Source: Senior Microsoft exec says Windows 11 kernel will soon be booting with Rust inside
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Microsoft has been experimenting with Rust as part of the Windows kernel for memory safety and security. David Weston, Vice President at Microsoft, announced that Windows 11 will soon be booting with Rust in the kernel, with 36k lines of code already added, and said that there are no major performance regressions in tested scenarios.
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Source: Upward Farms throws in towel ten years after founding vertical-farming business
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US vertical-farming company, Upward Farms has ceased operations after struggling to compete with traditional farming due to the highly capital-intensive nature of indoor controlled-environment agriculture.
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Source: Europeβs Longest Bicycling Tunnel Opens in Norway
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A tunnel designed for bikers and walkers was built in Bergen, Norway; New York City now converts food waste into fuel, producing enough energy for 2,500 homes; a planning tool for urban design professionals called VR95 puts them in a child’s direct point of view, encouraging them to construct more child-friendly cities.
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