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@t0ny420 · 3 years ago

The US Government Just Paid a Crypto Startup to Explore Digital Dollars

"The U.S. federal government just awarded a grant to the blockchain startup Key Retroactivity Network Consensus (KRNC)," reports Futurism.com, " to study the feasibility of integrating cryptocurrency...

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@t0ny420 · 3 years ago

US town starts using its own Currency

Tenino, Washington (population: 1,884) has launched its own local currency , reports the Hustle: Mayor Wayne Fournier decided that Tenino would set aside $10k to give out to low-income residents hur...

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@t0ny420 · 3 years ago

Illegal Netflix, Amazon Streamers Cut Off After European Arrests

European police busted an illegal streaming ring that provided service to 2 million people and was so sophisticated that it had its own customer-service team. From a report: The criminal network op...

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@t0ny420 · 3 years ago

Amazon Pauses Police Use of Facial Recognition Tech For a Year

Amazon on Wednesday said it was implementing a one-year moratorium on police use of its facial recognition software , reversing its long-time support of selling the technology to law enforcement. Civ...

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@t0ny420 · 3 years ago

Virtual Reality Damages Eyesight, developer warns.

Software developer Danny Bittman tweeted about how he's convinced that his eyesight was damaged from wearing a VR headset for hours a day . Danny Bittman, who has worked as a virtual reality devel...

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@t0ny420 · 3 years ago

Why online voting is a huge risk.

On Sunday, researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the University of Michigan revealed numerous security flaws in the product that West Virginia and Delaware are using, saying i...

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@t0ny420 · 3 years ago

Anonymous Hackers Reemerge Amid US Unrest

The BBC reported that as the United States deals with widespread civil unrest across dozens of cities, "hacktivist" group Anonymous has returned from the shadows . The hacker collective was once a re...

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@t0ny420 · 3 years ago

Pepper Spray Sales Soar On Amazon

The unrest following the death of George Floyd has prompted Amazon shoppers to buy pepper spray for self-defense . According to Bloomberg, "a $9.48 canister of Sabre 'max police strength' pepper spra...

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@t0ny420 · 3 years ago

MIT Builds Robot Hand That Can See and Feel Objects

Two new tools built by MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) offer a breakthrough in the emerging field of soft robotics -- a new generation of robots that use squishy,...

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@t0ny420 · 3 years ago

Amazon To Offer Permanent Jobs To 70% of 175,000 New US Hires

Amazon plans to offer permanent jobs to about 70% of the U.S. workforce it has hired temporarily to meet consumer demand during the coronavirus pandemic, the company told Reuters on Thursday. From...

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@t0ny420 · 3 years ago

The Most Powerful Raspberry Pi Now Has 8GB of RAM

The Raspberry Pi Foundation has doubled the maximum amount of RAM available in the Raspberry Pi 4 to 8GB with a new device it's selling for $75. To take advantage of the RAM increase, the foundati...

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@t0ny420 · 3 years ago

$350 'Anti-5G' Device Is Just a 128MB USB Stick

Believers of 5G conspiracy theories have apparently been buying a $350 anti-5G USB key that -- not surprisingly -- appears to just be a regular USB stick with only 128MB of storage . As noted by the...

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@t0ny420 · 3 years ago

OneWeb Seeks License For 48,000 Satellites, Even More Than SpaceX

Yesterday, SpaceX and OneWeb filed applications to launch tens of thousands of additional satellites into low Earth orbit. "SpaceX's application to launch 30,000 satellites -- in addition to the nea...

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@t0ny420 · 3 years ago

Tech Companies Urge US House to Protect the Privacy of Americans' Browsing and Search History

While reinstating the PATRIOT Act, the U.S. Senate blocked an amendment which would've shielded Americans' browsing and search histories from warrantless searches. But that fight may not be over...

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@t0ny420 · 3 years ago

Will The Pandemic Mean Less Age Discrimination For Boomers?

More and more companies, especially those in the tech sector, are wisely concluding that the physical infrastructure constructed to put employees together in a building is largely inefficient if not u...

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@t0ny420 · 3 years ago

Are we really alone? ALMA Discovers Massive Rotating Disk In Early Universe

In our 13.8 billion-year-old universe, most galaxies like our Milky Way form gradually, reaching their large mass relatively late. But a new discovery made with the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillime...

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@t0ny420 · 3 years ago

A.I. will soon start to take over programming jobs.

The rise of artificial intelligence will make even software engineers less sought after . That's because artificial intelligence will soon write its own software, according to Jack Dorsey, the tech b...

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@t0ny420 · 3 years ago

Researchers in Austrailia Claim achieve new Internet Speed Record of 44.2 Tbps!

Researchers based out of Australia's Monash, Swinburne, and RMIT universities say they've set a new internet speed record of 44.2 Tbps , according to a paper published in the open-access journal Nat...

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@t0ny420 · 3 years ago

Bumblebees can Fool Plants Into Flowering

Scientists found that when deprived of pollen, bumblebees will nibble on the leaves of flowerless plants to trick them into flowering , sometimes up to 30 days earlier than normal. The BBC reports:...

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@t0ny420 · 3 years ago

A Russian vs. U.S. Space Arms Race may be taking place.

Russia "is now challenging the United States' long-standing supremacy in space and working to exploit the U.S. military's dependence on space systems for communications, navigation, intelligence, an...

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@t0ny420 · 3 years ago

Hackers release new iPhone / iPad Jailbreak Tool which can unlock any device!

A renowned iPhone hacking team has released a new "jailbreak" tool that unlocks every iPhone , even the most recent models running the latest iOS 13.5. [9to5Mac points out it also works on iPads .]...

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@t0ny420 · 3 years ago

UK May remove Huawei from planned 5G network rollout.

An article in The Guardian suggest that the United Kingdom might remove Huawei from its planned 5G Networks. This move would align with the U.S. stance on Huawei. The National Cyber Security Agency i...

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@t0ny420 · 3 years ago

Can our brains really shut off our feeling of pain?

A research team from Duke University has found a small area of the brain in mice that can profoundly shut down pain . "It's located in an area where few people would have thought to look for an anti-...

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@t0ny420 · 3 years ago

Hydroxychloroquine Increased the risk of death among 96,000 patients tested

A recent study conducted suggests that the drug increased the risk of death among many patients studied. "The drug US President Donald Trump said he was taking to ward off Covid-19 actually increase...

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@t0ny420 · 3 years ago

COVID-19 Generates a Spike In Demand For Plant-Based Meat Alternatives

Food safety concerns amid the coronavirus pandemic, along with "changing consumer preferences," are " contributing to a shift toward plant-based food options ," reports CNBC, citing alternative meat m...

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@t0ny420 · 3 years ago

USA Making investment in Next Gen nuclear power.

America's Department of Energy "has started a new Office of Nuclear Energy projects called the Advanced Reactor Demonstration Program " (or ARDP) reports Popular Mechanics: "The $230 million pro...

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@t0ny420 · 3 years ago

USA Considering first nuclear test in decades

The Trump administration "has discussed whether to conduct the first U.S. nuclear test explosion since 1992 ," reports the Washington Post, "in a move that would have far-reaching consequences for re...

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@t0ny420 · 3 years ago

Amazon looking to expand with bankrupt JC Penny acquisition

Amazon is doing well during this crisis, and looking to expand their portfolio with the possible acquisition of the JC Penny chain of stores. Amazon is reportedly in talks with JCPenney, the debt-lad...

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@t0ny420 · 3 years ago

EasyJet announces a data breach affecting a massive NINE Million Customers!

Today the airline company EasyJet announced a data breach which has reportedly compromised an estimated 9 million customers! Just another reason why people should make the jump to crypto where possib...

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@t0ny420 · 3 years ago

Nintendo cracking down against Switch hackers with Lawsuits

Seems that Nintendo of America is not playing games with switch hackers and are filing lawsuits in order to crack down on the practice. The first lawsuit was filed Friday in an Ohio court against T...

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