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Leben (Life aka misc) The Planet (on, and off)
Electric Scooter Ban Increased Congestion In Atlanta By 10%, Study Finds
A study published last week in the scientific journal Nature Energy studied the effects of traffic and travel time in a city when micromobility options like electric scooters and e-bikes are banned. The results documented exactly how much traffic increased as a result of people switching back to personal cars Read more…
Leben (Life aka misc) The Planet (on, and off)
Scientists Find Potentially Hazardous Asteroid Hiding In the Sun’s Glare
A team of researchers has detected a trio of near-Earth asteroids in the inner solar system, one of which is the largest found since 2014 that poses a potential risk to the planet. The asteroids remained undetected until now because they occupy a region of the sky hidden by the Read more…
Leben (Life aka misc) Technology
Google’s New Shopping Features Can Help You Snag Good Deals
Google’s rolling out a handful of new shopping features that should make it easier to find good deals directly from search. When you search for a product, Google will now surface results with coupon codes that you can copy and paste during checkout. From a report: Any products with a Read more…
Leben (Life aka misc) Technology
RIP Google Hangouts, Google’s Last, Best Chance To Compete With iMessage
Google Hangouts is scheduled for death today. The phone app has been individually booting people off the service since July, but the last vestiges of Hangouts, the web app, will be shut down today. From a report: For a brief period, Hangouts was Google’s best, most ambitious, most popular messaging Read more…
Crypto Leben (Life aka misc)
Hong Kong To Explore Legalization of Retail Crypto Trades in Reversal of Previous Proposal
Hong Kong has proposed allowing retail investors to trade in cryptocurrencies and crypto exchange-traded funds and plans to conduct pilots in NFT issuance and CBDC as it looks to regain its status as a global financial hub. The city had last year proposed limiting crypto trade to professional investors, a Read more…