Bitcoin rises as Tesla officially begins transactions
Tesla began officially accepting bitcoin as currency to purchase electric autos, Chief Executive Elon Musk said Wednesday, further boosting the digital money.
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Virus-hit airline Ryanair optimistic over summer
Irish no-frills airline Ryanair on Wednesday expressed optimism over the summer holiday outlook despite a third coronavirus wave sweeping Europe.
Mar 24, 2021
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Energy & Green Tech
Floating solar farms could help reduce impacts of climate change on lakes and reservoirs
Floating solar farms could help to protect lakes and reservoirs from some of the harms of climate change, a new study suggests.
Mar 24, 2021
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Internet
Study explains why some new stories get more clicks from social media than others
Few industries have suffered more disruption from the internet than the news media. Over two decades or more, journalism has been hit by a "perfect storm" due to the loss of geographical monopolies that national and regional ...
Mar 24, 2021
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Energy & Green Tech
How Biden can jumpstart U.S. nuclear waste strategy
Nuclear power is likely to be key to the clean energy transition, but the problem of what to do with nuclear waste represents a major hurdle to new nuclear energy projects in the United States. In order to meet its ambitious ...
Mar 24, 2021
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Software
Mixed reality gets a machine learning upgrade
Scientists from the Division of Sustainable Energy and Environmental Engineering at Osaka University employed deep learning artificial intelligence to improve mobile mixed reality generation. They found that occluding objects ...
Mar 24, 2021
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Electronics & Semiconductors
Tuning in the noise? New electromagnetic circuit simulator visualizes radiation phenomena
Most of the devices used in our daily lives are operated and controlled by electricity. From the standpoint of safety and the tight supply and demand of electricity, circuit design that satisfies low electromagnetic noise ...
Mar 24, 2021
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Spotting and stopping online abuse
Social media has brought huge benefits to many of those around the world with the resources to access its apps and websites. Indeed, there are billions of people using the popular platforms every month in almost, if not, ...
Mar 24, 2021
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Engineering
Knitting roads: Digitalized road construction uses no concrete
A robotic arm lays out a string in a mandala-like pattern on a bed of gravel. What appears to be a contemporary art performance is basic research that explores new ways in road construction. On the one hand, robot-assisted ...
Mar 24, 2021
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Congress to grill US internet giants over disinformation
The heads of Facebook, Google and Twitter will be grilled by members of Congress Thursday on disinformation, following a tense US election, Capitol attack and rise of a new administration seemingly intent on doing battle ...
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