Proposals for a tunnel connecting the U.K. to the U.S. underneath the Atlantic Ocean have resurfaced, but with a price tag of almost $20 trillion, the project is a big ask. With the two global cities being over 3,000 miles apart, construction would take several years — the 23.5-mile Channel Read more…
The explanation requiring the fewest assumptions is the most likely to be correct. — William of Occam
Nearly half of American teenagers say they are online “constantly,” according to a new survey by the Pew Research Center. The report was based on a survey of 1,391 U.S. teens ages 13 to 17 conducted from Sept. 18 to Oct. 10, 2024. As in past years, YouTube was the Read more…
Legislation was introduced in the Texas House of Representatives on Thursday to establish a strategic bitcoin reserve, which could serve as a proving ground for the U.S. Treasury. The proposed bill would enable the state to start building a strategic bitcoin reserve by accepting taxes, fees and donations in bitcoin Read more…
Startup Embodied is closing down, and its product, an $800 robot for kids ages 5 to 10, will soon be bricked. Embodied blamed its closure on a failed “critical funding round.” On its website, it explained: “We had secured a lead investor who was prepared to close the round. However, Read more…
Amazon Web Services said in a post earlier this month that developers report spending an average of “just one hour per day” on actual coding. But that doesn’t mean these workers twiddle their thumbs the remaining seven hours per day. Instead, developers spend the majority of their time on “tedious, Read more…
Russia has reportedly cut some regions of the country off from the rest of the world’s internet for a day, effectively siloing them, according to reports from European and Russian news outlets reshared by the US nonprofit Institute for the Study of War (ISW) and Western news outlets. Russia’s communications Read more…