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AMD announces Mantle delay as BF4 battles bugs
2014-01-02 21:54:42| Extremetech
AMD's Mantle API was supposed to debut in December with a Battlefield 4 patch, but the deployment has been delayed. Problems with BF4 have forced Dice to prioritize fixing the underlying code rather than integrating new support. According to AMD, Mantle will still launch in January, once the game is in better shape.
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Madagascar battles locust swarms save rice & maize crops
2013-12-31 15:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: A pair of farmers in Madagascar are struggling to drive off hundreds of thousands of locusts heading for their rice plantation, equipped with no more than a branch and a plastic bag. "It's the third time in a month that these bugs have come near here and I'm terrified we may lose everything," says Razafindradaoro. For this father of four, salvation could come from the heavens. Flying about 10 metres above the ground, a helicopter will soon be spraying insecticide in the area around Tsiroanomandidy,...
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Bloomberg weighs 2014 climate battles
2013-11-27 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Hill: Outgoing New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg might use some of his fortune on behalf of 2014 candidates who are hawkish on battling climate change. On Tuesday Bloomberg, who is leaving office Jan. 1, told reporters he would continue focusing on climate initiatives through his philanthropy. But he also held out the prospect of wading directly into congressional races next year. Bloomberg, asked about raising climate change in political contests, initially noted that theres a limited number...
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CDC Report Card: Good, Bad Marks On Target Battles
2013-11-21 18:43:15| Biotech - Topix.net
About three years ago, the nation's top public health agency picked its battles.
A crippled nation battles a tide of desperation
2013-11-19 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ClimateWire: More than a week after what may be the most powerful recorded storm ever to hit land, the Philippines is a nation on the move, with an enormous dislocation of people fleeing crushed homes; severely wounded cities; a lack of food, electricity, phones and clean water; and spreading disease. Meanwhile, other vehicles fight the huge tide of people, trying to bring help to the worst-hit places. "It was the most surreal homecoming," recalled Daryl Dao as she bumped along a wreckage-strewn road on the...
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