Recycling

The COVID-19 lockdown has led to reduced pollution and emissions in the UK and around the world, providing a clear indication of how cars affect air quality and carbon emissions. But such a change is only temporary – millions of petrol cars are waiting for restrictions to ease. Then, higher…

Photo: AmazonLess than three years after its debut, Amazon has banished its style-centric Echo Look device to the Goodwill pile. The company stopped selling actual units back in December 2019, but the company said this week it would be officially dropping support for the device in July. According to CNET (and…

OTTAWA -- Malls remain closed in the capital, under provincial orders, but stores with street entrances are allowed to reopen, and that means a popular fashion brand has reopened one of its stores in Ottawa. H&M announced Thursday that its store at the Rideau Centre would reopen via its Rideau…

Self-driving vehicle startup Nuro announced yesterday that it will deliver medical prescriptions autonomously to residents in parts of one Texas city. It could be a boon for the health and safety of those made even more vulnerable because of the coronavirus pandemic. According to a company announcement, Nuro will partner…

Uber has sent thousands of electric bikes to be recycled for scrap as part of handing operations of their Jump e-bike division to scooter-sharing company Lime. The rideshare giant said it would be too difficult to donate these bikes because of safety and liability concerns. A spokesman told CNBC “the…

Wednesday May 27, 2020 2:01 pm PDT by Juli CloverPrior to when Apple released the third-generation iPod touch in September of 2009, it explored a prototype version that had a centered rear camera, a feature the ‌iPod touch‌ ultimately did not launch with. Giulio Zompetti, a developer who collects Apple…

Source: Daniel Bader / Android Central The Android smartphone market is one that can be difficult to keep up with. Year after year, companies push out new handsets with subtle or major tweaks compared to its predecessor. Whether it be slimmer bezels, a slightly thinner body, or a new style…

Author of the article:Stephanie BabychPublishing date:May 25, 2020  •  4 minute readWine Bar Kensington and Container Bar owners, Cam Dobranski and wife, Jacq Warrell get ready to open up this week in Calgary on Sunday, May 24, 2020. Darren Makowichuk/PostmediaArticle contentRestaurants, cafes, hair salons and barbershops will begin reopening in…

Ever since President Donald Trump directed NASA to get boots on the moon by 2024, the agency and its partners have been hard at work trying to make it happen. Late last month, NASA awarded contracts to three companies to develop a crewed lunar lander, but getting to the moon…

By Zlata Ivleva2020-05-16 11:00:00 UTC Do you love food? I sure as hell do. But as much as I love cooking and baking, I also like my food to be prepared by someone else and delivered to me every now and then.  That “now and then” has changed recently with…