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Apple Again Fails to Save Classical Music
The case against the music-streaming industry is as damning as ever. The leading services pay pittances to artists—usually, less than one cent per play. In a textbook demonstration of monopoly economics, megastars magnify their wealth while everyone else struggles to break even. Streaming technology is environmentally destructive, resulting in the release of up to 1.57 …
Named Booleans prevent C++ bugs and save you time
During a recent code review I found a hard to spot bug, a misplaced parenthesis in an if statement. I often employ a technique I call named booleans, which would have prevented this bug. It’s a simple technique, instead of a long if statement, give every comparison a seperate boolean variable with a descriptive name …
Why doesn’t the BitLocker wizard let me save the BitLocker key on an encrypted drive?
When the BitLocker Drive Encryption wizard steps you through the process of applying BitLocker full volume encryption to a drive, one of the steps is backing up your recovery key. There are a number of options, one of which is to save the key to a file. If you try to save that file to …
The Race To Save Sam Bankman-Fried’s Other Crypto Exchange
Decentralized exchanges differ from their centralized counterparts (like FTX, Binance, Coinbase, and others) in a few important ways. Most notably, instead of relying on an intermediary to match buyers with sellers, DEXs let users transact on a peer-to-peer basis—and keep custody of their own funds. This arrangement is one example of what’s known as decentralized …
Sustainable technologies, strong regulation would save real estate sector
By Henry Uche, Lagos The real estate sector has been bedevilled with gory stories. Experts have adduced that the lack of strong partnership between private and public sectors, weak regulation, quackery, micromanagement and use of outdated technology inputs and resources are some of the reasons the sector has been experiencing ugly incidents which had claimed …
Azovstal commander says obeys order to save lives
A view shows a plant of Azovstal Iron and Steel Works during Ukraine-Russia conflict in the southern port city of Mariupol, Ukraine May 15, 2022. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register May 16 (Reuters) – A senior commander of Ukrainian forces holed up beneath the Azovstal steel mill besieged by …
Mayor Pat Connolly hospitalised in home invasion; Trent Barrett quits as Bulldogs coach; Murder investigation over Queensland man’s death; Finland, Sweden set to join NATO; Man describes how he tried to save Andrew Symonds
We’re wrapping up our live breaking news coverage for today, Monday, May 16, 2022. Here’s what happened:Prime Minister Scott Morrison has shrugged off criticism of his plan to allow first-home buyers to dip into their superannuation. The Australian Tax Office has outlined four key areas it will target this financial year, including gains made on …
Here’s how you can save the environment and your money by recycling
ROANOKE, Va. – This story is part of a series called “Solutionaries”, where we set out to explore innovative ways people are working to fight problems we’re all facing. Inflation, affordable housing, the climate crisis, and much more. You can find hours of stories here. Our Solutionaries team is finding unique ways people are dealing …
Greenchains: Can blockchains save the environment?
We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 – 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today! Carbon emissions, as a key driver of environmental change, are coming increasingly under scrutiny by government regulators and in the court of investor opinion. …
Palm trees in Peru could help save the environment
A new study from the University of Leeds has exposed the widespread harm that is caused by palm fruit harvesting in Peru. The experts found that changing the way fruit is gathered from the palm tree Mauritia flexuosa could have enormous environmental and economic benefits. The Mauritia flexuosa palm tree is dioecious, (with both female …
