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• White House earmarks over $1B for quantum technology research

  Recent bipartisan efforts from the US House of Representatives and Senate have led to the formation of a subcommittee to ...

  • Tristan Greene

• China brags its cryptocurrency ban has practically killed local Bitcoin trading

  A report from the People's Bank of China indicates that just one percent of global cryptocurrency transactions are conducted ...

  • David Canellis

• Teen requires surgery to remove knotted USB cable from penis

  I think it's fair to say that few of us have made decisions we didn't later come to regret. But personally, I can proudly ...

  • Bryan Clark

• China breaks up underground $1.5 billion World Cup crypto-gambling ring

  A illegal World Cup gambling ring has been busted holding more than $1.5 billion in live bets - all in cryptocurrencies. ...

  • David Canellis

• Report: Facebook ad clicks tumble, but the internet keeps on growing

  The new 2018 Q3 Global Digital Statshot report from Hootsuite and We Are Social shows that there was plenty of change in ...

  • Simon Kemp

• Censorship in China

  China’s internet has always been heavily censored by its government. The Great Firewall is part of the People’s Republic ...

  • Cara Curtis

• Cryptocurrency media outlets banned from WeChat for spreading hype

  Several prominent media outlets in China have had their WeChat accounts permanently frozen for hyping cryptocurrency too ...

  • David Canellis

• Now is the perfect time for foreign developers to focus on the Chinese app market

  Although there are issues with China's tech scene — like its harsh censorship. Now is the perfect time for us developers ...

  • Matej Michalko

• Study: Air pollution responsible for 'huge' drop in intelligence

  Air pollution could be a leading cause in a societal reduction in intelligence levels, according to new research. A study ...

  • Bryan Clark

• We are thinking about Bitcoin’s energy usage in all the wrong ways

  It's en vogue to critique Bitcoin mining for its potentially harmful impact on the environment - but that's not the whole ...

  • David Canellis

• Google just turned 20 -- time for it to grow up

  Google's birthday may be a happy one for shareholders, but the rest of us have plenty of cause for alarm and concern as the ...

  • Tristan Greene

• Tencent teams with Chinese government to choke kids' game time

  Remember last week when we found out China was going to be putting the squeeze on game companies in an effort to combat childhood ...

  • Rachel Kaser

• Google allegedly working on censored search engine for Chinese market

  Recently leaked documents reveal Google might be ready to make a government-friendly, censored version of its search engine ...

  • Rachel Kaser

• Elephant tusk DNA may hold the key to stiffer penalties for poachers

  A study published Wednesday in Science Advances detailed a creative approach to stopping the illegal ivory trade. While ...

  • Bryan Clark

• September in Africa: Alibaba saves wildlife and Google Partners comes to Nigeria

  Pan-African ecommerce giant Jumia may be about to launch an initial public offering (IPO), if reports are to be believed, ...

  • Tom Jackson

• China’s ‘barrage videos’ are chaotic af — and say a lot about loneliness

  China's barrage videos reveal a lot about the population's psyche regarding loneliness. These videos show live comments that ...

  • Kendra Schaefer

• Amazon gets patriotic while Google embraces censorship

  Wired 25 was attended by some of the biggest names in tech, and Amazon and Google's bosses both took the opportunity to get ...

  • Tristan Greene