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22/01/2023

Cosmologists have spent decades striving to understand why our universe is so stunningly vanilla. Not only is it smooth and flat as far as we can see, but it’s also expanding at an ever-so-slowly increasing pace, when naive calculations suggest that—coming out of the Big Bang—space should have become crumpled up by gravity and blasted apart by repulsive dark energy....

Cosmologists have spent decades striving to understand why our universe is so stunningly vanilla. Not only is it smooth and flat as far as we can...

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“Just as we pulled together as a nation in the early days of the space race, we simply must redouble our efforts to develop the next generation of tech innovators and entrepreneurs if we hope to win this race.” Deputy Director of CIA for Digital Innovation, Jennifer Ewbank was a keynote speaker at this year’s Cipher Brief Threat Conference. Her remarks below have been lightly edited for clarity....

“Just as we pulled together as a nation in the early days of the space race, we simply must redouble our efforts to develop the next...

22/01/2023

TL;DR: As of Jan. 22, you can secure a one-year Sam's Club membership(Opens in a new window)(opens in a new tab) for only $24.99 instead of the usual $50. That's 50% in savings. Eggs, the one protein you reach out for when you've run out of dinner options, the one thing in your pantry that never used to fail you, the one food you never get tired of eating, has turned into gold — sort of....

TL;DR: As of Jan. 22, you can secure a one-year Sam’s Club membership(Opens in a new window)(opens in a new tab) for only $24.99 instead of...

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Public servant. Those two words best describe, it seems to me, Jacinda Ardern, New Zealand’s prime minister who announced her shock resignation earlier this week. I think Prime Minister Ardern would welcome being acknowledged for having dedicated herself to the humble proposition that politicians – whatever their title or party – should serve the public, rather than any petty, parochial, interest....

Public servant. Those two words best describe, it seems to me, Jacinda Ardern, New Zealand’s prime minister who announced her shock resignation earlier this week. I...

22/01/2023

Area 120, the Google in-house incubator responsible for products such as Checks, Tables, Stack and ThreadBite, has been significantly affected by broader layoffs at Google parent company Alphabet. A spokesperson tells TechCrunch via email that the majority of the Area 120 team has been “winded down,” and that only three projects from the division will graduate later this year into core Google product areas....

Area 120, the Google in-house incubator responsible for products such as Checks, Tables, Stack and ThreadBite, has been significantly affected by broader layoffs at Google parent...

22/01/2023

Bitcoin miners faced difficulties paying off debt in 2022, particularly when they had high-interest equipment financing loans, according to a recent report by Hashrate Index. The report stated. “We estimate that there is between $2-4 billion worth of ASIC financing debt on private and public miner balance sheets.” According to the analysis, 6 ASIC financing deals were executed in 2020 worth $47.84 million, while 26 deals worth $662.25 million were completed in 2021....

Bitcoin miners faced difficulties paying off debt in 2022, particularly when they had high-interest equipment financing loans, according to a recent report by Hashrate Index. The...

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Forced labor is so pervasive in China's far west region of Xinjiang — and government control over information is so absolute — that it is nearly impossible to establish if forced labor is being used in supply chains there. But here’s what is known: Esquel Group gins and spins cotton in Xinjiang. In July 2020, the US government placed trade restrictions on one of its Xinjiang subsidiaries, Changji Esquel Textile Co., citing concerns over forced labor....

Forced labor is so pervasive in China’s far west region of Xinjiang — and government control over information is so absolute — that it is nearly...

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Plex’s foray into free streaming video appears to be paying off, as that side of the business now has more users than its media server software. The company announced earlier this month that it now has 16 million monthly active users. While it didn’t specify how many are still on the server side, Scott Hancock, Plex’s vice president of marketing, said in an interview that Plex customers using the software’s media server features had been overtaken by customers using Plex’s online streaming capabilities in 2022....

Plex’s foray into free streaming video appears to be paying off, as that side of the business now has more users than its media server software....

22/01/2023

Ever since the defeat of Na**sm, Germany has self-consciously devoted itself to promoting “peace” and integrating into a European and trans-Atlantic security order where consensus has been the byword. Russia’s war in Ukraine is now forcing Germany to rethink decades-old ideas about its place in Europe, its relationship to Russia and the use of military force. Germany built its postwar economy on cheap Russian energy and supposedly apolitical trade with Central and Eastern Europe, the Soviet Union and China, believing that trade produces change, somehow moderating authoritarian regimes....

Ever since the defeat of Na**sm, Germany has self-consciously devoted itself to promoting “peace” and integrating into a European and trans-Atlantic security order where consensus has...

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The Central African Republic (CAR) government has given a 15-member team the task of drafting a crypto bill. The crypto committee is required to develop a legal structure and an ecosystem model for its citizens’ utilization of cryptocurrencies and other tokens. Crypto can help solve the country’s financial problems, CAR President denotes Faustin-Archange Touadera, the president of CAR, believes crypto can potentially transform the country’s economy....

The Central African Republic (CAR) government has given a 15-member team the task of drafting a crypto bill. The crypto committee is required to develop a...

22/01/2023

T-Mobile said on Thursday that a hacker had collected data, including names, birth dates and phone numbers, from 37 million customer accounts, the company’s second major breach in less than two years. In a securities filing, T-Mobile said it first discovered that a “bad actor” was obtaining the data on Jan. 5. With help from outside cybersecurity experts, the mobile service provider stopped the leak the next day, it said....

T-Mobile said on Thursday that a hacker had collected data, including names, birth dates and phone numbers, from 37 million customer accounts, the company’s second major...

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Oulu in northern Finland has snow on the ground for five months - but that doesn’t stop residents using their bikes.

Oulu in northern Finland has snow on the ground for five months – but that doesn’t stop residents using their bikes. ...

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Guillaume/Getty Images It's a revolution. more Technically Incorrect That's what we're being led to believe. OpenAI's ChatGPT will soon replace Google I hear, and, who knows, perhaps even baseball managers and the government. How could I not be excited? Yet everyone seemed to be giving ChatGPT a try and declaring it quite good. Where's the sport in that? Also: What is ChatGPT and why does it matter?...

Guillaume/Getty Images It’s a revolution. more Technically Incorrect That’s what we’re being led to believe. OpenAI’s ChatGPT will soon replace Google I hear, and, who knows,...

22/01/2023

Comment on this story Comment LIMA, Peru — Weeks of anti-government protests in their rural cities and towns hadn’t brought any change in a country they felt had forgotten them. So thousands of Peruvians headed to their nation’s capital to call for a solution to the political crisis that has left more than 50 people dead. They marched through the streets of Lima on Thursday night to demand the resignation of President Dina Boluarte, the overhaul of a deeply unpopular Congress and the creation of an assembly to draft a new constitution....

Comment on this story Comment LIMA, Peru — Weeks of anti-government protests in their rural cities and towns hadn’t brought any change in a country they...

22/01/2023

Elon Musk wasn't lying last October when he told Bloomberg that 75 percent of the employees at his newly acquired toy, Twitter.com, wouldn't lose their jobs under his ownership, as The Washington Post had reported at the time. Turns out, it's closer to 80 percent. Of the roughly 7,500 people working there before Musk's takeover, CNBC reports Friday that barely 1,300 in total, and fewer than 550 full-time engineers, are left at the husk of a company, either through said layoffs or voluntary resignations....

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Elon Musk wasn’t lying last October when he told Bloomberg that 75 percent of the employees at his newly acquired toy, Twitter.com, wouldn’t lose their jobs...

22/01/2023

French Minister for the Economy and Finances Bruno Le Maire spoke at a CNBC panel in Davos. Ludovic Marin | Afp | Getty Images DAVOS, Switzerland — The European Union does not see eye-to-eye with the United States when it comes to opposing China, the French finance minister told CNBC Friday. Speaking at a panel at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, looking at the economic outlook, France's Bruno Le Maire said: "China cannot be out, China must be in....

French Minister for the Economy and Finances Bruno Le Maire spoke at a CNBC panel in Davos. Ludovic Marin | Afp | Getty Images DAVOS, Switzerland...

22/01/2023

Binance, one of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges, announced that the New York-based Signature Bank would handle transactions from its users only if it exceeds $100,000. This move comes as the bank decreases its exposure to digital-asset markets. Accordingly, users may need to use SWIFT bank transfers to buy or sell cryptocurrency for amounts less than $100,000. Signature Bank tightens rules for Binance transactions…...

Binance, one of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges, announced that the New York-based Signature Bank would handle transactions from its users only if it exceeds $100,000....

22/01/2023

LONDON: British police fined prime minister Rishi Sunak on Friday for travelling in the back seat of a car without wearing his seat belt while filming a social media clip, a potentially embarrassing blow as he tries to revive his party's fortunes.Sunak, who apologised on Thursday for a "brief error of judgement", filmed a video in the back seat of his car while travelling in the north of England, without wearing a seat belt....

LONDON: British police fined prime minister Rishi Sunak on Friday for travelling in the back seat of a car without wearing his seat belt while filming...

22/01/2023

Apple's ecosystem of devices makes for accessories that work across every device, and one of the most exciting ones is the company's AirPods. Pop them into your ear and start using one of your Apple devices, and it'll connect seamlessly. Stop using that device and switch to another? Your AirPods will switch, too. With several AirPods on the market, however, it's tough to know which are the best ones for you. ...

Apple’s ecosystem of devices makes for accessories that work across every device, and one of the most exciting ones is the company’s AirPods. Pop them into...

22/01/2023

Written by Hahna Yoon, CNNSeoul, South Korea One of last year's most successful South Korean TV shows, "Extraordinary Attorney Woo," follows the story of a young autistic woman, Woo Young-woo, who navigates adulthood while winning cases at one of the nation's top law firms. Already renewed for a second season, it is now Netflix's sixth most-watched non-English television series and was recently nominated for a 2023 Critics' Choice Award....

Written by Hahna Yoon, CNNSeoul, South Korea One of last year’s most successful South Korean TV shows, “Extraordinary Attorney Woo,” follows the story of a young...

22/01/2023

EXPERT PERSPECTIVE – Russian officials are warning of a nuclear ‘dirty bomb’ threat as Moscow continues attacking energy and civilian targets in Ukraine. It’s the latest in a series of moves that indicate Moscow is getting bogged down and desperate as the Russian invasion enters its ninth month. Russian strikes have reportedly destroyed 40 percent of Ukraine’s power grid. Both Ukraine and Russia are also accusing each other of planning to destroy the Nova Kakohvka dam in southern Ukraine, which supplies water to Crimea and the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant....

EXPERT PERSPECTIVE – Russian officials are warning of a nuclear ‘dirty bomb’ threat as Moscow continues attacking energy and civilian targets in Ukraine. It’s the latest...

22/01/2023

Yesterday, mobile giant T-Mobile said that it suffered a data breach beginning on November 26 that impacts 37 million current customers on both prepaid and postpay accounts. The company said in a US Securities and Exchange Commission filing that a “bad actor” manipulated one of the company's application programming interfaces (APIs) to steal customers' names, email addresses, phone numbers, billing addresses, dates of birth, account numbers, and service plan details....

Yesterday, mobile giant T-Mobile said that it suffered a data breach beginning on November 26 that impacts 37 million current customers on both prepaid and postpay...

22/01/2023

Response from Tehran on Thursday’s move has ranged from defiance to warnings of consequences for Europe. Tehran, Iran – The European Parliament’s approval of a resolution calling on the bloc to consider a “terrorist” designation for the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has received strong condemnation from senior Iranian officials and commanders. On Thursday, the European Parliament overwhelmingly approved a resolution that calls on the European Union to recognise Iran’s elite force and its subsidiaries, like the paramilitary Basij and the Quds Force, as “terrorist” organisations....

Response from Tehran on Thursday’s move has ranged from defiance to warnings of consequences for Europe. Tehran, Iran – The European Parliament’s approval of a resolution...

22/01/2023

The standalone sequel to Searching is here, and like its predecessor, Missing weighs in on some hefty topics using social media and technology. Starring Nia Long and Storm Reid as mother-daughter duo Grace and June Allen, Missing follows the twists and turns of Grace's mysterious disappearance as June pieces it all together at home using her laptop and some social media hacking....

The standalone sequel to Searching is here, and like its predecessor, Missing weighs in on some hefty topics using social media and technology. Starring Nia Long...

22/01/2023

Blockstream, the team behind the development of the Lightning Network (LN) and the Liquid Network, has made a one-time payment of 10m sats to the SeedSigner development fund. Blockstream deposits $2,286 to SeedSigner’s development fund The deposited amount translates to around $2,286 at spot rates. Blockstream said the amount was a “thank you” for the efforts made by Seed Signer for easing access to Jade, a hardware wallet....

Blockstream, the team behind the development of the Lightning Network (LN) and the Liquid Network, has made a one-time payment of 10m sats to the SeedSigner...

22/01/2023

This week, we had the honor of speaking with Michael Kamber, a photojournalist and the founder of the Bronx Documentary Center, who shared with us 10 images that shaped his career as an educator and journalist. On Sunday, a catastrophic apartment fire in the Bronx killed 17 people; we looked at photographs of how residents and first responders reacted after the blaze....

This week, we had the honor of speaking with Michael Kamber, a photojournalist and the founder of the Bronx Documentary Center, who shared with us 10...

22/01/2023

TikTok goes a little overboard when it comes to categorizing every last aesthetic into its own microtrend. You notice it when Spotify Wrapped calls your music taste goblincore, or when you strangely end up at a charity gala in San Francisco and a tech exec asks you if he should be concerned that his teen daughter is obsessed with cottagecore (yes, this happened to me)....

TikTok goes a little overboard when it comes to categorizing every last aesthetic into its own microtrend. You notice it when Spotify Wrapped calls your music...

22/01/2023

When Brazil’s highway police began holding up buses full of voters on Election Day, he ordered them to stop. When right-wing voices spread the baseless claim that Brazil’s election was stolen, he ordered them banned from social media. And when thousands of right-wing protesters stormed Brazil’s halls of power this month, he ordered the officials who had been responsible for securing the buildings arrested....

When Brazil’s highway police began holding up buses full of voters on Election Day, he ordered them to stop. When right-wing voices spread the baseless claim...

22/01/2023

At a glance Expert's Rating Pros Attractive glass touchscreen Best-in-class user interface, both onboard and in app Radar-based motion sensor HomeKit compatible Cons Buy a remote sensor and you’re at the same price as the Premium model Our Verdict The middle of Ecobee’s smart thermostat line comes with every important feature that’s built into its top-of-the-line model, save one: a remote temperature/occupancy sensor....

At a glance Expert’s Rating Pros Attractive glass touchscreen Best-in-class user interface, both onboard and in app Radar-based motion sensor HomeKit compatible Cons Buy a remote...

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