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Can you swim in a nuclear reactor pool?

Only if you do not mind contaminating the pool

…and in the process pissing off a lot of people for it.

Can you name a country that always surrenders when an invasion force is at their front door?

Before you ask, no France is not the answer. France has the most successful military history, with most wars and battles fought and won, it easily overshadows a behemoth like China which is atleast 3 times older than France. The meme that France always surrenders is just that, a joke, it doesn’t reflect reality.

Coronavirus: Singaporean to plead guilty to leaving home about 30 minutes before period of isolation ended

SINGAPORE – A man appeared in a district court on Friday (April 24) after he allegedly left home about 30 minutes before his period of isolation ended during the coronavirus outbreak.

How to Defeat Drought

Cape Town, a city of some 4 million people, is on the verge of running out of water. Terrifying as it may sound, water scarcity never happens by surprise. At the national, provincial, and municipal levels, South Africa’s leaders ignored Cape Town’s shrinking water supply until it became a crisis.

How Will Hardware Manufacturers Fare Post-Halving?

After the largest downward difficulty adjustment since ASICs started mining Bitcoin, the network difficulty has recorded two consecutive upward adjustments. Our latest Miner Insights piece details several factors likely playing into the higher hash rate and faster block times which drove the upward difficulty adjustments.

S11 with more than 2K coronavirus cases, won Dormitory Award in 2018 and generates $70m from its 2 dorms

Yesterday (22 Apr) there were 1,016 new cases of COVID-19 infection in Singapore with 967 involving foreign workers residing in dormitories.

Circuit-breaker extension will hit transport, motor trade sectors hard

The extension to circuit breaker measures could have a devastating impact on the motor trade and transport sectors, both of which are already reeling from a downward spiral in demand.

Hackers steal $25 million worth of cryptocurrency from Lendf.me platform

Hackers have stolen more than $25 million in cryptocurrency from the Lendf.me lending platform. A similar attack was carried out against the Uniswap cryptocurrency exchange, but no losses were recorded.

Coronavirus To Burst Another Bubble? Carbonation Shortage Threatens Seltzer, Beer And Soda

Soft drink and beer makers are scrambling for access to CO2, a key ingredient in the carbonization used to make their products after coronavirus shutdowns have closed off their access to the chemical.

Fitbit And Other Wearables Could Help Researchers Predict Coronavirus Before Symptoms Start

As coronavirus cases surged worldwide in March, Fitbit observed a global decline in physical activity among its 30 million activity tracker and smartwatch users. As governments implemented shelter-in-place orders, the company recorded a nearly 20 percent decline in weekly step counts in New York and San Francisco. The pandemic may be hampering regular fitness routines, but now Fitbit is exploring whether its wearable devices could help researchers predict if users have a coronavirus infection before they even notice any symptoms.