Kai RiemerDigital Currency Musk halts use of bitcoin for Tesla cars over climate concerns smh.com.au - Hyunjoo Jin and Kanishka Singh At current rates, such bitcoin “mining” devours about the same amount of energy annually as the Netherlands did in 2019, the latest available data …
Kai RiemerChina Going viral: How a book on Amazon inspired the latest COVID conspiracy smh.com.au - Anthony Galloway, Eryk Bagshaw It is easy to forget that Chinese researchers from Wuhan discovered the origins of the 2002 SARS outbreak. In a remote cave in the southwestern …
Kai RiemerAustralasia Australian beekeepers stuck in stoush with New Zealand government smh.com.au - Harriet Alexander Bee keepers are warning that a trademark stoush over the right to use the word “manuka” could set a damaging precedent if a New Zealand tribunal bans …
Sandra PeterSemiconductors US-China tech war: Beijing's secret chipmaking champions 日本経済新聞 - Staff Writer TAIPEI -- Once a month, senior executives of Yangtze Memory Technologies Co. fly to Beijing for a flurry of meetings with China's top economic …
Sandra PeterGoogle News Google’s plan to eradicate cookies is crumbling Wired UK - Matt Burgess Millions of people are already part of a global experiment to eradicate cookies once and for all. Since last month, Google has been trialling new …
Sandra PeterTechnology This startup finds the music megastars of the future Wired UK - William Ralston At Instrumental, Conrad Withey has built a new approach to finding musical talent. Instead of relying on human preference, which by its nature is …
Sandra PeterDeepMind Now DeepMind is using AI to transform football Wired UK - Amit Katwala In March 1950, an RAF wing commander and trained accountant called Charles Reep turned his eye for numbers to football. Reep, who had become …
Sandra PeterMedia Industry Social media companies say they want to be transparent. So why aren’t they? Wired UK - Jillian York Who should have the right to a platform, and who should make decisions about what expression is allowed online? These conversations are nearly as old …
Kai RiemerFinance Risky business: The Fed, and Elon Musk, sound the alarm bells on financial markets smh.com.au - Stephen Bartholomeusz Fed governor Lael Brainard, in a statement released with the report, referred to an “elevated” appetite for risk, citing the “meme stock” episode – …
Sandra PeterDogecoin A joke cryptocurrency has risen nearly 25,000% in the last six months, outpacing nearly every other investment verified_publisherCNBC - MacKenzie Sigalos Dogecoin, the cryptocurrency branded after a viral dog meme from years ago, has a market capitalization of about $86 billion following a six-month …
Sandra PeterPaypal Twitter adds 'tip jar' to pay for good tweeting verified_publisherBBC NewsTwitter has launched a new "tip jar" feature that lets people send money to others on the social network. The company says the feature is "an easy way to support the incredible voices that make up the...
