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Ridgewood NJ, Ross Clark, a columnist for Britain’s Daily Telegraph, has done some interesting math on whether battery cars save energy.
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Mars, Mars is calling! NASA is seeking applicants for participation as a crew member during the first one-year analog mission in a habitat to simulate life on a distant world, set to begin in Fall 2022.
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Tokyo Japan, the Dawn Avatar Robot Café in Tokyo features humanoid robots waiting on customers and serving food and drinks. It operates as an accessible business by creating job opportunities for disabled workers. The robots are operated remotely via the internet by people who can’t leave the house for long periods of time. They are 120cm tall and have a camera, microphone, and speaker for communicating with customers. The robots can be controlled just through eye movement, so even people who are immobilized are able to work in the café.
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Ridgewoood NJ, Ethereum’s London hard fork has been activated. The network will now algorithmically decide the transaction fee based on the overall demand on the network. Users will still be able to jump the queue by tipping. Another change in the code will double the block size to smooth out spikes in demand and to help gas fees stay stable. While there will be twice the number of blocks, the upgrade has been designed so that the protocol only wants the blocks to be half full. The London fork also paves the way for Ethereum 2.0, which will see the network switch from the proof-of-work mining system to proof-of-stake.
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Ridgewood NJ, Virgin Galactic has reopened ticket sales for its SpaceShipTwo space plane at $450,000 per seat. The spaceship recently carried four passengers, including Richard Branson, to the edge of space for a few minutes of weightlessness. The mission was a key milestone test before Virgin starts flying individual customers. Virgin is targeting September for its first revenue-generating mission, which will carry research payloads and three members of the Italian Air Force.
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Ridgewood NJ, its a bird ,its a plane no it’s NASA’s X-59 Quiet SuperSonic Technology (QueSST) an experimental supersonic jet designed to reach speeds of Mach 1.4 (925mph). It is slower than the Concorde, but its cutting-edge design allows it to emit a sonic boom about as loud as the sound of a car door closing. Lockheed Martin was awarded a $247.5 million contract to assemble the aircraft in 2018.
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Miami FL, the City of Miami has launched its own cryptocurrency called MiamiCoin. Revenue from the coin will be diverted to the city treasury. Mining the coin is less energy-intensive and less difficult than mining Bitcoin or Ethereum.iami Mayor Francis Suarez recently announced that the city of Miami will launch its own cryptocurrency called MiamiCoin (MIA). Starting this week, MiamiCoin mining is ready to be activated. Traders can trade, buy or sell the coin on California-based crypto exchange Okcoin, according to CityCoins. The Miami government will have its own wallet and a portion of the coins mined will end up in that wallet to be used to improve the city. Speculators can purchase the coin on exchanges, which will ideally raise the value of the coin. The project aims to incentivize stakeholders to participate in the city’s success. The Village of Ridgewood should give this a thought to fund the Hudson Garage .
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Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. Tuesday, August 3, Starliner will launch on a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.
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Mars, NASA is making final preparations for its Perseverance Mars rover to collect its first-ever sample of Martian rock, which future planned missions will transport to Earth. The six-wheeled geologist is searching for a scientifically interesting target in a part of Jezero Crater called the “Cratered Floor Fractured Rough.”
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Ridgewood NJ, in a major milestone the Pi Network reached 21M users on 7/20/2021 (859 days after launch on Pi Day 3/14/2019). If growth continues at this rate we will reach 100M in 341 more days on 6/26/2022). Of course, this rate can change, for example, any positive news could accelerate things. Also, according to the graphic posted by the developers the mainnet launch should happen well before reaching 100M – it can happen whenever it is ready.
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Ridgewood NJ, as part of the American Rescue Plan Act, the IRS began to distribute the first iteration of the child tax credit payments, which are automatically disbursed and do not require signing up for benefits, similar to past stimulus payments. Threat actors are quick to exploit public interests in order to carry out cyberattacks as reported by DomainTools researchers who discovered approximately 41 credential harvesting websites claiming to be American Rescue Plan Act sign-up sites. Researchers were able to trace the websites to a Nigerian web development firm, GoldenWaves Innovations. A spokesperson from GoldenWaves states their web hosting account was compromised and denies any involvement with these claims. They further stated that the sites are unable to be deleted due to illegal activity and have been forwarded to the Legal and Abuse department. DomainTools researchers assess that this activity is, in fact, linked to GoldenWaves and have reported the list of sites to Google Safe Browsing for blocking, further emphasizing the usefulness of historical WHOIS data.
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What is Spyware?
Spyware refers to malicious software often used to monitor, capture, and share detail information from computers, phones, or other devices. It can collect emails, social media posts, call logs, messages on encrypted chat apps, contacts, usernames and passwords, notes, and documents such as photos, videos, and audio recordings. It can also collect GPS information to determine a user’s location, movement, and direction. Some spyware can also activate microphones and cameras as well as deliver files without any indicators or notifications to users. Spyware can be simple or sophisticated and rely on security weaknesses or unpatched software vulnerabilities. Although device and file encryption are recommended, it cannot assist in preventing spyware activity because once the encrypted message is delivered to the device, it is decrypted and made readable by both the user and the spyware.
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Ridgewood NJ, Fakespot, an app that removes fake product reviews from Amazon, has been removed from the Apple App Store due to a takedown request from Amazon. Amazon says that the app could theoretically be exploited to steal customer data. The app requires users to enter their Amazon logins in order to browse the website through a custom overlay. Apple claims that the removal was due to a dispute over intellectual property rights and that it had warned Fakespot about the issue weeks before the app’s removal. The Android version of the app hasn’t been updated since 2019.
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Ridgewood NJ, French startup Gourmey has produced foie gras in the lab and plans to set up a production facility in central Paris to produce it in large quantities. Farmed foie gras is controversial, with many countries banning the practice. However, it is still a prized delicacy, especially in France. There is a ready market for ethical foie gras alternatives. Gourmey plans to eventually produce a full range of lab-grown meats. It recently received $10 million in funding from a group of venture capital firms.
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Trenton NJ, in an effort to expand consumer access to immunization records, a new app from the New Jersey Department of Health (NJDOH) makes it easier for individuals and families vaccinated in the state to access their COVID-19 vaccination record.
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