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You might not think of the open source world as being particularly profitable, but a small number of volunteers are making good money spotting flaws in Google’sChromiumopen source browser project. Google pays volunteers who find bugs in Chromium’s source code and lists them in aSecurity Hall of Fame. Currently top of the tree is Sergey Glazunov, a man fast approaching earning a living wage for his bug-spotting abilities. Most recently he’s earned the first ever “Elite” award of $3133....

It’s not hard to find an article that describes the plight of those in need throughout the world. Some arebuilding platformsto watch Earth from Space to prevent genocide. When it comes to physically lending a helping hand, it can be a challenge sometimes. That can be said about the world in general, but when you consider the Middle East things get even more complicated. Because most regimes in the region have a stronghold on all and any kind of mass gatherings, young men and women coming together for a cause can be easily misunderstood....

Volvo hasjoined forceswith Swedish steel manufacturer SSAB to explore the development of fossil fuel-free steel for its cars. This makes Volvo the first automaker to embark on the search of a green alternative for steel production, which is otherwise responsible for about 7% of global direct carbon emissions. Specifically, steelmaking has a big carbon footprint, generating last yearover 3 billion tons of CO2. That’s because the furnaces that melt iron ore to make steel consume vast amounts of coal, which is a major energy source, but a fossil fuel nonetheless....

To date, Volvo’s electric models have been using conventional automobile architecture designed for internal combustion engines. In other words, EVs look like petrol-powered cars. But now the Swedish car maker is ready to update its own design language and philosophy, and introduce us to next generation electric vehicles. On Wednesday, the companyunveiledthe Volvo Concept Recharge SUV and, boy, is it elegant and beautiful. Designed to be the “manifesto” for next-gen all-electric vehicles, the concept car embodies Volvo’s new motto: “less but better....

Voter registration websites are crashing, locking out would-be voters The pandemic may have made the situation even worse What’s going on? Matt Bernhard, a research engineer at the nonprofit voting technology company VotingWorks, told The Markup that the cause is often simple: A website sees increased traffic, the system buckles under the load, and voters are locked out. In Pennsylvania, this year’s crash wascaused by a data center outage. Florida’s problems were blamed on heavy traffic and misconfigured servers....