The United Kingdom is going to try something new to beat the ill effects of climate change. Carbon dioxide, one of the key heating agents on Earth, will be sucked out of the air across the country. Scientists intend to use trees, rock chips, charcoal and peat in the groundbreaking trials which could change mitigation modules across the world.
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The pandemic forced retailers to cap the amount of SodaStream CO2 canisters shoppers could buy.
Experts blamed high demand for sparkling water, a CO2 shortage, and a circular business model.
The supply-chain clot was mostly resolved by March, when normal consumer behavior returned.
In January, SodaStream owners who wandered into a Target in New York City s Tribeca neighborhood came face-to-face with the following sign: No more than two new canisters per customer.
In an effort to combat shortages, the store was limiting the amount of CO2 canisters shoppers could buy for their at-home sparkling-water machines.
Online, prospects were no better: Bed Bath & Beyond, a major national supplier of SodaStream, throttled sales in much the same way, constraining the number of canisters any single customer could buy.
: Thursday, May 20, 2021, 4:11 PM IST
UKâs competition regulator approves Virgin Media and O2 merger; telcos say watershed moment in the history of UK telecommunications
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Britainâs Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) allowed the merger deal between Virgin Media and O2. The regulator made this decision after it found that this merger will not impact market competition. The merger deal is worth £31.4 billion.
According to a CNBC report, the CMA had earlier expressed concern that the tie-up may lead to rise in prices or even hurt the quality of the services it provides. The regulator was of the view that the merger would hurt the consumers.
By siliconindia | Thursday, 20 May 2021, 03:29 Hrs FMCG major Hindustan Unilever (HUL) has rolled out Mission HO2PE to provide oxygen concentrators free of cost to Covid patients in New Delhi and Bengaluru. According to the company, India is facing a severe shortage of oxygen (O2) concentrators as the healthcare system continues to grapple with the deadly second wave of Covid-19. Through Mission HO2PE, HUL has airlifted over 5,000 oxygen concentrators into India. HUL s partnership with KVN Foundation and Portea will provide access to oxygen for Covid-19 patients directly in their homes, thereby reducing the pressure on our healthcare infrastructure which is already under duress.
O2, Microsoft reveal plans to develop mobile edge capability for private 5G
Operator and IT giant O2 partners with Microsoft to trial the benefits of on-premise mobile edge computing in a private 5G network, paving the way for secure data management and enabling confidential information to stay on-premise at all times
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With continual investment in the infrastructure driven by demand from mission-critical organisations, and with more spectrum being made available for enterprise uses, analysts are predicting a boom for private comms infrastructures in 2021 – and UK operator O2, in conjunction with Microsoft, has announced plans to attack this opportunity.