Robots are being trialled to deliver food and other items in South Korea, which is planning to allow them on roads from 2023. Woowa Brothers, operator of the country’s biggest food delivery app, started using robots on a trial basis in 2020 while a convenience store chain started in November Read more…
Shrunk reservoirs. Depleted aquifers. Low rivers. Raging wildfires. It’s no secret that the Western U.S. is in a severe drought. New research published Monday shows just how extreme the situation has become. The Western U.S. and Northern Mexico are experiencing their driest period in at least 1,200 years, according to Read more…
Crypto startup BlockFi agreed to pay $100 million to settle allegations from the SEC and state regulators that it illegally offered a product violating securities law. This is the largest-ever penalty against a cryptocurrency firm and the first in which a crypto company was charged with violating the registration provisions Read more…
What’s the lesson after $3.6 billion in stolen bitcoin was seized by America’s Justice Department from the couple who laundering it? Wired argues it all just shows how hard it is to launder cryptocurrency: In the 24 hours since, the cybersecurity world has ruthlessly mocked their operational security screwups: Lichtenstein Read more…
The White House is warning the chip industry to diversify its supply chain in case Russia retaliates against threatened U.S. export curbs by blocking access to key materials, people familiar with the matter said. The potential for retaliation has garnered more attention in recent days after Techcet, a market research Read more…
France president Emmanuel Macron “has announced a ‘renaissance’ for the French nuclear industry,” reports the Guardian, with plans to build at least six new reactors by 2050 and as many as 14, “arguing that it would help end the country’s reliance on fossil fuels and make France carbon neutral by Read more…
During today’s telecast of the Super Bowl, 100 million Americans will see at least three commercials promoting cryptocurrency, reports the Washington Post, “and though Tom Brady may be gone from the game, he hovers over it, hawking crypto exchange FTX.” “Yet the hype belies a more complicated relationship. Unlike the Read more…