Author: Vidya Saras

TikTok is once again available for download in the US, after former president Donald Trump granted a 75-day extension on enforcing a law that would ban the app unless its Chinese owner, ByteDance, sells its US operations. The popular video-sharing platform, which has more than 170 million American users, briefly disappeared from Apple and Google’s US app stores last month as the original ban deadline loomed. However, following Trump’s executive order postponing enforcement until 5 April, the app was reinstated after assurances were given that Apple and Google would not face liability for allowing downloads. The legislation banning TikTok was…

Bitcoin banks are going to happen. We already have a few of them. We’re going to have more of them. Existing legacy banks are going to start offering services. New banks are going to be founded around Bitcoin. This is completely unavoidable at this point. Bitcoin doesn’t scale. Even absent that, people value other services that inherently require other parties. Debt being the chief one. This is an inescapable reality. Even if we could snap our fingers and roll out every well specified opcode and covenant proposal at once, it would still take a lot of time to begin building…

Michigan has recently taken a significant step in the realm of cryptocurrency policy, becoming the latest US state to propose the creation of a strategic Bitcoin reserve. On February 13, Representatives Bryan Posthumus and Ron Robinson introduced HB 4087, a bill aimed at amending the state’s Management and Budget Act. This proposed legislation would allow Michigan to establish a Bitcoin reserve using funds from the state’s general and economic stabilization accounts. Michigan Joins Growing List Of States Considering Crypto Reserve Bill The initiative is part of a broader trend in which states across the country are considering crypto reserves as…

Searchlight PicturesAmong the many controversies of this year’s Oscars race, some believe that favourites to take home the acting awards have been recognised in the wrong category.This year’s race to the Oscars has been shockingly chaotic and vitriolic, with one actor’s history of bigoted social media posts and two directors’ use of AI being revealed, and plenty of gossip about who is behind all this revealing. Another contentious topic has been “category fraud” – that is, the phenomenon of actors being nominated in categories where many believe they don’t really belong. “Absolute category fraud” said one X user, of Kieran…

The Pectra network upgrade is scheduled to activate on Ethereum testnets! Pectra Overview It will go live on Holesky at epoch 115968 (Feb. 24, 21:55 UTC) and then on Sepolia at epoch 222464 (Mar. 5, 7:29 UTC). The Pectra testnet client releases are listed below. Once both testnets have successfully upgraded, a mainnet activation epoch will be chosen. Pectra follows last year’s Dencun upgrade. It introduces features to augment Ethereum accounts, improve the validator experience, support L2 scaling, and more! This post explores these three major improvements in detail. For a more comprehensive overview, see ethereum.org’s guide to the upgrade.…

Today I’m excited to dive into the topic of circadian alignment, including circadian fasting and using light, food, and sleep as major circadian signaling cues. I got the idea from a recent (and controversial!) social media post.  “Underrated health tip, stop eating when the sun goes down and watch your sleep transform.” After posting the above I was accused of being a bad mom, of having an eating disorder, and other more ahem… colorful comments.  In that short post, I didn’t detail all of the exceptions and many of you called me out on it. I didn’t talk about or…

In this Designer Spotlight, we feature Jhosue Mesias, a digital designer and Awwwards Young Jury member. With a background in programming and self-learning, he pushes creative boundaries, crafting immersive digital experiences that blend art direction, UI/UX, and storytelling. Here, he shares insights into his creative process and highlights some of his most impactful projects. Hi! I’m Jhosue Mesias, an independent digital designer from Ecuador, specializing in UI/UX with a deep passion for art direction. I focus on creating immersive digital experiences that engage users and help brands stand out in a competitive market. My mission is to turn visual identities…

It is not unusual to see a Saturn V launch while viewing a film at Space Center Houston. Never before, though, has that spectacle stretched beyond the center’s five-story-tall screen to fill the theater’s walls and extend out onto the floor.That is what happens now with the premiere of “The Moonwalkers: A Journey with Tom Hanks.”Marking not only its debut at the visitor center for NASA’s Johnson Space Center, but also its first time being shown in the United States, “The Moonwalkers” is a 50-minute-long immersive experience that envelops viewers in NASA’s historic Apollo moon landings, as well the agency’s…

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The United Nations peacekeeping force in Lebanon says its outgoing deputy commander has been injured after one of its convoys was “violently attacked”.The UN Interim Force in Lebanon (Unifil) said in a statement that the convoy was taking peacekeepers to Beirut airport when it was targeted and one of its vehicles set on fire.Protesters have been blocking the road to the airport following a decision by the Lebanese government to bar two Iranian planes from landing. Both Lebanon’s President Joseph Aoun and the country’s army condemned the attack on Unifil, and said they would work to arrest those involved.Several videos…