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Comment Back in the office we go (Score 1) 122

by pillageplunder (#62339859) Attached to: Have you returned to working in a physical office?

We having been working under a "Hybrid" model since June, 2021. We have been relocated to a smaller building where we need to be in the office 40% of our time. Oh joy. I work for a State Agency, and throughout the state, each agency has determined what is best for their employees. Some have not had to return to the office yet, even at this late date. To say that Morale has been impacted is to say the Grand Canyon has a bit of depth to it.

Submission + - SPAM: Fed Designs Digital Dollar That Handles 1.7 Million Transactions Per Second

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: As the race against China’s development of its central bank digital currency (CBDC) known as the digital yuan continues, the U.S. Federal Reserve accomplished a feat in testing a design for a U.S. digital dollar that in one of two tests, managed to handle 1.7 million transactions per second. A report released last Thursday provided the initial findingsof research conducted as a collaboration between the Boston Fed and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Dubbed 'Project Hamilton,' the report describes a theoretical high-performance and resilient transaction processor for a CBDC that was developed using open-source research software called ‘OpenCBDC’.

According to the Fed’s Report, a core processing engine for a hypothetical general purpose CBDC was created that produced one code base capable of handling 1.7 million transactions per second. According to the Fed, the vast majority of transactions reached settlement finality in under two seconds. The Fed revealed the design of the CBDC transaction processor was alsoreleasedon GitHub. According to the Boston Fed, the second phase of Project Hamilton will demonstrate how OpenCBDC will build upon the initial model to allow flexibility in design that will incorporate how policymakers may implement an actual CBDC.
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Comment This ain't cheap (Score 1) 92

by pillageplunder (#62032977) Attached to: Airbus A340 Plane Lands On Antarctica For First Time

A boutique Aviation company flew 2500 miles, offloaded cargo in three hours, and returned. It most likely flew deadhead (empty) back. The A340-300 isn't cheap to fly...costing somewhere between $14,000 - $18,000 per hour to operate. While this is a first, and they have now proven it can be done, is it sustainable as a business model? Whomever winds up onboard one of these flights as a tourist is going to have to pay through the nose in order for the company to keep these jets flying. Arguably there are better aircraft out there and available to use on a route such as this, on the other hand, you fly what you have. It will be interesting to see how this shakes out from a business perspective.

Submission + - SPAM: NASA's Hubble Captures Blistering Pitch-Black Planet

Submitted by schwit1
schwit1 writes: The oddball exoplanet, called WASP-12b, is one of a class of so-called “hot Jupiters,” gigantic, gaseous planets that orbit very close to their host star and are heated to extreme temperatures. The planet’s atmosphere is so hot that most molecules are unable to survive on the blistering day side of the planet, where the temperature is 4,600 degrees Fahrenheit. Therefore, clouds probably cannot form to reflect light back into space. Instead, incoming light penetrates deep into the planet’s atmosphere where it is absorbed by hydrogen atoms and converted to heat energy.

“We did not expect to find such a dark exoplanet,” said Taylor Bell of McGill University and the Institute for Research on Exoplanets in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, lead researcher of the Hubble study. “Most hot Jupiters reflect about 40 percent of starlight.”
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Submission + - Breitbart's FBI file details how site accidentally DDoS'd itself (muckrock.com)

Submitted by v3rgEz
v3rgEz writes: On January 17, 2016, the alt-right news site Breitbart found itself under siege: A number of IP addresses were sending a large amount of traffic its way, straining its servers. Writing to the FBI two days later with the subject line “Request for assistance,” someone (identity redacted) shared the source of the IP addresses and asked that the FBI “explore the possibility that the identity of the criminal be identified from this fingerprint.” It turns out, documents FOIA'd by MuckRock show, it was an inside job.

Submission + - WiFi that can connect hundreds of thousands of devices at once

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: This could be some really useful technology that does help to make our lives a little easier. If the phone automatically tells us about things in my environment and provides us with extra content when we're watching/at events it could really boost our knowledge and what we are aware of while in a particular environment.

http://www.factor-tech.com/con...

Submission + - Patented new implant stimulates orgasms in women (newscientist.com)

Submitted by SpankiMonki
SpankiMonki writes: A US patent has been granted for a new machine that stimulates orgasms for women at the push of a button. The device, which is a little smaller than a packet of cigarettes, is designed as a medical implant that uses electrodes to trigger an orgasm. The device could help some women who suffer from orgasmic dysfunction.

Submission + - New antenna technology to revolutionize Wifi (myce.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: A new company founded by a Dutch billionaire and a technology veteran promises to revolutionize Wifi with cheaper and 6-8x better performing antenna’s which soon could end up in mobile phones from HTC, LG and Samsung.The technology is based on optimizing the shape of the antenna by using a formula that describes shapes and curves founded in nature. The antenna's can be produced using 3D printing from cheap materials like PVC.

Submission + - US Supreme Court: Patent Holders Must Prove Infringment (itworld.com)

Submitted by jfruh
jfruh writes: The Supreme Court issued a ruling that might help marginally curb patent madness. Ruling on a case between Medtronic and Mirowski Family Ventures, the court rules that the burden of proof in patent infringement cases is always on the patent holder. This is true even in the specific case at hand, in which Medtronic sought a declaratory judgement that it was not violating the Mirowski patents.

Submission + - Google faces off against Intellectual Ventures in landmark patent trial (reuters.com)

Submitted by enharmonix
enharmonix writes: Although Google initially invested in Intellectual Ventures, a patent holding firm, the two have since parted ways and are about to face off in court over some technologies used in Motorola (and other) phones. This is an important battle and the timing is significant given Congress's recent interest in patent reform.

Submission + - This is what it's like inside a generic drugmaker in India (acs.org)

Submitted by carmendrahl
carmendrahl writes: India produces a significant chunk of the generic medications used worldwide. Yet the country has had some problems as of late – product recalls, bans, and fines to companies with plant problems. The country is also under pressure to make its patent system more Western. Cipla is one of India's largest generic drugmakers. It rarely lets cameras inside its manufacturing facility outside Mumbai. Here is a rare look inside the plant and a very basic explainer of current Good Manufacturing Practices, the FDA standard plants such as Cipla's must follow.

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