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Welcome to July 1st. Summer is officially here, but we’re here to keep you indoors with stories about cryptocurrency finalization rules in the U.S. and how LEGO is making bricks out of stardust.
New rules finalized by the U.S. Treasury Department will ensure that people dipping their toes in crypto (and crypto trading) get paid the right amount when they make a sale. The new rules will require crypto platforms, such as exchanges and payment processors, to report users’ transactions to the IRS. Brokers will have to report digital asset sales revenue starting in 2026 for all transactions completed in 2025, so crypto traders are left to fend for themselves for now.
This rule makes it easier for brokers to report their income. have File a 1099 form, which has a threshold set at $10,000 for reporting transactions involving stablecoins, which are cryptocurrencies that track fiat currencies such as the U.S. dollar.
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Engineers will be investigating the issue with Starliner’s thrusters.
Officials insisted at a press conference Friday afternoon that astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams are not “stranded” at the International Space Station. Steve Stich, NASA’s commercial crew program manager, said they are “in no rush to return.” Boeing’s Starliner has been docked with the ISS since June 6 and was scheduled for a 10-day test flight. But during the approach, the spacecraft experienced issues with five thrusters, which apparently exacerbated a known helium leak.
It was initially announced that Starliner would only be able to dock at the ISS for a maximum of 45 days due to battery limitations, but Stich said during the meeting that this could be extended because the batteries are charged on the space station.
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Cognify would mentally imprison prisoners.
The US has a higher incarceration rate per 100,000 people than any other NATO country, but molecular biologist and science communicator Hashem Al-Ghaily argues he has a solution. WiredIn , he outlined how a virtual prison would work: Instead of locking up prisoners for long periods of time, they would be exposed to artificial memories in a virtual environment. The system would create customized AI-generated content, convert it into visual information and send it to the prisoner’s brain, to the parts of DNA and RNA involved in memory formation, establishing long-term memory patterns. There are many issues and difficulties, but the biggest problem may be that such technology does not exist.
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Would it make a decent building material?
LEGO has partnered with the European Space Agency (ESA) to create LEGO pieces out of actual meteorite dust. It’s on display in select LEGO stores until September 20, but this isn’t just for laughs or to upsell LEGO kits: It’s a proof of concept that shows how astronauts could use lunar dust to build lunar structures.
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