Welcome to the 47th edition of The Daily Zap — A Daily Newspaper (Kind of 🙏). Here, you'll get links to all of the latest news and updates mostly from the last 24 hours, divided in Sections (much similar to pages on a newspaper).

Let's unfold!

~Bitcoin News of the Day~Bitcoin News of the Day

Bitcoin mining bans may lead to 'unintended consequences' for environment

• They indicated that if countries that use more eco-friendly sources of energy ban Bitcoin mining, the activity may move to less environmentally friendly nations, resulting in increased carbon emissions for the global economy.

Global Trade & ~EconGlobal Trade & ~Econ

Federal Reserve and Peers will go ahead with rate cuts after this week’s US election

• Election aside, US policymakers have already communicated a desire to proceed with a more gradual pace of rate cuts after September’s half-point reduction. Economists widely expect a quarter-point move on Thursday, followed by another in December — and their conviction grew after data on Friday showed the weakest hiring since 2020.

~Politics_and_Law~Politics_and_Law

‘Cesspools,’ ‘Hellholes’ and ‘Beautiful Places’: How Trump Describes the U.S.

• Donald J. Trump’s penchant for criticism extends to a topic that’s usually sacrosanct for candidates — the cities and states in the nation he aims to lead.

~Stacker_Sports News~Stacker_Sports News

NBA investigating reports that Philadelphia 76ers’ Joel Embiid shoved columnist

• visibly angry Embiid confronted Philadelphia Inquirer columnist Marcus Hayes as reporters entered the Sixers locker room, according to the Associated Press.

~Tech & ~Science~Tech & ~Science

Quantum Breakthrough Could Propel Superconductors to the Next Level

• Physicists at Rice University and their collaborators have made a discovery that sheds new light on magnetism and electronic interactions in advanced materials, with the potential to transform technologies like quantum computing and high-temperature superconductors.

~History with Mystery~History with Mystery

The Allure of Medieval Churches

• In the 1860s a young architect arrives in a small town in southern England. He has been sent to renovate the town’s great church, a splendid medieval building which has fallen into disrepair. The roof is leaking, the fabric is mouldering and as the floor decays the local doctor worries infection will spread from the graves beneath the church; the dead, he fears, will begin to poison the living.

~Entertainment World~Entertainment World

Harris makes a surprise appearance on 'Saturday Night Live'

• In the opening sketch, Rudolph, playing Harris, lamented, "I wish I could talk to someone who's been in my shoes," before turning to a mirror, where the vice president herself appeared, dressed identically.

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