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/FEATURED AGRIVOLTAICS CAN PROVIDE FOOD AND ENERGY FOR GROWING WORLD POPULATION Agrivoltaics, the co-location of solar PV with crop production, solves at least two critical needs. Solar provides the renewable energy needed to mitigate climate change effects while meeting global energy demands. And crops grown alongside solar helps to feed the burgeoning population, anticipated to grow to nearly 10 billion people worldwide by 2050 according to the United Nations. PV Magazine

/INNOVATION BIG BRAIN TIME You have a big idea — maybe even two or three. But you don't know how to turn that idea into a reality. You have an idea for the next big SaaS product but don't have the money (or patience) to hire someone else and you don't know how to code. Stop worrying and get making, because… [Partner] WE HAVE THE SOLUTION RIGHT HERE »

/STORIES NEXT STEP IN SURVEILLANCE AI: FINDING OUT WHO YOUR FRIENDS ARE Surveillance technology enhanced by artificial intelligence can track individuals and identify their associations by finding those who have appeared on surveillance cameras within a few minutes of the individual. A Silicon Valley-based tech firm, Vintra, offers the co-appearance feature as part of a suite of video analysis tools and has already sold its services to the IRS, police, and sports teams like the 49ers. While this kind of tech is often used by authoritarian regimes, Vintra is the first company to market it in the West. Tech Xplore MAN ARRESTED AFTER KEEPING 800-YEAR-OLD MALE MUMMY AS HIS 'SPIRITUAL GIRLFRIEND' A man in Peru was arrested after being found in possession of a 600-to-800-year-old mummy, who he called "Juanita," and claimed was his girlfriend. The mummy, actually believed to be an adult male, has been taken by the Ministry of Culture and deemed a national cultural asset. Talk about forbidden love. IFLScience THERE ARE DIFFERENT WAYS TO THINK ABOUT MONEY Alternative assets are one way to think about how you invest. Another way? Buying businesses, creating income streams, and generally doing what other people don't do these days — old school business with a new school mindset. That's where Contrarian Thinking comes in. This newsletter will do things like: Teach you how to build multiple income streams, identify under-appreciated sectors (small bay warehouses, anyone?), and teach how to financially think outside the box so you (and not just people blessed with a trust fund and millions in their banks at the age of 18) can win. IT'S TIME TO WIN » RESEARCHERS SAY THEY CAN USE THE QUANTUM WORLD TO REVERSE TIME 5 years ago, a demi-god who wiped out half of all living life in the universe was killed, his plan a success. In order to reverse the damage, an ex-convict is going to team up with a group of super-powered humans and use the "Quantum realm" to go back in time and undo the tragedy. Yes, that's the plot of Avengers: Endgame and yes, that's also essentially the breakthrough that Spanish researchers have been working on for a few years now. BGR

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/CURIOUS //QUESTION OF THE DAY HOW WOULD YOU INVEST $1,000,000 TODAY? Someone hands you a perfect legal and verified set of 10,000 $100 bills. $1,000,000, to be exact. The catch? Like Brewster, you have to invest it in one sector by midnight. What do you choose? TELL US NOW »

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