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Новости за 06.08.2024

Engineeringnews.co.za 

Shell, BP to pay operational costs to buyer of South Africa's Sapref refinery

South African units of Shell and BP will pay around $15-million to State-run Central Energy Fund (CEF) for operational costs at Sapref refinery that the oil firms are selling to the government, a letter from Minister Gwede Mantashe to the finance ministry showed. The payments could help kickstart the revival of South Africa's largest refinery as government looks to secure security of petroleum supplies amid declining refining capacity.

Rock Paper Shotgun 

Cinematic platformer Bionic Bay is incredibly impressive even beyond its 250,000 pixel trees

Cinematic platformer Bionic Bay opens on a scene of a very large egg doing very bad things - easily my third favourite genre of speculative fiction. You awake to a world of tree trunks that twist like viscera and corroded contraptions powered by luminous goop that’s stored in the balls, uh, big glass orbs. A beam of light soon fills your character with newfound vigour, which is a nice moment of triumph in what otherwise feels like a deeply oppressive rust pit, all unsteady platforms and jagged pipes. Читать дальше...

«The Rio Times» 

Harnessing Thought: China’s Strategic Advance in Brain-Computer Interfaces

At Shanghai’s prestigious Fudan University, a significant leap in technology is unfolding with the launch of a new brain chip research center, backed by a robust 400 million yuan (approximately US$56 million) investment. This center is at the forefront of developing brain-computer interfaces (BCIs), revolutionary tools that could one day allow people to control devices […]

Voice of America 

Japan's Nikkei 225 soars 10% and other world markets are mixed after the week's rollercoaster start

Bangkok — Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 index soared more than 10% on Tuesday, rebounding after a rollercoaster start to the week that sent markets tumbling in Europe and on Wall Street. European markets were mostly lower, with Germany's DAX down 0.4% at 17,277.27 and the CAC 40 in Paris 0.7% lower, at 7,098.89. In London, the FTSE 100 shed 0.4% to 7,974.44. Those modest declines and gains in Asia suggested a respite from the turmoil of the past two trading sessions, when the Nikkei lost a combined... Читать дальше...