<div>Improvements to the Flower Pollination Algorithm (FPA) have been made to enhance the way in which we harvest wind energy for electricity generation. Details are published in the International Journal of Automation and Control.</div>
<div>A wind turbine near your home? The energy transition is not seen as just by all parties concerned. It's essential to involve local residents, argues Emma ter Mors, social psychologist. As a researcher, she focuses on identifying factors that influence public acceptance of energy technologies. Isn't participation sometimes an empty formality?</div>
<div><p>The crypto industry is facing the same macroeconomic headwinds as others, with the added bonus of regulatory uncertainty.</p> <p>© 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.</p></div>
<div><p>It seems like the writing is on the soundproofed wall: The podcast boom is over, and this week’s news is evidence. Spotify laid off 17% of the company – its third round of layoffs this year – and canceled two highly acclaimed shows, including a winner of the Pulitzer Prize for audio reporting. But as […]</p> <p>© 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.</p></div>
U.S. authorities have indicted two hackers linked to Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) for allegedly carrying out a years-long cyber espionage campaign targeting government officials. The Department of Justice alleged on Thursday that Ruslan Aleksandrovich Peretyatko, an officer with the FSB intelligence service, and IT worker Andrey Stanislavovich Korinets attempted to compromise the computers of […] © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
<div><img width="373" height="210" src="https://scitechdaily.com/images/Real-Wasabi-373x210.jpg" class="attachment-cp-thumb-xl size-cp-thumb-xl wp-post-image" alt="Real Wasabi" style="margin-bottom: 15px;" decoding="async" fetchpriority="high"><p>Sushi wouldn’t be the same without wasabi. But odds are that even if you have dined at a nice sushi restaurant, you probably haven’t had...</p></div>
<div><p>Amazon is dropping Venmo as a payment option next month, the PayPal owned mobile payment service announced on its website. The official announcement comes as Amazon notified users last night via email that Venmo will no longer be accepted on Amazon.com starting January 10, 2024. Amazon will still, however, accept Venmo debit and credit cards. […]</p> <p>© 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.</p></div>
<div><p>While today’s bigger news from the world of Meta’s messaging apps was the rollout of end-to-end encryption in Messenger, the company is also bringing another useful feature to its WhatsApp users: disappearing voice messages. The new feature will allow users to send a voice message that can only be listened to once before it disappears, […]</p> <p>© 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.</p></div>
<div><img src="https://www.freethink.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/HR_Aging_Web.jpg?quality=75&w=1067&h=600&crop=1">18-hour fast, 100 pills, bizarre tech - we tried Bryan Johnson’s age-reversal routine for 1 month.</div>
<div><img src="https://www.freethink.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Bad_Sleep_Worse_Pain-1.jpg?quality=75&w=1067&h=600&crop=1">Inadequate sleep worsens pain, which makes it difficult to sleep. This cycle may stem from disruptions to the body's endocannabinoid system.</div>
<div>Videos featuring Elijah Wood, Mike Tyson, and Priscilla Presley have been edited to push anti-Ukraine disinformation, according to Microsoft researchers.</div>
<div>Mark Zuckerberg personally promised that the privacy feature would launch by default on Messenger and Instagram chat. WIRED goes behind the scenes of the company’s colossal effort to get it right.</div>
<div>A new AI model from Google—called Gemini—is fresh competition for OpenAI’s ChatGPT. The AI rivals are now working on even more radical ideas.</div>
<div><img width="373" height="210" src="https://scitechdaily.com/images/Anak-Krakatau-December-2023-Annotated-373x210.jpg" class="attachment-cp-thumb-xl size-cp-thumb-xl wp-post-image" alt="Anak Krakatau December 2023 Annotated" style="margin-bottom: 15px;" decoding="async"><p>This small, unimposing volcano between the Indonesian islands of Java and Sumatra has a destructive past. Anak Krakatau is a small, unimposing volcanic island between...</p></div>
<div>From headphones and speakers to accessories for their vinyl LPs, these picks will appeal to any audio aficionado.</div>
<div>Presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy boosted multiple far-right conspiracy theories during the GOP debate on Wednesday night, in a dangerous mainstreaming of once-fringe claims.</div>
<div><img width="373" height="210" src="https://scitechdaily.com/images/United-States-Wildfires-Pollution-Art-373x210.jpg" class="attachment-cp-thumb-xl size-cp-thumb-xl wp-post-image" alt="United States Wildfires Pollution Art" style="margin-bottom: 15px;" decoding="async" loading="lazy"><p>Study finds that fire-prone areas and downwind regions have seen an increase in premature deaths. You need only to remember last summer’s wildfires in the...</p></div>
<div>Here are plenty of gift ideas for your favorite bookworm, from tech to cozy accessories.</div>
<div>Forget the wrapping paper and shipping. Go digital this year with subscriptions, ebooks, apps, and more.</div>
<div><img src="https://www.freethink.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Hydrogel_Insulin-1-1.jpg?quality=75&w=1067&h=600&crop=1">Nearly half a billion people worldwide suffer from diabetes or prediabetes. In the United States alone, there are 38 million people with diabetes and a staggering 97.6 million with prediabetes. […]</div>