NASA’s Retiring Top Scientist Says We Can Terraform Mars and Maybe Venus, Too - Jim Green has shaped much of the space agency’s scientific inquiry for decades.
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/02/science/jim-green-nasa-mars.html
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NASA’s Retiring Top Scientist Says We Can Terraform Mars and Maybe Venus, Too
Jim Green has shaped much of the space agency’s scientific inquiry for decades.
James Webb Space Telescope: Sun shield is fully deployed
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James Webb Space Telescope: Sun shield is fully deployed
The unfurling of the observatory's giant sun shade is a major milestone for the $10bn mission.
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Facebook reportedly tried to run a real-life manipulation campaign on Congress
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Facebook reportedly tried to run a real-life manipulation campaign on Congress
Lobbyists for the social media giant tried to convince Democrats and Republicans that taking action would help the other party, according to a Wall Street Journal report.
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James Webb Space Telescope completes tricky sunshield deployment
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James Webb Space Telescope completes tricky sunshield deployment
The James Webb Space Telescope has successfully deployed all five layers of its tennis-court-sized sunshield.
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KFC to launch plant-based fried chicken made with Beyond Meat nationwide
https://www.cnbc.com/2022/01/04/kfc-to-launch-meatless-fried-chicken-made-with-beyond-meat-nationwide.html
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KFC to launch plant-based fried chicken made with Beyond Meat nationwide
KFC restaurants nationwide will add Beyond Meat's plant-based chicken to their menus, starting Monday for a limited time.
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Online privacy: DuckDuckGo just finished a banner year and looks for an even better 2022
https://www.techrepublic.com/article/online-privacy-duckduckgo-just-finished-a-banner-year-and-looks-for-an-even-better-2022/
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DuckDuckGo Has Profitable Year & Looks Ahead to 2022
DuckDuckGo is a privacy search engine that keeps winning fans. Will it continue in 2022 and will it spur Google to improve its privacy?
Sony to establish new electric vehicle company
https://www.reuters.com/technology/sony-says-establish-new-electric-vehicle-company-2022-01-05/
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Sony looks to electric cars for its next big hit
Japan's Sony Group Corp plans to launch a company this spring to examine entering the electric vehicle market, looking to harness its strengths in entertainment and sensors to play a bigger role in next-generation mobility.
Tracking Facebook connections between parent groups and vaccine misinfo
https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/01/tracking-facebook-connections-between-parent-groups-and-vaccine-misinfo/
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Tracking Facebook connections between parent groups and vaccine misinfo
Tracking connections pre and post COVID also shows the pull of conspiracy groups.
Bitcoin transactions accounted for 0.54% of global electricity consumption - "enough to cancel out all the global net savings from the introduction of electric vehicles replacing gasoline ones."
https://hardwaresfera.com/en/noticias/criptomonedas/consumo-bitcoin-2021/
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Bitcoin transactions accounted for 0.54% of global electricity consumption
Bitcoin's electricity consumption in 2021 was equivalent to that of the entire country of Argentina, and its popularity continues to grow.
Roofing giant takes on Tesla to make solar roof shingles more affordable
https://www.cnbc.com/2022/01/03/gaf-energy-taking-on-tesla-to-make-solar-shingles-cheaper.html
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Roofing giant takes on Tesla to make solar roof shingles more affordable
GAF, one of the largest roofing companies in the world, just released a new solar shingle, which it says will be affordable and easy to install.
Chinese tokamak keeps plasma 2.6 times as hot as the Sun for 17 minutes
https://newatlas.com/energy/asipp-east-tokamak-plasma-record/
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Chinese tokamak keeps plasma 2.6 times as hot as the Sun for 17 minutes
Good news for fusion energy progress and a new world record for the Chinese Academy of Sciences, as its Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST), or "artifical sun," maintains 70 million degrees Celsius (126 million °F) for 1,056 seconds.
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Congress Could Help Prevent Another Jan. 6 With Data Privacy Law, Say Campaigners: "The secretive collection, sale, and algorithmic manipulation of our personal data by platforms like Facebook must end," said one activist who called it a "primary driver" of the spread of misinformation.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/01/04/congress-could-help-prevent-another-jan-6-data-privacy-law-say-campaigners
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Congress Could Help Prevent Another Jan. 6 With Data Privacy Law, Say Campaigners
"The secretive collection, sale, and algorithmic manipulation of our personal data by platforms like Facebook must end," said one activist who called it a "primary driver" of the spread of misinformation.
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Google will pay top execs $1 million each after declining to boost workers’ pay
https://www.theverge.com/2022/1/4/22867419/google-execs-million-salaries-raise-sec
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Google will pay top execs $1 million each after declining to boost workers’ pay
The new salaries were disclosed in an SEC filing.
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Tesla Model S Goes 752 Miles with a Prototype Battery from a Michigan Startup
https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a38668912/750-mile-ev-battery-michigan-startup-our-next-energy/
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Tesla Model S Goes 752 Miles with a Prototype Battery from a Michigan Startup
This 'proof of concept' was meant to show that very long-range, environmentally sustainable battery packs can exist—and ONE, Inc., is about to start building one.
Sweden Launches Psychological Defense Agency To Counter Disinformation
https://www.forbes.com/sites/emmawoollacott/2022/01/05/sweden-launches-psychological-defense-agency-to-counter-disinformation/
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Sweden Launches Psychological Defense Agency To Counter Disinformation
Sweden has created a new government agency dedicated to fighting disinformation, particularly from foreign governments such as Russia, China and Iran.
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The world's first healthcare metaverse from DeHealth
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/worlds-first-healthcare-metaverse-dehealth-140000676.html
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Elizabeth Holmes is far from the only tech leader overpromising and underdelivering
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/jan/05/techscape-elizabeth-holmes-theranos
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TechScape: Elizabeth Holmes is far from the only tech leader overpromising and underdelivering
In this week’s newsletter: the Theranos founder’s conviction shows healthy scepticism about promises to radically rewrite our future is no bad thing
Rolling Square's AirCard fits in your wallet, works just like an AirTag
https://appleinsider.com/articles/21/12/23/rolling-squares-aircard-fits-in-your-wallet-works-just-like-an-airtag
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Rolling Square's AirCard fits in your wallet, works just like an AirTag
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Amazon Alexa Devices Take Voiceprints, Misuse Biometric Data, Says Class Action
https://topclassactions.com/lawsuit-settlements/privacy/amazon-alexa-devices-take-voiceprints-misuse-biometric-data-says-class-action/
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Billionaires should focus on climate not space travel, public says
https://www.euronews.com/green/2022/01/05/billionaires-should-focus-on-using-resources-for-climate-change-not-of-space-travel-public
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Billionaires should focus on climate not space travel, public says
As more and more billionaires jet off into space, public opinion is shifting on where their vast sums of money should be spent.
Thieves Steal Gallery Owner’s Multimillion-Dollar NFT Collection: ‘All My Apes Gone’
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/todd-kramer-nft-theft-1234614874/
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Thieves Steal Gallery Owner’s Multimillion-Dollar NFT Collection: ‘All My Apes Gone’
Dealer Ross Kramer said thieves had stolen his $2.2 million NFT collection.