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https://www.csrwire.com/press_releases/821421-mastercard-new-paths-progress-making-financial-success-accessible-underbanked
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Home News Research. A staggering 36 million North American consumers — 12% of the population — are underbanked, navigating their financial lives with a bank account but without access to essential credit tools like credit cards. Longstanding financial inequities have limited their growth, yet they remain driven, with 66% seeking financial knowledge and 65% looking to financial institutions for solutions.
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https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/chinas-best-nuclear-fusion-reactor-2027
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The Burning Plasma Experimental Superconducting Tokamak (BEST) nuclear fusion reactor being built in Heifei, China, is in the final phase of its assembly and on track for completion by 2027. When ready, it aims to produce five times the energy it uses, media reports said.
As the world moves...
As the world moves...
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https://www.foxnews.com/world/hidden-devices-found-chinese-solar-power-inverters-spark-national-security-alarm
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President Trump discusses lowering prescription drug prices, relations with China and his trip to Saudi Arabia on 'Hannity.' U.S. energy officials are reassessing the risk posed by Chinese-made devices that play a critical role in renewable energy infrastructure after unexplained communication...
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https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/05/15/amid-deficits-gavin-newsom-proposes-1-billion-per-year-for-high-speed-rail/
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom (proposed Wednesday to spend $1 billion per year on the state's failing high-speed rail project through cap-and-trade programs, even as his budget drowned in massive deficits. As Breitbart News reported, the governor's revised budget plan sought cuts to a variety of programs to make up a $12 billion deficit.
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https://tech.eu/2025/05/15/deep-roots-global-reach-estonias-tech-ecosystem/
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Amount raised in 2024: €25M Tuum is a fintech company that offers a cloud-native, API-first core banking platform designed to help banks, fintechs, and non-financial businesses rapidly launch and scale financial services. The platform features a modular, microservices-based architecture covering core banking, payments, lending, and cards, allowing clients to select and integrate only the components they need.
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https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-59743-w?code=e81dab52-bd1a-4ef3-a620-325e366dedb4&error=cookies_not_supported
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Design of hierarchical swollen gels We first explored poly(acrylamide) (PAAm) hydrogels involving up to 7 hierarchical levels of networks, wherein each hierarchical level shows characteristic chain stretching due to sequential swelling and generation-dependent chain stretching. PAAm hydrogels...
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https://skift.com/2025/05/15/green-jet-fuel-shortage-risks-higher-airfares/
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A lack of sustainable-aviation fuel (SAF) could push up the cost of flying and limit travel options for consumers, the World Travel and Tourism Council warned on Thursday.
The group said in a report that the current production of SAF makes up just 0.3% of global jet fuel use, totaling about 1.25...
The group said in a report that the current production of SAF makes up just 0.3% of global jet fuel use, totaling about 1.25...
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https://www.newswise.com/articles/crop-plants-gene-switch-makes-sweet-sorghum-salt-tolerant/?sc=rssn
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Newswise — Sorghum millet is seen as the crop plant of the future: It builds up a particularly high amount of biomass and thrives in harsh conditions. Certain varieties even produce more sugar on salty soils. In an in-depth investigation of this salt-stress-induced sugar accumulation conducted by an international team including scientists from Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), it was found that the SWEET13 gene switch is responsible for directing sugar into the grains.
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https://finance.yahoo.com/news/globalwafers-opens-us-factory-plans-031532082.html
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By Wen-Yee Lee TAIPEI (Reuters) -Taiwanese silicon wafer manufacturer GlobalWafers said on Friday it would invest an additional $4 billion in the United States to meet growing customer demand there, as it officially opened its new $3.5 billion wafer facility in Texas. "Our U.S. customers appear...
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https://theconversation.com/waste-to-energy-in-australia-how-it-works-where-new-incinerators-could-go-and-how-they-stack-up-254395
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Every year, Australia buries millions of tonnes of waste in landfills. But these sites are filling fast, recycling has its own limitations, and most waste export is banned. So councils and state governments are looking for alternatives. Several large-scale incinerators have been proposed, to turn municipal solid waste into electricity.
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https://www.bitcoinandmarkets.com/can-anything-logically-be-done-about-fertility-collapse/
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I cannot provide this important Bitcoin and Macro analysis without you. Please consider supporting independent content! The world faces a slow-motion crisis of its own making: fertility rates are plummeting, and the global population will soon age rapidly—then shrink. An estimated 94.3% of global...
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https://uxplanet.org/stable-diffusion-its-alternatives-top-5-ai-image-generators-574e68335b0e?gi=db24230b8c2c&source=rss----819cc2aaeee0---4
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UX Planet is a one-stop resource for everything related to user experience. AI-generated imagery has become an essential part of the modern product designer's toolkit — powering everything from early-stage ideation to polished design assets. Stable Diffusion is one of the most popular and flexible platforms for creatives that enables designers to generate a wide range of imagery with ease.
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https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/rearmament-will-not-fix-europe-security-crisis-by-grace-blakeley-2025-05
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Instead of investing in green jobs and renewable energy, the European Union is pursuing rearmament. But prioritizing military Keynesianism over decarbonization will only increase the bloc's dependence on fossil fuels and prop up the very system that empowers petro-tyrants like Russian President...
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https://www.moroccoworldnews.com/2025/05/200462/germany-commits-e82-million-package-to-un-missions-including-minurso/
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Doha - Germany announced Wednesday the renewal of its financial support to the United Nations Mission for Western Sahara (MINURSO), with a contribution exceeding €82 million. The funding aims to strengthen UN mission capabilities in key areas, including training, equipment, renewable energy, digital transformation, psychological support, and logistics.
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https://www.etfdailynews.com/2025/05/15/twist-bioscience-co-nasdaqtwst-stock-position-raised-by-bnp-paribas-financial-markets/
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BNP Paribas Financial Markets lifted its holdings in shares of Twist Bioscience Co. (NASDAQ:TWST - Free Report) by 138.0% in the fourth quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The institutional investor owned 90,527 shares of the company's stock after purchasing an additional 52,495 shares during...
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https://www.nasa.gov/directorates/stmd/top-prize-awarded-in-lunar-autonomy-challenge-to-virtually-map-moons-surface/
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NASA named Stanford University of California winner of the Lunar Autonomy Challenge, a six-month competition for U.S. college and university student teams to virtually map and explore using a digital twin of NASA's In-Situ Resource Utilization Pilot Excavator (IPEx).
The winning team...
The winning team...
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https://scienceblog.com/scientists-achieve-first-ever-error-correction-of-high-dimensional-quantum-states/
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Researchers have accomplished a major milestone in quantum computing by demonstrating the first-ever error correction of quantum systems with more than two dimensions, potentially unlocking more efficient ways to process quantum information.
The breakthrough, published in Nature, involved...
The breakthrough, published in Nature, involved...
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https://venturebeat.com/games/maplestory-universe-is-launching-its-maplestory-n-blockchain-powered-online-game/
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MapleStory Universe--the Web3 IP-expansion initiative from Nexon- is launching MapleStory N, the blockchain-powered MMORPG.
The game is live today (May 15), bringing new dimensions to the 22-year-old MapleStory intellectual property franchise. Backed by over 31.5 million on-chain transactions...
The game is live today (May 15), bringing new dimensions to the 22-year-old MapleStory intellectual property franchise. Backed by over 31.5 million on-chain transactions...
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https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/05/a_wind_lull_across_germany_is_costing_millions.html
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In 2023, Germany shuttered its last nuclear plant, and in 2024, wind energy became the nation's largest single source of electricity, supplying 31.9%. But now it's 2025, and as the staff at Remix News reported yesterday, "Germany's wind lull is slamming electricity production" and creating losses...
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https://scienceblog.com/ai-language-models-show-brain-patterns-similar-to-human-aphasia/
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New research from the University of Tokyo reveals striking similarities between how large language models (LLMs) process information and brain activity patterns in people with certain types of aphasia. The study, published May 14 in Advanced Science, could lead to both improved AI systems and...
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https://changelly.com/blog/types-of-blockchain-layers/
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Blockchain isn't one giant monolith—it's built in layers, each doing a specific job. You've probably heard terms like Layer 1 or Layer 2 thrown around, but what do they actually mean? From the raw hardware powering nodes to the smart contracts running your favorite dApps, blockchain layers...