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Here's how – and why – EVs and solar are connected

January 17, 2024
EV owners are more likely to add solar panels to their homes, according to a new US Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) study – here’s why. And conversely, owning photovoltaic panels also has a bearing on whether a homeowner buys an electric vehicle, but not as strongly. Researchers from NREL, University of California Santa Barbara, and Lawrence Berkeley…
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CryptoNews

Attempted Bitfinex Exploit for $15 Billion XRP Fails

January 17, 2024
Bitfinex’s security protocols came into the spotlight when a seemingly massive XRP transfer, initially causing alarm among crypto watchers, turned out to be a foiled exploit attempt. $15 Billion of XRP Transfer Attempt Fizzles Out A failed exploit attempt on cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex was brought to light, involving nearly $15 billion worth of XRP tokens, a sum that represents almost half…
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CryptoNews

Samourai Wallet Unveils Privacy-Enhancing BTC to XMR Atomic Swaps in Beta Launch

January 17, 2024
According to the Samourai Wallet developers, the beta release of bitcoin/monero atomic swaps has been launched, marking an exciting development in privacy-preserving techniques. This new release of the desktop application streamlines the process of securely swapping bitcoin and monero via the Tor network. Samourai Wallet Rolls out Beta Bitcoin<->Monero Atomic Swaps The much-anticipated…
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AI & RoboticsNews

AI and policy leaders debate web of effective altruism in AI security | The AI Beat

January 16, 2024
Last month, I reported on the widening web of connections between the effective altruism (EA) movement and AI security policy circles — from top AI startups like Anthropic to DC think tanks like RAND Corporation. These are linking EA, with its laser-focus on preventing what its adherents say are catastrophic risks to humanity from future AGI, to a wide swath of DC think tanks, government…
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