April 13, 2021

China’s Huawei Blames U.S. For Global Chip Shortage

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Just around the time Joe Biden was concluding a meeting with more than a dozen CEOs on Monday addressing the global chip shortage that has snarled supply chains and brought high-tech industries to a stop (a meeting in which he offered $50 billion for semiconductor manufacturing and research), China’s Huawei Technologies – which has been stockpiling chips at an unprecedented pace for the past 4 years – blamed the U.S. for the chip crunch rocking the global tech industry, saying Washington’s sanctions against Chinese companies have spurred panic buying of semiconductors and other supplies.

Thorchain Is Ready to Grease the Wheels of Crypto-to-Crypto Trading

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Set to launch Tuesday, the network would allow trading of assets from different blockchains without middlemen or synthetic “wrapped” substitutes.

Zero-Carbon Footprint Mining New Growth Area for Investors

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Bitcoin as a climate change accelerant has become a popular meme over the last year, with countless articles written about its energy-hungry nature of mining derailing goals. While some see a crisis, others see an opportunity to use North America’s abundance of hydroelectric power — some of it orphaned in abandoned industry towns — as a way to match hashrates with cheap, green energy.

Ethereum Gas Fees Reduced By 50%

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The use of flashbots instead of PGA bots has led to traders being able to force the average gas fees down to around 65 gwei from the typical 120 gwei of just a couple of days ago.

European Investment Bank reportedly to issue bonds with blockchain tech

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The European Investment Bank, an international financial institution owned by European Union member states, is reportedly exploring blockchain technology for issuing digital bonds.

China-Mexican Cartel Alliance Is Producing New Drug Killing Americans

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“In the last twelve months, I have seen a number of overdose cases, where the person isn’t responding at all to the Naloxone, which made us realize this wasn’t fentanyl,” noted a northern California-based anti-drug campaigner, referring to the emergency nasal spray for suspected overdoses of the powerful synthetic opioid.

Scientists now able to disable and enable particular genes with the CRISPR gene editing system

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Over the past decade, the CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing system has revolutionized genetic engineering, allowing scientists to make targeted changes to organisms’ DNA. While the system could potentially be useful in treating a variety of diseases, CRISPR-Cas9 editing involves cutting DNA strands, leading to permanent changes to the cell’s genetic material.

Japan to release irradiated water from Fukushima nuclear plant into the ocean

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Contaminated wastewater at the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant will be released into the ocean “in around two years,” the Japanese government has announced, despite calls from China and South Korea urging against the move.

Russia warns U.S. warships to steer clear of Crimea

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Russia on Tuesday warned the United States to ensure its warships stayed well away from Crimea “for their own good”, calling their deployment in the Black Sea a provocation designed to test Russian nerves.

Biden Builds Back Obama’s Middle East

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That didn’t take long. One week after piously and erroneously repudiating the Commission on Unalienable Rights established by his predecessor Mike Pompeo, Secretary of State Antony Blinken revealed the hollow selectivity of this administration’s commitment to human rights and democratic reform.

Pentagon Looking to Better Screen Social Media of Service Members and Recruits for ‘Extremism’

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The Pentagon is looking into better screening recruits’ and service members’ social media as part of its effort to get rid of “extremism” in the United States military, according to a recent memo from Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin.

HSBC confirms banning customers from buying MicroStrategy shares due to bitcoin concerns

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Investment banking giant HSBC has confirmed banning customers of HSBC InvestDirect from buying MicroStrategy shares due to bitcoin concerns.

The Age Of Walking Mutations Is Upon Us

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A hidden world of mutated rats, cows, guinea pigs, and sheep is only the entryway into a bizarre future few are prepared for.

NASA Releases New Image of Mars’ Blue Dunes

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NASA has released a new image of Mars’ blue dunes and it looks more like an alien planet from Mass Effect than one from our very own solar system.Despite the image being new to our eyes, it’s actually quite an old photo. The image below was made using multiple photos captured by NASA’s longest-working Mars spacecraft, the Mars Odyssey orbiter, in between December 2002 and November 2004.

New all-time high for Bitcoin: $62,000

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Bitcoin’s price has crossed the $62,000 mark for the first time.

Domino’s starts making autonomous pizza deliveries

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If you order a pizza from Domino’s in Houston, a robot might drop off your dinner. The company will this week start making autonomous deliveries with the help of Nuro’s R2 robot, almost two years after it announced the project.

Coin Bureau: Cardano Has One Big Edge Over Other Cryptos

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The pseudonymous host of Coin Bureau is sharing his thoughts on some of the advantages Cardano has in the race to beat out Ethereum as the top smart contract platform.

Scientists Complete First Human Trial of a Wireless High-Bandwidth Brain-Computer Interface

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Brain-computer interface technology is advancing rapidly, but it currently relies on wires that seriously limit its use in everyday applications. That could soon change, though, as researchers recently completed the first human trial of a high-bandwidth wireless neural interface.