⚡zaps paying for car trips Finbold: #Bitcoin now accepted at 60,000 EV charging stations across Europe German start-up Satimoto currently has around 60,000 EV charge points that accept non-custodial and pseudonymous charging and payment through the Lightning network in multiple European countries

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Bitcoin now accepted at 60,000 EV charging stations across Europe

Bitcoin is becoming an accepted payment option in various settings, including at tens of thousands of EV charging stations across Europe.

Author of the "Bitcoin is war" book is softening "I was ordered to take SOFTWAR down..."

Genius or crazy idea? 🇫🇷 France, Bauné. Mayor's last resort solution. The mayor says it’s a way of encouraging drivers to slow down in an area where the speed limit is supposed to be 20 kph but where drivers can sometimes top 50. “It is a town of 1,700 inhabitants which is crossed by three main county roads and specifically at this area, there are two. People drive fast and it's complicated to get people to slow down and to have roads signs that work." The goal is “to make it difficult to read the landscape, that is, to create events that will attract the attention of the driver to say what is happening,” Prono added, saying they could also have added speed bumps but that those can be loud in a village.

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Meanwhile, the other team AlJazeera: North Korea says it fully supports Russia’s ‘battle for justice’ as it shows off nuclear-capable missiles to Moscow’s defence chief. The Russian minister, Sergey Shoigu, and a Chinese delegation led by a Communist Party Politburo member arrived in North Korea this week

🇪🇺 🇨🇿 Czechs switch to American helicopters AviationWeek: First AH-1Z Vipers For Europe Arrive In Czech Republic The Czech Air Force has received the first two of a planned 20 new Bell H-1-model helicopters as the air arm modernizes its fleet away from Warsaw Pact-era platforms. Two AH-1Z Viper attack helicopters were delivered to Namest nad Oslavou Air Base by a U.S. Air Force C-17 airlifter on July 26. https://aviationweek.com/defense-space/aircraft-propulsion/first-ah-1z-vipers-europe-arrive-czech-republic

👨‍✈️🍸✈️ BusinessInsider/Le Parisien: An intoxicated United Airlines pilot, who turned up for a transatlantic flight 'staggering' and with 'glassy' eyes, was given a 6-month suspended prison sentence "He was staggering slightly, his eyes were glassy, and his mouth pasty," a police officer said.

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An intoxicated United Airlines pilot, who turned up for a transatlantic flight 'staggering' and with 'glassy' eyes, was given a 6-month suspended prison sentence, report says

A United pilot was more than six times above the legal limit to fly when he was tested at Charles De Gaulle Airport in Paris, Le Parisien reported.

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MIT Technology Review, one year ago: "At the front of the line, representatives of Worldcoin Indonesia were collecting emails and phone numbers, or aiming a futuristic metal orb at villagers’ faces to scan their irises and other biometric data. Village officials were also on site, passing out numbered tickets to the waiting residents to help keep order."

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Deception, exploited workers, and cash handouts: How World recruited its first half a million test users

The startup promises a fairly-distributed, cryptocurrency-based universal basic income. So far all it's done is build a biometric database from the...

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