February 16, 2022 - Brief Briefing

Nvidia provides strong revenue outlook on demand for computer chips

Nvidia co-founder and CEO Jensen Huang attends an event during the annual Computex computer exhibition in Taipei. Tyrone Siu | Reuters Nvidia reported fourth-quarter...

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Storm Dudley brings power outages and travel chaos – and ‘the peak is still ahead of us’

More than 14,000 people suffered power outages and uprooted trees created chaos on roads and train lines as Storm Dudley pummelled the UK and...

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‘Graphic’ photographs relating to comedian Bob Saget’s death will stay private for now

A judge has blocked the release of “graphic” records relating to an investigation into the death of the American comedian Bob Saget. Saget’s family...

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World

Foreign Secretary heads to Kyiv as US says Russian troop numbers on the border are rising not falling

A Russian invasion of Ukraine would bring “massive consequences” for Moscow, the foreign secretary is set to warn Vladimir Putin during a speech in...

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Business

‘It just broke him’: Post Office ‘massively contributed’ to husband’s early death, says widow

The widow of a sub postmaster wrongly convicted of theft has told Sky News that the Post Office “contributed” to his death. Julian Wilson,...

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A Hawaiian macadamia nut farm gets solar and storage, achieving 100% renewable power

Hawaii-based Mauna Loa, one of the world’s major macadamia nut brands, just got a 1.2-megawatt solar farm and 500 kW battery storage system. The...

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Environment

North Sea green hydrogen project to harness offshore wind and use existing pipeline

In this article ENR-DE RWE-DE No-Mad | iStock | Getty Images German power firm RWE has signed an agreement with Neptune Energy to develop...

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Technology

Google plans privacy change similar to Apple’s, which wiped $230 billion off Facebook’s market cap

In this article FB AAPL GOOGL An Android statue is displayed in front of a building on the Google campus on January 31, 2022...

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One of the world’s largest music festivals won’t require vaccines, masks or tests this year

Coachella, one of the biggest and most popular music festivals in the world, will not be requiring ticket-holders to be vaccinated, wear masks or...

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Severance, Great Escapes With Morgan Freeman, The Real Charlie Chaplin – what to watch this week

Looking for a new film or TV boxset to start this weekend? This is our guide to what’s new and coming up. Featuring our...

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Sports

NHL Power Rankings: Reasons for optimism for every team

7:00 AM ET Welcome to the second half of this 2021-22 NHL season, where hope springs eternal for all 32 teams. That’s right. Every...

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Ukraine’s Eurovision act quits after claims she illegally travelled to Russia-controlled Crimea

Ukraine’s newly chosen Eurovision act has been suspended, amid claims she travelled to the Russian-controlled Crimea in 2015. Alina Pash is facing scrutiny from...

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Police investigate cash-for-honours and citizenship for Saudi national linked to Prince Charles charity

An investigation into a bid to give honours and citizenship to a Saudi national linked to the Prince of Wales’ charity has been launched,...

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‘I’m kind of a recluse now’: Morgan Freeman on prison breaks, going off the Oscars, and why Shawshank is best left untouched

It was Tim Robbins’ Andy Dufresne who pulled off the big screen’s most famous prison break, the wrongly jailed innocent man who “crawled through...

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World

Russia says it will retaliate if sanctions imposed by UK over Ukraine crisis

Russia will retaliate if new sanctions are imposed by Britain, according to the country’s foreign minister, Sergei Lavrov. UK ministers last week gained powers...

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Science

NASA’s Juno Mission Shares Stunning Images of Jupiter and Its Moon Ganymede

NASA’s Juno mission has yet again stunned us with breath-taking images of Jupiter and its moon, Ganymede. Scientists are awed by an image of...

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Science

First Woman Said to Be Cured of HIV After Stem Cell Transplant

A US patient with leukaemia has become the first woman and the third person to date to be cured of HIV after receiving a stem...

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Politics

World must ‘judge Russia with its own eyes’ and Ukraine invasion still possible, defence secretary warns

The world must judge Russia with its own eyes as to whether it is de-escalating, the defence secretary said as he warned an invasion...

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Business

UK inflation rises to near 30-year high in January

Inflation hit 5.5% in January, its highest rate since March 1992, as the cost of living in Britain continued to surge, official figures show....

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Quick Charge Podcast: February 15, 2022

Listen to a recap of the top stories of the day from Electrek. Quick Charge is available now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, TuneIn and our RSS feed for Overcast and...

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