More than a hundred years after Ernest Shackleton’s famous Imperial Trans-Antarctic expedition, a new exhibition showcases some of the most iconic and rare images ever taken of the most southerly continent
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Nuclear fusion energy record points way to harnessing power of the sun
The nuclear fusion experiment at the Joint European Torus in Oxford on 21 December saw a ball of super-hot plasma sustained for 5 seconds
China’s SMIC reports record $5.4B revenue in 2021, up 39% YoY, and $1.7B profit, up 138% YoY, as it looks to add more chip production capacity amid US sanctions (Arjun Kharpal/CNBC)
Arjun Kharpal / CNBC: China’s SMIC reports record $5.4B revenue in 2021, up 39% YoY, and $1.7B profit, up 138% YoY, as it looks to add more chip production capacity amid US sanctions — – China’s largest chipmaker Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation reported record revenue and a surge in profit last year.
A profile of OpenSea, whose Web3 credentials have been called into question by crypto hardliners, as it tries to deal with security incidents and copycat NFTs (Gian M. Volpicelli/Wired UK)
Gian M. Volpicelli / Wired UK: A profile of OpenSea, whose Web3 credentials have been called into question by crypto hardliners, as it tries to deal with security incidents and copycat NFTs — Security issues and endless copycat listings are rife, but the platform’s attempt to stop them is angering everyone. — What is a […]
Booking.com will cut and outsource 2,700 call center jobs globally in the next few months, after Booking Holdings laid of ~25% of its workforce in 2020 and 2021 (Dennis Schaal/Skift)
Dennis Schaal / Skift: Booking.com will cut and outsource 2,700 call center jobs globally in the next few months, after Booking Holdings laid of ~25% of its workforce in 2020 and 2021 — Skift Take — We could hear more about Booking Holdings’ rationale for eliminating a chunk of Booking.com’s customer service workforce …
Sources: Apollo Global is nearing a deal to acquire the point-of-sale terminal business of Paris-based payments company Worldline for close to $2.3B (Ben Dummett/Wall Street Journal)
Ben Dummett / Wall Street Journal: Sources: Apollo Global is nearing a deal to acquire the point-of-sale terminal business of Paris-based payments company Worldline for close to $2.3B — Pandemic has accelerated the adoption of digital payments over cash — Apollo Global Management Inc. is nearing a deal to acquire the point …
A profile of the couple accused of conspiring to launder around $5B in stolen bitcoin, pieced together from sources, filings, and a voluminous online record (Tim Marchman/VICE)
Tim Marchman / VICE: A profile of the couple accused of conspiring to launder around $5B in stolen bitcoin, pieced together from sources, filings, and a voluminous online record — Heather Morgan and Ilya Lichtenstein wanted to be famous. Now, after being accused of laundering billions of dollars of crypto, they are.
Review of 80K+ donations to the Canadian “Freedom Convoy” reveal a Bangladeshi digital marketing firm helmed two of the biggest Facebook groups promoting events (Grid News)
Grid News: Review of 80K+ donations to the Canadian “Freedom Convoy” reveal a Bangladeshi digital marketing firm helmed two of the biggest Facebook groups promoting events — As American politicians call for stateside convoys, a Grid investigation finds signs that foreign actors, QAnon and hate pervade the movement’s support.
Robofish powered by human cardiac cells gives fresh insight into heart
Insights from a synthetic fish built from plastic and gelatine and powered by human cardiac cells might one day be useful for treating heart disease
Meet the amateur drone pilots defending Ukraine’s border with Russia
As tensions rise in Ukraine with Russian troops arriving at the border in increasing numbers, a small army of amateur engineers is monitoring events using homemade drones equipped with sensors and old Soviet missiles
UK’s CMA accepts Google’s plan to phase out third-party cookies and replace them with Privacy Sandbox and will closely monitor the development of the product (Jon Porter/The Verge)
Jon Porter / The Verge: UK’s CMA accepts Google’s plan to phase out third-party cookies and replace them with Privacy Sandbox and will closely monitor the development of the product — The UK’s competition regulator will keep a ‘close eye’ on development — Google’s plan to phase out third-party cookies and replace …
How researchers are using AI to analyze the undeciphered ancient script of the Indus Valley Civilization, and the challenges of deciphering long-lost languages (Alizeh Kohari/Rest of World)
Alizeh Kohari / Rest of World: How researchers are using AI to analyze the undeciphered ancient script of the Indus Valley Civilization, and the challenges of deciphering long-lost languages — Scholars have spent a century trying to decipher ancient Indus script. Machine learning may finally help make sense of it all.
Report: Amazon has received $4.7B in tax breaks globally over the past decade; $4.1B was from the US and weak disclosure laws could put the rest well over $600M (Lauren Kaori Gurley/VICE)
Lauren Kaori Gurley / VICE: Report: Amazon has received $4.7B in tax breaks globally over the past decade; $4.1B was from the US and weak disclosure laws could put the rest well over $600M — The report highlights how little is known about the cost of Amazon’s expansion to taxpayers around the planet. — Lauren […]
Curated, Digital Content for Everyone
Curated Information Feeds For a good few years now, I’ve actively modified who I follow, and what updates I receive digitally through social and news media – with Facebook, this generally means choosing who I want to receive updates from, and in what order (or at all), which allows me to maintain ‘friendship’ with individuals […]