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Square Will Invest $5 Million to Build an Open-Source, Solar-Powered Bitcoin Mining Facility

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Square, the digital payments firm led by Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, is teaming up with blockchain technology provider Blockstream Mining to build an open-source, solar-powered bitcoin mining facility at one of Blockstream’s U.S. sites. Read more.

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SpaceX Cargo Dragon arrives at space station carrying tiny squid

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A SpaceX cargo ship that launched on Thursday, June 3 has arrived safely at the International Space Station (ISS) early this morning, Saturday, June 5.

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Maze Runner's Dylan O'Brien Stars In New Sci-Fi Film From Christopher MacBride

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Director Christopher MacBride is no stranger to pushing the limits of storytelling. His previous film, The Conspiracy , explores the world of conspiracy theories through its two protagonists. His new sci-fi thriller Flashback , starring Dylan O’Brien ( Maze Runner ), takes things to the next level. Read more.

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Meet the man who flies drones into volcanoes

Digital Trends

Ace drone pilot and professional photographer Stefan Forster reveals how he creates his stunning videos of natural wonders around the world.

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The Future of eLearning in 2022: A Sensitive Eye for Authentic Translation and Localization

Speaker: Chris Paxton McMillin, President of D3 Training Solutions

To avoid awkward and sometimes disastrous learning content, instructional designers must use authentic translation in the right context to get optimal results. For example, even a simple phrase like “got milk” translates to “are you lactating” in Mexico. Can you imagine what a straight translation might do to your course? With over 317 million people in the US and over 6.7 billion potential customers in the world, personalizing training seems logical.

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The American Museum of Natural History’s Gems and Minerals Halls Get a Dazzling Upgrade

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If you love things that sparkle with all the colors of the rainbow, glow in the dark, and seem to defy any definition of the term rock, you’ve got to visit the new Halls of Gems and Minerals at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City. I recently got a preview of the new space, and as someone who grew… Read more.

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Apple Employees Ask Tim Cook to Support Those Who Want to Continue to Work Remotely

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A group of Apple employees has written an internal letter to CEO Tim Cook and the company’s executive leadership team asking them to support employees that want to continue to work remotely or in location-flexible ways. The employees stated that many of them have thrived working outside the office and urged Apple… Read more.

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How to watch the SpaceX launch its SXM-8 mission tomorrow

Digital Trends

SpaceX will launch a SiriusXM satellite tomorrow, Sunday, June 6. SpaceX will livestream the event and we've got all the details on how you can watch from home.

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Some of the Best Easter Eggs Hidden in Sites Across The Web

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Typically when we talk about things that are “hidden” in websites, we’re referring to something malicious— data-hoovering cookies , for example, or massive amounts of malware. But not every website dev is trying to con visitors out of their personal info or utterly wreck their devices; some of them just want to say… Read more.

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The best monitors for the MacBook Air

Digital Trends

The M1 MacBook Air only supports one external monitor, so it’s important to make the one you get count. Here are the best monitors for the MacBook Air.

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How to Train Employees 65% Faster With Virtual Reality

With a rapidly changing economy, Avangrid Renewables looked to virtual reality to develop a standardized form of immersive training in order to onboard and upskill technicians faster than ever before.

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Fossil Will Launch a Premium Smartwatch That Runs on Google’s New Wear OS in the Fall

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Fossil, the biggest Wear OS wearables maker, is planning to launch a new, premium Gen 6 smartwatch this fall that will run on Google’s revamped operating system for the devices. Read more.

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Why the Mars InSight lander is covering itself in dirt

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The InSight team has come up with a counterintuitive fix for the problem of dust-covered solar panels: They got the lander to dump more dirt onto itself.

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Dwayne Johnson to Produce New Action Film Starring Yahya Abdul-Mateen II

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Yahya Abdul-Mateen II and Dwayne Johnson are teaming up for the new Warner Bros. action film Emergency. Read more.

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Astronomers want your help to find cosmic jellyfish galaxies

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A new project is inviting the public to help research so-called jellyfish galaxies by going through imagines to identify targets for further study.

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Are You Still Watching? How to Create Engaging Presentations for Virtual Learning

Speaker: Richard Goring, Director at BrightCarbon

Remote meetings are here to stay - and many are BORING. If you are trying to engage your learners (or any audience), compelling content is critical. But trying to create stimulating content with the same tools you’ve always had is hard, right? Thankfully, wrong! Terrific tools in PowerPoint along with visual assets help you create the kind of dynamic content you need to capture your remote audience’s attention, with functions that allow for interactive sequences and navigation.

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Matrix 4 Cast Actress Christina Ricci In Undisclosed Role

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Christina Ricci ( Monstrous ) is joining director Lana Wachowski’s fourth Matrix film. Read more.

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Mars helicopter Ingenuity gearing up for 7th flight tomorrow

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Following a wobbly sixth flight, the plucky helicopter will take to the Martian skies once again tomorrow, Sunday, June 6.

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Cruella Sequel Gets the Greenlight From Disney

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One week after the successful premiere, Disney has greenlit a Cruella sequel. Read more.

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Ring Wall Light Solar review: Sunshine all around, whenever you need it

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Ring's Wall Light Solar makes outdoor lighting simple and easy. Best of all, it's also powered by the sun.

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AR/VR Simulations for Sustainable, Regenerative, Circular Cities

Speaker: Nik Gowing, Brenda Laurel, Sheridan Tatsuno, Archie Kasnet, and Bruce Armstrong Taylor

With 191 country signatories to the Paris Climate Agreement now hard at work in the race to zero carbon by 2050, much of the heavy lifting in ecosystem sustainability falls on the shoulders of the world's densely populated urban centers. This conversation considers how today's AI-enabled simulation media, such as AR/VR, can be effectively applied to accelerate learning, understanding, training, and solutions-modeling to sustainability planning and design.

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360-Degree Art Gallery Immerses You In The Genius Of Vincent Van Gogh

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Van Gogh: The Immersive Experience is open now to the general public at the Olympia Theater in Downtown Miami. When it comes to the history of Western art, there are few figures more well-known than Dutch painter Vincent Van Gogh. In a single decade, the influential post-impressionist created roughly 2,100 pieces of original art spanning a wide variety of mediums, including landscapes, still lifes, and portraits.

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Justice Department Says It'll No Longer Quietly Seize Reporters' Records in Leak Investigations

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The U.S. Department of Justice will no longer secretly obtain the records of journalists during leak investigations, the White House said in a statement Saturday. Read more.