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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.

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UK’s greenworkx takes aim at the domestic retrofit skills challenge

TechCrunch

Lots and lots of people to come in, eager and willing to learn new stuff, and take up green retrofitting jobs. And this is where a UK edtech startup founded last year, called greenworkx , is angling to step in — with a new spot of supportive construction: A digital pathway designed to boost the flow of skilled workers into green jobs.

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Lifx’s bacteria-killing smart bulb works, but here’s the small print

The Verge

The Lifx Clean incorporates this technology into a household lightbulb via an array of eight 405nm LED lights, which sit alongside the standard red, green, and blue diodes that you find in Lifx’s other bulbs. HEV lights’ lower energy means they’re safe for humans, but also that they take longer to kill bacteria.

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Greenlanders repeat their nation is ‘not for sale’ as Trump’s threats mount

Fast Company Tech

” It’s a rising argument about a strategic location You’ll hear this declared all over the land, from the prime minister and university students in Nuuk, the world’s northernmost capital, to hunters and fishermen in sparsely populated villages across the planet’s largest island. when he recently visited Nuuk.

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America, the brand, is becoming toxic

Fast Company Tech

Its a universally identifiable bit of iconography, appearing on stamps, currency, and Planet of the Apes movies since time immemorial. The blue-green, toga-clad Lady Liberty is a sturdy symbol of democracy, independence, and the land of opportunity. has swelled to nearly 80,000 members.

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