Thomas Kurian: Bei Google Cloud sind Gewinne in Sichtweite

Hohe Ausgaben für Infrastruktur und Vertrieb machen den Aufbau einer weltweiten Cloud bis zur Gewinnschwelle zu einem Ziel in weiter Ferne. Selbst für Google. (Google, Web Service)

Hohe Ausgaben für Infrastruktur und Vertrieb machen den Aufbau einer weltweiten Cloud bis zur Gewinnschwelle zu einem Ziel in weiter Ferne. Selbst für Google. (Google, Web Service)

Delta-Variante: Gefährlich wie ein Killerhai?

Die aktuelle Situation gibt eher Anlass zu Optimismus – Selbst notorische Warner wie Lauterbach oder Drosten sehen gute Chancen für Deutschland, wenn die Impfkampagne weiter vorankommt

Die aktuelle Situation gibt eher Anlass zu Optimismus - Selbst notorische Warner wie Lauterbach oder Drosten sehen gute Chancen für Deutschland, wenn die Impfkampagne weiter vorankommt

Scientists unearth 24,000-year-old microbes from Siberian permafrost

Ancient species may re-enter the ecosystem as the world’s permafrost thaws.

Image of a microbe.

Enlarge / After thawing out, these tiny creatures started making clones of themselves. (credit: Michael Plewka)

Rotifers are microscopic freshwater-dwelling multicellular organisms. They're already known to withstand freezing (even in liquid nitrogen), boiling, desiccation, and radiation, and the group has persisted for millions of years without having sex. The humble yet remarkably hardy bdelloid rotifer has now surprised researchers yet again—a recent study unearthed 24,000-year-old Siberian permafrost and found living (or at least revivable) rotifers there. Surviving 24,000 years in deep-freeze is a new record for the species.

Rotifers aren’t the only living organisms to emerge from permafrost or ice. The same researchers behind this latest discovery had previously found roughly 40,000-year-old viable roundworms in the region’s permafrost. Ancient moss, seeds, viruses, and bacteria have all shown impressive longevity on ice, prompting legitimate concern about whether any potentially harmful pathogens may also be released as glaciers and permafrost melt.

Given that bdelloids are generally only a threat to bacteria, algae, and detritus, however, there’s not much need for concern regarding this particular discovery. But as key players in the bottom of the food chain, newly re-emerged rotifers indicate that maybe we should think about how species that haven’t been seen for millennia might reintegrate into modern ecosystems.

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Lenovo brings wireless charging to laptops with a $140 conversion kit coming this fall

Wireless charging has become a common feature for smartphones, earbuds, and other gadgets in recent years. But laptops? You usually have to plug them in to charge their batteries. Lenovo’s new USB-C Wireless Charging Kit could change that. Sort …

Wireless charging has become a common feature for smartphones, earbuds, and other gadgets in recent years. But laptops? You usually have to plug them in to charge their batteries. Lenovo’s new USB-C Wireless Charging Kit could change that. Sort of. The company isn’t building wireless charging capabilities into its laptops, but the $140 kit coming […]

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Lenovo’s new ThinkPad X1 Extreme has a 16 inch display and up to a Core i9 processor and NVIDIA RTX 3080 graphics

The Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Extreme is a compact mobile workstation-class laptop that weighs about 4 pounds, but which packs a lot of horsepower. This summer Lenovo is refreshing the ThinkPad X1 Extreme by equipping it with a new Intel Tiger Lake-H process…

The Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Extreme is a compact mobile workstation-class laptop that weighs about 4 pounds, but which packs a lot of horsepower. This summer Lenovo is refreshing the ThinkPad X1 Extreme by equipping it with a new Intel Tiger Lake-H processor and support for up to 64GB of RAM, 4TB of storage, and NVIDIA GeForce RTX […]

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