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US crypto miners would be forced to disclose greenhouse gas emissions under a new bill. US crypto miners would be forced to disclose greenhouse gas emissions under a new bill, adding pressure to a fast-growing industry criticized for its heavy toll on the environment and power grid. The legislation, introduced by Democratic Senator Edward Markey, would require crypto miners using more than 5 megawatts of electricity — a threshold that most Bitcoin mining companies would pass — to report emissions and the source of…

Colorado will lead a multi-state investigation into the proposed $25 billion merger between King Soopers’ parent company and Albertsons, which operates Safeway, Attorney General Phil Weiser announced Thursday. Weiser has also filed a brief to block Albertsons from paying its shareholders a $4 billion dividend before regulators review the merger. The move supports a motion for preliminary injunction filed by Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson. Preliminary injunctions “can last for a longer period of time” than a…

Twitter v. Elon Musk Court Filing by Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, July 12, 2022 is part of HackerNoon’s Legal PDF Series. You can jump to any part in this filing here. This is Assorted Chat between Sam Bankman-Fried and Elon Musk, drawn from Exhibit H, Exhibit J and Independent Report from Semafor. Feature Image: HackerNoon’s Stable Diffusion AI, Prompt “Elon Musk and Sam Bankman-Fried” 2022-03-29 to 2022-04-01: Elon Musk <> Will MacAskill* Will MacAskill: Hey - I saw your poll on twitter about Twitter and…

Albertsons and Kroger supermarketsBridget Bennett | Bloomberg | Getty Images; Brandon Bell | Getty ImagesThe battle over whether grocery giants Kroger and Albertsons should be allowed to combine is heating up.On Tuesday, leaders of the two companies defended their proposed merger at a congressional hearing in Washington, where they faced a series of questions about how the deal could shake up the competitive landscape — and potentially the prices that consumers pay at the store.related investing newsBlack Friday was…

A history that almost wasn’t Pentiment is out this week for PC and Xbox, and it sounds like that might not have happened if not for Xbox Game Pass. In a new interview with Waypoint, director Josh Sawyer says he wouldn’t have proposed the project without Game Pass as a factor. “I never would have proposed making Pentiment without Game Pass,” said Sawyer. “Like, I literally just wouldn’t have done it. I just don’t think it would have been possible.” Host Rob Zacny follows up, asking whether that was because it would have…

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Yitang Zhang, a number theorist at the University of California, Santa Barbara, has posted a paper on arXiv that hints at the possibility that he may have solved the Landau-Siegel zeros conjecture. The paper has not yet been validated by anyone else at this time, and Zhang himself has yet to explain the purpose or even meaning of his paper. …

The California Public Utilities Commission’s (CPUC) new solar energy proposal removes a previously proposed monthly grid tax that could’ve added hundreds of dollars per year to the cost of solar installations (via Reuters). The CPUC was looking to slash solar incentives for customers of investor-owned utilities and, in December, proposed charging a monthly fee of $8 per kilowatt to connect new solar customers to the grid. As pointed out by my colleague Justine Calma, some industry groups opposed the plan saying it “would…

Researchers at the University of Oslo are proposing a novel treatment for stroke that involves administering an infusion of a blood protein suspected to protect the brain from damage. Early tests in mice indicate if the treatment is given within hours of a stroke occurring it could improve long-term outcomes."Those who survive , often sustain life-changing brain damage," explained Sandip Kanse, one of the authors on the new study. "In addition to the cost in human suffering, caring for these patients is very expensive for…

Airbnb and other short-term home rental companies will have to share data on the number of people using their platforms under proposed EU rules, the European Commission said on Monday, in a light-touch approach to regulating this sector.The EU executive's proposal comes as popular tourist destinations such as Paris, Venice and Barcelona blame Airbnb for aggravating housing shortages by pushing out lower-income residents.But smaller towns and rural areas want to attract more tourists via online rental platforms, which…

Elon Musk’s proposal for a Twitter Inc. subscription program has reignited the debate over the issue of spam and fake accounts that was at the center of the billionaire’s effort to get out of buying the social-media company.In a series of tweets this week, Mr. Musk said the program would give subscribers priority in replies, mentions and search, among other features. Current verified users who want to retain that status would need to subscribe to the program within a 90-day period,…