The year 2024 saw significant advancements in the field of psychedelics, with the discovery of psilocybin’s ability to temporarily erase brain networks. Additionally, geoscientists found the most dangerous part of the Cascadia megathrust fault, and DNA analysis revealed the macabre diet of two 19th-century lions. These findings have the potential to revolutionize mental health treatments…
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The recent surge in Bitcoin’s value has led to a significant increase in Dogecoin’s market value, with some investors earning up to $2,220 per day through cloud mining. This trend is expected to continue, with more people turning to cloud mining as a way to invest in cryptocurrencies without the need for expensive equipment. Forecast…
The year 2024 saw the global economy stabilize after the COVID-19 pandemic, but growth in many countries lagged pre-2020 levels. Economic issues, particularly rising living costs, were a top concern for voters around the world. Governments grappled with regulating potentially transformational technology like artificial intelligence, and Donald Trump’s victory in the US presidential election heralded…
Google’s Gemini AI is being compared to Anthropic’s Claude in secret testing, with contractors evaluating the accuracy of both models’ outputs. The contractors are tasked with rating the truthfulness and verbosity of each response, with some noticing that Claude’s safety settings are stricter than Gemini’s. The use of Claude in testing against Gemini raises questions…
Billionaire Elon Musk has emerged as a major political figure in the United States, pouring millions into Republican Donald Trump’s presidential campaign and using his social-media platform to question vaccine safety and climate science. As a result, Musk is joining forces with Trump to downsize the US government, potentially slashing the budgets and workforces of…
Bitcoin has reached new heights, surpassing $100,000 in value, and its supporters believe it will continue to soar. The cryptocurrency has gained legitimacy from governments, financial institutions, and investors, with some even predicting it will reach $1 million in value in the coming years. As governments and central banks explore the development of their own…
Arthera, a blockchain innovator, has unveiled BlazeDAG, a Directed Acyclic Graph (DAG)-based consensus protocol that shatters industry speed records with 850,000 transactions per second (TPS) and two-second finality. This groundbreaking technology addresses longstanding scalability and usability challenges, setting a new standard for blockchain performance. BlazeDAG’s seamless integration of cost predictability and accessibility makes it an…
MEXC, a leading global cryptocurrency exchange, has announced the addition of 17 new languages to its website, bringing the total to 34 languages. This move aims to enhance the user experience, accelerate global expansion, and attract users from emerging markets. The platform has grown significantly in 2024, serving over 30 million users and recording a…
The US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has filed a lawsuit against JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America, and Wells Fargo for allegedly failing to protect consumers from widespread fraud on the payments platform Zelle. The CFPB claims that the banks left the door open to scammers, ignored red flags, and abandoned consumers after fraud occurred,…
Solana, a cryptocurrency, is expected to breach the $1000 mark by 2025, but it needs to close above the $260 mark first. Meanwhile, Rexas Finance, a rising rival, is gaining popularity among elite investors and is expected to gain 23,000% to reach $34.5 by 2025. Rexas Finance enables anyone to purchase whole or fractional ownership…