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How video gamers are resisting a crypto onslaught
To crypto enthusiasts, blockchain will allow players to grab back some of the money they spend on games and make for higher-stakes enjoyment. Critics say the opposite is true—game makers will capture more profits while sidestepping laws on gambling and trading, and the profit motive will kill all enjoyment
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On the menu at a UK restaurant: carbon footprint
As customers weigh their options, the menu at the vegetarian restaurant in Bristol includes a comparison with a dish that it does not serve: the emissions from a UK-produced hamburger
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Elon Musk sells nearly $7 billion worth of Tesla shares: document
The Tesla boss sold some 7.9 million shares between August 5 and 9, according to filings published on the Securities and Exchange Commission's website
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EU plan to cut gas use by 15% comes into effect
The aim is for the EU to be able to bolster its reserves of gas in time for what is likely to be a very tough winter. European households and businesses are being squeezed by skyrocketing energy prices and reduced Russian gas that several member states are dependent on
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Chips and sugary drinks have 'very low' environmental impact: Study
Scientists analyzed some 57,000 products sold in supermarkets in Britain and Ireland, in a large study published by the scientific journal PNAS, and found that juice concentrates, sodas or other fruit juices are among the products sold with the lowest environmental impact — because they are mostly composed of water — but their nutritional quality is poor
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Japan's SoftBank reports record quarterly net loss
The telecom firm-turned-investment behemoth posted a net loss of $23.4 billion after interest rate hikes tanked tech shares
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US regulators clear Boeing to resume 787 deliveries
After more than a year, aviation giant Boeing will be allowed to resume deliveries of its 787 Dreamliner aircraft after the company made changes to its manufacturing process
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The women desperate to work in Taliban-ruled Afghanistan
Women have been barred from most government employment—or had their salaries slashed and told to stay at home. They are often also first to be sacked from struggling private businesses—particularly those unable to segregate the workplace in line with Taliban rules
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In an unequal economy, the poor face inflation now and job loss later
In that case, poorer families will almost certainly bear the brunt again, because low-wage workers are often the first to lose hours and jobs
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50 years in the making: Why it took US Congress so long to act on climate
In 1969, President Richard Nixon's adviser Daniel Patrick Moynihan wrote a memo describing a startling future. Fifty-three years later, Congress is on the cusp of finally responding to what Moynihan had termed 'the carbon dioxide problem'
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US Senate adopts sweeping climate and health plan, in major victory for Biden
The plan, crafted in sensitive talks with members on the right wing of his Democratic Party, would include the biggest US investment ever on climate—$370 billion aimed at effecting a 40 percent drop in greenhouse gas emissions by 2030