Bitcoin mining to become even more difficult as powerful new hardware joins the party Bitcoin

Bitcoin mining now demands more computational power than ever before, with mining difficulty on the network reaching an all-time high after the most recent recalibration. Mining difficulty, which ebbs and flows in line with shifts in the total hashrate, has now increased to 23.1 trillion, […]

Three ways VC firms can construct sustainably diverse portfolios

Leslie Feinzaig Contributor < p id=”speakable-summary”>Venture capital has a diversity problem: Data show that Black and Latinx founders received just 2.6% of overall funding in 2020. Women-founded teams received nearly 30% less funding in 2020 than they did in 2019. For decades, a close-knit community […]

The Dispossessed Is Still One of Sci-Fi’s Smartest Books

Ursula K. Le Guin’s 1974 novel The Dispossessed depicts a society with no laws or government, an experiment in “nonviolent anarchism.” Science fiction author Matthew Kressel was impressed by the book’s thoughtful exploration of politics and economics. “After reading The Dispossessed, I was just blown […]

Naviglio Martesana, 40enne precipita dal ponte e muore. Forse ha ceduto la balaustra

Una caduta verticale di quasi quattro metri. L’impatto col pavé davanti ai glicini di Cassina de’ Pomm è violento. Anzi letale. Perché il quarantenne che attorno alle 18.30 è precipitato dal ponticello che attraversa il Naviglio Martesana all’altezza del civico 194 di via Melchiorre Gioia […]