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7 days ago
Current Event canuckOtherworldly 'time crystal' made inside Google quantum computer could change physics forever
Researchers working in partnership with Google may have just used the tech giant's quantum computer to create a completely new phase of matter — a time crystal. With the ability to forever cycle between two states without ever losing energy, time crystals dodge one of the most important laws of physics — the second law of thermodynamics, which states that the disorder, or entropy, of an isolated system must always increase.
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7 days ago
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Bitcoin mining is about to become a lot less profitable
Imagine being told that your wage was going to be cut in half. Well, that’s what’s soon going to happen to those who make money from Bitcoin mining, the process of earning the online currency Bitcoin.
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13 days ago
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Reporting on Climate Injustice in One of the Hottest Towns in America
What does climate injustice look like? A town where farmworkers struggle for access to clean drinking water and comfortable places to sleep while their wealthy neighbors water their lawns generously and park in climate-controlled garages.
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2 weeks ago
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Smart Glasses Made Google Look Dumb. Now Facebook Is Giving Them a Try.
The company has teamed up with Ray-Ban to create glasses that can take photos, record video, answer phone calls and play podcasts.
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2 weeks ago
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Textile Dyeing Industry is Polluting Rivers in Asian Countries
The textile industry is an eminent part of human civilization; however, the industry has polluted the planet to such an extent that rarely any component of the ecosystem remains untouched. The clothes made, dyed and finished have a toxic history. The trending dyeing industry has been responsible for polluting many of the Asian rivers, pushing some to the brink of death.
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2 weeks ago
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El Salvador's bitcoin experiment is a warning to other countries
The impoverished country's vaunted adoption of bitcoin as legal tender on Tuesday was marred by street protests, technical glitches and an extreme drop in the value of the controversial digital currency.
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2 weeks ago
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'Red Roulette' Reveals The Inside Of China's Wealth-Making Machine
In his new book Red Roulette: An Insider's Story of Wealth, Power, Corruption, and Vengeance in Today's China, Desmond Shum writes about the disappearance of his ex-wife in China.
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3 weeks ago
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Internet subsidy program enrolls 5 million
The new program offers $50 monthly subsidy to pay for internet service.
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3 weeks ago
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The $150 Million Machine Keeping Moore’s Law Alive
ASML’s next-generation extreme ultraviolet lithography machines achieve previously unattainable levels of precision, which means chips can keep shrinking for years to come.
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1 month ago
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Report: Tim Cook wants to oversee 'one more major new product category' before stepping down as Apple CEO
Over the last few years, speculation about who will take over as Apple CEO following Tim Cook has started to grow. Most recently, Cook himself confirmed that he “probably” won’t be at Apple in 10 years’ time. In the latest edition of his Power On newsletter, Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman speculates on the future of the Apple CEO position and says that the belief inside Apple is that Cook wants to stick around “for one more major new product category.”
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1 month ago
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The evidence that the world has passed 'peak car'
Cars aren’t what they used to be. Sure, they have more horsepower, more features, and require less fuel — but they are losing their power over humanity. At least that’s the argument in a new book on the history of transportation by journalist Tom Standage, deputy editor of The Economist. In A Brief History of Motion: From the Wheel, to the Car, to What Comes Next, Standage argues the world may have already passed what he calls “peak car” — the point at which car ownership and use le...
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1 month ago
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The world as I know it is over.
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1 month ago
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The Middle East is running out of water
The ferries that once shuttled tourists to and from the little islets in Iran's Lake Urmia sit rusty, unable to move, on what is rapidly becoming a salt plain. Just two decades ago, Urmia was the Middle East's biggest lake, its local economy a thriving tourist center of hotels and restaurants.
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1 month ago
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Excommunicated Spanish ‘witch’ village turns curse into tourist cash
Tucked into the foothills of northern Spain, the village of Trasmoz attracts thousands of tourists each year. For many, the allure is not its half-ruined castle nor stunning mountain backdrop but rather a curious quirk of history: Trasmoz is Spain’s only excommunicated and cursed village.
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1 month ago
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'I Felt Betrayed:' OnlyFans Creators Scramble to Adapt to Imminent Ban
The announcement that OnlyFans will prohibit "sexually explicit" content starting October 1 has left many sex workers wondering what's next.
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1 month ago
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As R. Kelly’s New York Trial Begins, a Timeline of the Sexual Misconduct Allegations
More than 25 years after allegations of sexual abuse against R. Kelly first began to surface, the singer’s New York criminal trial is set to begin its opening statements today (Aug. 18). It is one of several sets of charges against him; a Chicago trial is slated to begin after the New York hearings conclude.
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1 month ago
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Swiss university claims it broke the record for Pi calculation
Most people know the value of Pi as 3.1416, but it's gotten longer and longer over the years as researchers try to find its most accurate calculation. A team from the University of Applied Sciences Graubünden in Switzerland now claims it has broken the world record for computing for the mathematical constant: It said it has calculated for 62.8 trillion digits of Pi. The current record holder, Timothy Mullican, calculated up to 50 trillion digits and was recognized for his work last year.