Author: Vidya Saras

“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.” -U.S. Constitution, First Amendment. Image: Shutterstock, zimmytws. In an address to Congress this month, President Trump claimed he had “brought free speech back to America.” But barely two months into his second term, the president has waged an unprecedented attack on the First Amendment rights of journalists, students, universities, government workers, lawyers and judges. This…

Reason to trust Strict editorial policy that focuses on accuracy, relevance, and impartiality Created by industry experts and meticulously reviewed The highest standards in reporting and publishing Strict editorial policy that focuses on accuracy, relevance, and impartiality Morbi pretium leo et nisl aliquam mollis. Quisque arcu lorem, ultricies quis pellentesque nec, ullamcorper eu odio. Este artículo también está disponible en español. Dogecoin is trading around a key demand zone as the entire crypto market battles renewed selling pressure. Among the hardest-hit segments are meme coins, which have seen sharp pullbacks in recent days. Dogecoin, the original and most recognized meme…

Sister Wives star Meri Brown is all over the place today and she looks wonderful in a bathing suit during the hiatus of the TLC series. The first wife of the once-shared husband, Kody Brown, is also happy to squash the rumors floating around online. Plus she’s offering up some news of her own. Sister Wives: Meri Brown Updates Her Fans Besides her Sister Wives series, Meri Brown does an online show, Fridays with Friends, with her best friend, Jenn Sullivan. At one time she offered a disclaimer before they’d start taking questions from fans. That disclaimer said if you…

Ensuring a building has adequate fire exits is the top consideration during fire safety inspections, according to Van Arnel J. Pacatang, chief of the fire prevention section of the Makati City Fire Station. Interview by Patricia Mirasol Video editing by Arjale Queral

Tracy Jin, the chief operating officer at the MEXC crypto exchange, warns that tokenizing real-world assets (RWAs) carries a substantial amount of centralized risks that can lead to censorship, liquidity issues, legal uncertainty, cybersecurity problems, and asset confiscation through state or third-party intermediaries.In an interview with Cointelegraph, the executive said that as long as tokenized assets remain under the purview of state regulators and centralized intermediaries, then “tokenization will simply be a new version of old financial infrastructure and not a financial revolution.” Jin added:”Most tokenized assets will be issued on permissioned or semi-centralized blockchains. This gives authorities the power…

While everyone is staring in amazement on December 1st, 12pm UTC anticipating the Eth 2.0 Beaconchain genesis, within the JavaScript team we quietly prepared our own little genesis release in the shadows. Being very much around the good ol’ Eth 1.0 chain we are nevertheless very much excited on this too. 😀 Some background story: the EthereumJS ecosystem around the VM consists of a very modular set of libraries (vm, blockchain, merkle-patricia-tree, tx,…), each encapsulating its own dedicated set of functionality. While this is great for the user, it turned out to be not so great for development since it…

Animoca Brands has announced a new partnership with Sony Block Solutions Labs to develop blockchain-based identity infrastructure and support anime-themed projects on Soneium—Sony’s Ethereum Layer 2 blockchain.The collaboration introduces Anime ID, a decentralised identity system built by San FranTokyo, a contributor to the Anime Foundation. It will serve as the first implementation of Moca Network’s identity tools on Soneium. Moca Network will play a central role in enabling these features through its AIR SDK (Account, Identity, Reputation Software Development Kit), which provides account management and credential verification across applications.The partnership also includes a cultural component: a series of anime-related campaigns…

The reserve will mainly hold previously seized crypto, but a calculated BTC buying strategy is eventually possible. U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order on March 6 to establish a strategic cryptocurrency reserve and stockpile. The order first creates a strategic reserve composed of Bitcoin (BTC) previously seized by the U.S. government and currently held by the Treasury. The government has committed to not selling Bitcoin stored in the reserve. It secondarily creates a U.S. Digital Asset Stockpile made up of assets other than the BTC seized by the government and held by the Treasury. Unlike with the main…

The researchers of Anthropic’s interpretability group know that Claude, the company’s large language model, is not a human being, or even a conscious piece of software. Still, it’s very hard for them to talk about Claude, and advanced LLMs in general, without tumbling down an anthropomorphic sinkhole. Between cautions that a set of digital operations is in no way the same as a cogitating human being, they often talk about what’s going on inside Claude’s head. It’s literally their job to find out. The papers they publish describe behaviors that inevitably court comparisons with real-life organisms. The title of one…

Donald Trump’s cruel and chaotic second term is just getting started. In his first month back in office, Trump and his lackey Elon Musk (or is it the other way around?) have proven that nothing is safe from sacrifice at the altar of unchecked power and riches. Only robust independent journalism can cut through the noise and offer clear-eyed reporting and analysis based on principle and conscience. That’s what The Nation has done for 160 years and that’s what we’re doing now. Our independent journalism doesn’t allow injustice to go unnoticed or unchallenged—nor will we abandon hope for a better…