The UK’s new chancellor Jeremy Hunt has admitted that Liz Truss’s government went “too far, too fast” in last month’s “mini” Budget and that in the near future taxes will have to rise and spending will have to be cut in order to regain economic credibility. In a statement on Saturday evening Hunt said the
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Most projects in Web3 would agree that 2022 is not a strong year for crypto, with a rather chilly bear market hitting DeFi particularly hard, several notable disastersincluding the Terra Network collapse, a would-be rug pull from SushiSwap founderand nearly $1.7 billion in crypto stolen in hacks, according to a May report by Chainalysis. Alien
FALSE ASSURANCES — How a Microsoft blunder opened millions of PCs to potent malware attacks Microsoft said Windows automatically blocked dangerous drivers. It didn’t. Dan Goodin – Oct 14, 2022 4:26 pm UTC EnlargeGetty Images reader comments 66 with 51 posters participating, including story author Share this story Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share
Antisepsis — New, transparent AI tool may help detect blood poisoning The algorithm scans electronic records and may reduce sepsis deaths. Simar Bajaj, Undark Magazine – Oct 15, 2022 11:31 am UTC EnlargeSean Justice/Getty reader comments 24 with 18 posters participating Share this story Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Reddit Ten years
Hosted in Colombia last month, Cosmoverse 2022 curated thought leaders within the still nascent industry of blockchain interoperability. Among these speakers was industry veteran Kadan Stadelmann, who helped build Komodo, a technology that aims to facilitate a cross-chain future for blockchain networks. Blockchain users cant trade bitcoin for dogecoin out of the box, as these
Palo Santo Closes $50M Investment Fund Palo Santo, a venture capital fund focused on backing and building emerging psychedelic therapeutics companies, recently announced the closing of its $50 million fund. Against the backdrop of a growing global mental health crisis, our mission is to drive clinical development and FDA approval of these much-needed therapies that
A shooting at a warehouse in Worcester early Saturday left one person seriously injured and several more wounded as well, according to police.Read More: Man dies in accident with construction equipment in Leicester Friday Law enforcement were dispatched to the warehouse at 88 Webster St. for a report of a person shot. Worcester police officers
Liz Truss sacked her chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng and shredded her economic strategy on Friday, but her effort to salvage her premiership failed to win over financial markets and left Conservative MPs in a state of mutiny. In a Downing Street press conference lasting less than 10 minutes, Truss named Jeremy Hunt, former foreign secretary, as
As the world continues to digitize rapidly and more and more issues around cybersecurity and data privacy come to the forefront, its no longer feasible to keep conversations around the two separate. Cyberattacks tend to be eye-catching and make flashy headlines. However, privacy violations and data compromises that accompany such intrusions are not as widely
The $11 trillion real estate market remains a much talked about industry for streamlining access, reducing transaction friction, and democratizing ownership. Real estate technology company Roofstock aims to do just that, launching a marketplace for physical real estate NFTs that cuts sellers fees by over 50% when compared to traditional standards. In partnership with Origin
Fresh off her first debate in Massachusetts gubernatorial race, Attorney General Maura Healey spent Thursday afternoon in the Pioneer Valley, where supporters and elected officials hoped to show her a region they said needed her support if she claimed the states highest office. At businesses in Northampton, in research hubs at the University of Massachusetts
This is an opinion editorial by Ariel Deschapell, co-founder of multi-cloud hosting platform Hydra Host, senior fellow at Lincoln Network and a team member at BIPBounty.org. The idea that Bitcoin lacks innovation compared to other cryptocurrencies is pervasive, but is it true? The Bitcoin protocol undergoes significant changes much more slowly than other cryptocurrencies, the
Lots of LOX — Rocket Report: Amazing view of Falcon 9 landing, spaceport suit Down Under “We remain confident of achieving our objective of a full vertical orbital launch.” Eric Berger – Oct 14, 2022 11:30 am UTC Enlarge / Vulcan Centaur, United Launch Alliances next-generation rocket, lifts off in this artists rendering.United Launch Alliance
The cutting room floor — So much screaming inside meGoogle Stadia shutdown stuns indie developers Game makers were still working on their ports when shutdown news went public. Kyle Orland – Oct 14, 2022 11:00 am UTC Enlarge / Like it never even happened.Aurich Lawson / Getty Images reader comments 69 with 52 posters participating,
Liz Truss, UK prime minister, is preparing to rip up the government’s “mini” Budget in a desperate attempt to rebuild market confidence and save her embryonic premiership. Kwasi Kwarteng, the chancellor, is expected to return from IMF meetings in Washington on Saturday, with government insiders saying he will have to scrap measures in his £43bn
Surely it’s going to go on sale, right? — Pixel Watch review: Beautiful, fast, and way too expensive It could be better, but it might be good enough for a wearables-starved ecosystem. Ron Amadeo – Oct 12, 2022 5:00 pm UTC Enlarge / The Pixel Watch. It’s a perfect, round little pebble. Ron Amadeo reader
HSBC Holdings plcHSBC is considering selling its business in Canada without disclosing the potential valuation of the business. It has tappedJP Morgan Chase & CoJPM to handle a potential sale. As per the lawyers and analysts, the potential sale could discourage big domestic banks from bidding as the government has charged the antitrust regulator to
Y Combinator announced more than 20 companies from its summer 2022 batch will be launching on Wefunder, a crowdfunding platform connecting startups with investors online. Wefunder is a platform whereby smaller, unaccredited investors are able to invest in startup companies and for as little as $100, investors can buy into any one of those from
The average American consumer might not think much of their access to financial services. But for consumers that are underbanked or unbanked, the very high costs of relying on alternative financial solutions, such as payday loans, check cashing services, money orders, and pawnshop loans can be astronomical and create a vicious cycle of financial pain
No one came to help Abi Insley once again. The 10-year-old needs a nurse by her side throughout the day, especially when shes in school. But for the third time in a week last month, her nurse had to call out sick.