Bitcoin ordinals, or the ability to create BRC tokens comparable in at least some ways to Ethereum tokenizing abilities, hit a new development twist as of 20 June.
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CRYPTO ADOPTION CONTINUES TO RISE IN DEVELOPING REGIONS AND CUTTING EDGE TECH HUBS
As The Trends Journal has been forecasting and chronicling crypto adoption is happening most rapidly in emerging markets and regions that are either (1) generally friendly to tech innovation, and / or (2) areas where governments and financial systems are most badly failing their citizens.
A WHOLE NEW WAY FOR COMPUTERS TO REMEMBER
Silicon-based computer chips remember things by storing each bit of data as a 1 or a 0 and putting the pieces in different places. Shuttling those data bits back and forth and collating them together takes time and energy.
NEW PROCESS PULLS STRAY LITHIUM FROM OIL AND GAS WELLS
It’s ironic: in a world running short of the lithium needed to ease the world past the oil age, oil and gas wells can help make up that shortage.
ROBOT LEARNS TO DO YOUR CHORES BY WATCHING HOW-TO VIDEOS
At Carnegie Mellon University, engineers are teaching robots to handle routine household chores by showing them how-to videos.
AI WILL BE “AS GOOD A TUTOR AS ANY HUMAN EVER COULD,” BILL GATES SAYS
Chatbots will soon be tutoring children individually to improve their reading and writing abilities, according to Bill Gates in comments he made at a San Diego tech conference earlier this month.
AI IS WIMBLEDON’S NEWEST COLOR COMMENTATOR
When the elites of tennis take to Wimbledon’s grass courts this week, a new eye will be analyzing their moves and assessing their chances.
AI RESCUES ADOBE
For Adobe, Firefly came just in time. The company known for PDFs introduced its AI-based “Firefly” photo and video editing tool in March. With simple voice commands, the program can place an image in any background, change lighting, and make almost any other adjustments.
FINANCIAL CRIMES? GOOGLE’S AI IS WATCHING
Bank employees scrutinize accounts to flag sketchy customers and suspicious transactions, but don’t always find them. Google wants to help.
HOW TO PREVENT AND TREAT ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE
In 2014, Dr. Dale Bredesen published a paper demonstrating healthy lifestyle choices could reverse Alzheimer’s in 9 out of 10 patients. His team is now launching a new randomized, controlled trial at six sites. Biological aging, brain aging and epigenetics will be included in this trial, using newer blood tests that weren’t available even a few years ago.