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New predictions anticipate two metre sea level rise by 2100
A new paper paper based on assessments made by 22 international experts active in ice sheet research anticipates that worldwide sea levels could rise by over 2 metres by 2100 – more than double the widely-quoted IPCC figure of a 98cm maximum rise by the end of the century (BBC News).
Predictions range from a 26cm rise from ice sheet melt if Paris Climate Agreement goals are met to as much as a 178cm rise if global average temperatures increase by 5 degrees Celsius, increasing to 238cm if other bodies of ice are included. At this extreme end of predictions, 1.79 million square kilometres of land could be lost to the sea.
Huawei will be allowed to send out three more months of Android updates
Users of Huawei's Android smartphones will receive updates for another three months and then, the US government dictates, that's it for its customers unless a new deal is negotiated in the interim (The Guardian). The US government yesterday eased some of the restrictions it had placed on the firm in an apparent attempt to mitigate the impact on US and international owners of Huawei equipment.
Huawei Founder Ren Zhengfei says the US is underestimating Huawei's strength and has indicated the company's core 5G network infrastructure hardware business is prepared for the ban on sourcing components from partners including Qualcomm, Intel and Xilinx.
UK trade unions push for Amazon working conditions to improve
British trade unions have gone to Amazon's shareholders to highlight what they describe as unsafe working conditions are the company's UK warehouses, with issues including long hours, intense pressure to hit targets regardless of any health impact and management dismissal of employee concerns including sexual harassment (The Guardian).
The GMB union and Trade Union Share Owners (TUSO) organisation told a dozen leading pension fund managers that, if changes weren't pushed for, the company – and by extension its share price – could be affected by legal and media backlash over issues including its treatment of workers and tax avoidance practices.
3D-printed guns are back, and this time they are unstoppable
A new network of 3D-printed gun advocates is growing in America – and this time things are different (WIRED). Unlike previous attempts to popularise 3D-printed guns, this operation is entirely decentralised. There’s no headquarters, no trademarks, and no real leader. The people behind it reckon that this means they can’t be stopped by governments.
Online music services are being loaded up with pirate albums
The son and estate of feted Broadway composer Harold Arlen are suing Apple, Amazon, Google, Microsoft, and Pandora for selling pirated versions of over 6,000 recordings of his songs, such as Over the Rainbow (The Verge). First picked up by a Forbes contributor, the suit states that pirates have been uploading unlicensed albums and that the online music stores “had knowledge of their own infringing conduct and that of the many of the pirate label and distributor defendants for several years, and have continued to work with them.”
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