What’s Happening In The Matrix
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Autonomous Drones Could Soon Run the UK’s Energy GridThe National Grid is testing computer-manned drones that can save millions in maintenance work.... Read more » - ●Crypto’s Free Rein May Be Coming to a CloseLawmakers in the US and Europe are considering ways to regulate crypto and crack down on money-laundering and other illicit... Read more »
Autonomous Drones Could Soon Run the UK’s Energy Grid
- ●UK signs its first data sharing deal post-Brexit, with South Korea, allowing organizations in the two countries to transfer data without restrictions (Ingrid Lunden/TechCrunch)Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: UK signs its first data sharing deal post-Brexit, with South Korea, allowing organizations in the two countries to transfer data without restrictions — Six years on from the referendum where the United Kingdom voted to leave the EU, the country is announcing its first international data... Read more »
- ●Core Scientific, a top bitcoin miner with nearly 10% of the network's hash rate, sold 7,202 mined BTC for $167M in June and now holds 1,959 BTC (David Pan/Bloomberg)David Pan / Bloomberg: Core Scientific, a top bitcoin miner with nearly 10% of the network's hash rate, sold 7,202 mined BTC for $167M in June and now holds 1,959 BTC — Core Scientific Inc., a top crypto miner, sold the bulk of its Bitcoin holdings in June as a... Read more »
- ●Nexo, a crypto lender managing assets for ~4M users, says it signed a term sheet to explore buying Vauld, which halted withdrawals and manages assets for ~100K (Ryan Browne/CNBC)Ryan Browne / CNBC: Nexo, a crypto lender managing assets for ~4M users, says it signed a term sheet to explore buying Vauld, which halted withdrawals and manages assets for ~100K — - Nexo has signed a term sheet with Vauld giving it 60 days of exclusive talks to explore... Read more »
- ●How Ukraine's Kyivstar mobile network stays operational during Russia's invasion, despite killed employees, seized infrastructure, and relentless cyberattacks (Bloomberg)Bloomberg: How Ukraine's Kyivstar mobile network stays operational during Russia's invasion, despite killed employees, seized infrastructure, and relentless cyberattacks — Employees killed and displaced, infrastructure seized by force and relentless cyberattacks are only a few of the challenges …... Read more »
- ●Synergy Research: Amazon, Microsoft, and Google accounted for 65% of the $53B in global cloud spending in Q1 2022, up from 52% in 2018 (Aaron Tilley/Wall Street Journal)Aaron Tilley / Wall Street Journal: Synergy Research: Amazon, Microsoft, and Google accounted for 65% of the $53B in global cloud spending in Q1 2022, up from 52% in 2018 — Three companies account for about two-thirds of cloud spending and are using their size to maintain their hold on... Read more »
- ●Survey: 25% of Black American investors owned crypto at the start of 2022, compared to 15% of white investors, leaving them vulnerable during the downturn (Taylor Nicole Rogers/Financial Times)Taylor Nicole Rogers / Financial Times: Survey: 25% of Black American investors owned crypto at the start of 2022, compared to 15% of white investors, leaving them vulnerable during the downturn — Higher exposure to digital assets leaves owners vulnerable to downturn — The widespread losses caused by the cryptocurrency... Read more »
- ●Netflix, Amazon, Warner Bros., and others cut costs, staff, movies, and TV shows; the industry released 559 scripted shows in 2021, up by 200+ compared to 2013 (Lucas Shaw/Bloomberg)Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg: Netflix, Amazon, Warner Bros., and others cut costs, staff, movies, and TV shows; the industry released 559 scripted shows in 2021, up by 200+ compared to 2013 — The sudden decline in Netflix's share price and the growing fear of a recession have forced Hollywood into... Read more »
- ●Digital ad and linear TV ad spending by the top crypto advertisers in the US plummeted in the past few months amid the cryptocurrency markets' sharp decline (Seb Joseph/Digiday)Seb Joseph / Digiday: Digital ad and linear TV ad spending by the top crypto advertisers in the US plummeted in the past few months amid the cryptocurrency markets' sharp decline — Don't expect to see many crypto ads for a minute. The companies behind them are trimming down costs... Read more »
- ●French music streamer Deezer goes public via a SPAC merger on the Euronext stock exchange, opening at €8.50 per share before dropping 29.41% to €6 (Reuters)Reuters: French music streamer Deezer goes public via a SPAC merger on the Euronext stock exchange, opening at €8.50 per share before dropping 29.41% to €6 — Shares of French music-streaming platform Deezer plunged as much as 35% on its first trading day, in a blow to telecoms maverick Xavier... Read more »
- ●Copenhagen-based Onomondo, which offers a virtualized IoT network integrated with 700+ operators across 180+ countries, raised a $21M Series A led by Verdane (Megha Paul/Tech.eu)Megha Paul / Tech.eu: Copenhagen-based Onomondo, which offers a virtualized IoT network integrated with 700+ operators across 180+ countries, raised a $21M Series A led by Verdane — The Danish platform offers interoperable cross-border connectivity and performance management without operator constraints... Read more »
My mum is locked out of her Apple iPad and can’t get her photos- July Open Thread (2022)Corbett Report members are invited to log in and leave their thoughts in the July Open Thread. The post July Open Thread (2022) first appeared on The Corbett Report.... Read more »
- mp3Interview 1735 - New World Next Week with James Evan PilatoThis week on the New World Next Week: the increasingly inaccurately named North Atlantic Treaty Organization sets its sights on the Asia-Pacific; the Dutch government cracks down on farming and farmers' protests; and Amazon demonstrates creepy dead grandma voice technology on Alexa. The post Interview 1735 - New World Next... Read more »
- mp3Teaching Children About History - #SolutionsWatchAs concerned parents know all too well, the revolution of the mind that is the only thing that will really change the world for the better is an intergenerational project. It is more important than ever that we take back the responsibility of educating our children about history and about... Read more »
- The OTHER Globalist SummitThere was another assembly of globalist super-gophers that took place last week. Didn't hear about it? That's not surprising. This conference—unlike the flashier Davos or Bilderberg or NATO meetings—barely gets any mention at all in the Western press, MSM or independent . . . The post The OTHER Globalist Summit... Read more »
- mp3Interview 1734 - New World Next Week with James Evan PilatoThis week on the New World Next Week: the controlled demolition of the economy continues apace; France introduces climate lockdowns (exactly as predicted); and trust in the dinosaur media sinks to NEW all-time lows! The post Interview 1734 - New World Next Week with James Evan Pilato first appeared on... Read more »