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Government Releases Audio of Implosion of Titanic Sub

Futurism

The incident, which likely took place " within a fraction of a millisecond ," is believed to have instantly killed all five people on board, including OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush. It's yet another terrifying reminder of the sheer physical forces at work and Rush's well-documented hubris , which allowed the disaster to happen.

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Lynk demos global satellite connection for ordinary phones and prepares for commercial launch

TechCrunch

The company just demonstrated a two-way data link this week and announced its first network partners in Africa and the Bahamas — if everything goes well it may not be long before you can get a signal anywhere in the world. That in itself would have been a remarkable and useful capability to provide to governments and network providers.

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Twitter battles all things ElonJet, SBF gets arrested, and OpenAI tries to figure out watermarking

TechCrunch

WiR should leave you with a pretty good idea of what people were reading/talking/tweeting about. SBF arrested : Sam Bankman-Fried, founder of the FTX cryptocurrency exchange/Gordian knot that exploded oh-so-dramatically over the last few months, was arrested in the Bahamas this week. Been too busy to read tech news? Me neither.

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FTX processed billions monthly in Africa before going bust

TechCrunch

At least 30 employees across various departments were let go, while those who were left at the company had their salaries slashed by as much as 40%, according to people familiar with the matter. Chipper Cash wasn’t exposed either, according to two people familiar with the company’s dealings with FTX. I never knew it could happen to me.

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New data for strategic disaster philanthropy 

Candid

In 2019, millions of people around the world were affected by disasters and humanitarian crises. Hurricane Dorian caused catastrophic damage in the Bahamas and parts of the eastern United States. Non-DAC government donors and multilateral organizations contributed an additional $2.8 billion. . billion for U.S.

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This is what your life will be like when the world hits a dangerous climate tipping point

Fast Company Tech

Air-conditioning will be a literal life-saver, and the number of people with air-conditioning will increase dramatically. In India, the most populated country in the world, some 600 million people will feel unprecedented heat outside this niche. For context, in the early 2000s New York averaged less than one heat wave annually.

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Coral Vita cultivates $2M seed to take its reef restoration mission global

TechCrunch

Coral reefs all over the world are struggling to survive, with millions of people and billions of dollars in business that rely on them at risk — on top of the fundamental tragedy of losing such a crucial ecosystem. One might consider this approach a direct, if late, tax that cuts out the government middle man.

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