“Anyone can be a banker these days,” argues Reuters. All it takes it the right software:
Global brands from Mercedes and Amazon to IKEA and Walmart are cutting out the traditional financial middleman and plugging in software from tech startups to offer…
At Least 20 Americans Have Been Hospitalized for Ivermectin Overdoses This Year
Oregon Health & Science University reported Friday that in the 45 days before September 14, five Oregonians had to be hospitalized “because they consumed a potent antiparasitic drug despite there being no clinical data supporting its use for COVID-…
Merck Ivermectin Researcher Proud of Its Success – For Treating River Blindness
A Pennsylvania newspaper tracked down Dr. Kenneth Brown — who wrote Merck’s original research protocols in the 1980s for studying ivermectin as a “river blindness” treatment.
They describe Brown as 85 years old, retired, and “proud of his assoc…
Can the Computer Chip Industry Reduce Its Carbon Footprint?
“Last week Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, the world’s largest chipmaker, which supplies chips to Apple, pledged to reach net zero emissions by 2050,” reports the Guardian.
“But decarbonizing the industry will be a big challenge.”
TSMC al…
YouTube Blocks 31st Ig Nobel Awards Ceremony, Citing Copyright on a Recording from 1914
The 31st annual Ig Nobel Prizes were awarded at a special ceremony on September 9th, announced the magazine responsible for the event, the Annals of Improbable Research.
But this week they made another announcement. “YouTube’s notorious takedown algo…
World’s Whitest Paint Sets Guinness Record, Could Reduce Need For Air Conditioning
“The whitest paint in the world has been created in a lab at Purdue University,” reports USA Today, “a paint so white that it could eventually reduce or even eliminate the need for air conditioning, scientists say.
“The paint has now made it into the…
Bad for your Health? Salesforce CEO Argues Facebook ‘is the New Cigarettes’
Social media may be bad for our health, argues long-time technology reporter/commentator Kara Swisher in the New York Times:
In March of 2018, I interviewed Marc Benioff, the chief executive of Salesforce, at the top of the company’s San Francisco tow…
Is 2021 The Year of the Linux Desktop?
“2021 Is the Year of Linux on the Desktop,” writes PC Magazine. “No, really…”
Walk into any school now, and you’ll see millions of Linux machines. They’re called Chromebooks. For a free project launched 30 years ago today by one man in his spare tim…
What Happened After El Salvador Adopted Bitcoin as Legal Currency?
Foreign Policy magazine explores just what happened after El Salvador adopted bitcoin as legal currency and launched its official government-approved bitcoin wallet Chivo:
Chivo launched just after midnight on Sept. 7. The system started failing at th…
SpaceX’s All-Tourist Crew Safely Splashes Back Down to Earth
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“SpaceX safely returned its Crew Dragon spacecraft from orbit on Saturday, with the capsule carrying the four members of the Inspiration4 mission back to Earth after three days in space…” reports CNBC:
“Thanks so much SpaceX,…