Vietnamese Prime Minister nixes major steel…

By Associated Press By Associated Press April 17 at 5:42 AM HANOI, Vietnam — Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has ordered a halt to work on a major steel plant, citing environmental and other concerns. The Vietnam-based Hoa Sen Group last year announced plans to build a $10.6 billion complex with an annual capacity of 16 million tons of steel. But a government statement Monday called for further studies on the potential environmental impact of the project, and its economic feasibility. It cited risks of a disaster like the chemical spill last year during a test run at another steel complex, built by Taiwan’s Formosa Plastic Group, that devastated fisheries, tourism and the economies of four central provinces. Economic concerns…
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7 Things To Know About Kendrick…

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‘Bittersweet’ ceremony marks start of Golden…

SAN FRANCISCO – It’s been a difficult eight years for Fairfax resident John Brooks, but a ceremony at the Golden Gate Bridge on Thursday marking the beginning of work on a suicide barrier project brought a small slice of satisfaction. “As satisfying as this is and seeing everyone here, we wish the occasion was for something else,” said Brooks, who lost his adopted daughter, Casey, to suicide at the bridge in 2008. She was 17. Brooks has agitated for the barrier ever since, has counseled young people about depression and wrote a book about his experience. “We did this so other people don’t have to face the pain and heartache,” he said. “Eight years ago I never thought we would…
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Microsoft will unveil Project Scorpio, the…

Given the flood of recent details about the next Xbox, Project Scorpio, it shouldn’t come as a surprise that a formal launch is on the horizon. Today, we have a date: June 11, a couple of days before the E3 exhibition in Los Angeles begins.Given that it’s E3, which focuses on console gaming, Microsoft was expected to talk about Project Scorpio anyway. But Microsoft is committing to a full unveiling at the show. “We’re excited to unveil Project Scorpio and the amazing game experiences it powers at E3 this June,” Microsoft’s Phil Spencer wrote in a post to Xbox Wire on Thursday. Microsoft’s spent the last week revealing details of what’s actually inside Scorpio: eight 2.3GHz cores (powered by AMD, though not…
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Microsoft to Unveil Project Scorpio at…

While we already know a lot about the next-generation console’s specs, but we’ll have to wait until June to learn more details. Microsoft plans to officially announce Project Scorpio, the company’s newest Xbox console, at the E3 convention in June. “We designed Project Scorpio to be the best console to play the blockbuster multiplatform games from our publishing partners, made it easy for recently released titles to upgrade to true 4K and for beloved, backward compatible titles to play better than ever before,” Xbox head Phil Spencer wrote in a blog post on Thursday. Spencer in the post confirmed that the Xbox team will unveil Project Scorpio at E3. Microsoft has scheduled an Xbox press conference for June 11, at…
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Shia LaBeouf to Spend a Month…

Shia LaBeouf is exiling himself. For his next trick, the actor-turned-performance artist will spend a month living alone in a cabin in the remote Lapland region of Finland, the Associated Press reports. His only form of communication with the outside world will come via text message to visitors of a Helsinki museum. The project, called #ALONETOGETHER, is set to include Nastja Ronkko and Luke Turner, the other two members of his art collective. Beginning Wednesday, all three will begin living alone in separate cabins in Finland. Visitors to the Kiasama museum in Helsinki can communicate with LaBeouf, Ronkko and Turner via text message. The three can respond to visitors but can not speak to each other. From Coinage: The 5 Most Expensive Movies of All Time…
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Shia LaBeouf Will Spend a Month…

Shia LaBeouf is taking some time for himself. Beginning Wednesday, the 30-year-old actor will be spending a month alone in a remote cabin located in Finland, Switzerland, and will only be able to communicate with the outside world via text message. Visitors of the Kiasama museum in Helsinki will be able to text LaBeouf, along with members of his art collective, Nastja Ronkko and Luke Turner, who will be in separate cabins nearby. WATCH: Shia LaBeouf’s Man Down Only Earns $26 in the UK, Movie to Be Pulled From Theaters While LaBeouf, Ronkko and Turner will be able to text with people, they are forbidden to have contact with one another. For fans that can’t make it out to Helsinki,…
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Microsoft’s Project Scorpio dev kit hints…

Microsoft is revealing what its Project Scorpio dev kit looks like today. Gamasutra has published all the details on the Project Scorpio dev kit, and at first glance it looks a lot like a slightly bigger Xbox One S. The design is a combination of the robot white for the top section, and a black bottom that houses the expansion ports and Blu-ray drive. While it might look like an Xbox One S, the dev kit also includes a real-time clock and an OLED display with five programmable buttons at the front. The screen is designed to display data like frames per second, which is for Xbox games developers who want to see that information at a glance. Microsoft’s Project…
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Inside the next Xbox: Project Scorpio…

Microsoft’s Xbox One turns four this year. Before the year is out, the company plans to provide its aging console with a beefier, more capable sibling: Project Scorpio. It’s been about a year since news of the company’s plans to breathe new life into the brand leaked, but Xbox chief Phil Spencer traces Scorpio’s roots back to 2014, shortly after he stepped up from head of Microsoft Studios to become head of Xbox. “It was pretty close after that that we started on what our hardware roadmap was gonna be,” Spencer told Gamasutra during a recent visit to Microsoft. “The ideas behind [the Xbox One] S were in flight slightly, because we knew we would do something in terms of…
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Windows 10 NEON Project Screenshot Shows…

Microsoft is no different to any other provider when it comes to updating its software. The company is always looking to make progress and in turn, provide its users with an UI that not only meets their requirements. But also has them coming back to use it regularly, as such an update known as the Windows 10 NEON Project is expected to arrive later this year. However, if the company wanted to keep it under wraps, a new leaked screenshot has revealed what its start menu might look like. geralt / PixabayWindows 10 Neon ProjectWhile Neon is to come, last week we saw the rollout of the Creator update. Which goes to show that Microsoft isn’t finished adding new features…
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