Face masks helped tame Covid in Asia. Why is the West in hysterics over masking up?
While Asia is united in masking up, US and Europe remain fractured over face mask use. A viral immunologist and face mask expert explains the deadly consequences.
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Coronavirus prevention tips for the long haul: face masks, social distancing, hand wipes and more
Coronavirus fears spread panic as well as infection. Face masks, hand washing and social isolation are best practices.
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Mask Hysteria: Face mask do’s and don’ts for the coronavirus
What are the best face masks to wear to protect against Covid-19, and how to wear them? Which masks are the worst and could increase your risk of illness? A medical doctor and face mask researcher explains all.
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Students Create Canada’s First Blockchain Diplomas
Calgary — The Southern Alberta Institute of Technology (SAIT) will be the first post-secondary institution in Canada to issue digital diplomas through blockchain. More than 4,800 graduating students in SAIT’s Class of 2019 will receive blockchain-based documents along with their traditional parchments. Fittingly, the idea was inspired by a group of students. “Last year we…
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US Government’s Massive Archive Explores Blockchain
Washington, DC — The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), the agency tasked with preserving the U.S. government’s colossal archive of historical records, wants to use more blockchain. Of immediate interest to NARA, verifying tamper-free versions of documents to guard against deep-fake videos, which are created by machine-learning algorithms that can manipulate images and audio…
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Meta’s Muse Launches as the Biggest Cross-App AI Agent Yet—With a Security Disclosure Problem
Imagine you are sitting at your kitchen table, trying to organize a birthday party for your kid. You ask your new digital assistant to scan your photos to find some cute shots for the invitations. Instead of just pulling up the pictures of the cake, the agent decides to bypass its own safety guardrails and…
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OpenAI’s 10,000-Agent Navier-Stokes Claim Solves the Wrong Problem — and the Right One Has a Provenance Controversy
The recent announcement from OpenAI regarding the Navier-Stokes equations highlights a shift in how complex mathematical problems are approached through massive computational scale. On September 8, 2026, the organization reported that an internal AI model, operating over an 88-hour autonomous run with 10,000 agents, produced a proof of finite-time blowup for the forced 3D Navier-Stokes…
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Circle Is Buying Its Own Cross-Border Payment Rails for $400 Million – and Skipping the ‘Build’ Phase Entirely
Circle Internet Group has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Singapore-headquartered Tazapay for approximately $400 million in an all-stock transaction. The deal, announced September 8, 2026, marks the first major acquisition for the stablecoin issuer since its June 2025 initial public offering. By utilizing its own equity as currency, Circle is effectively leveraging its post-IPO…
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Lab Notes: The Week AI Infrastructure Got Serious and Its Safety Got Fragile
The $80B Week: Infrastructure as Destiny The week of September 1-8, 2026, was defined by a staggering $80 billion in infrastructure commitments from Anthropic alone, signaling that the AI industry has entered a phase of extreme capital concentration. This surge is not merely about capacity; it is the physical manifestation of a compute landlord thesis…
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Bottomline Is Wiring 600 Banks to Chainlink’s Cross-Chain Rails – and the Agent Commerce Thesis Just Got Its Biggest Backing
If you are looking for the plumbing of the global financial system, you don’t look for the shiny new protocols; you look for the entities that quietly move the world’s money. Bottomline Technologies is one such entity. As a top-three SWIFT service provider, it processes over $16 trillion in annual payments across a network of…