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375 Million Jobs May Be Automated By 2030, Study Suggests

An anonymous reader quotes a report from CNNMoney: The McKinsey Global Institute cautions that as many as 375 million workers will need to switch occupational categories by 2030 due to automation. The work most at risk of automation includes physical jobs in predictable environments, such as operating machinery or preparing fast food. Data collection and […]

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DNA Analysis Finds That Yetis Are Actually Bears

schwit1 shares a report from Popular Science: University of Buffalo biologist Charlotte Lindqvist and her international team in Pakistan and Singapore provided the first strong evidence that presumed yetis are actually bears. They published their results in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B on Tuesday. Icon Film secured nine samples that purported to be […]

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Physicists Made An Unprecedented 53 Qubit Quantum Simulator

Two teams of researchers have published papers [1, 2] in the journal Nature detailing how they were able to create unprecedented quantum simulators consisting of over 50 qubits. The University of Maryland team and National Institute of Standards and Technology team — the two teams behind one of the two new papers — were able […]

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Coinbase Ordered To Report 14,355 Users To the IRS

Nearly a year after the case was initially filed, Coinbase has been ordered to turn over identifying records for all users who have bought, sold, sent, or received more than $20,000 through their accounts in a single year. The digital asset broker estimates that 14,355 users meet the government’s requirements. The Verge reports: For each […]

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Snapchat Is Becoming the Anti-Facebook

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Quartz: Snap announced today (Nov. 29), that it was rolling out a redesign for Snapchat that’s intended to separate users’ feeds between their friends from the brands that publish content on the app. Founder and CEO Evan Spiegel published an op-ed in Axios this morning about the direction […]

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EPA Confirms Tesla’s Model 3 Has a Range of 310 Miles

Tesla’s Model 3 has a confirmed range of 310 miles, according to the Environmental Protection Agency. “That figure applies to the long-range version of the Model 3, and echoes the vehicle specs released by Tesla back in July,” reports The Verge. “It also makes the Model 3 one of the most efficient passenger electric vehicles […]

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Microsoft: We’re Razing Our Redmond Campus To Build a Mini City

Armand Winter shares a report from ZDNet: Microsoft president Brad Smith said the company will spend $150 million in transport infrastructure, public spaces, sports fields and green space. It expects the project will create 2,500 construction and development jobs. Microsoft’s renovation budget is modest compared with the $5 billion Apple spent on its new spaceship […]

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Scientists Call For Ban On Glitter, Say It’s a Global Hazard That Pollutes Oceans

An anonymous reader quotes a report from CNET: Whether you love to add a little sparkle to your skin, or you think glitter truly is the herpes of the craft world (once it’s on you, it never comes off), some scientists are now claiming that glitter is a hazard to the environment. Glitter, along with […]

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Windows 10 Now on 600 Million Active Devices

Windows 10 has found its way onto 600 million active devices, says CEO Satya Nadella. From a report: CEO Satya Nadella referenced the new number for the first time moments ago at the company’s annual shareholders meeting. The number is up from the 500 million devices touted by Microsoft earlier this year, but it’s still […]

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Bitcoin Tumbles From Record High After Exchanges Confirm Outage

Fearful of missing out on the frenzy in the Bitcoin world, several people were left disappointed on Wednesday noon after they were unable to buy some cryptocurrency because the websites of Coinbase and Gemini, two of the largest online exchanges for Bitcoin trading in the United States, were either down or taking too long to […]

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