There is an interesting article at: https://www.cnet.com/personal-finance/this-23andmes-data-breach-settlement-could-pay-you-up-to-10000-heres-how/.
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What Attracted Our Ancestors to the New World
I learned in school that our ancestors came to the New World in the 1600s in search of religious freedom. While I still believe that to be true, I now believe the full story is a bit more complex than the reasons given in grammar school textbooks. Religious freedom certainly was a motivation for Puritans, …
Old Smartphones Can Have a New Life as Tiny Data Centers
NOTE: Here’s an article that is not about any of the “normal” topics of this newsletter: genealogy, history, current affairs, DNA, and related topics. However, I found it interesting and decided to share it here. Researchers at the University of Tartu Institute of Computer Science (in Estonia) introduce a novel approach to reducing electronic waste and …