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Musk Reverses Course, Again: He's Ready to Buy Twitter, Build 'X' App

Billionaire Elon Musk is proposing to proceed with his original $44 billion bid to take Twitter Inc private, security filings showed on Tuesday, calling for an end to a lawsuit by the social media company that could have forced him to pay up, whether he wanted to or not. An agreement would put the world’s […]

The China Telecom Building Fire: After the Dust Settled 

On Friday afternoon, September 16th, a massive fire broke out in the China Telecom building, a regional office in China’s Hunan province in South-Central China.  A 218m building, 42-story structure completed in 2000 and is located near a major ring road in Changsha, a city with a population of around 10 million individuals.  As thick […]

Ethereum Blockchain Slashes Energy Use With 'Merge' Software Upgrade

The Ethereum blockchain has undergone a major software upgrade, drastically reducing its energy usage, its inventor and co-founder tweeted on Thursday. The new system will use 99.95 percent less energy, according to the Ethereum Foundation. The upgrade, which changes how transactions occur and how ether tokens are created, could give Ethereum a major advantage as […]

How Many Metaverses are There? 

Can there be multiple metaverses? How many metaverses exist out there? Is it a single metaverse that combines many universes? As always, to answer any of these questions, we first have to get out definitions straight.   Defining the Metaverse  Everyone and their dog have a slightly different definition for the Metaverse, but it’s safe to […]

What Happened to NFTs? Are They Dying?

                             The non-fungible token (NFT) market has been facing many challenges lately. What happened to NFts?Since the January highs, the volume of daily NFT sales has fallen from just over $6 billion to only $850 million, almost a 90 percent decline. These […]

Musk Seeks Documents from Jack Dorsey in Fight over Twitter Deal

Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk is seeking documents from Twitter Inc co-founder Jack Dorsey as the CEO of Tesla and SpaceX pursues his legal fight to walk away from his $44 billion deal for the social media company, according to a court filing. Dorsey, who resigned as Twitter’s chief executive in November and left the board […]

How Difficult Is It to Get Selected in 500 Startups?

A global venture capital firm, famous in both the financial and technology scene, 500 startups back a wide range of companies and has managed, thus far, to maintain its exponential presence in the global market. Providing the needed financial support to rising tech startups, 500 Startups fixates on high-level criteria when looking for rising startups […]

How Cyber Security Experts can Make Dark Web Threat Intelligence

Where there is dark web activity, there can also be a gold mine for dark web threat intelligence. For good cause, the phrase “dark web” has been used in relation to illicit and nefarious online activity including the sale of illegal goods, including narcotics, firearms, and other items. There are countless illegal transactions and activities […]

Twitter Queries Banks on Musk's Attempts to Undermine $44 Billion Deal

Twitter Inc is attempting to find evidence that Elon Musk tried to torpedo the financing of his $44 billion takeover deal for the social media company while also looking into his motivation for backing out of the deal, legal experts said. Twitter sent dozens of civil subpoenas this week to global banks such as units […]

Indonesia Blocks Yahoo, Paypal, Gaming Websites Over Licence Breaches

Indonesia has blocked search engine website Yahoo, payments firm PayPal and several gaming websites due to failure to comply with licensing rules, an official said on Saturday, sparking a backlash on social media. Registration is required under rules released in late November 2020 and will give authorities broad powers to compel platforms to disclose data […]