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Russian Central Bank Suggests Using Crypto to Counter Western Sanctions – Featured Bitcoin News

July 4, 2024
Russia’s central bank has urged businesses to consider various payment solutions, including cryptocurrencies and digital assets, to manage transactions with foreign partners and counter Western sanctions. Bank of Russia Governor Elvira Nabiullina highlighted that the central bank has softened its stance on the use of cryptocurrencies in international payments. She also mentioned ongoing efforts…
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NASA’s Webb Reveals Long-Studied Star Is Actually Twins

July 3, 2024
Managed by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory through launch, Webb’s Mid-Infrared Instrument also revealed jets of gas flowing into space from the twin stars. Scientists recently got a big surprise from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope when they turned the…
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NASA’s Juno Gets a Close-Up Look at Lava Lakes on Jupiter’s Moon Io

July 3, 2024
Infrared imagery from the solar-powered spacecraft heats up the discussion on the inner workings of Jupiter’s hottest moon. New findings from NASA’s Juno probe provide a fuller picture of how widespread the lava lakes are on Jupiter’s moon Io and include first-time insights into the volcanic processes at work there. These results come courtesy of Juno’s Jovian Infrared Auroral…
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Mapping the Red Planet With the Power of Open Science

July 3, 2024
Combining images from orbit with images from the surface, a JPL-developed tool allows researchers to zoom in to see individual boulders and zoom out to see all of Mars. Mars rovers can only make exciting new discoveries thanks to human scientists making careful…
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NASA Studies Find Previously Unknown Loss of Antarctic Ice

July 3, 2024
New research on Antarctica, including the first map of iceberg calving, doubles the previous estimates of loss from ice shelves and details how the continent is changing. The greatest uncertainty in forecasting global sea level rise is how Antarctica’s ice loss…
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NASA Data on Plant ‘Sweating’ Could Help Predict Wildfire Severity

July 3, 2024
A new study uses data from the ECOSTRESS instrument aboard the space station to better understand why some parts of a wildfire burn more intensely than others. Even in drought-stricken California, not all areas face the same degree of wildfire risk. A recent study featuring data from NASA’s ECOSTRESS mission found relationships between the intensity of a wildfire and the water stress in…
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ElevenLabs adds AI voice of celebs to new digital narrator — but is it safe?

July 3, 2024
A week ago, ElevenLabs, the AI voice startup founded by former Google and Palantir engineers, made headlines with its first major consumer-centric product – a Reader app. Currently available on iOS, the product is a dedicated voiceover solution that converts any text file or link from the web into AI audio, narrated in different AI voices and accents. Today, the company announced it is expanding…
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