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Is the US government about to legally curtail proof of work crypto projects? Intel’s big new GPU specs. Uber Eats signs a deal to get into the ankle bots business. What I believe is the oldest startup ever to be acquired by a tech giant. And, of course, the weekend longreads suggestions. Sponsors: DataTribe.com, enter by Sept. 23 Ramp.com/techmeme Links: White House report proposes possible restrictions on proof-of-work crypto mining (The Block) Intel Reveals Specifications For Arc Alchemist Desktop GPUs (Tom's Hardware) Uber Eats and Nuro sign a 10-year deal to do robot food delivery in California and Texas (The Verge) Amazon is buying Cloostermans, a mechatronics specialist in Belgium, to ramp up its robotics operations (The Verge) Weekend Longreads Suggestions: With Stable Diffusion, you may never believe what you see online again (ArsTechnica) They built a Minecraft crypto empire. Then it all came crashing down (Rest of World) Inside the World's First No-Coiner Conference (Decrypt)