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Can saving trees really turn bitcoin green?

TechCrunch

Bitcoin’s thirst for power has grown many times over, recently topping the electricity usage of several countries , including Denmark and Chile, per Cambridge University estimates. The exchange plans to do so by buying tokenized “credits from conservation projects in the Amazon Forest in Brazil.”.

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The best VPNs for staying anonymous and secure on the web

Mashable Tech

But even the WFH crew can get some good use out of a VPN: Aside from the obvious privacy factor when it comes to confidential company information, a VPN can establish a remote connection with your office's server so you've got access to internal networks and resources from home. Split tunneling. Multihop connections.

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Twitter isn?t a government, but it?s the best one we?ve got

The Verge

The group includes several political aristocrats, including the former prime minister of Denmark. Just this week, The Wall Street Journal reported that Facebook ignored internal analysis suggesting its algorithm was responsible for stoking divisiveness. They can advise on Facebook’s policies and even overrule Facebook’s CEO.

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America, the brand, is becoming toxic

Fast Company Tech

In addition to a grassroots boycott push in Denmark , where Trump annexation-target Greenland technically resides, the countrys largest grocery store operator has added a black star on price tags for European products, to make it easier for customers to avoid purchasing American goods. has swelled to nearly 80,000 members. Opposing the U.S.

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What’s in a name? How America’s place-renaming moment impacts people

Fast Company Tech

Four years later, the local school board reinstated the original Confederate names after conservatives took control of the board. Earl Buddy Carter made a recent legislative proposal to rename Greenland as Red, White, and Blueland in support of Trumps expansionist desire to purchase the island, which is an autonomous territory of Denmark.

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