Author: Vidya Saras

The Ethereum Protocol Fellowship (EPF) is a program designed to reduce the barrier to entry for developers interested in working on the core protocol. As core developer (and EPF creator) Piper Merriam likes to say, the door is comically wide open. EPF helps you walk through it. Over the past two cohorts, one of the most frequent request we’ve received from applicants & participants was for better onboarding materials. Josh and Mario, the coordinators of the EPF, are excited to announce the launch of the EPF study group (EPFsg): a 10 week education series intended as a precursor to the…

Essex have won the English Men’s County Championship for just the second time ever, and the first time since 2009, after a tense final-day win over Gloucestershire at Whittington Heath Golf Club in Staffordshire. After Essex edged the Sunday morning foursomes, Lincolnshire meanwhile were looking to win their first – and only – title since 1974, but needed to beat Cumbria and hope Gloucestershire could do them a favour. There was still hope for Cumbria and Gloucestershire, who could still win the event themselves if results went their way. Lincolnshire went about their business with a fine 6-3 win over…

Along the way, the aesthetic and style of these videos started to change. The early viral renovation videos from Designer Bob were silly but could sometimes be mistaken for genuine design content. Newer videos were more ludicrous, the renovations more fantastical, their action narrated by a droning AI voice. That’s just the way TikTok’s remix culture works, says Alex Turvy, who studies digital culture.“We’re going to see trends like this become more and more absurd until they burn out,” he says.There’s even a spin-off meme specifically about “galvanized square steel,” to the point where some users have questioned whether the…

Young and the Restless weekly spoilers find Daniel Romalotti heartbroken after receiving horrible news during the week of September 30 – October 4, 2024. Meanwhile, someone steps up and two people grow closer on Y&R. Take a look at the latest spoilers for the CBS soap opera. Young and the Restless Weekly Spoilers: Daniel Romalotti Receives Devastating News About Heather Stevens This week, Young and the Restless weekly spoilers see Daniel Romalotti searching for his girlfriend, Heather Stevens. Recently, Sharon Newman killed Heather during a bipolar blackout. Then, she used Heather’s phone to text Daniel and tell him she was leaving town…

At the recent 2024 Global Search Awards, rugby news platform, RugbyPass, was named the winner of two hotly contested and highly coveted awards – the ‘Best Use of Content Marketing’ and ‘Best Use of PR’. RugbyPass, alongside its partnered digital agency, Another Concept, were recognised in these categories for their campaign work during the 2023 Rugby World Cup. The content marketing award entry was primarily for RugbyPass’ custom-built, on-site interactive content tools that allowed users to select and share their predictions and greatest line-ups for the sport’s flagship tournament. These ‘picker tools’ and their supporting, search-led content saw big engagement…

Is your to-do list overwhelming? Do the demands of family or work stress you out? Or maybe it’s politics, climate change, or global conflict that are making you feel anxious. It’s impossible to eliminate all your stress, but science shows you can learn to manage it better. Over the last 20 years, Judith Moskowitz a research psychologist at Northwestern’s Feinberg School of Medicine, has been researching a set of eight skills and practices to help people increase positive emotions and decrease anxiety, even amid hard times. And she’s developed an online course to teach these skills, a kind of master…

How can someone fly to space without becoming an astronaut, having millions of dollars or being a celebrity?On Aug. 29, Blue Origin successfully completed its eighth human spaceflight and the 26th mission of its New Shepard suborbital program overall. Onboard this flight was Eiman Jahangir, a Tennessee cardiologist who earned his seat not just by chance, but through unwavering dedication to his dream.Space.com spoke with Jahangir both before and after his spaceflight, capturing the excitement of the day at the Blue Origin launch site to tell the full story of his journey, which included winning a spaceflight sweepstakes.Helping to open…

Politics / September 27, 2024 Democratic candidates have organizational advantages in states like Arizona and Nevada that could turn out more voters than polling suggests. Ad Policy Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris and US Senate candidate Ruben Gallego order food at Cocina Adamex restaurant on August 9, 2024, in Phoenix, Arizona.(Photo by Andrew Harnik / Getty Images) With seven of the key swing states now showing tight contests between Vice President Kamala Harris and former president Donald Trump, it’s possible that the presidential election will hinge on the key Sun Belt states of Arizona and Nevada. In both of those…

Imagine having to straighten up a messy kitchen, starting with a counter littered with sauce packets. If your goal is to wipe the counter clean, you might sweep up the packets as a group. If, however, you wanted to first pick out the mustard packets before throwing the rest away, you would sort more discriminately, by sauce type. And if, among the mustards, you had a hankering for Grey Poupon, finding this specific brand would entail a more careful search.MIT engineers have developed a method that enables robots to make similarly intuitive, task-relevant decisions.The team’s new approach, named Clio, enables…

Tor has been a financial backer of Tails for some time, and developers of the two platforms have been collaborating since 2015. Both rely on donations from organizations and users (The Tor Project is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, so donations are tax-deductible for anyone paying US taxes). But late last year, Tails approached the Tor Project with the idea of merging operations, since, the announcement noted, Tails had outgrown its existing structure. Among other things, the merger will help spread the reach of Tails, and let the Tails team concentrate on their core mission, it said. Tor, short for The Onion…