Bad news for the American bumblebee in Canada. Scientists took a new look at how the tiny insect—once widespread throughout its native North America—is faring, and found it may now be facing extinction up north. The American bumblebee species (Bombus pensylvanicus) has decreased by 70 percent within its known Canadian boundaries, according to a study[…]
GoMeta is announcing it has raised $6 million and is launching Koji, a new development platform that makes it faster for devs to build web apps.Read More
Accepting cryptocurrency payments in your store doesn’t require specialist hardware or complex integration – Paytomat is proof. The crypto payment gateway enables merchants to accept 18 cryptocurrencies including BCH using their existing equipment. To date, hundreds of brick and mortar stores across four continents have added crypto support using Paytomat. Also read: Crypto-Based Transfers Can[…]
Remittances have become a lifeline for many people in Sub-Saharan Africa, but the cost of sending money via banks and money transfer operators remains punitively high. On average, it costs 9.3% (of value transferred) to send the equivalent of $200 to the region, the highest remittance rates anywhere on the planet, according to the new[…]
According to the founder of Airdrop Venezuela, the charity that aims to donate US$1 million worth of cryptocurrencies to Venezuelans, the nonprofit has registered 60,000 beneficiaries and raised $292,000 in donations so far. Moreover, bitcoin cash (BCH) has led the pack as far as the most donations are concerned with roughly 670 BCH ($194,900) gifted[…]
Climate change is top of mind these days for a lot of folks, whether you’re a 2020 presidential contender or a high school student staging a walkout. With more extreme weather and record years for heat — 2018 was the fourth hottest year on record — this issue is moving up as a top priority[…]
This post contains spoilers for last night’s ‘Game of Thrones.’ Last night’s Game of Thrones, the second episode in the final season, had a familiar vibe. Dozens of characters the audience has grown to love over seven years gathered in Winterfell to have conversations, drink, and bone for the last time. People made plans in[…]
Chatlets.ai, an enterprise chatbot platform used by dozens of customers in verticals like retail and consumer packaged goods, has launched in beta.Read More
The breathless hype over every incremental advance in quantum computing risks disillusionment that may slow its progress.Read More
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