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Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates says he thinks cryptocurrencies and non-fungible tokens (NFTs) are “100%” based on the bogus theory : Overvalued assets will continue to rise because there are enough people Willing to pay a premium for them. He joked that “expensive digital images of monkeys” could “dramatically improve the world”. Gates, who has mocked […]

The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that monkeypox poses a real risk to European public health. The WHO’s director of European affairs said the longer the virus spreads, the wider its impact. The WHO called on European authorities and civil society to take urgent action to curb the further rise in the number of

The Paper reported that after the depositors of Henan village and town banks, some property owners in Zhengzhou who had stopped construction were given red codes. An owner of Sunac Zhongyuan Daguan and a Kangqiao Jiuxiyuan responded that their health codes had become red codes, and they had never been to high-risk areas, and had

Facebook announced it was shelving plans to release commercial AR (augmented reality) glasses less than nine months after its big foray into the metaverse. Alex Kipman, head of Microsoft’s AR project HoloLens, has left. Although Apple has always claimed to be bullish on AR, it did not mention any related products at its developer conference

Shutterfly is the latest to migrate from an Oracle database to Amazon AWS. As the enterprise technology landscape changes, more and more businesses are choosing to partner with emerging vendors such as MongoDB, Databricks, and Snowflake, rather than the established Oracle . The migration to the cloud challenges the systems of the past. Emerging vendors

Netflix is ​​adapting last year’s hit Korean drama “Squid Game” into a reality TV show , but unlike the TV series, participants won’t face life-or-death trials. Netflix will recruit 456 participants from around the world to compete for the $4.56 million prize, and their worst fate is to come home empty-handed and miss out on

Researchers at Illinois Champaign (UIUC), UT Austin, and the University of Washington have disclosed a new side-channel attack targeting x86 CPUs, which they named Hertzbleed and created a logo to highlight its severity. Hertzbleed takes advantage of the dynamic frequency scaling of modern x86 processors. The frequency of the CPU will vary depending on the

More than a year ago, Alibaba CFO Wu Wei told investors about the company’s cloud business. “China will become the largest economy in 10 years, and enterprises and millions of businesses will migrate to the cloud.” She predicted Alibaba Cloud’s annual growth rate can reach 50%. But this forecast is clearly too optimistic. Alibaba Cloud’s

Nigeria has drawn up a draft plan to regulate internet companies such as Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram, Twitter, Google and TikTok. Twitter was blocked in Nigeria last June after it removed a post by Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari for violating the platform’s rules. After a lapse of six months, Nigeria lifted the blockade of Twitter. The

Reinfection with the new crown was rare until the Omicron variant appeared. A team of scientists at Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar, led by Laith Abu-Raddad, estimated the effectiveness of a single infection with a delta or earlier variant of the virus in preventing reinfection in vaccinated and unvaccinated people Sex is about 90%.

Amazon announced Monday that it will be piloting Prime Air, a drone delivery system, in Lockeford, California. Amazon worked with the FAA and officials in the small town of Lockeford south of Sacramento to obtain a permit to fly the drone. California House of Representatives Heath Flora said Lockeford residents will soon have access to

Scientists have discovered a way to produce bio-cement from waste , offering a greener and more sustainable alternative to conventional cement. Biocement is a renewable cement that uses bacteria to create a hardening reaction that binds the soil into a solid mass. Scientists at NTU have now made biocement from two common fertilizers: industrial carbide

Scientists have discovered a way to produce bio-cement from waste , offering a greener and more sustainable alternative to conventional cement. Biocement is a renewable cement that uses bacteria to create a hardening reaction that binds the soil into a solid mass. Scientists at NTU have now made biocement from two common fertilizers: industrial carbide