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Melting ice makes Arctic a target for a new deep sea internet cable
Posted in Hardware on 3rd Apr, 2024
by Alex Muller
The Far North Fiber project would connect Europe to Japan, but is only possible because of climate change.
GPT-4 is 82% more persuasive than humans, and AIs can now read emotions
Posted in Online, Science, Software on 2nd Apr, 2024
by Alex Muller
AI Language models, it seems, are already extraordinarily effective at changing people's minds.
First bitcoin ETF could be coming soon as court rules in favor of Grayscale over SEC
Posted in Business, Online on 31st Aug, 2023
by Alex Muller
A federal appeals court ruled that the SEC was wrong to reject Grayscale’s application to convert its flagship Grayscale Bitcoin Trust, which the SEC approved in 2015, and which holds more than $15bn in bitcoin, into an ETF.
Interview with Beam: a social enterprise where homeless people can crowdfund themselves
Posted in Business, Interviews on 8th Aug, 2023
by Alex Muller
This East London-based company’s platform lets people donate directly to a homeless person or refugee, showing the goals and progress of the campaign. It has supported 1,935 people through its platform and that 81% of people go on to find work.
Interview with Olio: An app for sharing food and other goods that would otherwise be going to waste
Posted in Business, Interviews on 8th Aug, 2023
by Alex Muller
The London-headquartered company says more than 100 million portions of food and nine million household items have been shared on its platform.