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Blockchain

Liquidators of dead shitcoin factory Cryptopia must reconcile 900,000 user accounts one-by-one

The liquidator overseeing the slow death of New Zealand-based shitcoin factory Cryptopia has issued its latest update and states progress is pleasing. However, its not all been plain sailing for liquidators Grant Thornton. It took several months for the liqu…

bubmagAugust 21, 2019

Nuclear Disarmament

A Nightmare of Homelessness: A Knapsack Full of Dreams

Cathy Crowes book A Knapsack Full of Dreams: Memoirs of a Street Nurse comes out of decades of witnessing and challenging a growing blight of destitution and poverty in Toronto that has developed with the advance of the neoliberal agenda. In writing this revi…

bubmagAugust 21, 2019

Electric Car

After seven roof fires, Walmart sues Tesla over solar panel flaws

Enlarge/ A photo from Walmart's lawsuit shows charred solar panels on top of a Walmart store. 0 with 0 posters participating Walmart filed a multi-million dollar lawsuit against Tesla on Tuesday. The retail giant says Tesla's "negligent installation and mai…

bubmagAugust 21, 2019

Water Scarcity

Global Smart Water Metering Market Outlook, 2019-2024 – Leading Players are Arad Group, Badger Meter, Diehl, Kamstrup, and Itron

DUBLIN, Aug. 21, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- The "Smart Water Metering Market by Meter Type (Elctromagnetic, Ultrasonic, Mechanical), Technology (AMI, AMR), Component (Meters & Accessories, IT Solutions, Communications), Application (Water Utilities, Industries)…

bubmagAugust 21, 2019

SpaceX

Cookies and slime in orbit: What’s the point of PR stunts in space?

By Leah Crane Sending products into orbit on SpaceX rockets may be a good PR move Spacex/Planet Pix via ZUMA Wire/Shutterstock IN LATE June, a SpaceX rocket blasted off from Cape Canaveral in Florida. As well as the usual supplies and a few satellites, it …

bubmagAugust 21, 2019

Belt and Road

You Wouldn’t Believe What Country Is Becoming A Sustainability Leader

Riddle me this, BatmanHeres a hint: its the same country that ranks 42nd in the per capita emission of greenhouse gasses (GHG) with per-capital emissions less than half of those of the U.S. Would you believe that the right answer is none other than China? S…

bubmagAugust 21, 2019

Obamacare

Cindy McCain’s first year without John McCain: ‘Trying to put our family back together’

Cindy McCain, joined by White House Chief of Staff John Kelly and Secretary of Defense General James Mattis, lay a wreath at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. USA TODAY Frank Sinatras My Way was playing from John McCains playlist as the senator took his final…

bubmagAugust 21, 2019

Virtual Reality

Japan’s Digital Pop Stars Blur Line Between Virtual and Reality

An anonymous Slashdot reader shares a report about Japan's virtual YouTubers or VTubers that act as live performers, corporate PR officials and even surrogate children. From The Wall Street Journal: Ryosei Takehisa, 24 years old, doesn't have any children -- …

bubmagAugust 21, 2019

Climate Change

The Cost of Rising Seas: More Than $400 Billion (and Lots of Angst)

This story originally appeared on Yale Environment 360 and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration. For cities in the United States, the price of infrastructure projects to combat rising seas and intensifying storms is coming into focusand so is the sticke…

bubmagAugust 21, 2019

Air Pollution

Could Dirty Air Spur a Rise in Mental Illness?

TUESDAY, Aug. 20, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- As air quality declines, the prevalence of mental health conditions may rise, a large, new study suggests. Looking at data on millions of people in the United States and Denmark, researchers found correlations betwe…

bubmagAugust 21, 2019

Liquidators of dead shitcoin factory Cryptopia must reconcile 900,000 user accounts one-by-one

A Nightmare of Homelessness: A Knapsack Full of Dreams

After seven roof fires, Walmart sues Tesla over solar panel flaws

Global Smart Water Metering Market Outlook, 2019-2024 – Leading Players are Arad Group, Badger Meter, Diehl, Kamstrup, and Itron

Cookies and slime in orbit: What’s the point of PR stunts in space?

You Wouldn’t Believe What Country Is Becoming A Sustainability Leader

Cindy McCain’s first year without John McCain: ‘Trying to put our family back together’

Japan’s Digital Pop Stars Blur Line Between Virtual and Reality

The Cost of Rising Seas: More Than $400 Billion (and Lots of Angst)

Could Dirty Air Spur a Rise in Mental Illness?

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