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☆ Indian Devotees Splurge on Jets, Gold Idols as Hindu Temple Opens
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-19 | by ( Jan. | At A.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +3 min

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Asia's richest man Mukesh Ambani are among the 8,000 or so attendees at Monday's inauguration event for the Ram Temple, which devotees believe is built on the birthplace of Lord Ram, a sacred Hindu deity. Officials estimate 100 private jets will descend on Jan. 22 on Ayodhya airport, filling it to capacity. Mehra did not disclose the price of the charters, but private jet booking website JetSetGo lists the price of a Mumbai-Gorakhpur flight on a Falcon 2000 jet with nine passengers on board at about $74,000. There is a waiting period of two weeks," said Baldev Singh, a manager at HS Jewellers in Lucknow city. "People are betting on economic prosperity but there's also emotional attachment to be part of the Ayodhya story."

Persons: Saurabh Sharma, Tanvi Mehta, Narendra Modi, Mukesh Ambani, Lord Ram, Modi, It's, Rajan Mehra, Mehra, Baldev Singh, Amitabh Bachchan, Abhinandan, Abhinandan Lodha, Aditya Kalra Organizations: Indian, Ram, Bharatiya Janata Party, Dassault, Reuters Locations: Tanvi Mehta AYODHYA, India, Ayodhya, Varanasi, Gorakhpur, Mumbai, Thailand, Lucknow city

☆ Singapore to expand ocean CO2 removal project as scientists call for more research
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-05 | by ( David Stanway | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

A view shows the interior of Equatic's pilot ocean carbon removal project at the Tuas Desalination Plant in western Singapore, August 30, 2023. As scientists call for more research into ocean carbon dioxide removal (OCDR), Singapore's Public Utilities Board (PUB) has built a plant that uses electricity to extract CO2 from seawater, allowing it to absorb more greenhouse gas from the atmosphere when it is pumped back out into the ocean. At the plant, seawater is run through an electrolyser, which converts dissolved CO2 into calcium carbonate and produces hydrogen. On Tuesday, more than 200 scientists said in an open letter that OCDR research should be prioritised not only to maximise its potential, but also head off potential risks. But billions of tons of CO2 need to be removed from the atmosphere, and more investment in OCDR research was needed urgently, he said.

Persons: David Stanway, Equatic, Gurdev Singh, OCDR, Gaurav Sant, Sir David King, Alexandra Hudson Organizations: REUTERS, Rights, Singapore's Public Utilities Board, U.S, University of California, UCLA, Alexandra Hudson Our, Thomson Locations: Singapore, Rights SINGAPORE, Los Angeles

☆ Humane, a startup founded by ex-Apple execs, will use Qualcomm chips
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-30 | by ( Stephen Nellis | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

June 30 (Reuters) - Humane, the startup founded by ex-Apple Inc (AAPL.O) executives that raised $100 million earlier this year, said on Friday that it will use Qualcomm Inc's (QCOM.O) chips in its forthcoming wearable device. Humane has not given a release date or many other details for a gadget that it said on Friday will be called "Ai Pin." Because the Ai Pin does not have a traditional screen or keyboard, it relies heavily on artificial intelligence to interact with users in natural spoken language. Humane is partnering with OpenAI for AI technology and cloud computing services, respectively. Humane and Qualcomm did not give further details on which Qualcomm chips the Ai Pin will use, but Dev Singh, vice president of business development at Qualcomm, said the offerings would come from Qualcomm's Snapdragon family of chips, which can power devices from smartphones to mixed-reality headsets, depending on the configuration.

Persons: Imran Chaudhri, Sam Altman, OpenAI, Dev Singh, Stephen Nellis, Cynthia Osterman Organizations: Apple Inc, Qualcomm, Apple's Vision, Microsoft Corp, Humane, Thomson

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