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Lab-Grown Meat Raises Regulatory Questions (#GotBitcoin?)
Specifically, who should oversee it: the USDA or the FDA? The uncertainty creates a challenge for startups. Lab-Grown Meat Raises Regulatory Questions Who decides whether meat developed in a laboratory is safe to eat and, if it is, how it can be marketed? That’s the question regulators face as scientists develop…
Brain Scans Can Detect Who Has Better Skills (#GotBitcoin?)
Experts say newly published research represents a step toward systems that can assess levels of expertise and competence using neurological data. Brain Scans Can Detect Who Has Better Skills To gain new insight into how highly specialized workers learn skills or react to stressful situations, researchers are leveraging advanced scanning technologies…
Six Technologies That Could Shake the Food World (#GotBitcoin?)
Printed meals, edible bar codes and facial-recognition technology for cows are among the innovations transforming the food industry. A machine that prints chicken nuggets. Fake shrimp made out of algae. Edible coverings that keep fruit fresh. These inventions—and many more—are part of a technological revolution that is poised to shake…
Cameras For Cows (#GotBitcoin?)
Facial-recognition technology is helping farmers track cows on dairy farms—and give them insight into the animals’ behavior. Cameras For Cows The same software used to catch jaywalkers in China and verify travelers boarding airplanes can identify cows using their faces and the patterns of their hides. From there, it can monitor…
Cyber-Espionage Experts Want to Know Who’s Exposing China’s Hacking Army (#GotBitcoin?)
Group called Intrusion Truth (@intrusion_truth) has published information online about hacking campaigns. Cyber-Espionage Experts Want to Know Who’s Exposing China’s Hacking Army The world’s cyber-sleuths are investigating a new mystery: Who is behind an anonymous effort to expose China’s hacker army? An anonymous group calling itself Intrusion Truth in August published…
Trump Administration Sues Over California Net-Neutrality Law (#GotBitcoin?)
Justice Department contends state overstepped authority after Gov. Jerry Brown signed law Sunday. Trump Administration Sues Over California Net-Neutrality Law California Gov. Jerry Brown on Sunday signed a bill reinstating Obama-era open-internet rules in the state, and the Justice Department responded almost immediately with a lawsuit seeking to overturn the law.…
A Solution to Unreadable Online User Agreements (#GotBitcoin?)
We click on them without thinking and without fully understanding what we’re agreeing to. It’s time to fix that. Accept. Agree. Submit. I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve clicked on buttons like these, agreeing to online terms of service that I haven’t actually reviewed. I’m hardly unusual: According…
Becoming A Exercise-aholic Can Be A Disease (#GotBitcoin?)
Exercise is very essential for the human body. However, a exercise-aholic loses the benefit of exercise and strays into exercise becoming a bad habit. People who exercise everyday – morning, afternoon and evening – are in big trouble, because resting is also an important part of exercise. Our bodies are…
Nike Says The Colin Kaepernick ‘Just Do It’ Campaign Is Driving Traffic And Engagement (#GotBitcoin?)
Nike Inc. took a risk by casting Colin Kaepernick in its latest “Just Do It” ad, and the company says it’s paying off. Nike Says The Colin Kaepernick ‘Just Do It’ Campaign Is Driving Traffic And Engagement On the fiscal first-quarter earnings call late Tuesday, Nike Chief Executive Mark Parker said…
The Billion-Dollar Mystery Man and the Wildest Party Vegas Ever Saw (#GotBitcoin?)
Armed with a seemingly bottomless supply of cash, an unassuming Malaysian named Jho Low staged the ultimate extravaganza. The Billion-Dollar Mystery Man and the Wildest Party Vegas Ever Saw Las Vegas, Nov. 3-4, 2012 Around 6 p.m. on a warm, cloudless November night, Pras Michél, a former member of the ‘90s…
Cryptocurrencies and Blockchains: How Are They Doing After 10 Years? (#GotBitcoin?)
It wasn’t supposed to have worked out like this. Bitcoin was created about a decade ago, with the release of the original design paper, Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System, under the pen name of Satoshi Nakamoto. Bitcoin aimed to become a decentralized cryptocurrency and digital payment system that would…
How Dirty Money Disappears Into the Black Hole of Cryptocurrency (#GotBitcoin?)
Journal investigation documents suspicious trades through venture capital-backed ShapeShift. How Dirty Money Disappears Into the Black Hole of Cryptocurrency A North Korean agent, a stolen-credit-card peddler and the mastermind of an $80 million Ponzi scheme had a common problem. They needed to launder their dirty money. They found a common solution…