Early on Sunday morning prime minister Rishi Sunak, at his constituency home in the Yorkshire Dales, received the report which sealed the fate of Nadhim Zahawi. It confirmed what opposition MPs, much of the media and countless voters had already guessed: that the Conservative chair had not behaved honourably over the handling of his tax […]
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Just over 10 years ago, three artificial intelligence researchers achieved a breakthrough that changed the field forever. The “AlexNet” system, trained on 1.2mn images taken from around the web, recognised objects as different as a container ship and a leopard with far greater accuracy than computers had managed before. That feat helped developers Alex Krizhevsky, Ilya […]
The IBA Global Boxing House Metaverse launch will usher in a new era of boxing. ABU DHABI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, January 23, 2023 /EINPresswire.com/ — At the congress of the International Boxing Association (IBA), held in early December 2022 in Abu Dhabi, the president of the association, Mr. Umar Kremlev, announced the start of the […]
The Beatles are iconic for many reasons, including the bowl cuts they possessed early in their career. Throughout the band’s tenure, their hairstyles would differ significantly, with John Lennon developing long hair and George Harrison rocking a beard. During the Sgt. Pepper’s era of The Beatles, Paul McCartney had a noticeable mustache that he grew […]
The introduction of Web3 is ushering in a new era of cryptocurrency. Web3 is a suite of technologies and protocols that enable users to interact with decentralized applications (dApps) and perform transactions on the blockchain. It is designed to provide a secure, trustless, and transparent platform for users to access and use cryptocurrency and other […]
The two best regular seasons in the shootout era came from the Blackhawks in 2013 and the Lightning in 2019. But the Bruins are on pace to top them both. BOSTON — Heading into Monday’s game against the Philadelphia Flyers, the Boston Bruins have healthy leads atop the Atlantic Division, Eastern Conference, and NHL standings. […]
While 2021 will primarily be remembered for the explosive price appreciation seen across crypto assets and NFTs, blockchain gaming also saw a rapid expansion in user adoption and blossomed into taking up more than 50% of all activity across the blockchain industry. Most of these Web3 games employ a play-to-earn (P2E) economic design where players are […]
As a scientist and life-long Florida environmentalist, I am appalled that the governor bragged in his inauguration speech that he has delivered a “new era of stewardship for Florida’s natural resources” when we have so many serious unresolved problems that hurt Floridians and our economy. In 2022, Florida topped the list for the most polluted […]
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End of the sub-zero bond yield era
Pour one out for one of the weirdest macroeconomic phenomenons of all time. From the FT’s Tommy Stubbington just now: The global stock of negative-yielding bonds has dwindled to zero after last month’s unexpected policy shift by the Bank of Japan undermined the last bastion of sub-zero yields. Negative yields — which occur when bond […]
Netflix is expected to roll out anti-account sharing measures in the United States early in 2023, according to a Wall Street Journal report. Exactly how those measures will work, how much they’ll cost the consumer, and how they’ll keep from locking legitimate users out of accounts, remains to be seen. Netflix’s April report of subscriber […]