Bruce Bentley

Photo Submitted As this year's Election Day draws near, there may be questions about how University of Arkansas employees can participate in the political process. Now is a good time to review University policies regarding political activity as well as the use of university facilities and outdoor space. ENGAGING IN POLITICAL ACTIVITY The U of A respects the right of all employees to engage in political activity. However, employees may not involve the institution's name, symbols, property or supplies in political activities. For example, U of A employees cannot use their titles, emails, letterhead, logos, or any university-related communications to participate in political activity. It is also not permissible to engage in political activities during work hours or with U of A-issued technology and devices at any time. It is also advised that U...

In the sports collectibles world, cardboard is still king — for now. Despite the boom and subsequent semi-bust of digital sports collectibles in the past couple of years, the world of tangible sports collectibles — cards, jerseys, memorabilia and all things in between — has remained hot. The record for most ever paid for sports memorabilia has been broken three times this year, although prices for some popular cards have dipped from their peaks in 2020 and 2021. That market has been boosted by a thriving online content industry surrounding sports cards and memorabilia. Dozens of YouTube channels, podcasts and TikTok accounts track the market, with some offering a way for people to purchase cards, jerseys and even autographed football helmets. That's fueled some optimism that NFTs, or non-fungible tokens (blockchain-based tokens tied to digital art) aren't set to replace the thrill of opening a pack of cards anytime soon. "I would say the future is 100% tangible," sa...

Oct 7 (Reuters) - Deciding who gets hurt by sweeping new US curbs on selling technology to China will come down in part to what constitutes a "supercomputer," experts told Reuters. Around the world, the semiconductor industry on Friday began to wrestle with wide-ranging US restrictions on selling chips and chip manufacturing equipment to China. Shares of chip equipment makers drooped, but industry experts said a new US definition of a supercomputer could be pivotal to the new rules' impact on China. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com register Supercomputers can be used in developing nuclear weapons and other military technologies, and experts say how to define them has long bedeviled regulators trying to pin down an ever-advancing technological target. The new American rules define supercomputers broadly in terms of computing power in a defined space: a machine with 100 petaflops - the ability to carry out 100 trillion operations per second - in 41,600 ...