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The own-initiative report by German MEP Jakob von Weizsäcker, which was approved by 542 votes to 51, with 11 abstentions, calls on the Commission to set up a task force to closely monitor blockchain technology so that it will be able to regulate quickly “if and when it is necessary to do so." … [Read more...] about European Parliament votes for hands-off approach to blockchain tech regulation

To put that number into perspective, prior to February of this year, ZDNet notes that the largest DDoS attack recorded was back in March 2018, when NetScout Arbor mitigated a 1.7 Tbps attack. The previous month, GitHub disclosed that it had been hit by an attack with a peak of 1.35 Tbps. … [Read more...] about Amazon says it mitigated the largest DDoS attack ever recorded

SpaceX put a lot of effort into the Block 5 version of its booster. "For those that know rockets, this is a ridiculously hard thing," Elon Musk said in May, just before the first Block 5 flight. "It has taken us since, man, since 2002. Sixteen years of extreme effort and many, many iterations and thousands of small but important development changes to get to where we think this is even possible." He paused for a second then added, "Crazy hard." … [Read more...] about SpaceX official says company about to launch a Falcon 9 for the third time

Choi and other researchers have also tried to use lithium-ion battery electrodes to pull lithium directly from seawater and brines without the need for first evaporating the water. Those electrodes consist of sandwichlike layered materials designed to trap and hold lithium ions as a battery charges. In seawater, a negative electrical voltage applied to a lithium-grabbing electrode pulls lithium ions into the electrode. But it also pulls in sodium, a chemically similar element that is about 100,000 times more abundant in seawater than lithium. If the two elements push their way into the electrode at the same rate, sodium almost completely crowds out the lithium. … [Read more...] about Seawater could provide nearly unlimited amounts of critical battery material

New forms of online content distribution have emerged which may involve several actors and where, for instance, content is distributed through platforms which make available copyright-protected content uploaded by end-users. While these services are attracting a growing audience and gain economic benefits from the content distribution, there is a growing concern as to whether the value generated by some of these new forms of online content distribution is shared in a fair manner between distributors and the rights holders. In their replies to the public consultation [on online platforms], right holders across several content sectors reported that their content is increasingly used without authorisation or through licencing agreements which, in their view, contain unfair terms. … [Read more...] about EU leak reveals plans to rein in Google, Facebook, and encourage local alternatives