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A layer-1 blockchain passed the Ethereum (ETH)-based virtual reality platform Decentraland (MANA) to become the top crypto gaming project in terms of development activity, according to the analytics platform Santiment. Santiment notes that MultiversX (EGLD), formerly known as Elrond, registered 236.93 notable GitHub events, compared to 150.4 events for Decentraland. The non-fungible token (NFT) layer-2 scaling solution Immutable X (IMX) ranked third with 77.4 GitHub events, and the Ethereum sidechain Skale Network (SKL) clocked in at fourth with 42.6. Source: Santiment/X Santiment notes that it doesn’t count routine updates and uses a “better methodology” to collect data for GitHub events…
Anterior, a company that uses AI to expedite health insurance approval for medical procedures, has raised a $20 million Series A round at a $95 million post-money valuation led by NEA, according to two people familiar with the deal. Existing investors Sequoia, which led Anterior’s $3.2 million seed round last September, and Neo, an accelerator that helped the company launch in the summer of 2022, also participated in the Series A financing. The round also included a host of angel investors, including Mustafa Suleyman, a DeepMind and Inflection AI co-founder who was hired by Microsoft in March to lead the…
After a half century of continued growth, many take the success of the area’s wine industry for granted. But Michigan wines remain underappreciated or even somewhat unknown outside the state. “I just had a winemaker (visit) from Long Island,” says Coenraad Stassen, winemaker at Brys Estate. “They had absolutely no idea” of the region’s wine prowess. “We know our wines are fantastic. Most of the world doesn’t know Michigan makes wines,” admits Taylor Simpson, co-owner of Good Harbor Vineyards and Aurora Cellars. Sherri Fenton is president of the board of directors for Traverse Wine Coast, the coaltion of wineries on…
A couple’s money-printing venture in a motel was sprung by the cleaner who found fake bank notes left behind as rubbish when she cleaned their room. Photo / 123RFA couple who spent a two-night stay in a motel making fake money were sprung by the cleaner who serviced the room and found screwed-up pieces of paper lying around that happened to be counterfeit banknotes.They had checked in two days earlier to the Nelson beachside motel carrying a guillotine, printer and multiple laptop bags.Thomas McCabe, 27, appearing in the Nelson District Court, has admitted two charges of using forged documents and…
RedBalloon CEO Andrew Crapuchettes shares insights from a new report, ‘2024: The Toughest Labor Market,’ in a Fox News Digital exclusive.Major corporations are leaning on freelancers now more than ever before to help keep fixed costs down and avoid mass layoffs. That’s according to Shannon Denton, co-founder of Wripple, a platform that matches companies with vetted freelancers in real time. Denton’s coined this period the “freelancer economy,” a trend in which corporate America is embracing independent workers more than before to help with a variety of tasks like designing their website or plan events. Wripple partnered with independent research company MDRG to conduct two…
Just as you should be regularly clearing your browser history and deleting your oldest, cringiest social media posts, routinely wiping your ChatGPT chat history is an efficient, low-effort means of protecting your private data online. Whether you’re concerned about sensitive information or simply want a fresh start ahead of a new project, clearing your chat history takes less than five minutes and can be easily done, whether on desktop or the mobile app. How to delete all your ChatGPT chats on desktop Step 1: Log into your ChatGPT account on the desktop website. Select the Log In radio button in…
In 2023, the Social Security Trustees projected that Social Security’s combined funds would be depleted by 2034. As of 2024, that date has been pushed back to 2035. There’s the possibility that, with additional funding, the clock could be extended further. With that in mind, you’ll want to maximize your Social Security benefits while you still can. Though the amount has increased by 3.2% in 2024, there’s still a cap on how much you’re eligible to receive per month, depending on when you begin to receive benefits. While it’s also risen this year, it’s an important figure to keep in…
Michael Regan – FIFA / Getty Lori McCreary, the CEO of Morgan Freeman‘s production company Revelations Entertainment, shared concerns about AI’s upheaval, and potential misuse in the motion picture industry, and in her sphere, it boils down to the rampant replication of the Oscar winner’s voice. Typically for McCreary she’s the arbitrator of what’s real and not real when it comes to Freeman’s likeness and majestic baritone that’s out there; she knows what he’s shot and what he hasn’t. Six months, Revelations SVP of Production Kelly Mendelsohn sent McCreary a link to a Freeman video/audio in which he said, “Kelly,…
He gave it his best shot! Fiji’s 75-year-old prime minister, Sitiveni Rabuka, won a bronze medal in shot put at an international championship this week. Rabuka took third place on Wednesday at the Oceania Athletics Championships in Fiji after hurling the weighty ball nearly eight yards, placing him behind two Australian rivals. “It was indeed a morale booster for me,” the former soldier shared on Facebook. “Even at 75, I hope to inspire the younger generation to develop a habit of keeping fit and staying healthy.” Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka said he was “delighted” to participate in the men’s…
