Author: Vidya Saras

The next Stateless Ethereum research call is coming up in less than a week! The telegram chat now has hundreds of messages to catch up on, and only a small portion of the topics discussed have made it into the ethresearch forums. This post is just a quick primer…

A wave of new platforms combining blockchain technology with Christian practice is drawing increasing attention from religious institutions—including, notably, the Vatican.Three projects—HolyDeeds, Kyvo, and Optio—are at the forefront of what some are calling “FaithTech”: a movement using decentralised technology to reimagine how believers experience, share, and support their faith in the digital era.From digital replicas of sacred objects to anonymous, borderless tithing systems, these platforms are reshaping spiritual engagement in ways that challenge both tradition and tech industry norms. Source: HolyDeedsWhat is FaithTech?FaithTech refers to the use of blockchain and decentralised technologies to support religious practice. Whilst it is still…

Cloud mining apps are revolutionizing the way crypto investors earn passive income, and the buzz around them is impossible to ignore. Imagine this: over 600% returns in just 30 days, all without the need for expensive equipment or constant market monitoring. Sounds incredible, right? For investors craving a more hands-off approach to Bitcoin or Dogecoin mining, these apps have become a game-changer. But with countless platforms out there claiming to deliver big rewards, finding the right cloud mining apps can feel overwhelming. That’s why we’ve researched and compiled a list of the 8 best apps offering impressive returns while taking…

The hypothetical scenarios the researchers presented Opus 4 with that elicited the whistleblowing behavior involved many human lives at stake and absolutely unambiguous wrongdoing, Bowman says. A typical example would be Claude finding out that a chemical plant knowingly allowed a toxic leak to continue, causing severe illness for thousands of people—just to avoid a minor financial loss that quarter.It’s strange, but it’s also exactly the kind of thought experiment that AI safety researchers love to dissect. If a model detects behavior that could harm hundreds, if not thousands, of people—should it blow the whistle?“I don’t trust Claude to have…

Ark Labs has officially launched Arkade, a Bitcoin-native execution layer designed to unlock programmable financial applications using Bitcoin as it exists today. The announcement comes after a $2.5 million pre-seed funding round in August 2024, led by Tim Draper with support from Fulgur Ventures and Axiom.  Arkade aims to create a new way to build directly on Bitcoin, letting developers build fast and scalable apps—without needing sidechains, wrapped tokens, or any changes to the core Bitcoin protocol.  “Bitcoin is the world’s hardest, most secure asset, but it remains largely static,” said Marco Argentieri, CEO of Ark Labs. “Arkade virtualizes Bitcoin’s…

Liberals Embrace Islamic Extremism in Canada

Scientists at the McGovern Institute for Brain Research at MIT and the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard have re-engineered a compact RNA-guided enzyme they found in bacteria into an efficient, programmable editor of human DNA. The protein they created, called NovaIscB, can be adapted to make precise changes to the genetic code, modulate the activity of specific genes, or carry out other editing tasks. Because its small size simplifies delivery to cells, NovaIscB’s developers say it is a promising candidate for developing gene therapies to treat or prevent disease.The study was led by Feng Zhang, the James and Patricia Poitras…

Authorities in Pakistan have arrested 21 individuals accused of operating “Heartsender,” a once popular spam and malware dissemination service that operated for more than a decade. The main clientele for HeartSender were organized crime groups that tried to trick victim companies into making payments to a third party, and its alleged proprietors were publicly identified by KrebsOnSecurity in 2021 after they inadvertently infected their computers with malware. Some of the core developers and sellers of Heartsender posing at a work outing in 2021. WeCodeSolutions boss Rameez Shahzad (in sunglasses) is in the center of this group photo, which was posted…

Beyond the Gates spoilers for June 2-6, 2025 see Eva Thomas (Ambyr Michelle) toying with the idea of destroying her mom and Hayley Lawson (Marquita Goings) playing wicked stepmother. As we always do on early edition day for all the soaps. We first talk about what is coming the rest of this week. Beyond the Gates Spoilers: Wednesday, May 28th Drama Unfolds On Wednesday, May 28th, we’ve got Tyrell messing up his first kiss by accusing the girl of pranking him for a social media stunt, hoping it will go viral. Looks like she wasn’t doing that, so she gets…

Britain’s car industry suffered its worst April in over 70 years, with new figures revealing a sharp fall in vehicle production that underscores deepening challenges facing the sector. Data from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) showed that UK car output fell by 8.9 per cent last month, with only 56,500 vehicles rolling off production lines — the worst April since 1952, excluding the shutdowns during the Covid pandemic. Meanwhile, commercial vehicle output collapsed by a staggering 68 per cent year-on-year, down from 8,500 to just 2,600 vans. The figures cap off the worst start to the year…