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Mark Carney’s Impossible Math and Hottest Day Hysteria Sow Climate Policy Confusion

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BBC is reporting that Mark Carney says household energy bills will drop by 2030 thanks to new technologies, omitting the fact that someone must pay for power grid and generation upgrades, says Friends of Science Society. Media outlets are reporting ‘hottest day ever’ despite most nations having carbon taxes, thus creating climate policy confusion.

CALGARY, Alberta, July 25, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ — On July 10, 2024, BBC reported that former Bank of England Governor Mark Carney said, “Greener technologies will help drive down household bills by the end of the decade,” without explaining who will pay for the necessary power grid and generation upgrades or how this can be implemented in less than 6 years, says Friends of Science Society. According to Dr. Benny Peiser of the Global Warming Policy Foundation (GWPF), there is already a Net Zero Rebellion by the public going on across the UK and Europe. [Published reports by the GWPF show the costs per household in the UK could be £100,000. or USD$128,948.88.

According to Dr. Benny Peiser of the Global Warming Policy Foundation (GWPF), there is already a Net Zero Rebellion by the public going on across the UK and Europe. Published reports by the GWPF show the costs per household in the UK could be £100,000. (USD$128,948.88)

Similar green plans for Canada don’t seem to offer lower prices. A recent study by economist Ross McKitrick for the Fraser Institute on Canada’s Emissions Reduction Plan found that it would cause the economy to stagnate, would cost $6,700 per worker annually by 2030, which is more than five times the cost per worker compared to the carbon tax alone. Likewise, the plan would fail to meet the Net Zero targets. For Canada’s proposed emission reduction efforts, the global average temperature would be only reduced by 0.007° C (seven thousandths of a degree Celsius) as of 2100 compared to the case if Canada does nothing.

Prof. Simon Michaux has produced a new study and webinar for the Geological Survey of Finland which shows that on a global scale, he estimates that some 800,000 new non-fossil fuel power stations would be required for Net Zero 2050; the non-fossil fuel power plant fleet was only 46,423 in 2018.

This brings into question the quality of Mark Carney’s math and his grip on the practical realities and costs of decarbonizing the future with ‘green’ tech or reaching Net Zero at all, says Friends of Science.

Media outlets around the world have been blaring that the “hottest day on record” occurred on July 21st, 2024 in terms of the global average surface air temperature. Now it’s the hottest days on record with 2 days in a row!! On a closer look, the Copernicus records only go back to 1940. The 1930’s are deemed to have been much hotter than today as explained by Tony Heller. Friends of Science Society’s president, Ron Davison, P. Eng., has put together a series of colorful charts showing how the earth is actually cooling over time.

While there has been a perceptible bump in global warming this past year, most scientists attribute this to the astounding volume of water vapor from the Hunga Tonga volcanic eruption injected into the stratosphere; this effect is projected to last for the next five years. Water vapor is the most influential greenhouse gas, as explained in the Friends of Science Society’s “Climate Science Essay.”

The World Bank reports on their carbon pricing dashboard the near global adoption of carbon pricing, but people feel confused paying a carbon tax on the promise by politicians that this will reduce global warming and stop extreme weather.

According to Roger Pielke, Jr., climate policy analyst of many years, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) does not ascribe extreme weather events – neither flooding nor wildfires, to human-induced climate change or concentration of carbon dioxide.

Torontonians have just experienced significant flooding and now politicians from Prime Minister Trudeau to Mayor Olivia Chow are blaming climate change, despite the fact that data shows a downward trend in precipitation. Urban flooding is more a function of failing, aging infrastructure, paved over landscapes and population growth, according to Robert Muir, P. Eng. Good public policy must be based on objective evidence as Muir details in this paper.

‘Hottest year ever’ headlines create fear of a climate apocalypse in young people, like Just Stop Oil activists. This ended up with the “Whole Truth Five” being sentenced to 4 and 5 years in jail in the UK for conspiracy. Friends of Science took a closer look at these events in this explainer video.

In Canada, “Last Generation” plans to participate with activists in 8 different countries with similar civil disobedience at airports. Their June 14, 2024 ultimatum letter demands a 50,000 strong national firefighting agency and that Canada commits to a legally binding signatory status to Tzeporah Berman’s “Fossil Fuel Non-proliferation Treaty.”

Roger Pielke, Jr. shows that climate catastrophists are relying on outdated science and implausible scenarios like the Representative Concentration Pathway RCP 8.5.

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Friends of Science Society is an independent group of earth, atmospheric and solar scientists, engineers, and citizens that is celebrating its 22nd year of offering climate science insights. After a thorough review of a broad spectrum of literature on climate change, Friends of Science Society has concluded that the sun is the main driver of climate change, not carbon dioxide (CO2).
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Moonlock by MacPaw Wins Red Dot Award 2026

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Moonlock earns recognition in the Interface & User Experience Design category, proving that thoughtful design belongs in cybersecurity as much as anywhere else.

BOSTON, Sept. 7, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — MacPaw is proud to announce that Moonlock, its antivirus and protection app for Mac users, has been named a winner of the 2026 Red Dot Award: Brands & Communication Design, recognized in the Interface & User Experience Design category. The award is an international mark of design excellence, judged on the strength of an idea, its execution, and its real-world impact.

Since launching in October 2025, Moonlock has taken a different approach to cybersecurity, reflected in every detail of the app. Its intuitive interface, plain-spoken copy, and hand-drawn illustrations replace the cold, technical tone common to security software. The result is a security app making protection feel easy and stress-free for everyone, expert or not.

Clear, human, beautiful products are a core MacPaw value, and the company pays attention to every detail, from aesthetics to user experience. Moonlock is no exception: it was built to make cybersecurity accessible to everyone, whatever their background — and design is central to that mission.

“Cybersecurity has a reputation for being intimidating — all alerts and jargon, with the sense that you need to be an expert just to stay safe. We built Moonlock to change that,” said Oleg Stukalenko, Head of Product Management at Moonlock by MacPaw. “From the start, we wanted it to feel human and welcoming, so that online protection becomes a natural part of everyday life rather than something people worry about. We think of design as everything someone actually experiences with us, not just the screen in front of them. Having the Red Dot jury recognize that work means a lot to the whole team.”

The Red Dot Award: Brands & Communication Design celebrates the craft behind how a product looks, feels, and speaks to the people who use it. Held since 1993, the competition is open to established and emerging designers, agencies, and companies across 18 categories. Each year, an international jury of 30 experts from design, science, media, and consultancy evaluates the entries, bringing a wide range of professional and cultural perspectives to every decision.

With this win, Moonlock continues MacPaw’s legacy of design excellence. It is the company’s fourth Red Dot Award: in 2017, Gemini 2 became the first macOS application to win the honor, followed by CleanMyMac in 2021 and CleanMy®Phone in 2024.

About Moonlock

Moonlock is a part of the MacPaw ecosystem that offers simple, approachable, and stress-free Mac protection and antivirus capabilities.

About MacPaw

MacPaw is a global technology company founded in Kyiv, Ukraine, with offices in Boston, MA and the EU, creating a digital ecosystem for Mac users. Combining capabilities such as system care, cybersecurity, app discovery, and more, the ecosystem aims to unite MacPaw’s suite of software, third-party tools, and AI solutions to collaborate on behalf of the user. Through Eney, an AI-powered assistant and the interface of the ecosystem, MacPaw aims to help users and developers within their workflows, driving the next generation of human-computer interaction.

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DBGallery Delivers “AI Knowledge Layer for Visual Assets,” Bringing Automated Enterprise DAM to Organizations of All Sizes

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Automated AI metadata converts photos and videos into structured organizational knowledge, transforming digital chaos into a strategic advantage without the manual effort.

TORONTO, Sept. 7, 2026 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ — DBGallery today announced the expansion of its visual intelligence capabilities, formally positioning its platform as an AI Knowledge Layer for Visual Assets for organizations and teams of all sizes. By replacing manual keywording with automated AI metadata analysis, DBGallery converts raw photos, graphics, and video into rich, structured organizational knowledge the moment they are uploaded.

For years, visual assets lost value because nobody had the bandwidth to tag them. With an automated metadata layer, that changes completely. Visual media becomes instantly discoverable, creating compounding, multi-year value, and puts DAM within reach of more organizations.

Historically, Digital Asset Management (DAM) was reserved for large media organizations with dedicated archiving staff. Resource-constrained teams across tourism boards, municipalities, higher education, non-profits, and marketing teams across numerous industries were locked out by the sheer labor required to manually tag thousands of files—turning vast digital asset libraries into unsearchable “file graveyards.”

DBGallery’s AI Knowledge Layer changes that economic equation by shifting DAM from a labor-intensive requirement into an automated, accessible workflow hub.

“For years, visual assets lost value over time because nobody had the bandwidth to tag them properly,” said Glenn Rogers, Director of Product and Project Management at DBGallery. “When you introduce an automated metadata knowledge layer, that changes completely. Visual media becomes instantly discoverable through structured context, custom prompt targeting, embedded OCR text, and interactive video transcripts. The metadata doesn’t just solve today’s search, it creates compounding, multi-year value for the entire organization, and brings DAM within reach to more organizations.”

Key Capabilities of the DBGallery AI Knowledge Layer include:

Automated Auto-Enrichment: Extracts OCR text from images and PDFs, identifies objects and faces, and summarizes photo and video content upon upload or subsequent batch analysis.Custom AI Description Prompts: Admins and users can tailor global or image-specific prompts to extract structured domain data—ranging from architectural style identification and brand compliance to social media captions and emotional tone analysis—and can be outputted as HTML or JSON for direct ingestion into websites or ERP systems.Interactive Video Transcription & Timelines: Generates time-stamped, sentence-by-sentence spoken transcripts aligned with video playback, allowing teams to click any transcript line to jump instantly to that exact moment in the video.Non-Spoken Scene Analysis: Automatically inserts AI visual scene descriptions into pauses in speech or non-verbal video clips, ensuring complete visual context alongside spoken transcripts.

This AI framework is integrated directly into DBGallery’s production-proven platform, capable of scaling to millions of assets and thousands of users. Designed specifically for multi-user team collaboration, the platform combines Single Sign-On (SSO) and granular action-level permissions with full audit trails, custom metadata fields, usage analytics, and cloud or on-premises deployment options.

By combining cutting-edge AI automation with a secure, highly scalable foundation, DBGallery allows organizations of any size to deploy enterprise-grade digital asset management without adding administrative headcount or compromising on data governance.

To explore the AI Metadata Value Chain or learn more about DBGallery’s enterprise AI capabilities, visit https://dbgallery.com/ai.

About DBGallery

DBGallery is a leading Digital Asset Management (DAM) platform trusted by over 100+ brands across more than 25 countries, ranging from non-profits and educational institutions to global enterprise organizations. By combining scalable SaaS or on-premises architecture with powerful AI metadata automation, DBGallery empowers teams of any size to organize, discover, and turn visual media into structured, searchable business data. Learn more at https://dbgallery.com and https://dbgallery.com/ai.

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Coda Launches Fresh Coda.co Website, Built for Publisher Growth

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SINGAPORE, Sept. 7, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Coda today launched a revamped Coda.co website, creating a more comprehensive destination to explore Coda’s products, pricing, insights, and global capabilities.

The new Coda.co has been rebuilt to meet the needs of Coda’s B2B audiences, with gaming remaining at the heart of Coda’s business and expertise. The site also reflects how Coda is bringing that experience to a growing range of digital commerce businesses across entertainment, education and other verticals.

Designed to make it easier to evaluate opportunities with Coda, the site brings together practical information on market dynamics and local payment preferences alongside richer product pages, case studies and pricing.

The new Market Guides provide a country-level view of consumer behavior, payment preferences, and growth opportunities across 49 markets, while the Payment Guides go deeper on 94 individual payment methods worldwide, covering reach, adoption, and integration considerations.

Coda has also introduced a dedicated Pricing page that offers greater transparency into standard and custom pricing options, payment method coverage, and other commercial considerations. This sits alongside an expanded repository of case studies, white papers, and blog posts, providing deeper insight into why businesses choose Coda and how they use its Merchant of Record service and broader product suite to grow revenue, enter new markets, and build stronger direct-to-consumer channels with ease.

Shane Happach, CEO of Coda, said, “Publishers and brands are making decisions across more markets, payment methods and channels than ever. Our job is to bring clarity to that complexity. The new Coda.co provides a sharper view of the commercial opportunities we see and how Coda’s products and services help our partners turn that potential into meaningful growth. Gaming remains central to Coda, and the expertise we’ve built in the industry continues to shape how we help partners grow across digital commerce.”

The new Coda.co launch marks another milestone in Coda’s evolution as a global digital commerce leader, with a site designed to grow alongside its products, partnerships, and ambitions. The website will be available in Japanese, Chinese, and South Korean languages by the end of the year.

Learn more at the new www.coda.co

About Coda

Coda is a global leader in monetization, distribution, and commerce, trusted by the biggest names in gaming, entertainment, and technology, including Activision, Electronic Arts, Riot Games, Ubisoft, and Moonton. Founded in 2011 and headquartered in Singapore, Coda operates with 670+ employees worldwide, with core hubs in Asia and Europe. Coda combines payments, commerce, distribution, and rewards to drive global revenue growth for brands and publishers.

Coda’s products include Codapay, which provides access to 400+ payment methods across 80+ markets through a single API integration; Coda Webstore, which powers fully customized direct-to-consumer storefronts; Coda Consumer Platforms, including Codashop, Recharge.com, and Startselect.com; Coda Distribution, which extends reach through a network of commerce partners; and Giftcloud, a UK-based rewards business serving enterprise customers across Europe.

Coda is backed by Apis Partners, Insight Partners, Smash Capital, and GIC, and has been named an APAC High Growth Company (2023) by Financial Times, one of Granite Asia’s NextGenTech 30 (2024), a payments leader on Fortune’s Fintech Innovation Asia list (2024), and listed among The Straits Times Fastest Growing Fintechs (2024). For more on Coda, visit coda.co.

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