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☆ Rescuers make last desperate push as final hours of oxygen on missing Titanic submersible tick down
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-22 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

An undated photo shows tourist submersible belongs to OceanGate begins to descent at a sea. But the crew had only a four-day oxygen supply when the vessel, called the Titan, set off around 6 a.m. Sunday. The full area being searched was twice the size of Connecticut in waters as deep as 13,200 feet (4,020 meters). "This is a search and rescue mission, 100%," he said Wednesday. An undated photo shows tourist submersible belongs to OceanGate begins to descent at a sea.

Persons: OceanGate, Captain Jamie Frederick, Donald Murphy, Frederick, Carl Hartsfield, Frank Owen, Owen, Arthur Loibl, Capt, Jamie Frederick, Scott Eisen, Rush, Jeff Karson, Karson Organizations: US Coast Guard, OceanGate, Anadolu Agency, Getty, First Coast Guard District, Coast, Patrol, Navy, Oceanographic Systems Laboratory, U.S . Navy, Stockton Rush, OceanGate Expeditions, U.S, U.S . Coast Guard, CBC, Syracuse University Locations: Boston, Canada, Connecticut, Atlantic, U.S, British, St, John's, Norfolk , Virginia, Germany, Cape Cod, Boston , Massachusetts

☆ Submersible touring Titanic wreckage running out of oxygen, search approaching a critical juncture
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-22 | by ( Nouran Salahieh | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

The search area for the missing submersible stretches about two times the size of Connecticut on the surface and goes down as deep as two-and-a-half miles, according to Frederick. We need a miracle – but miracles do happen,” oceanographer and water search expert David Gallo told CNN. However, it remains unclear whether the noises are from the missing submersible, Frederick said. David Marquet, a former submarine captain, described Wednesday what he imagines the five passengers are experiencing in the Titan submersible. OceanGate Expeditions strayed from industry norms by declining a voluntary, rigorous safety review of the vessel, according to an industry leader.

Persons: ”, “, Capt, Jamie Frederick, Frederick, John Cabot, “ We’ll, ” Frederick, “ It’s, David Gallo, Frederick said, Rick Murcar, Murcar, Tom Dettweiler, ” Dettweiler, “ You’re, Hamish Harding, Shahzada Dawood, Suleman Dawood, Paul, Henri Nargeolet, David Marquet, John’s, Marquet, CNN’s Jake Tapper, ” Marquet, Joe MacInnis, who’s, Josh Gates, ” Gates, CNN’s Anderson Cooper, Gates, couldn’t, David Hiscock, OceanGate, ” Will Kohnen, wouldn’t Organizations: CNN, First Coast Guard, Canadian Coast Guard, US Navy, US Coast Guard, National Association of Cave, OceanGate Expeditions, Stockton Rush, Navy, Titan, Daylight, Horizon Services, U.S . Air Force, Marine Technology Society Locations: Connecticut, NewfoundlandSaturday

[1/2] The Titan submersible, operated by OceanGate Expeditions to explore the wreckage of the sunken Titanic off the coast of Newfoundland, dives in an undated photograph. Robotic undersea search operations were diverted to the area where the sounds seemed to originate, but there was still no tangible sign of the missing vessel, the Coast Guard said on Twitter. ROBOTIC SEARCH REDIRECTEDThe search effort included Lockheed P-3 Orion turboprop airplanes designed with sub-surface surveillance gear to detect submarines, Frederick said. The Coast Guard did not detail the nature or extent of the sounds. Titanic expert Tim Matlin said it would be "almost impossible to effect a sub-to-sub rescue" on the seabed.

Persons: Jamie Frederick, Hamish Harding, Shahzada Dawood, Suleman, Paul, Henri Nargeolet, Frederick said, Canada's, Stone, Alistair Greig, Tim Matlin, Steve Gorman, Joseph Ax, Brendan O'Brien, Natalie Thomas, Aiden Nulty, Kanishka Singh, Ismail Shakil, Steve Scherer, Steve Holland, Daniel Trotta, Brad Brooks, Ariba Shahid, Raju Gopalakrishnan Organizations: OceanGate Expeditions, U.S . Coast Guard, Canadian, Coast Guard, Twitter, U.S, Expeditions, British, Reuters, U.S . Navy, Atlantic, Stockton Rush, Authorities, Lockheed, Orion, CNN, Stone, University College London, Thomson Locations: Newfoundland, Canada, France, U.S, Connecticut, Cape Cod , Massachusetts, St, John's, French

☆ Underwater noises heard in frantic search for submersible missing with 5 aboard near Titanic
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-21 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Search and rescue operations continue by US Coast Guard in Boston after a tourist submarine bound for the Titanic's wreckage site went missing off the southeastern coast of Canada. A Canadian military surveillance aircraft detected underwater noises as a massive search continued early Wednesday in a remote part of the North Atlantic for a submersible that vanished while taking five people down to the wreck of the Titanic. The Coast Guard wrote on Twitter that a Canadian P-3 Orion had "detected underwater noises in the search area." "The data from the P-3 aircraft has been shared with our U.S. Navy experts for further analysis which will be considered in future search plans," the Coast Guard said. However, no official has publicly suggested that's the case and noises underwater can come from a variety of sources.

Persons: OceanGate, Stone, Richard Garriott de Cayeux Organizations: US Coast Guard, U.S . Coast Guard, Stockton Rush, Coast Guard, Twitter, Orion, Searchers, U.S . Navy, Guard, U.S . Department of Homeland, The Explorers, Titanic, U.S ., White House, U.S, U.S . Air Mobility Command Locations: Boston, Canada, British, Canadian, Buffalo , New York, St, John's, Newfoundland

A team of scientists working to map the Titanic in 2010 as part of a project to create a high-definition 3D image of the ship. For decades after the Titanic sank, searchers scanned the dark waters of the North Atlantic for the ship’s final resting place. Since the wreck was found, in 1985, it has drawn hundreds of filmmakers, salvagers, explorers and tourists, using robots and submersibles. Mr. Cameron, who has repeatedly visited the wreck, was among those calling for care around the site. By the time it began offering tours to paying customers, researchers said that the Titanic had little scientific value compared to other sites.

Persons: James Cameron, Cameron’s, Cameron Organizations: Titanic, Atlantic, Expeditions

Persons: James Cameron, Cameron’s, Cameron Organizations: Titanic, Atlantic, Expeditions

CNN —When four young indigenous children were found last week after 40 days in the Colombian Amazon jungle, their rescuers noticed that the oldest, 13-year-old Lesly Jacobombaire Mucutuy, had something hidden between her teeth. Muñoz told CNN the seeds were from a native Amazon palm tree called Oenocarpus Bataua, colloquially known as “milpesos” in Colombia. The accomplishment feels like a moment of pride for the indigenous community of the Colombian Amazon. One of the traditional tasks of indigenous women is to look after one’s siblings as if they were your own children. Traditional elders like Guerrero attempted to bridge a spiritual link with the children using traditional plants like tobacco, coca, and yagé, the sacred, hallucinogen plant also known as ayahuasca.

Persons: ”, Eliecer Muñoz, Muñoz, Eliecer Munoz, Daniel Munoz, ” Muñoz, “, –, Henry Guerrero, Lesly, Fidencio Valencia, milpesos, ” Guerrero, Ranoque Mucutuy, Nelly Kuiru, Kuiru, Manuel Ranoque, San Jose del Guaviare, Guerrero, Magdalena Mucutuy, Leslie, There’s, ” Kuiru, Ranoque, Magdalena Organizations: CNN, AFP, Getty, Army, Cessna, Colombian Military Forces, Reuters, Colombian Amazon, Colombian, Blackhawk, Colombian Amazon Institute of Scientific Research Locations: Colombian, ”, Colombia, Bogota, Caqueta, La, San Jose, Araracuara, Amazonas

☆ Elon Musk said Ron DeSantis' disastrous campaign launch was the 'top story on Earth.' A quick glance at the global media shows the death of Tina Turner was far more talked about.
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-25 | by ( Pete Syme | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

As newspapers reported on it, Elon Musk decided to claim it was "the top story on Earth." But this was the same day Tina Turner died, and DeSantis wasn't mentioned on most front pages. Elon Musk claimed that Ron DeSantis' glitchy presidential announcement on Twitter Spaces was "the top story on Earth" on Wednesday. US Google was dominated by "Tina Turner" with 5 million searches, followed by a rise in Nvidia shares, a PlayStation showcase, and Krispy Kreme donuts. On Wednesday — the day Musk claimed it was the biggest story in the whole world — Turner was well ahead at top spot.

☆ Students and young engineers are fed up with Big Tech
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-22 | by ( Kali Hays | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Big Tech is losing its appeal for new graduates and young tech workers starting to look elsewhere to launch their careers. Peers and mentors warn them to avoid the trappings of embarking on a Big Tech career. Based on conversations with students and companies, even students from top schools including Stanford and MIT and junior engineers from top tech companies are "feeling the crunch now," Lerner said. Tech students are applying to jobs in other fieldsWhile students and young engineers are still interested in pursuing tech-focused careers, where they want to put in their time is changing. The impact of waning interest in Big Tech among students on major companies remains to be seen.

☆ This Summer We’re Helping Scientists Track Birds. Join In.
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-18 | by ( The New York Times | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +21 min

This Summer We’re Helping Scientists Track Birds. This data will help scientists understand better how birds are affected by forces like climate change and habitat loss. We’re obviously a little bit biased here, so I’m going to recommend the Merlin Bird ID app. Nearly half of all bird species worldwide are known or suspected to be in decline, and climate change could accelerate this trend. Look up past reports of that species on the eBird Species Map and zoom in on your city.

Persons: Mike McQuade, We’ll, Michelle Mildenberg Daryln Brewer Hoffstot, phoebe, Hoffstot, Indigo Goodson, “, Kirsten Luce, Alli Smith, Merlin, —, It’s, That’s, Andrew Spear, ”, Tom Auer, Mr, Auer, birders, James T, Tanner, Steven C, Latta, Chris Elphick, . Latta, Michaels, et, Christine Schuldheisz, Richard O ., Ivory, they’d, Mark, Elphick, there’s, ” Dr, eBird, I’m Organizations: Birds, Cornell, of Ornithology, The New York Times, New York Times, University of Connecticut, Credit, United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Yale, Times, Cornell Lab, Walmart Locations: Pennsylvania, North America, Virginia, South America, Canada, Alaska, Louisiana, Pittsburgh, United States, Cuba, Arkansas, eBird

☆ Kenya doomsday cult death toll climbs to 201 - official
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-13 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

SHAKAHOLA FOREST, Kenya, May 13 (Reuters) - Searchers for survivors and victims of a doomsday cult in Kenya's Shakahola forest discovered 22 more bodies on Saturday, according to a regional governmental official. The discoveries bring the death toll of one of the country's worst tragedies to 201. She said one more suspect had also been arrested, bringing the total number of those detained over the deaths to 26. On Friday, 29 bodies were unearthed, including those of 12 children which were found in one grave. Reporting by Joseph Akwiri Writing by Elias Biryabarema Editing by Mark PotterOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Blogs are a low-lift but high-reward tool for starting your own business. Two founders share tips for how to use blogs to stand out and prove credibility.
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-29 | by ( Alexandra York | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

They share best practices for search-engine optimization and choosing the right blog platform. "The blog is the thing that supports your mission, that continues to prove your credibility and value to people," Dunlap said. Dunlap and Curtis shared their tips for launching a blog, including leveraging search-engine optimization and choosing the right platform. Dunlap said SEO should play into every aspect of a blog post, including the browser title, post title, URL, blog copy, and image captions. "If a brand is paying me for a social-media post, I offer a sponsored blog post for an extra amount," she said.

☆ Google search is bad and getting worse. Here's how search is evolving in the era of AI.
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-09 | by ( Mason Pelt | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +12 min

He says Google search is worse than ever, and the company isn't financially incentivized to fix it. Google search is worse than it was three years ago. People use Google search in two waysPeople use Google to either find general information where any credible source is acceptable. Searching, "who is Neil Gaiman," or "list of the endless in the Neil Gaiman series" will likely give searchers the answers they seek. That sentence's chaotic grammatical mess is a window into the Google search results pages.

☆ Big media is gearing up for battle with Google and Microsoft over AI chatbots using their articles for training: 'We are actively considering our options'
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-03 | by ( Lucia Moses | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

Publishers want Google and Microsoft to pay them for the use of media content to train their AI. Media companies are also studying how to change their business models to protect themselves from the bots' threat. Within media companies, the topic is being discussed at the highest levels, from the C-suite to the boardroom. Executives are also strategizing with peers and competitors about the possibility of forging a united position against the tech companies, according to multiple publishing sources. The same year, an Australia law forced tech companies to pay news outlets for linking to their articles.

☆ Flying Objects’ Origins Remain Uncertain as Debris Recovery Continues
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-14 | by ( Gordon Lubold | Natalie Andrews | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

WASHINGTON—The U.S. hasn’t seen any evidence that the three objects shot down since Friday over the U.S. and Canada were part of China’s spy balloon program, though searchers have yet to recover debris from them, a senior White House official said. The search for the remnants of the objects is hampered by the remoteness of the search area and frigid conditions there, said John Kirby , the National Security Council’s coordinator for strategic communications, Tuesday.

☆ Unidentified Flying Object Debris Search Hasn’t Found Spy-Balloon Evidence
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-14 | by ( Gordon Lubold | Natalie Andrews | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

WASHINGTON—The U.S. hasn’t seen any evidence that the three objects shot down since Friday over the U.S. and Canada were part of China’s spy balloon program, though searchers have yet to recover debris from any of them, a senior White House official said. The search for the remnants of the objects is hampered by the remoteness of the search area and frigid conditions there, said John Kirby , the National Security Council’s coordinator for strategic communications, Tuesday.

☆ The internet contributes 1.6 billion annual tons in greenhouse gas emissions. Google and Microsoft's AI search war will make it worse.
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-13 | by ( Hannah Getahun | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

The internet contributes 1.6 billion annual tons in greenhouse gas emissions. Now, Google and Microsoft want to add AI to their search enginesThis would add to global carbon emissions, experts told Wired. Microsoft will implement ChatGPT in its existing search engine Bing, while Google announced the launch of an "experimental conversational AI service" named Bard. Martin Bouchard, founder of data center company QScale, told Wired that AI would result in "at least four or five times more computing per search." Insider senior tech correspondent Adam Rogers wrote about how AI-produced search engine responses could produce answers with misinformation or faulty logic that can be harder to detect by searchers.

☆ Google, Microsoft ChatGPT Clones Will Destroy Internet Search
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-09 | by ( Adam Rogers | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +13 min

The other kind of search — "exploratory search" — is the hard one. That's where you don't know what you don't know. When you're scrolling through the links in a Google search, looking for "esoteric shit," as one search expert calls it, you see some pages that just look dodgy, maybe in ways you can't even totally articulate. But search chatbots can fake all that. Google's search pages already aren't fully trustworthy — they overindex YouTube video results, for example, because YouTube is a subsidiary of Google.

☆ Australia's radioactive capsule: searching scientists were quietly confident
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-03 | by ( Lewis Jackson | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

[1/2] A view shows the area where a radioactive capsule was found, near Newman, Australia, February 1, 2023. Western Australian Department Of Fire And Emergency Services/Handout via REUTERSSYDNEY, Feb 3 (Reuters) - The task was daunting: find a tiny radioactive capsule that had fallen off a truck somewhere in Western Australia's vast outback sometime in January. Western Australia is buzzing with low-level rays thanks to its A$230 billion ($160 billion) mining industry. The Australian Radiation Incident Register reported six incidents of material being found, lost or stolen in 2019. That year, a radioactive gauge was stolen in Queensland state, according to police reports.

A second hiker has disappeared on California’s Mount Baldy, the same mountain where actor Julian Sands vanished on Jan. 13, officials said Monday. Jin Chung, 75, failed to return from a hike and meet two others as planned Sunday, the San Bernardino Sheriff’s Department said in a statement. Helicopters and drones with infrared devices were used to try to find Sands over the weekend; high winds prevented aircraft from being used Monday, the sheriff’s department said. He was supposed to return and meet them at 2 p.m., the sheriff’s department said. His family, in a statement released by the sheriff's department, thanked the searchers who are looking for him.

☆ No hope of any survivors in Nepal's deadliest crash in 30 years, officials say
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-18 | by ( Gopal Sharma | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/3] Family members mourn the death of a victim of the plane crash of a Yeti Airlines operated aircraft, in Pokhara, Nepal January 17, 2023. REUTERS/Rohit GiriKATHMANDU, Jan 18 (Reuters) - Officials in Nepal said on Wednesday there was no chance of finding any survivors of the country's deadliest plane crash in 30 years, but workers will continue to search for the remains of the last missing passenger. The search for the last one will continue," Tek Bahadur K.C., a top district official in Pokhara, said on Wednesday. "Until the hospital tests show all 72 bodies, we’ll continue to search for the last person," Ajay K.C said. Search teams found 68 bodies on the day of the crash, and two more were recovered on Monday before the search was called off.

☆ Nepal plane crash searchers rappel, fly drones to find last passengers
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-17 | by ( Gopal Sharma | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/2] A member of Arm Police Force works at a crash site of a Yeti Airlines operated aircraft, in Pokhara, Nepal January 16, 2023. NO ARCHIVESKATHMANDU, Jan 17 (Reuters) - Searchers used drones and rappelled down a 200 metres (656 feet) deep gorge in west Nepal on Tuesday to search for two passengers still unaccounted for after the country's deadliest plane crash in 30 years, which killed at least 70 people. Searchers found two more bodies on Monday before the search was called off because of fading light. Reuters GraphicsUnder international aviation rules, the crash investigation agencies of the countries where the plane and engines were designed and built are automatically part of the inquiry. Reporting by Gopal Sharma, writing by Shilpa Jamkhandikar; Editing by Jamie FreedOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Searchers find black boxes of aircraft in deadly Nepal crash
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-16 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Rescuers inspect the wreckage at the site of a Yeti Airlines plane crash in Pokhara on January 16, 2023. Searchers on Monday found both the cockpit voice recorder and flight data recorder from a passenger flight that crashed on Sunday, killing at least 68 people in Nepal's deadliest plane crash in 30 years, officials said. The data on the recorders may help investigators determine what caused the ATR 72 aircraft, carrying 72 people, to crash in clear weather just before landing in the tourist city of Pokhara. Rescuers were battling cloudy weather and poor visibility as they scoured the river gorge for passengers who are unaccounted for, more than 24 hours after the crash. Reuters footage from the crash site showed rescuers looking at the charred remains of the plane near a gorge in the mountains.

☆ A newly-released map has sparked a treasure hunt for $19 million of Nazi loot – but US soldiers may have got their first
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-08 | by ( Bethany Dawson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A map indicating where the Nazi loot might be buried was released in The Netherlands. The trove was said to have been buried by four German soldiers in World War II and has never been found. The map indicates the treasure is buried near the town of Ommeren in the municipality of Buren, central Holland. The Buren council website warned, "Experts point out that the area is close to the frontline of the Second World War. Nothing was found, and it was suspected locals may have seen the German soldiers burying the loot and liberated it themselves.

☆ Homebuyers will flock to the Midwest in 2023 because prices will still be too expensive in coastal states, a Zillow economist predicts
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-06 | by ( Robert Davis | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

The Midwest could be 2023's hottest housing market because it's affordable, one Zillow economist said. Buyers may look at cities like Chicago, Indianapolis, and Cleveland, where prices have remained stable. Homebuyers in expensive markets like Denver, New York City, and San Francisco were routinely searching for homes in less expensive midwestern markets, the report added. The typical home in Milwaukee is $181,000 while in St. Louis, buyers should expect to spend $176,500, Zillow suggests. But waiting out this market may not be the best approach for buyers ready and able to buy now."

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