Third of central banks delay CBDC timelines
With Donald Trump banning work on a digital dollar, a central bank survey suggests that while 75% still plan to ...
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Japan Goes on Offense With New ‘Active Cyber Defense’ Bill
The Japanese government is on a mission to catch up to US national cybersecurity preparedness standards and has just passed ...
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The Download: offshore rocket launches, and how DOGE plans to use AI
Understandably, websites are now fighting back for fear that this invasive species—AI crawlers—will help displace them. But there’s a problem: ...
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Method of Moments Estimation with Python Code
Let’s say you are in a customer care center, and you would like to know the probability distribution of the ...
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From 900 miles away, the US government recorded audio of the Titan sub implosion
The waveform of the recording. From SOSUS to wind farms Back in the 1960s, 70s, and 80s, this kind of ...
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The GSA Plans to Sell Hundreds of Its Federal Government Buildings
Employees at the General Services Administration (GSA) have been told to sell off 500-plus federal government buildings across the US, ...
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Harnessing cloud and AI to power a sustainable future
Data from a poll conducted by MIT Technology Review Insights in 2024 suggests growing momentum for this dynamic duo: 38% ...
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Trump vs. Twitter: The president takes on social media moderation
For years, Donald Trump’s fight against social media companies has been a one-man boxing match. He calls them out over ...
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Revenge of the Covid Conspiracy Theorists
A week after the inauguration, US senator Rand Paul of Kentucky issued a flurry of congressional subpoenas to 14 agencies, ...
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As Hype Fades, OpenAI Suddenly Cancels Release of Its Hot Upcoming AI
OpenAI Season As the AI industry gets more and more crowded — and its hype more diffuse — OpenAI CEO Sam ...
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