Leben (Life aka misc) NewsFlash
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Seen on a button at an SF Convention: Veteran of the Bermuda Triangle Expeditionary Force. 1990-1951.
Crypto Leben (Life aka misc)
Visa, Mastercard Pause Crypto Push in Wake of Industry Meltdown
U.S. payment giants Visa and Mastercard are slamming the brakes on plans to forge new partnerships with crypto firms after a string of high-profile collapses shook faith in the industry, Reuters reported Tuesday, citing people familiar with the matter. Both Visa and Mastercard have decided to push back the launch Read more…
Leben (Life aka misc) Technology
Intel Releases Software Platform for Quantum Computing Developers
Intel on Tuesday released a software platform for developers to build quantum algorithms that can eventually run on a quantum computer that the chip giant is trying to build. The platform, called Intel Quantum SDK, would for now allow those algorithms to run on a simulated quantum computing system, said Read more…
Leben (Life aka misc)
Some States Consider Legislation Making 4-Day Workweeks More Common
A CBS News review found that at least half a dozen states, to varying degrees, are considering legislation to make four-day workweeks more common. From the report: Among those states is Maryland, where lawmakers recently introduced a bill proposing a pilot program “for the purpose of promoting, incentivizing, and supporting Read more…
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“Falling in love makes smoking pot all day look like the ultimate in restraint.” — Dave Sim, author of Cerebrus.
Leben (Life aka misc) Technology
Scientists Target ‘Biocomputing’ Breakthrough With Use of Human Brain Cells
Scientists propose to develop a biological computer powered by millions of human brain cells that they say could outperform silicon-based machines while consuming far less energy. The international team, led by Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, published in the journal Frontiers in Science on Tuesday a detailed road map to Read more…
Animal Rights Leben (Life aka misc) NewsFlash
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“Few men could endure to watch for five minutes an animal struggling in a trap with a crushed and torn limb. Some will wonder how such cruelty can have been permitted to continue in these days of civilization.” – Charles Darwin