“Russian President Vladimir Putin approved a law Friday prohibiting the use of digital assets as forms of payments in Russia…” reports the tech/policy news site Protocol. The ban on crypto-form payments also apparently applies to NFTs: The new law also includes a provision that requires crypto exchanges and providers refuse Read more…
1.34 billion people consumed harmful amounts of alcohol in 2020, according to estimates from a new study funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. It also found that 59.1% of those people consuming unsafe amounts were between the ages of 15 and 39, and that for that group “there Read more…
[N]ew research from the University of California, Irvine reports that trees in California’s mountain ranges and open spaces are dying from wildfires and other pressures — and fewer new trees are filling the void. “The forests are not keeping up with these large fires,” said study co-author James Randerson, the Read more…
A new study from Germany has found that working in virtual reality does not increase productivity, comfort, or wellbeing, but does say the report will help identify opportunities for improving the experience of working in VR in the future. The project was headed by Dr Jens Grubert, a specialist in Read more…
In a rare move, more than 200 congressional staffers have sent a letter to Democratic leadership in the House and Senate, demanding they close the deal on a climate and clean energy package and warning that failure could doom younger generations. “We’ve crafted the legislation necessary to avert climate catastrophe. Read more…
Panasonic will invest $4 billion in a second U.S. electric vehicle battery factory in Kansas, its subsidiary Panasonic Energy announced on Thursday, confirming an earlier Nikkei report. The factory is expected to hire as many as 4,000 employees and supply a new high-capacity battery for Tesla. The decision follows Tesla’s Read more…
