Venezuela’s new petroleum minister sees her South American home not as a dilapidated former oil giant, but as an emerging energy economy ripe for U.S. and foreign investments in new oil and gas exploration, both onshore and offshore. Paula Henao, who took over as the hydrocarbons minister in March after the forced U.S. removal of
Watch out crypto-bros—it might be time to start moving assets. Researchers are making progress toward quantum computers powerful enough to undermine the mathematical assumptions that currently protect cryptocurrency and other blockchain-based assets. Because of this, the industry needs to replace its cryptographic infrastructure before the quantum computers arrive. “The great quantum migration is going to
Uber believes it’s found a solution to its AI spending problem after it blew through its budget for the technology in just the first few months of the year. In an interview with The Information earlier this year, Uber chief technology officer Praveen Neppalli Naga admitted he went “back to the drawing board” on allotted
LaCie claims read/write speeds of up to 6,700 MB/s and 5,300 MB/s, which it says are adequate for real-time editing of 8K and 6K RAW footage. When testing the highest speeds, file transfers were 5,787 MB/s read and 5,188 MB/s write, which, while not entirely in line with the claims, makes it by far the
Although there are legal maternity and paternity leaves, which guarantee free time and partial compensation of income, not everyone enjoys them. Women can receive it six weeks before their due date and eight weeks after giving birth. Parents get up to four weeks of flexible paid leave within eight weeks of the child’s birth. Both