Crypto Ball to Celebrate Trump’s Return Marks Hope for New Era of Policymaking

In tuxedos and finery, one of the most famously dressed-down industries celebrated Friday night with a “Crypto Ball” in Washington to welcome the incoming administration of President-elect Donald Trump, which the crowd of digital-assets insiders trusts will lift their sector into U.S. legitimacy. Big names in crypto, such as Michael Saylor, Brian Armstrong, the Winklevoss … Read more

Bridging Computational Notions of Depth: Working Towards the Proof of Lemma 3

Table of Links Abstract and 1 Introduction 2 Background 3 On the slow growth law 4 Members of Deep Π0 1 classes 5 Strong depth is Negligible 6 Variants of Strong Depth References References [BDM23] Laurent Bienvenu, Valentino Delle Rose, and Wolfgang Merkle. Relativized depth. Theoretical Computer Science, 949:113694, 2023. [BDNM15] Laurent Bienvenu, Rodney G. … Read more

Attention Hackers – Work on Yourself

Hackers are particularly good at one thing: Hacking. But hackers are particularly bad at another thing: Sports. Hackers who invest physical effort into their well-being are the minority. They use their bodies to perform organic duties, everything else falls into a clearly defined role model between brain and brain-container. The image of a pale, over-sugared … Read more

Trump-Backed World Liberty Financial to Acquire TRX for its Treasury: Source

World Liberty Financial, the crypto project backed by the family of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump, plans to acquire tron (TRX) tokens for its treasury, according to a person familiar with the matter. The prospective move would deepen World Liberty Financial’s close ties to the Tron empire. Its founder Justin Sun already advises Trump’s crypto project. … Read more

EV startup Canoo files for bankruptcy and ceases operations

Seven-year-old electric vehicle startup Canoo has filed for bankruptcy and will “cease operations immediately.” The company is liquidating its assets in a Chapter 7 proceeding in the Delaware Bankruptcy Court. The company said in a press release published late Friday that it was “in discussions with foreign sources of capital” that proved unsuccessful, and also … Read more

TikTok says it will go offline on Sunday if Biden doesn’t intervene

Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge, Getty Images TikTok says it will go dark on Sunday, January 19th if the Biden administration doesn’t intervene. The company confirms earlier reporting that it will be “forced to go dark” on the 19th unless the outgoing administration provides a “definitive statement” assuring its “most critical service providers” that … Read more

CBS considers caving on Trump censorship lawsuit to save Paramount merger

Image: Paramount A law professor cited by CBS News called Donald Trump’s $10 billion lawsuit over the editing of a 60 Minutes interview with Kamala Harris “…so ill grounded that it comes close to being sanctionable as frivolous.” But now, the The Wall Street Journal reports that executives at CBS’ parent company, Paramount Global, have … Read more

Synchronization Challenges in Multithreading

I am Boris Dobretsov, and this is the sixth part of a series Understanding Parallel Programming: A Guide for Beginners. If you haven’t read the first five parts, have a look at Understanding Parallel Programming: A Guide for Beginners, Understanding Parallel Programming: A Guide for Beginners, Part II, Understanding Threads to Better Manage Threading in iOS, Understanding Parallel Programming: … Read more

How TikTok backed itself into a corner

Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge, Getty Images You’d think that TikTok would have a Plan B by now. It’s now clear the company never planned for a scenario in which it would lose to the Supreme Court. Maybe it couldn’t, given that the Chinese government ultimately has final say on a sale. Now, TikTok’s … Read more