California attorney general cautions tech leaders on voter deception

California attorney general cautions tech leaders on voter deception

California Attorney General Rob Bonta discusses Michelle Mack’s case in an interview on Feb. 16, 2024. CNBC California Attorney General Rob Bonta cautioned executives at social media and other tech companies to work harder to protect voters from “deception, intimidation, and dissuasion,” ahead of the November election. “Millions of Californians rely on social media and … Read more

Report outlines a path to prosperity for planet and people if Earth’s critical resources are better shared

Report outlines a path to prosperity for planet and people if Earth’s critical resources are better shared

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Earth will only remain able to provide even a basic standard of living for everyone in the future if economic systems and technologies are dramatically transformed and critical resources are more fairly used, managed and shared, according to an international research team including scientists from The Australian National University (ANU). The … Read more

UK labels data centers critical infrastructure to boost cybersecurity

UK labels data centers critical infrastructure to boost cybersecurity

Data centers today are crucial computing infrastructure that power the modern-day internet. In Pictures Ltd | Andrew Aitchison | Corbis News | Getty Images LONDON — The U.K. on Thursday said it now classes data centers as critical infrastructure, in a move that is expected to boost cybersecurity in the country and help operators of … Read more

Canada tourism fears bigger, badder wildfires coming

Canada tourism fears bigger, badder wildfires coming

In this July 2024 image, smoke rises from a wildfire burning in Jasper National Park in Canada. The wildfire devoured up to half of the main town. Images of towering wildfires tearing through forests and leaving a national park in cinders have kept many tourists away, putting one of Canada’s top industries on edge. The … Read more

Oracle trails only Nvidia among large-cap tech in 2024, Ellison wins

Oracle trails only Nvidia among large-cap tech in 2024, Ellison wins

Larry Ellison, co-founder, chairman and chief technology officer of Oracle, speaks during the Oracle OpenWorld conference in San Francisco on Oct. 1, 2017. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Larry Ellison turned 80 last month. It’s been a celebratory year. While fellow legacy tech players Intel and Cisco struggle to find their footing … Read more

Human ‘molecular map’ contributes to the understanding of disease mechanisms

Human ‘molecular map’ contributes to the understanding of disease mechanisms

Researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine in Qatar have created a free-to-access online reference tool that scientists around the globe can use for investigating how the human body works at the molecular level and forming hypotheses to test with experimentation. Credit: Suhre/Halama Labs Scientists at Weill Cornell Medicine in Qatar (WCM-Q) have created an intricate molecular … Read more

Wall Street likes what Nvidia CEO said about the future and new AI chip rollout. So did we

Wall Street likes what Nvidia CEO said about the future and new AI chip rollout. So did we

Investors returned to Nvidia stock Wednesday after CEO Jensen Huang made a compelling case at a major tech gathering for the innovation he strives for and the competitive moat he’s built. “AI is not about a chip. AI is about an infrastructure,” the founder of the artificial intelligence chip powerhouse said at the Goldman Sachs … Read more

Bitcoin may soon hit six figures regardless of election, investors say

Bitcoin may soon hit six figures regardless of election, investors say

Despite the increasingly partisan sentiment in the cryptocurrency industry, bitcoin will thrive over the long term regardless of who wins the U.S. presidential election in November. That’s a view many crypto investors are coming to accept, as the wave of optimism spurred by former President Donald Trump’s pro-crypto overtures this summer starts to recede. “Do … Read more

High-Andean wetlands release more CO₂ under short-term warming, study suggests

High-Andean wetlands release more CO₂ under short-term warming, study suggests

The vegas’ soil from the highest altitude showed the highest soil organic carbon (SOC) content (A). Warming increased soil respiration rates and this effect was higher in soil from the highest altitude (B). Also, warming affected microbial biomass resulting in a decrease respect to lower temperature treatment (C); however, the biomass-specific soil respiration rates were … Read more

Caroline Ellison aims to duck prison sentence for role in FTX collapse

Caroline Ellison aims to duck prison sentence for role in FTX collapse

Caroline Ellison, former chief executive officer of Alameda Research LLC, arrives to court in New York, US, on Thursday, Oct. 12, 2023. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Lawyers for Caroline Ellison, the star witness in the prosecution of FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried, are recommending no prison time for their client’s role in the implosion … Read more