LensLinks Issue 380

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China’s supersized superconducting chip

Today in LensLinks:

• Generative AI is speeding up human-like robot development. What that means for jobs

• Apple's software chiefs decided they needed to upgrade Siri after spending weeks testing out ChatGPT themselves

• Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse Names the Next Crypto Target of the US Govt

• Stanford Researchers Use Waveguide Tech for Next-Gen AR

• Electron vortices in graphene detected for the first time

• Crypto Teams May Exit Space Due to Ethereum Security Classification, Amina Bank Report Suggests – Featured Bitcoin News

• China creates its largest ever quantum computing chip — and it could be key to building the nation's own 'quantum cloud'

• Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse Names the Next Crypto Target of the US Govt

• Decentralized Cloud Computing Altcoin Skyrockets in Price After Completion of Successful Mainnet Upgrade - The Daily Hodl

• NVIDIA Accelerates Quantum Computing Centers Worldwide With CUDA-Q Platform

• The Air Force is testing an AI-enabled alternative to GPS navigation that taps into the Earth’s magnetic fields

• US Orders Chinese Crypto Firm to Sell Land Near Missile Base

• And Much, Much, More…

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“Gensler has suggested that such PoS chains, rewarding users for locking up their coins, resemble investment contracts and could be deemed securities, without specifically mentioning ETH. Given that most major blockchains, apart from PoW Bitcoin, work on PoS like Ethereum, regulators might extend similar classifications to them.”

- Swiss-based banking group Crypto Market Monitor report

Generative AI is speeding up human-like robot development. What that means for jobs

ChatGPT-like artificial intelligence is speeding up research and bringing humanoid robots closer to reality in China, home to many of the world's factories.

www.cnbc.com/2024/05/08/how-generative-chatgpt-like-ai-is-accelerating-humanoid-robots.html

The Singularity
AI, Quantum Computing, Robotics, Bio-engineering & Other Stuff on the way

Apple's software chiefs decided they needed to upgrade Siri after spending weeks testing out ChatGPT themselves

The tech giant is reportedly in talks with OpenAI to integrate ChatGPT in the next version of iOS.

www.businessinsider.com/apple-software-chiefs-spent-weeks-testing-out-chatgpt-themselves-2024-5#:~:text=Apple%20executives%20knew%20they%20needed,its%20upcoming%20Worldwide%20Developers%20Conference.

Crypto Trading

Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse Names the Next Crypto Target of the US Govt

Brad Garlinghouse suggests U.S. government scrutiny of Tether may unsettle crypto markets, citing potential impacts.

cryptopotato.com/ripple-ceo-brad-garlinghouse-names-the-next-crypto-target-of-the-us-govt

VR, AR, Spatial Computing, Metaverse & Gaming

Stanford Researchers Use Waveguide Tech for Next-Gen AR

At Stanford University, a team of researchers in the field of spatial computing have unveiled a groundbreaking augmented reality (AR) headset that resembles a conventional pair of glasses yet is capable of displaying rich, full-color, 3D holographic images

mobileidworld.com/stanford-researchers-use-waveguide-tech-for-next-gen-ar

The Singularity - a little more…

Electron vortices in graphene detected for the first time

When an ordinary electrical conductor—such as a metal wire—is connected to a battery, the electrons in the conductor are accelerated by the electric field created by the battery. While moving, electrons frequently collide with impurity atoms or vacancies in the crystal lattice of the wire, and convert part of their motional energy into lattice vibrations. The energy lost in this process is converted into heat that can be felt, for example, by touching an incandescent light bulb.

phys.org/news/2024-05-electron-vortices-graphene.html

Crypto Teams May Exit Space Due to Ethereum Security Classification, Amina Bank Report Suggests – Featured Bitcoin News

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has likely delayed its decision on Ethereum’s status to keep the crypto asset in a "grey area."

news.bitcoin.com/crypto-teams-may-exit-space-due-to-ethereum-security-classification-amina-bank-report-suggests

China creates its largest ever quantum computing chip — and it could be key to building the nation's own 'quantum cloud'

China’s supersized superconducting chip looks to match the performance of industry leaders like IBM and will be used to help scale up the performance of quantum computers globally.

www.livescience.com/technology/computing/china-creates-its-largest-ever-quantum-chip-and-it-could-be-key-to-building-the-nations-own-quantum-cloud#:~:text=The%20new%20chip%2C%20called%20%22Xiaohong,state%2Downed%20China%20Daily%20reported.

Blockchain, Tokens & DeFi - a little more…

Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse Names the Next Crypto Target of the US Govt

Brad Garlinghouse suggests U.S. government scrutiny of Tether may unsettle crypto markets, citing potential impacts.

cryptopotato.com/ripple-ceo-brad-garlinghouse-names-the-next-crypto-target-of-the-us-govt

Decentralized Cloud Computing Altcoin Skyrockets in Price After Completion of Successful Mainnet Upgrade - The Daily Hodl

A decentralized cloud computing altcoin has surged by 44% since it completed a mainnet upgrade on May 2nd.

dailyhodl.com/2024/05/11/decentralized-cloud-computing-altcoin-skyrockets-in-price-after-completion-of-successful-mainnet-upgrade

NVIDIA Accelerates Quantum Computing Centers Worldwide With CUDA-Q Platform

NVIDIA today announced that it will accelerate quantum computing efforts at national supercomputing centers around the world with the open-source NVIDIA CUDA-Q™ platform.

nvidianews.nvidia.com/news/nvidia-accelerates-quantum-computing-centers-worldwide-with-cuda-q-platform

The Air Force is testing an AI-enabled alternative to GPS navigation that taps into the Earth’s magnetic fields

“We think we may have added an arrow to the quiver in the things we can do, should we end up operating in a GPS-denied environment. Which we will.”

fortune.com/2024/05/12/air-force-ai-enabled-alternative-gps-navigation-earth-magnetic-fields

Crypto Trading - a little more…

Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse Names the Next Crypto Target of the US Govt

Brad Garlinghouse suggests U.S. government scrutiny of Tether may unsettle crypto markets, citing potential impacts.

cryptopotato.com/ripple-ceo-brad-garlinghouse-names-the-next-crypto-target-of-the-us-govt

The GameStop surge is reigniting crypto’s memecoin craze — here are the winners

Keith Gill, aka Roaring Kitty, broke an almost three-year social media hiatus that sparked a market frenzy.

www.dlnews.com/articles/markets/gamestop-surge-reignites-memecoin-craze-here-are-winners

Cryptoverse: Retail traders sit out bitcoin rally

May 14 (Reuters) - What's happened to the army of retail traders who used to drive bitcoin's biggest rallies?

www.reuters.com/technology/cryptoverse-retail-traders-sit-out-bitcoin-rally-2024-05-14

ESG (Environmental, Social & Governance)

US Orders Chinese Crypto Firm to Sell Land Near Missile Base

The move comes amid concern that the firm, which uses foreign tech for crypto mining, may be involved in spying on the base, which houses US nuclear missile silos

www.asiafinancial.com/us-orders-chinese-crypto-firm-to-sell-land-near-us-missile-base

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