A year ago, crypto successfully scraped and scrapped to get a foot in the door in Washington. But in the wake of crypto’s winter, and FTX’s spectacular collapse, that door has now slammed shut. Gaining legitimacy in Washington has been an essential part of the industry’s push into the mainstream. Read more…
“Nothing, Forever,” the infinitely-generating AI version of Seinfeld that tens of thousands of people were watching has been banned for 14 days from Twitch after Larry Feinberg — a clone of Jerry Seinfeld — made transphobic statements during a standup bit late Sunday night. From a report: “Hey everybody. Here’s Read more…
Google is working on a ChatGPT competitor named Bard. Google’s CEO, Sundar Pichai, announced the project in a blog post today, describing the tool as an “experimental conversational AI service” that will answer users’ queries and take part in conversations. The software will be available to a group of “trusted Read more…
Pakistan has unblocked Wikipedia in the South Asian market, three days after the online encyclopedia was censored in the nation over noncompliance with removing what the local regulator deemed as “sacrilegious” content. Shehbaz Sharif, the Prime Minister of Pakistan, directed the unblocking order, calling the censorship on Wikipedia “not a Read more…
Thousands of minks and foxes live a short life of horror and are killed in a cruel manner in Quebec for their fur. source
In 2017 the New York Times covered research co-authored by John Griffin, a finance professor at the University of Texas, into Hong Kong-based Bitfinex, “one of the largest and least regulated exchanges in the industry.” Mr. Griffin looked at the flow of digital tokens going in and out of Bitfinex Read more…
Pakistan has blocked Wikipedia services in the South Asian nation after the platform failed to remove “sacrilegious” content. The action was taken because some of the content is still available on Wikipedia after the expiry of a 48-hour deadline, Malahat Obaid, spokesperson for Pakistan Telecommunication Authority, said by phone.