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On the 18th of October, Celestia Foundation announced that it had raised $55 million in funding for modular blockchain architecture. The companies who led their hand in this funding to Celestia are Polychain Capital, Bain Capital Crypto, Jutta Steiner, Galaxy, Eric Wall, Delphi Digital, Placeholder, FTX Ventures, Jump Crypto, and Balaji Srinivasan. Celestica indicated that it would use this fund to build a modular blockchain architecture that would solve the challenges inherent when scaling and deploying blockchains. The company intends to build an infrastructure that will make it easy for anyone with the technical knowledge to deploy their blockchain at…
Teachers say they are powerless to deal with damaging elements of social media and are calling for more parental vigilance Victoria Tully, co-headteacher at Fulham Cross girls’ school, a state secondary in west London, had no idea that her new first years had invited people from outside the school to join their WhatsApp group. She only found out when a “strange man” shared “horrible pictures” with the 11-year-olds and someone alerted a teacher. Tully explains that many first years have been given a phone for the first time and they see social media as “benign” and exciting. She has learned that all too often…
Vodafone and the owner of Three UK have confirmed they are in talks about a potential merger that would create Britain’s biggest mobile operator. Amid the wave of consolidation in the British and European telecoms sectors in recent years, Vodafone and CK Hutchison, the parent company of Three UK, have long been considered potential candidates for a tie-up. A merger of Vodafone and Three – the UK’s third- and fourth-biggest mobile operators respectively – would catapult the newly combined company above rivals EE and O2, with more than 27 million subscribers. “Vodafone confirms that it is in discussions with CK…
A Google engineer has been suspended after going public with his claims that the company’s flagship text generation AI, LaMDA, is “sentient”. Blake Lemoine, an AI researcher at the company, published a long transcript of a conversation with the chatbot on Saturday, which, he says, demonstrates the intelligence of a seven- or eight-year-old child. Since publishing the conversation, and speaking to the Washington Post about his beliefs, Lemoine has been suspended on full pay. The company says he broke confidentiality rules. But his publication has restarted a long-running debate about the nature of artificial intelligence, and whether existing technology may be more advanced than we believe.…
Elon Musk has offered to complete his proposed $44bn (£38bn) acquisition of Twitter in a dramatic U-turn on his decision to walk away from the deal. Lawyers for Musk confirmed in a court filing on Tuesday that the world’s richest man is prepared to push ahead with the transaction on the agreed terms following months of legal drama. The filing followed a report from Bloomberg on Tuesday that the Tesla chief executive had written to Twitter offering to close the deal at the original price of $54.20 a share, which resulted in a temporary suspension of trading in the company’s stock as the…
Elon Musk is under a federal investigation related to his $44bn takeover of Twitter, the social media company has said in a court filing made public on Thursday. While the filing said he was under investigation, it did not say what the focus was, or which federal authorities were investigating. Twitter, which sued Musk in July to force him to close the deal, said attorneys for the Tesla CEO had claimed “investigative privilege” when refusing to hand over documents it had sought. In late September, Musk’s attorneys provided a “privilege log” identifying documents to be withheld. The log referenced drafts…
On Sunday, in a Sensational match, Minnesota Vikings beat New Orleans Saints by 28-25 with Joseph’s late field goal, the trusty boot of Greg Joseph, and a dynamite offensive display from Justin Jefferson. The last goal, which changed the situation of the match, was set up by the receiver Justin’s electric pace, and Joseph scored it with his trusty boot. The Saints, who were leading the points with nine minutes left, when Joseph scored the goal, they sank. In the end, Wil Lutz attempted a last-second monster 65-yard field goal to lead the Saints to win, but his effort went…
On Sunday, at Accor Stadium, in the National Rugby League grand final, Penrith Panthers beat Parramatta Eels by 28-12 and won the grand final NRL. In the final game, the Panthers used the first half very well as they scored well enough points in it and turned the game of rugby league for Eels much more difficult to win. In the whole game, Parramatta was in a bad situation on the points table, as in the 75th minute, they were on zero points. After a very desperate start, Eels finally realized the importance of the game, and in the 77th…
On Sunday, in the Premiership Rugby league, Harlequins beat Northampton by 35-29. The two sides fully committed to playing their rugby on the front foot, and the result was another wildly fluctuating try-fest . Harlequins had been leading 35-15 with just 12 minutes left, but last-quarter tries from George Furbank and Tom James propelled the Saints right back into the game, and this late turnover saved the hosts from last-gasp embarrassment. Harlequins have now scored twenty tries in their four league games so far, and in this match, the hooker Jack Musk contributed two tries. Alex Mitchell, Rory Hutchinson, Alex…
On Saturday night, at the Australia Cup final, some Sydney United 58 fans displayed the Hitler salute, and Football Australia is trawling through video footage of these fans. The New South Wales Jewish Board of Deputies has called for the fans to be given lifetime bans who displayed Nazi symbols and salutes at the match. More than 16,400 crowds gathered at Commbank Stadium to watch the final match between Macarthur FC and Sydney United. Macarthur FC won the final match of the Australia Cup final by 2-0 against Sydney United. In the pre-match welcome to country and the national anthem,…