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The Climate Question – Can the internet ever be green? – BBC Sounds

Data drives our modern economy, but at what cost to the climate?

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The Blackout in Texas

One of the worst winter storms in years has plunged large parts of the United States into a deadly energy crisis. It may be a glimpse of America’s future.

www.nytimes.com

Bill Gates has a plan to save the world. Will the world listen?

In the face of one of humanity’s greatest challenges, Bill Gates lays out his plan for attaining net zero carbon emissions

www.wired.co.uk

Some Texans received electric bills up to $17,000 after the storm. How does that happen?

In Texas’s unregulated utility market, the wholesale price of electricity spiked more than 10,000 percent last week.

www.washingtonpost.com

Smart Grid Resilience Rises Up The Agenda As Texas Freezes

While some initial responses to the Texas energy crisis contained accusations that the failure in Texas was due to frozen wind turbines and problems with other renewable assets, it now appears that the key problem was lack of weatherisation protection in natural gas, coal and even nuclear assets.

www.forbes.com

China targets rare earth export curbs to hobble US defence industry

China is exploring limiting the export of rare earth minerals that are crucial for the manufacture of American F-35…

www.ft.com

Why this year will be huge for electric cars

What this year’s EVs tell us about the future.

www.theverge.com

Twin peaks—oil’s price rises alongside battery metals intended to replace it

Our podcast on markets, the economy and business. Also this week: USA Inc’s weird corporate earnings season and why remote work plays havoc with American taxes

www.economist.com

The Biden administration is working to help address global semiconductor chip shortage

The White House is exploring ways to help address issues going forward.

www.theverge.com

Bitcoin, a moeda virtual | URBe | por Bruno Natal

Uma alternativa ao sistema financeiro e a circulação de riquezas controlada pelos bancos, o Bitcoin é uma moeda distribuída via P2P e está crescendo. O começo é tão nebuloso quanto promissor: já…

www.urbe.cc

QR Capital | Investimentos em blockchain

Somos uma fintech que cria, desenvolve e investe em empresas no ecossistema de criptoativos, moedas digitais e blockchain.

www.qr.capital

Scientists Achieve Real-Time Communication With Lucid Dreamers in Breakthrough

International scientists have unlocked a new and exciting avenue to explore the world of dreams.

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Texans believe snow a government plot | Boing Boing

Some Texans have decided that the recent snow was manufactured by the government. Independent: A number of other videos have cropped up on the same platforms with titles like “Need some explaining……

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Exclusivo: 83% dos presos injustamente por reconhecimento fotográfico no Brasil são negros

Um levantamento inédito feito pelo Condege, entidade que reúne defensores públicos de todo país, e também pela Defensoria Pública do Rio de Janeiro mostra que os negros são, de longe, as maiores vítimas desse tipo de erro.

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Google fires another AI ethics leader

The firing follows the controversial ouster of Timnit Gebru.

www.axios.com

Uber has lost in the Supreme Court. Here’s what happens next

Uber drivers in the UK are workers, not contractors. What comes next will affect the entire gig economy

www.wired.co.uk

“Mark Changed The Rules”: How Facebook Went Easy On Alex Jones And Other Right-Wing Figures

Facebook’s rules to combat misinformation and hate speech are subject to the whims and political considerations of its CEO and his policy team leader.

www.buzzfeednews.com

Facebook é acusado de inflar métricas para lucrar mais com publicidade

Documentos de uma ação de classe em andamento desde 2018 mostram executivos dispensando gerentes e outros colaboradores que tentaram alertar sobre erro nos dados de alcance publicitário, devido ao impacto que isso teria nos ganhos

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The Guardian

News, sport and opinion from the Guardian’s US edition

www.theguardian.com

WSJ Tech News Briefing – While the U.S. Deadlocks on Privacy, Other Countries Set Standards

The U.S. is home to many of the world’s largest tech companies, but the European Union has led the charge when it comes to setting global corporate-privacy standards. With several other countries looking to introduce their own measures or step up enforcement of existing measures, cybersecurity reporter David Uberti joins host Amanda Lewellyn to discuss the potential impact. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Japanese website maps neighbourhoods that have noisy children

Gossiping adults and boisterous children are identified on the Dorozoku map, which has struck a chord in a country known for its quiet

www.theguardian.com

YouTuber’s disposable camera app topped App Store as downloads soar past 1 million

David Dobrik is bringing his style of disposable camera photos to millions of fans.

www.theverge.com

“Informe publicitário” negacionista nos jornais O Globo e Folha atesta divisão entre editorial e comercial

Departamento comercial dos veículos aceita que anúncio publicitário de meia página em defesa do tratamento precoce seja divulgado nas versões impressas

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Jornalismo sentado (e deitado) e a bomba semiótica do livro do general Villas Bôas

O livro do general Villas Bôas é muito mais uma bomba semiótica de contrainformação do que uma ameaça real, como teme a grande mídia: três a…

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Gilberto Gil, Lélia Wanick Salgado e Sebastião Salgado se unem para incentivar reflorestamento

Cantor lança nova música e clipe “Refloresta”, mesmo nome da iniciativa dos Salgado

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U-Roy, legendary reggae toaster, dies aged 78

‘The originator’ of toasting on record helped revolutionise soundsystem culture in Jamaica – and inspire the birth of hip-hop

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Tributo à U-Roy, by Digitaldubs ft. MISTAH JORDAN

track by Digitaldubs ft. MISTAH JORDAN

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