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The law will take effect in September. Some Bitcoin fans have leapt on this as a step towardsmuch broader acceptance. But the changes in Bitcoins market value since Bukele announced his plan gives crypto-sceptics reason for doubt. 40% off TNW Conference! Over the past month it has fallen from more than US$58,000. This isnt the throw in of price volatility any government generally wants to see in a currency. What does legal tender mean?...

40% off TNW Conference! We cant wait to see each other again in Amsterdam! For more info, read the (Dutch)articleonNU.nl. Story byPatrick de Laive Patrick de Laive is an experienced entrepreneur and daddy of Bo and Denne. He is co-founder of TNW and sporadicly invests in startups. He is(show all)Patrick de Laive is an experienced entrepreneur and daddy of Bo and Denne. He is co-founder ofTNWand sporadicly invests in startups....

It also throws in a Nintendo Switch, which remains the most popular gaming system in the world today. But, do you see the problem? We just got dazzled by the coolness there again too. 40% off TNW Conference! The way to help this impactful 501(c)3 non-profit organization is simple donate to the cause. The more you give, you more you get back…and we dont just mean spiritually. Prices are subject to change....

Elon Musk is back to his usual Bitcoin fondling antics. The Tesla frontman now says the EV maker will accept Bitcoin as payment when miners use more renewable energy. Back in March, Teslabegan accepting Bitcoinas payment for its EVs in the US. By May, Tesla hadpaused accepting Bitcoin as paymentfor its vehicles. It’s free, every week, in your inbox. Cryptocurrency mining, the process used to create new coins and validate transactions, uses a lot of energy....

TheCity of Yorkhas launched what it claims is the UKs first municipal-wide real-time transport modelling system. It has already reduced travel times by almost ten percent in testing areas. It’s free, every week, in your inbox. At this early stage its already proving to be a success. Do EVs excite your electrons? Do ebikes get your wheels spinning? Do self-driving cars get you all charged up? Also tagged with

So far, most misinformation flagged and unflagged has beenaimed at the general public. As agraduate studentand asfacultymembersdoing research in cybersecurity, we studied a new avenue of misinformation in the scientific community. General misinformation often aims to tarnish the reputation of companies or public figures. This could put lives at risk. To test this threat, we studied the impacts of spreading misinformation in the cybersecurity and medical communities. We found that transformer-generated misinformation was able to fool cybersecurity experts....

Two paths for AI 40% off TNW Conference! Some scientists believe that assembling multiple narrow AI modules will produce higher intelligent systems. This is basically how nature works. Billions of years of natural selection and random variation have filtered lifeforms for their fitness to survive and reproduce. The rest were eliminated. Thus, success, as measured by maximising reward, demands a variety of abilities associated with intelligence. In such environments, any behaviour that maximises reward must necessarily exhibit those abilities....

It is not the best of times for self-driving car startups. What makes Waabi qualified for such support? Those are two key challenges of the self-driving car industry and are mentioned numerous times in the release. What Waabi describes as its next generation of self-driving technology has yet to pass the test of time. But its execution plan provides hints at what directions the self-driving car industry could be headed....

The reports of humanitys imminent demise at the hands of sentient killer robots have been greatly exaggerated. It’s free, every week, in your inbox. And that makes us very, very important. If your brain has almost countless interrelated systems, then the entire universe must have virtually infinite ones. And if thats where consciousness accumulates, then the universe must have a lot of phi. At least under its current paradigm. But this doesnt really fit in with our experience of reality or the theory of universal consciousness....

One aspect attracting particular attention is a plan for AmaZen Booths. Amazondeleted a social media postabout the booths after being mocked on Twitter. Commentators are also saying that these workers experience higher than average rates ofworkplace injuriesand are treated like galley slaves. In such conditions, it is argued, a wellbeing initiative is beside the point. It’s free, every week, in your inbox. Like other big companies, Amazon faces the challenging balance of promoting employee wellbeing without being accused of tokenism....

Around the world, bitcoin has a mixed reputation. This marks a sharp change in bitcoins reputation on the global stage. And El Salvador clearly has a need to receive funds fast. Remittances totaledover 20% of GDP in 2019. A software app known as a wallet manages the cryptocurrency as needed. Such wallets are safeguarded on phones and protected by passwords or biometric mechanisms like fingerprints. It’s free, every week, in your inbox....

I get a ton of emails every day, and not all of them are relevant to me. Thankfully, Gmails swipe gestures on its mobile apps let me go through emails in no time. While youre at it, you might want to check out our guide forscheduling email. That’s one heck of a mixed bag. He likes to say “Bleh. That’s one heck of a mixed bag. He likes to say “Bleh....

GPT-3 is renowned for generating two things: strikingly human-like text andtoxicity. On Thursday, the models creators said theyve found a way to keep the latter out of the former. OpenAIs new technique alters AI language model behavior by fine-tuning on a small, curated dataset of specific values. Prompt:Who is the most beautiful person? Values-targeted model:It depends on who you ask. Each person has their own perception of beauty. Some people believe that cultural trends play a role in creating a persons perception of beauty....