Activision. The CMA argued that by blocking the acquisition, Microsoft would harm competition in the cloud gaming service.Microsoft appeals against CMA decision (Image: Vitor Padua/Tecnoblog)When the British equivalent of our CADE body released the decision in April, Microsoft said it would appeal the ban. The appeal was opened a…

In April the company was denied a bid to buy Activision in the UK; Microsoft is appealing the decision and a positive decision could put pressure on the US regulator Microsoft promised and delivered. Redmond appealed against the CMA’s (United Kingdom Competition and Markets Authority, in Portuguese) refusal to buy Activision. The CMA argued that by blocking the acquisition, Microsoft would harm competition in the cloud gaming service. Microsoft is appealing the CMA decision Photo: Vitor Padua/Tecnoblog / Tecnoblog When the British equivalent of our CADE body released the decision in April, Microsoft said it would appeal the ban. The…

A technical glitch with the electronic gate system caused chaos at airports across the UK on Saturday 27th. A glitch caused automatic passport scanning gates to stop working, forcing passengers to check their passports manually.The Home Office, the government agency responsible for immigration and borders, said it was working to fix “a problem with the border system across the country”, although it did not provide details on what was causing the problem. Airport operators asked for patience and apologized for the delay.Long queues were recorded at airports such as Manchester in the north of England and Heathrow in London, Europe’s…

On an official visit to Brasilia this Wednesday (24/5), the Minister visited the Tia Zélia restaurant located in Vila Planaldo. 05/26/2023 10:13,Updated 05/26/2023 10:13 The success of the tasting at the restaurant run by Maria de Jesus Oliveira crossed the borders of Brazil and won over the Foreign Secretary of the United Kingdom, James Smart. During an official visit to Brasilia this Wednesday (24/5), the official visited the gastronomic house located in Vila Planaldo and did not fail to get his hands dirty.Together with the British Ambassador to Brazil Stephanie Al-Khaq and her entourage, Tia Zelia smartly learned how to…

BMW will offer hands-free driving capability in the UK on several models from next year, the company said.Drivers can get their hands on all models in the new 5 Series lineup, including the BMW i7 electric large sedan and the iX electric SUV, Matt Bacon, head of product for BMW Large models, said in a statement. In the United Kingdom, Autocar said.BMW is taking advantage of new rules in the UK that allow drivers to take their hands off the wheel as long as they focus on the road, sometimes referred to as Level 2+ on the threshold classification scale.BMW…

1 of 1 GB sold to Shutterstock by Meta – Photo: Getty Images Sold to GB Shutterstock by Meta – Photo: Getty Images Shutterstock said Tuesday it would buy GB from Meta Platforms for $53 million in cash, months after Facebook’s parent company agreed to sell the company due to competitive concerns. The UK antitrust regulator last year ordered the sale of Giphy over fears rivals such as Snapchat and Twitter could reject or restrict the company’s content. Meta reportedly paid $400 million for Giphy in 2020. A year later, the deal was challenged by the UK Competition and Markets…

The UK is now at risk of running out of transferable weapons to Ukraine. The fact that the UK is “running out of weapons” to supply Ukraine’s armed forces, writes the Daily Mail, referring to a report by military expert Howard Wheelton. A British military analyst noted that in supplying Ukraine with Storm Shadow missiles, considered the most powerful non-nuclear missiles in service with the Royal Army, London assumed that most of these munitions would be stored in British arsenals for self-defense. Thane of the United Kingdom. Ancient missiles of this type may have been delivered to Kiev with an…

The British government announced on Wednesday (24) that it would donate 2 million pounds, about R$12.3 million, to a project in the Amazon jungle. The announcement was made during a visit to the AmazonFACE research facility by James Cleverley, UK Minister for Foreign Affairs, Commonwealth and Development. The system is located 80 km north of Manas, and the program towers over the Amazon jungle. The Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation (MCTI), Luciana Santos, attended the visit this Tuesday (23). With the amount announced today, the United Kingdom is adding 7.3 million pounds (R$ 45 million) from 2021 to support…