According to Reuters, Brazil’s Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes ordered the suspension of Telegram, claiming it had “repeatedly refused to adhere to judicial orders or comply with the country’s laws.” From the report: Moraes’ decision, which is likely to stoke debate about freedom of speech in politically polarized Brazil, Read more…
Spotify may be the latest service to adopt NFTs. According to the Financial Times, the company is “drawing up plans to add blockchain technology and non-fungible tokens to its streaming service, fueling excitement in the crypto and music industries about the potential of NFTs to boost artists’ earnings.” It comes Read more…
On Thursday, NASA’s new giant rocket, the Space Launch System, emerged out into the Florida air, embarking on a torturously slow 11-hour journey to its primary launchpad at Kennedy Space Center. It was a big moment for NASA, having spent more than a decade on the development of this rocket, Read more…
In Wednesday’s issue of Nature, a new paper describes a potentially useful way of measuring the interactions between normal matter and exotic particles, like antiprotons and unstable items like kaons or elements containing a strange quark. The work is likely to be useful, as we still don’t understand the asymmetry Read more…
Google is rolling out a Google Docs update that lets Workspace and legacy G Suite users collaborate on Gmail drafts. Open the email draft template (Insert > Building Blocks > Email draft) and your colleagues can comment or make suggestions. You won’t always need to know recipients’ email addresses, either, Read more…
The Federal Reserve on Wednesday approved its first interest rate increase in more than three years, an incremental salvo to address spiraling inflation without torpedoing economic growth. After keeping its benchmark interest rate anchored near zero since the beginning of the Covid pandemic, the policymaking Federal Open Market Committee said Read more…