- Key U.S. Senate Republican Tim Scott Makes Crypto-Fan Debutby Jesse Hamilton (CoinDesk: Bitcoin, Ethereum, Crypto News and Price Data) on July 26, 2024 at 9:59 pm
U.S. Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.), the top Republican on the Senate Banking Committee who may be in position to be its next chairman, argued at a Bitcoin 2024 appearance on Friday that the government should "make it easy" for the crypto industry to innovate in the U.S.
- Key altcoin season metric in accumulation mode as Bitcoin dominance peaksby Cointelegraph by Nancy Lubale (Cointelegraph.com News) on July 26, 2024 at 9:10 pm
Altcoins are in accumulation territory after experiencing a drawdown over the last 3 months.
- Trump Speaks Saturday at the Bitcoin Conference. Here's What Attendees Like 'The Crypto Patriot' Hope He Saysby Danny Nelson, Bradley Keoun, George Kaloudis (CoinDesk: Bitcoin, Ethereum, Crypto News and Price Data) on July 26, 2024 at 8:18 pm
- Bitcoin to Account for 7% of Global Wealth, Surge in Price to $13M in 21 Years: Michael Saylorby Stephen Alpher (CoinDesk: Bitcoin, Ethereum, Crypto News and Price Data) on July 26, 2024 at 8:14 pm
The Executive Chairman of MicroStrategy spoke Friday at Bitcoin 2024.
- Why is Solana (SOL) price up today?by Cointelegraph by Nancy Lubale (Cointelegraph.com News) on July 26, 2024 at 7:47 pm
Solana price is up today, and charts suggest it could be en route to new all-time highs.
- Galaxy launches $113M crypto fund, Nansen launches Ether ETF dashboard: Finance Redefinedby Cointelegraph by Zoltan Vardai (Cointelegraph.com News) on July 26, 2024 at 7:05 pm
Galaxy launched a $113 million crypto fund on the week of the debut of the first spot Ether ETFs in the US. Nansen has also launched the industry’s first Ether ETF analytics dashboard.
- Introducing LEDGER FLEX: Announced Live at B24by Bitcoin Magazine (Bitcoin Magazine - Bitcoin News, Articles and Expert Insights) on July 26, 2024 at 6:00 pm
LEDGER FLEX product announced by Pascal Gauthier and Ian Rogers at The Bitcoin Conference — Easy, Secure Self-Custody, Free From Compromise. Ledger also announced Ledger Security Key, a new app allowing seamless login, essential for Proof of You
- Price analysis 7/26: BTC, ETH, BNB, SOL, XRP, DOGE, TON, ADA, AVAX, SHIBby Cointelegraph by Rakesh Upadhyay (Cointelegraph.com News) on July 26, 2024 at 5:31 pm
Bitcoin’s recovery from the $63,500 level is encouraging, but higher levels may face solid resistance from the bears.
- MicroBT Unveils New WhatsMiner M6XS+ Series at Bitcoin 2024 Conferenceby Nik Hoffman (Bitcoin Magazine - Bitcoin News, Articles and Expert Insights) on July 26, 2024 at 5:30 pm
MicroBT's founder and CEO, Dr. Yang, announced the latest generation of WhatsMiner products in Nashville.
- Bitcoin Layer 2 Rootstock Verifies Zero-Knowledge SNARKby Jamie Crawley (CoinDesk: Bitcoin, Ethereum, Crypto News and Price Data) on July 26, 2024 at 4:45 pm
Rootstock verified the SNARK using BitVMX, which is Rootstock's modified version of BitVM
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- People are overdosing on off-brand weight-loss drugs, FDA warnsby Beth Mole on July 26, 2024 at 9:22 pm
Bad math and unclear directions are behind overdoses of up to 20 times the normal amount.
- NASA nears decision on what to do with Boeing’s troubled Starliner spacecraftby Stephen Clark on July 26, 2024 at 8:25 pm
Boeing won't start flying operational crew missions with Starliner until a year from now.
- Union game performers strike over AI voice and motion-capture trainingby Kevin Purdy on July 26, 2024 at 7:44 pm
Use of motion-capture actors' performances for AI training is a sticking point.
- AI and ML enter motorsports: How GM is using them to win more racesby Jonathan M. Gitlin on July 26, 2024 at 7:27 pm
From modeling tire wear and fuel use to predicting cautions based on radio traffic.
- ISPs seeking government handouts try to avoid offering low-cost broadbandby Jon Brodkin on July 26, 2024 at 6:33 pm
Despite getting subsidies, ISPs oppose $30 plans for people with low incomes.
- X is training Grok AI on your data—here’s how to stop itby Samuel Axon on July 26, 2024 at 6:13 pm
Some users were outraged to learn this was opt-out, not opt-in.
- Astronomers find first emission spectra in brightest GRB of all timeby Jennifer Ouellette on July 26, 2024 at 6:00 pm
Chance that first detected emission line is a noise fluctuation is one in half a billion.
- 97% of CrowdStrike systems are back online; Microsoft suggests Windows changesby Andrew Cunningham on July 26, 2024 at 5:46 pm
Kernel access gives security software a lot of power, but not without problems.
- Astronauts find their tastes dulled, and a VR ISS hints at whyby Jacek Krywko on July 26, 2024 at 5:17 pm
The visual environment of the ISS seems to influence people's experience of food.
- Barbie movie “may have spurred interest in gynecology,” study findsby Beth Mole on July 26, 2024 at 5:01 pm
The movie apparently sparked some questions.
- Blue Light From Your Phone Really Can Affect Your Skin. Here's How.by Michael Freeman, The Conversation (ScienceAlert) on July 27, 2024 at 12:32 am
Simple steps to reduce your exposure.
- The Neural Signature of OCD Has Been Identified in The Human Brainby David Nield (ScienceAlert) on July 26, 2024 at 11:30 pm
A major step forward for treatment.
- Chimps Have 'Conversations' Just Like Humans, Scientists Findby Tessa Koumoundouros (ScienceAlert) on July 26, 2024 at 11:00 pm
A stunning similarity revealed.
- SpaceX prepares for Starship flight with first 'chopstick' landingby New Scientist - Home on July 26, 2024 at 8:00 pm
SpaceX is gearing up for the fifth launch of its massive Starship rocket, following four increasingly successful tests. What is the company hoping for, and what can we expect?
- Dengue Fever Threatens to Gate-Crash the 2024 Summer Olympicsby Anne Pouzargues (Science Latest) on July 26, 2024 at 7:38 pm
Measles, bedbugs, and dengue have all been cited as concerns for tourists and athletes at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, with the tropical virus in particular forcing authorities into action.
- Social media companies change their policies in the wake of bad pressby New Scientist - Home on July 26, 2024 at 5:00 pm
Between 2005 and 2021, Facebook, Twitter and YouTube were more likely to make policy changes in the weeks after negative stories in the media
- Wafer-thin light sail could help us reach another star soonerby New Scientist - Home on July 26, 2024 at 3:00 pm
A mission to the sun’s closest neighbouring star, Alpha Centauri, could be made faster thanks to a tiny light sail punctured with billions of tiny holes
- Dark matter may solve the mystery of how colossal black holes mergeby New Scientist - Home on July 26, 2024 at 1:00 pm
Astrophysicists aren’t sure how supermassive black holes get close enough to merge, a mystery called the final parsec problem – but an exotic form of dark matter may explain it
- AI can reveal what’s on your screen via signals leaking from cablesby New Scientist - Home on July 26, 2024 at 12:00 pm
Electromagnetic radiation leaking from the cable between your computer and monitor can be intercepted and decoded by AI to reveal what you are looking at
- Millions of trees could grow faster with a boost from wild fungiby New Scientist - Home on July 26, 2024 at 11:00 am
The largest tree nursery in North America is helping scale up efforts to inoculate seedlings with native fungi and other soil microbes, a treatment that helps trees grow faster and capture more carbon
- IVF ban shows us the thin edge of the theocratic wedgeby matthew holt (The Health Care Blog) on July 24, 2024 at 9:54 pm
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- Vote, for Health Sakeby matthew holt (The Health Care Blog) on July 23, 2024 at 6:15 am
By KIM BELLARD If you had on your political bingo card that our former President Trump would survive an assassination attempt, or that President Biden would drop out of the race aContinue reading...
- Medicare Catheter Scam Sparks Calls for Reformby matthew holt (The Health Care Blog) on July 19, 2024 at 4:07 pm
By ISSAC SMITH According to a recent report in the Washington Post, a $3 billion scam involving urinary catheters has brought to light serious flaws in Medicare, prompting strong calls for reform.Continue reading...
- U.S. Executive Branch Leadership Turnover and Misbehavior Is Commonby matthew holt (The Health Care Blog) on July 18, 2024 at 4:47 am
By MIKE MAGEE This has been two weeks of mixed messages when it comes to the highest offices of the land. Just two weeks ago on July 1, 2024, a majority ofContinue reading...
- Upgrading public health IT infrastructure: Craig Behm, CSS & Britteny Matero, Innsenaby matthew holt (The Health Care Blog) on July 17, 2024 at 7:56 pm
I had the chance earlier this week to talk with Craig Behm, CEO & President of Crisp Shared Services (CSS), and Britteny Matero, Partner & SVP at Innsena. The topic is theContinue reading...
- Google Hopes Nobody Beats This Wizby matthew holt (The Health Care Blog) on July 16, 2024 at 7:40 pm
By KIM BELLARD When I saw the Wall Street Journal article about Alphabet being in “advanced talks” to buy cybersecurity firm Wiz for an eye-popping $23b, I must confess that – neverContinue reading...
- Digital Health: There is No Exitby matthew holt (The Health Care Blog) on July 15, 2024 at 5:50 am
By MATTHEW HOLT All of a sudden we are back in 2021. You digital health fans remember that halcyon time. In 2019 a few digital health companies went public, and then somehowContinue reading...
- Pamela Stahl, Avalon Healthcare Solutionsby matthew holt (The Health Care Blog) on July 10, 2024 at 5:07 pm
Pamela Stahl is the President of Avalon Healthcare Solutions. You’ve heard of pharmacy benefits managers (PBMs) but Avalon is a labs benefits management company. Working on behalf of health insurers Avalon ensuresContinue reading...
- Health Care Needs a 21st Century Infrastructureby matthew holt (The Health Care Blog) on July 9, 2024 at 3:52 pm
By KIM BELLARD Matthew Holt is going to tell me I’ve been thinking about infrastructure too much lately (e.g., cybersecurity of them, backup plans for them), but if you don’t have infrastructureContinue reading...
- Don’t Limp. Crush the “Trump Reich.”by matthew holt (The Health Care Blog) on July 8, 2024 at 8:25 pm
By MIKE MAGEE I have always felt a kinship with EJ Dionne. We are both Boomers, though I am 4 years his senior. We share similar politics, religious origins, early Catholic schoolContinue reading...
- Clement plays hero as Jays edge Rangers 6-5on July 27, 2024 at 2:34 am
Ernie Clement's bases loaded single in the ninth inning gave the Toronto Blue Jays a walk-off 6-5 win in their series opener against the Texas Rangers on Friday.
- Vancouver stabbing victim ‘very disappointed’ with attacker’s house arrest sentenceby Simon Little on July 27, 2024 at 1:39 am
Sheldon Ilbegi-Asli was handed a 15-month conditional sentence on Monday, to be served at home, followed by one year of probation for the Boxing Day 2023 attack.
- B.C. family left ‘hanging out to dry’ after daughter ages out of careby Sarah MacDonald on July 27, 2024 at 1:12 am
Neve turned 19 years old in December, which means she has now aged out of the specialized care available through the school system and provincial programs.
- Ukrainian refugees form Calgary theatre group: ‘It’s our therapy’by Gil Tucker on July 27, 2024 at 1:09 am
All seasoned performers back in Ukraine, Artis Theatre members say coming together to work on their production is helping them to heal after enduring war back home.
- Family and friends gather to remember Calgary woman who died in apartment fire and explosionby Carolyn Kury de Castillo on July 27, 2024 at 1:09 am
A memorial was held for Calgary woman Gail Davies-Howard, who died in a fire and explosion on July 19 at George C. King Tower in the East Village.
- WATCH: Global News Hour at 6 – July 26on July 27, 2024 at 1:00 am
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- Crews rescue humpback whale entangled off B.C. coaston July 27, 2024 at 12:56 am
Fisheries and Oceans Canada says it has successfully untangled fishing gear on a humpback whale off British Columbia's coast that was first spotted by a ferry passenger.
- Tour of Jasper wildfire devastation reveals destroyed homes and hotelsby Karen Bartko on July 27, 2024 at 12:46 am
Bare foundations of destroyed homes, scorched vehicles, the shell of what was a Petro-Can gas station — devastating images to emerge from a tour of Jasper on Friday evening.
- Hobbyists honour B.C. landmark destroyed in 2023 wildfiresby Simon Little on July 27, 2024 at 12:45 am
Images of the historic Nahatlatch Lookout tower going up in flames were among the most iconic and heartbreaking to emerge from last year's devastating fires.
- Drought conditions worsen in the Okanaganby Doyle Potenteau on July 27, 2024 at 12:09 am
The Okanagan Basin Water Board wants residents to conserver water to ensure there’s water in the area for food crops and firefighting.