Texas Governor Abbott Turns to Bitcoin Miners to Bolster the Grid and His Re-Election
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-01-27/texas-governor-eyes-bitcoin-mining-to-fortify-the-electric-grid
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Texas Governor Abbott Turns to Bitcoin Miners to Bolster the Grid and His Re-Election
FCC announces $1.2 billion fund for broadband deployment in rural areas
https://www.theverge.com/2022/1/29/22908024/fcc-rural-broadband-deployment-funding
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FCC announces $1.2 billion fund for broadband deployment in rural areas
This is the "largest funding round to date."
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Microsoft claims Windows needs at least 8 hours online to update reliably
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Microsoft: Windows needs at least 8 hours online to update reliably
Microsoft says that Windows devices need to be online for at least eight hours to get the latest updates and have them correctly installed after they're released through Windows Update.
Mars Curiosity Rover Sees a Strong Carbon Signature in a Bed of Rocks – Could Indicate Biological Activity
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Mars Curiosity Rover Sees a Strong Carbon Signature in a Bed of Rocks – Could Indicate Biological Activity
Carbon is critical to life, as far as we know. So anytime we detect a strong carbon signature somewhere like Mars, it could indicate biological activity. Does a strong carbon signal in Martian rocks indicate biological processes of some type? Any strong carbon…
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The metaverse is dystopian – but to big tech it’s a business opportunity
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/jan/29/the-metaverse-is-dystopian-but-to-big-tech-its-a-business-opportunity
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The metaverse is dystopian – but to big tech it’s a business opportunity
The Facebook chief plans to build a $10bn virtual-reality world. Enter it at your peril
Astronomers find growing number of Starlink satellite tracks
https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/01/astronomers-find-growing-number-of-starlink-satellite-tracks/
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Ars Technica
Astronomers find growing number of Starlink satellite tracks
SpaceX's approved satellites will mean all this telescope's images will have tracks.
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Alexa whistleblower demands Amazon apology after being jailed and tortured
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/jan/30/alexa-factory-whistleblower-i-was-tortured-and-jailed-now-amazon-should-apologise
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Alexa whistleblower demands Amazon apology after being jailed and tortured
Tang Mingfang is willing to risk reprisals to clear his name over Foxconn revelations – and to get backing from Jeff Bezos
Teen who turned down $5,000 from Elon Musk to shut down a Twitter account tracking the billionaire's jet says he gets too much work satisfaction to settle for less than $50,000
https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-private-jet-tracking-twitter-account-2022-1
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Teen who turned down $5,000 from Elon Musk to shut down a Twitter account tracking the billionaire's jet says he gets too much…
"I've done a lot of work on this and $5k is not enough," the teen behind the Elon Musk's Jet Twitter account told Insider.
T-Mobile will reportedly fire corporate employees who aren’t fully vaccinated by April 2nd
https://www.theverge.com/2022/1/29/22908070/t-mobile-fire-unvaccinated-corporate-employees-covid-19-vaccine
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T-Mobile will reportedly fire corporate employees who aren’t fully vaccinated by April 2nd
T-Mobile will make "limited" exceptions.
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Norway invests $552 million in hydrogen-powered ferries
https://emergingrisks.co.uk/norway-invests-552-million-in-hydrogen-powered-ferries/
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Norway invests $552 million in hydrogen-powered ferries
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T-Mobile will fire unvaccinated corporate employees starting April 2nd
https://www.engadget.com/t-mobile-vaccine-mandate-224438946.html
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T-Mobile will fire unvaccinated corporate employees starting April 2nd
T-Mobile will fire corporate employees who aren’t fully vaccinated against COVID-19 by April 2nd.
A woman claimed she was virtually groped by a gang of male avatars in Meta's metaverse, report says
https://www.businessinsider.com/meta-woman-claims-virtually-groped-metaverse-horizon-venues-2022-1
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A woman claimed she was virtually groped by a gang of male avatars in Meta's metaverse, report says
Nina Jane Patel, 43, alleged she was "verbally and sexually harassed" by three or four male avatars within a minute of joining Meta's Horizon Venues.
Tonga eruption was so intense, it caused the atmosphere to ring like a bell
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Tonga eruption was so intense, it caused the atmosphere to ring like a bell
The huge volcanic eruption sent pressure waves racing around the world.
KFC's Beyond Fried Chicken Tastes Like KFC's Fried Chicken
https://gizmodo.com/kfc-beyond-fried-chicken-climate-change-1848436868
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Gizmodo
KFC's Beyond Fried Chicken Tastes Like KFC's Fried Chicken
If you already like the Colonel's offerings, Beyond Fried Chicken is going to be no different. And that's a good thing.
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New space plane would fly directly into orbit from a runway
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New space plane would fly directly into orbit from a runway
Radian Aerospace has a plan to make a “holy grail” of spaceflight a reality.
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A Chinese Satellite Just Grappled Another And Pulled It Out Of Orbit | The maneuver raises concerns about the potential militarization of satellites designed to inspect, manipulate, or relocate other satellites.
https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/44054/a-chinese-satellite-just-grappled-another-and-pulled-it-out-of-orbit
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A Chinese Satellite Just Grappled Another And Pulled It Out Of Orbit
The maneuver raises concerns about the potential militarization of satellites designed to inspect, manipulate, or relocate other satellites.
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Starlink satellite crashes back to Earth and is seen in MA and TO - Brazil
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Starlink satellite crashes back to Earth and is seen in MA and TO; watch videos – 01/30/2022
A strange luminous phenomenon was seen in the skies of Maranhão and Tocantins, last night (29). According to experts, it was a re-entry of space junk into our atmosphere — probably a small satellite from the Starlink network, launched in 2020. Residents of…
FTC: Americans lost $770 million from social media fraud surge
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FTC: Americans lost $770 million from social media fraud surge
Americans are increasingly targeted by scammers on social media, according to tens of thousands of reports received by the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) in 2021.
The Great Contamination: How Bots And Fake Users Can Skew An Organization's Data And Analytics
https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbestechcouncil/2022/01/24/the-great-contamination-how-bots-and-fake-users-can-skew-an-organizations-data-and-analytics/
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The Great Contamination: How Bots And Fake Users Can Skew An Organization's Data And Analytics
For a truly data-driven organization, bots and fake users pose a strategic threat.
Monumental Project Underway To Sequence the Genome of Every Complex Species on Earth
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Monumental Project Underway To Sequence the Genome of Every Complex Species on Earth
The Earth Biogenome Project, a global consortium that aims to sequence the genomes of all complex life on earth (some 1.8 million described species) in ten years, is ramping up. The project’s origins, aims, and progress are detailed in two multi-authored…