Tennessee county passes another ban on crypto operations

Tennessee county passes another ban on crypto operations

A group of 12 county commissioners voted unanimously to ban mining facilities and data centers in unincorporated areas as it deals with a lawsuit by a digital asset company. The Hawkins County Commissioners in Tennessee passed their second ban related to digital assets, following a similar one in 2025. On Monday, the commission voted unanimously…

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Lynette Howell Taylor Re-Elected President of Film Academy

Lynette Howell Taylor was re-elected president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Hollywood’s Oscars-dispensing organization, by its board of governors at a meeting on Wednesday morning, the organization just announced. Howell Taylor, an Oscar-nominated film producer whose credits include both acclaimed indies (among them 2006’s Half Nelson, 2010’s Blue Valentine and 2016’s…

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AI halftime report: H1 2026

AI search grew, token spending surged, software stocks fell, and publishers lost traffic. Here’s what H1 2026 revealed about AI’s impact. Every six months, I take a sharp look at the latest developments in AI and Search. Based on how quickly things are developing, I would almost need to increase that cadence to monthly. (And…

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Gold-MXene catalyst converts nitrate to ammonia using sunlight and 1.5 volts

Gold-MXene catalyst converts nitrate to ammonia using sunlight and 1.5 volts

Plants need nitrogen fertilizers, which are usually ammonia-based. Ammonia is therefore one of the most important chemical products. However, its production is currently extremely energy-intensive. An international team from TU Wien and Soochow University in China has developed a novel catalyst that can convert nitrate from wastewater into ammonia much more efficiently than before—powered by…

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