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Новости за 21.11.2024

PC World 

Windows 10 gets full-screen ads that say buy a new PC already

Microsoft wants to be done with Windows 10 and have everyone move to Windows 11. It’s given the nine-year-old operating system an official expiration date next year, and it’s not shy about leaving those users behind. But its latest attempt to spur them on is its most brazen yet: full-page ads telling you to just go buy a Copilot+ laptop.

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Thehindubusinessline.com 

Should hybrid trolley buses make a comeback?

The hybrid trolley bus, which can switch between using overhead lines and a battery, can offer reliable, clean transportation at low operating cost

BelTA (en) 

BelNPP generates 37.5bn kWh of electricity since launch

Since the connection of the first power unit to the national grid (3 November 2020), the Belarusian nuclear power plant (BelNPP) has generated a total of 37.5 billion kWh of electricity, which made it possible to replace over 10 billion cubic meters of natural gas.

Voice of America 

Duct-taped banana goes for $6.2 million in Sotheby's art auction

A piece of art that is little more than a banana duct-taped to a wall sold at auction for $6.2 million on Wednesday to cryptocurrency entrepreneur Justin Sun, Sotheby's said, furthering the universal conversation about what constitutes art.  "Comedian," by Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan, first rocked the art world upon its debut at Miami's Art Basel in 2019, drawing such large crowds that the exhibit had to be taken down for public safety and to protect other works on display.  At Sotheby's in New York on Wednesday... Читать дальше...

Boing Boing 

One of Magritte's "Empire of Light" paintings sells for $121m

A 1954 version of René Magritte's The Empire of Light sold for $121 million at Christie's in New York, much more than expected. One of 27 renderings of the scene by the French surrealist, the eerie canvas is the largest of the bunch and described by the auction house as the "crown jewel" of former owner Mica Ertegun. — Read the rest

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