Author: Vidya Saras
Meet Samuel Edyme, Nickname – HIM-buktu. A web3 content writer, journalist, and aspiring trader, Edyme is as versatile as they come. With a knack for words and a nose for trends, he has penned pieces for numerous industry player, including AMBCrypto, Blockchain.News, and Blockchain Reporter, among others. Edyme’s foray into the crypto universe is nothing short of cinematic. His journey began not with a triumphant investment, but with a scam. Yes, a Ponzi scheme that used crypto as payment roped him in. Rather than retreating, he emerged wiser and more determined, channeling his experience into over three years of insightful…
Although the internet has been more quiet than usual, we’ve been super busy hacking away on eth2! Between Devcon5 and keeping our heads down to work, it seems we’ve left the community in the dark on a couple of items. Here’s a quick update to fill in the gaps. Deposit Contract Although the deposit contract has been written, tested, and formally verified, we are working to allow the BLS standardization to stablize prior to launch. One goal of eth2 is to be easily interoperable with other blockchains and systems in general, and to that end, we do not want our…
Web3 MMO Calamity have announced that their Factory NFTs – a digital collectible that will be key to their upcoming $WYRM token – will first become available on July 3.Alongside the ability to be staked for the $WYRM token, Factory NFTs will give holders a “personal in-game space” with “unique mechanics and real utility”, alongside a host of other benefits that offer players a leg-up on the competition.This NFT sale is, according to their previously-shared 2025 roadmap, set to be the precursor to the game’s official Season 1 release – with “performance-based” play-to-earn mechanics and a swathe of new additions…
Traders from the US have just sent Bitcoin Pepe flying past $16.1m as Tier 1 exchange listings turn rumors into reality. On June 27 alone, over $500,000 flooded into Bitcoin Pepe, driven by whispers of major listings, and now, it’s official: MEXC will list BPEP right after presale ends, joining BitMart, which announced its listing on June 17, triggering another $300K surge in presale. With $16.1m already raised, both early believers and FOMO-driven newcomers are in a rush to grab a piece of the first meme coin ICO on Bitcoin before its official listing. Visit the official Bitcoin Pepe website for…
Mark Zuckerberg notified Meta staff today to introduce them to the new superintelligence team. The memo, which WIRED obtained, lists names and bios for the recently hired employees, many of whom came from rival AI firms like OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google.Over the past few months, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has been on a recruiting frenzy to poach some of the most sought-after talent in AI. The social media giant has invested $14.3 billion in Scale AI and hired Alexandr Wang, its CEO, to run Meta’s Superintelligence Labs. News of the memo was first reported by Bloomberg.“We’re going to call our…
Universal StudiosStarring Scarlett Johansson and Jonathan Bailey, the latest in the dinosaur blockbuster series follows the template created by the original Jurassic Park – but it’s no match for it.Eww. There is a definite whiff of staleness about the latest Jurassic film, which strains to come up with a fresh take on a formula – outrun those dinosaurs – that has made billions of dollars and clearly can’t be messed with too much. It turns out the film-makers should have messed with it a little more. Jurassic World Rebirth has major stars in Scarlett Johansson and Jonathan Bailey, and better-designed…
As America enters the Fourth of July with a president behaving in un-American ways, it’s worth wondering what patriotism should look like.
Several researchers have taken a broad view of scientific progress over the last 50 years and come to the same troubling conclusion: Scientific productivity is declining. It’s taking more time, more funding, and larger teams to make discoveries that once came faster and cheaper. Although a variety of explanations have been offered for the slowdown, one is that, as research becomes more complex and specialized, scientists must spend more time reviewing publications, designing sophisticated experiments, and analyzing data.Now, the philanthropically funded research lab FutureHouse is seeking to accelerate scientific research with an AI platform designed to automate many of the…
Agents with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) briefed Capitol Hill staff recently on hardening the security of their mobile devices, after a contacts list stolen from the personal phone of the White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles was reportedly used to fuel a series of text messages and phone calls impersonating her to U.S. lawmakers. But in a letter this week to the FBI, one of the Senate’s most tech-savvy lawmakers says the feds aren’t doing enough to recommend more appropriate security protections that are already built into most consumer mobile devices. A screenshot of the first page…
new video loaded: R.F.K. Jr. Says U.S. Will Stop Funding Global Vaccine AgencytranscriptBacktranscriptR.F.K. Jr. Says U.S. Will Stop Funding Global Vaccine AgencyRobert F. Kennedy Jr., the health and human services secretary, said the United States would not deliver on a $1.2 billion pledge made by the Biden administration until the organization changed its processes.There’s much that I admire about Gavi, especially its commitment to making medicine affordable to all the world’s people. Gavi has done that part of its job very well. Unfortunately, in its zeal to promote universal vaccination, it has neglected the key issue of vaccine safety. When…