Author: Vidya Saras
Nearly 25 years after Kid Rock released “Cool, Daddy Cool,” the song has sparked newfound controversy. Rock dropped “Cool, Daddy Cool” in 2001, two decades before he was tapped to headline Turning Point USA’s alternate 2026 Super Bowl Halftime Show. “We plan to play great songs for folks who love America,” Rock said in a February 2026 statement. “We’re approaching this show like David and Goliath. Competing with the pro football machine and a global pop superstar is almost impossible … or is it?” Rock’s halftime show will compete with Bad Bunny, who is slated to headline the official mid-game…
By Katherine K. Chan, Reporter PHILIPPINE INFLATION accelerated to its fastest pace in nearly a year in January amid a faster rise in rents and electricity rates, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported. Headline inflation picked up to 2% from 1.8% in December but slowed from 2.9% in the same month last year. This was the fastest pace seen in 11 months or since 2.1% in February 2025. It also marked the first time in almost a year that the consumer price index (CPI) hit the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas’ (BSP) 2%-4% target. The January clip was likewise above…
Virginia lawmakers are moving forward with a proposal that would place the Commonwealth among a growing number of states exploring direct exposure to bitcoin and other digital assets through public reserves. Senate Bill 557, patroned by Senator Reeves, would establish the Commonwealth Strategic Cryptocurrency Reserve Fund, a special nonreverting fund housed in the state treasury and administered by the Virginia State Treasurer. The measure advanced this week after passing the Senate General Laws and Technology Committee in a 13–2 vote. Under the legislation, Virginia would be authorized to invest state-held funds directly into bitcoin or other qualifying cryptocurrencies, creating what…
One of the questions that has perhaps been central to my own research in blockchain technology is: ultimately, what is it even useful for? Why do we need blockchains for anything, what kinds of services should be run on blockchain-like architectures, and why specifically should services be run on blockchains instead of just living on plain old servers? Exactly how much value do blockchains provide: are they absolutely essential, or are they just nice to have? And, perhaps most importantly of all, what is the “killer app” going to be? Over the last few months, I have spent a lot…
The landscape of leading crypto payment gateways in 2025 includes a mix of established providers and innovative newcomers that prioritize speed, regulatory compliance, low fees, and seamless fiat on- and off-ramps; merchants and consumers are choosing solutions that support multi-chain settlements, stablecoin payouts, instant conversion to local currency, robust fraud prevention, and easy API integrations for e-commerce platforms and POS systems, with notable names offering merchant dashboards, invoicing, chargeback protection, and global payout networks to simplify accepting cryptocurrencies while managing volatility and compliance across jurisdictions.How crypto payment service providers work involves integrating blockchain-based payment rails into merchant systems so customers…
Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure Vitalik Buterin is signaling a major reframing of Ethereum’s layer-2 narrative: not the death of rollups, but the end of the idea that L2s are shards whose primary job is scaling the network. With L1 fees now low and gas limit projected to rise sharply in 2026, he argues the rollup-centric roadmap’s original premise no longer fits the reality on the ground. Buterin opened his X post on Feb. 3 by pointing to two pressures that have been building in parallel: L2s have moved to “stage 2”…
Greinar Hugmyndir um hvernig á að reikna út þín eigin veðskilyrði Að fá hundrað ókeypis snúninga hvata? Hverjir eru hvatarnir eins og 100 dollara ókeypis kartöfluflögur? Ókeypis snúningar í Bandaríkjunum fyrir fjárhættuspil Við höfum komist að því að þessi tegund fjárhættuspilafyrirtækja virðist bjóða upp á nýja bónusa án innleggs, bæði fyrir nýja og núverandi spilara. Vinnupallurinn einbeitir sér að spilavítisupplifun með meiri spilakassa, fjárhagsaðstoð með dulritunargjaldmiðlum og áframhaldandi hvata, en býður einnig upp á samþætta veðmálasíðu fyrir spilara sem vilja veðja á leiki ásamt spilavítisleikjum. Uppgötvaðu betri bónusa án innleggs sem eru uppfærðir daglega, ásamt ókeypis snúningum, aukabónuspeningum og þú…
Five years ago, mathematicians Dawei Chen and Quentin Gendron were trying to untangle a difficult area of algebraic geometry involving differentials, elements of calculus used to measure distance along curved surfaces. While working on one theorem, they ran into an unexpected roadblock: Their argument depended on a strange formula from number theory, but they were unable to solve or justify it. In the end, Chen and Gendron wrote a paper presenting their idea as a conjecture, rather than a theorem.Chen recently spent hours prompting ChatGPT in the hopes of getting the AI to come up with a solution to the…
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Brian Hedden PhD ’12 has been appointed co-associate dean of the Social and Ethical Responsibilities of Computing (SERC) at MIT, a cross-cutting initiative in the MIT Schwarzman College of Computing, effective Jan. 16.Hedden is a professor in the Department of Linguistics and Philosophy, holding an MIT Schwarzman College of Computing shared position with the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS). He joined the MIT faculty last fall from the Australian National University and the University of Sydney, where he previously served as a faculty member. He earned his BA from Princeton University and his PhD from MIT, both…