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A look at Congo's Virunga National Park, which is running a Bitcoin mine that uses power from a hydro plant to pay salaries and build infrastructure projects (Adam Popescu/MIT Technology Review)
Adam Popescu / MIT Technology Review: A look at Congo’s Virunga National Park, which is running a Bitcoin mine that…
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A profile of blockchain auditing service CertiK, which inspects smart contracts to help clients like Yuga Labs avoid critical bugs that can lead to lost crypto (Clive Thompson/MIT Technology Review)
Clive Thompson / MIT Technology Review: A profile of blockchain auditing service CertiK, which inspects smart contracts to help clients…
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China issues new data guidelines, imposing strict review of data processing, cross-border data transfers, and M&A activities involving foreign capital (Xinmei Shen/South China Morning Post)
Xinmei Shen / South China Morning Post: China issues new data guidelines, imposing strict review of data processing, cross-border data…
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Horizon Worlds' Notorious B.I.G. concert achieved remarkable realism with the help of VFX studio Hyperreal, but raises ethical questions about VR resurrection (Tanya Basu/MIT Technology Review)
Tanya Basu / MIT Technology Review: Horizon Worlds’ Notorious B.I.G. concert achieved remarkable realism with the help of VFX studio…
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A Q&A with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman about the lessons he learned from DALL-E 2's success, what DALL-E means for society, and more (Will Douglas Heaven/MIT Technology Review)
Will Douglas Heaven / MIT Technology Review: A Q&A with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman about the lessons he learned from…
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A reporter tries Lensa, but unlike her male peers whose avatars were astronauts, warriors, and the like, many of hers were "pornified", with 16 of 100 topless (Melissa Heikkilä/MIT Technology Review)
Melissa Heikkilä / MIT Technology Review: A reporter tries Lensa, but unlike her male peers whose avatars were astronauts, warriors,…
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Review of the AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX and XT: the XTX beats the Nvidia RTX 4080 for $200 less, except in power efficiency and ray tracing, and the XT comes close (Andrew Cunningham/Ars Technica)
Andrew Cunningham / Ars Technica: Review of the AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX and XT: the XTX beats the Nvidia…
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