Fervent proponents of cryptocurrencies and the blockchains they run on have promised a lot. To them, these technologies represent salvation from corporate power over the internet, government intrusions on liberty, poverty and virtually everything else…
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At first glance, a recently granted South African patent relating to a “food container based on fractal geometry” seems fairly mundane. The innovation in question involves interlocking food containers that are easy for robots to…
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The Central Bank of Argentina The Argentine government reimposed currency controls on September 1, in a bid to stem capital outflows and the abrupt depreciation of the peso. In a statement, the Central Bank of…
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© Reuters. Barani Krishnan Investing.com – Crude prices pulled back from some of their three-day loss as Middle East tensions help put a floor under the market ahead of Friday’s U.S. jobs report for July.…
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Melinda French Gates and MacKenzie Scott, two of the biggest U.S. donors, have joined forces by funding the Equality Can’t Wait Challenge. The contest, intended to expand the power and influence of women in the…
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Artificial systems such as homecare robots or driver-assistance technology are becoming more common, and it’s timely to investigate whether people or algorithms are better at reading emotions, particularly given the added challenge brought on by…
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2/2 © Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Crude oil storage tanks are seen in an aerial photograph at the Cushing oil hub in Cushing, Oklahoma, U.S. April 21, 2020. REUTERS/Drone Base/File Photo 2/2 By Jessica Jaganathan SINGAPORE…
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The bushmeat trade – meat from wild animals – continues to soar, mainly in unregulated and illegal markets worldwide. Ghana is one such market. One reason is that it’s a source of income for poor…
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In the years that preceded the financial crisis, central banks around the world were given additional tools to help maintain the stability of the financial system. Among them was forward guidance – a new communication…
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© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Traffic is seen on a highway ahead of the July 4th holiday, in New York, U.S., July 2, 2021. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz By Susan Cornwell and David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The…
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