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Police Bust Suspected Cannabis Farm, Turns Out to be Large Bitcoin Mining Operation

Police Bust Suspected Cannabis Farm, Turns Out to be Large Bitcoin Mining Operation

The cannabis farms hidden inside the house are quite unique. High temperatures, constant humidity, sealed rooms for odor control and vents for maintaining the microclimate…
An Autonomous Weaponized Drone “Hunted Down” Humans without Command for First Time

An Autonomous Weaponized Drone “Hunted Down” Humans without Command for First Time

A recent United Nations report has revealed that an autonomous drone has hunted and attacked people without the input of a human commander. As well…
China’s “Artificial Sun” Sets Fusion World Record for Longest Time at Plasma Temperature

China’s “Artificial Sun” Sets Fusion World Record for Longest Time at Plasma Temperature

China’s “artificial sun” fusion tokamak broke the world record for the longest time to achieve a plasma temperature of just 160 million degrees Celsius (216…
Doom-Themed CAPTCHA Makes Proving you’re Not a Robot a Lot More Fun

Doom-Themed CAPTCHA Makes Proving you’re Not a Robot a Lot More Fun

CAPTCHAS have become commonplace across the Internet, with attacks on websites and spamming comments, dissemination of online poll results, and protests against hate speech such as…
Video E-Learning Platform for MENA, Almentor, Closes $6.5M Series B Led by Partech

Video E-Learning Platform for MENA, Almentor, Closes $6.5M Series B Led by Partech

There are more than 400 million Arabic speakers worldwide and this number is not going to decrease any time soon. Arabic is a difficult language…
Silicon Integrated Circuits unite Light and Ultrasonic Waves for Microwave Signals

Silicon Integrated Circuits unite Light and Ultrasonic Waves for Microwave Signals

Light is used to distribute signals in high-end wireless and cellular networks. The selective processing of such signals necessitates long delays, which are too long…
GM, Palantir-Backed Wejo to go Public Via SPAC

GM, Palantir-Backed Wejo to go Public Via SPAC

Wejo, a connected vehicle data startup with the support of GM and Palantir, plans to go public through a merger with the special purpose acquisition…
Facebook, WhatsApp, Google and Other Internet Giants Comply with India’s IT Rules

Facebook, WhatsApp, Google and Other Internet Giants Comply with India’s IT Rules

Google, Facebook, Telegram, LinkedIn and Tiger Global-backed Indian startups ShareChat and Co fully or partially comply with the South Asian country’s new IT rules, according…
Extra Crunch Roundup: First-Check Myths, Miami Relocation Checklist, Standout SaaSy Startups

Extra Crunch Roundup: First-Check Myths, Miami Relocation Checklist, Standout SaaSy Startups

While this may seem like a great time to launch a CS startup, according to fast Venture’s seed-level investor, Landscape is crowded with designed applications…
Daily Crunch: Tesla Switches on Camera-Based Driver Monitoring for Autopilot Users

Daily Crunch: Tesla Switches on Camera-Based Driver Monitoring for Autopilot Users

Welcome to the Daily Crunch, May 28, the last edition before the long weekend in the United States. But whether the upcoming holidays or not,…
Facebook Changes Misinfo Rules to Allow Posts Claiming COVID-19 is Man-Made

Facebook Changes Misinfo Rules to Allow Posts Claiming COVID-19 is Man-Made

Facebook has made a number of significant changes to its misinformation policy this week, including the news that companies will now allow people to claim to…
China is Building Two New Nuclear Reactors Shrouded in Secrecy, Concerning Experts

China is Building Two New Nuclear Reactors Shrouded in Secrecy, Concerning Experts

Two new nuclear reactors are being built on Changbiao Island off the coast of China, with the expected operations starting in 2023 and 2026, respectively. Some…
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