EU expected to rule Google favored its own services in search

EU expected to rule Google favored its own services in search

Required search changes could affect how comparison sites, travel platforms and shopping services appear across high-value queries. EU regulators are expected to rule that Google illegally favored its own shopping, travel, and other specialized services over rivals in search results. The European Commission is expected to issue the decision next week under the Digital Markets…

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Rethinking urban nature as technonature

Rethinking urban nature as technonature

A new Comment article by Simon Marvin, Sophia Maalsen and Robyn Dowling published in the journal Nature Cities argues that urban nature is entering a new phase in which ecological processes are increasingly sensed, modeled and continuously adjusted through digital technologies. If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends….

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Nakama Launches Marketplace for Global Anime Rights & Licensing with Crunchyroll Co-Founder

Nakama Launches Marketplace for Global Anime Rights & Licensing with Crunchyroll Co-Founder

U.S.-based media company Nakama announced the launch of AniBiz.com earlier this month, which has been described as a “dedicated B2B (business-to-business) marketplace” that is developed and built “specifically for the global anime industry.”  Nakama’s press release describes AniBiz as helping to streamline the licensing process through a “digital-first solution” and a “centralized, secure environment” for…

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A Chinese scientist built a sodium battery that charges in 4 minutes. It could break China’s 75% lithium dependence.

A Chinese scientist built a sodium battery that charges in 4 minutes. It could break China’s 75% lithium dependence.

TL;DR Lu Yaxiang’s sodium battery charges in 4 minutes, retains 90% after 2,000 cycles. CATL and Gotion are scaling production. China imports 75% of its lithium. Lu Yaxiang, a professor at the Chinese Academy of Sciences’ Institute of Physics, has spent a decade making sodium-ion batteries commercially viable. In April, he received China’s Youth May…

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Stanford study says 5-minute Bitcoin prediction markets enable settlement manipulation

Stanford study says 5-minute Bitcoin prediction markets enable settlement manipulation

Researchers found that Polymarket’s five-minute Bitcoin prediction markets create incentives to manipulate spot prices around contract settlement, proposing longer settlement windows as a potential fix. Researchers at Stanford University and Singapore Management University found that Polymarket’s five-minute Bitcoin prediction markets create incentives for traders to manipulate spot prices around settlement, allowing sophisticated participants to profit…

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