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Tim Berners-Lee, a British scientist, invented the World Wide Web (WWW) in 1989, while working at CERN. The web was originally conceived and developed to meet the demand for automated information-sharing between scientists in universities and institutes around the world.
The first website at CERN – and in the world – was dedicated to the World Wide Web project itself and was hosted on Berners-Lee's NeXT computer. In 2013, CERN launched a project to restore this first ever website: info.cern.ch.
On 30 April 1993, CERN put the World Wide Web software in the public domain. Later, CERN made a release available with an open licence, a more sure way to maximise its dissemination. These actions allowed the web to flourish.
The European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) on Sunday celebrated the 30th anniversary of releasing the World Wide Web into the public domain.
Most people would agree that the public release was the best thing we could have done, and that it was the source of the success of the World Wide Web," Hoogland said. He added that that content posted to the web itself was of more importance – even though in its early days the web stressed CERN's connectivity budget as staff enjoyed material such as weather reports that did not always have much to do with physics.
Investors are making their best guesses at which banks are in the worst shape in the S&P 500 and out. But new data point a clearer picture of where the pain is.
Nineteen banks, including PacWest Bancorp (PACW), East West Bancorp (EWBC) and Glacier Bancorp (GBCI), loaded up with $32.6 billion from the Federal Reserve's new Bank Term Funding Program (BTFP) that offers liquidity, says a report by S&P Global Market Intelligence. This facility helps banks meet withdrawals even as they sit on losses on their investments.
The U.S. set up the BTFP following a number of high profile bank failures to help regional banks access cash without resorting to asset fire sales.
Borrowing from the BTFP is skyrocketing as a result, S&P Global Market Intelligence found. The debt balances under the program hit $81.3 billion as of April 26, up more than 600% from March 15.
This paragraph includes feel-good sounding words which cover up the true intent: to declare an unrestricted bio-chemical-radiological and nuclear war on Americans, subvert consumer protections under the pretense of a “pandemic response.” Note the words “whole of nation effort:”
Finally, it is clear that the clinical trials are absolutely irrelevant to the approval of the injections by the FDA, as the large-scale manufacturing of these substances does not depend on them. It is performed in parallel with these fake exercises intended to fool the public.
The total initial amount of contract was $1.5 billion, and this was increased to exactly $8,145,591,662.60 in later amendments. Sixty cents – the criminals get points for style and attention to detail! Note that this is in addition to the $1 billion R&D contract for a handful of studies that didn’t matter which I discussed in Part 1.
The scope of the contract is “manufacturing of up to 500M doses”
The US state of Utah is to launch a pilot programme that will test the use of blockchain technology for the issuance of digital identity cards and other digital credentials that can be stored and used on a holder’s smartphone or other mobile device.
The Utah state government’s newly introduced Government Digital Verifiable Record Amendments bill requires its Division of Technology Services to undertake the pilot scheme and provide recommendations on issuing verifiable digital credentials by government entities that have the same legal status as an equivalent physical document.
Socure, the leading provider of digital identity (ID) verification and fraud solutions, today released a guide for state and local Chief Information Officers (CIOs), Chief Technology Officers (CTOs), and Chief Information Security Officers (CISOs) to establish effective digital ID programs for their constituents.
As state and local governments continue to digitize more constituent services, the importance of digital identity verification programs has never been greater,” said Matt Thompson, Senior VP and General Manager of Public Sector Solutions for Socure. “We are proud to offer this resource to support the efforts of CIOs, CTOs and CISOs to build more innovative digital ID programs that minimize fraud while accurately and equitably verifying constituent identities online so they can access the benefits and services they deserve.”
Digital identity is officially critical infrastructure. On March 2, the Biden Administration made digital identity a top priority in two key announcements on Pandemic Anti-Fraud measures and an updated National Cybersecurity Strategy.
The National Cybersecurity Strategy includes “Supporting a Digital Identity Ecosystem” as a key objective for the nation.
The Strategy states: “The federal government will encourage and enable investments in strong, verifiable digital identity solutions that promote security, accessibility and interoperability, financial and social inclusion, consumer privacy, and economic growth.” We couldn’t agree more with this mission. As the statement noted, “operating independently, neither the private nor public sectors have been able to solve this problem”. A strong public-private partnership is the only way to build a better approach to support the American people.
According to the report, entitled U.S. Government National Standards Strategy for Critical and Emerging Technology, DLT and data identity infrastructure are one of eight critical and emerging technologies (CET) sectors that will have a significant economic impact in the near future.
The other areas included in the list of CETs are artificial intelligence and machine learning; semiconductors and microelectronics; communication and network technologies; biotechnology; positioning, navigation and timing services; clean energy generation and storage; and quantum information technologies.
India’s digital ID architect tells an IMF panel that everybody should have a digital ID, a bank account, and a smartphone as they are the “tools of the New World” for digital public infrastructure.
“If you think, ‘what are the tools of the New World?‘ — Everybody should have a digital ID; everybody should have a bank account; everybody should have a smartphone,” said Nilekani.
“Then, anything can be done. Everything else is built on that.”
Moderator and CNN International anchor Julia Chatterley concurred with Nilekani, saying:
“The three basic things: a smartphone, a bank account, and a digital ID — that’s where every nation has to begin.
Juniper Research, a digital sector consulting firm founded in 2001, released a new study on Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs) and ranked Ripple #1 out of 15 competitors. Antony Welfare, senior CBDC advisor at Ripple, who also served as an advisor to the U.K. government on blockchain, highlighted the award.
According to the report, Ripple is ranked number one among 15 established competitors, including R3, Stellar, Mastercard, G+D, FIS, IDEMIA and ConsenSys, for several reasons. Juniper Research writes that RippleNet’s “existing success and its technological capabilities within the space” as well as “its existing deployments and growth with the emerging space” were key for the ranking.
The study found that the value of payments via CBDCs will reach $213 billion annually by 2030. In 2023, it will already be $100 million, according to Juniper Research’s projections. However, the true potential will only be visible in the next few years. The radical growth potential is over 260,000% and shows that CBDCs are at a very early stage, currently limited to pilot projects.
A possible victory for Ripple against the SEC could have significant implications for the cryptocurrency industry. Consequently, a favorable ruling for Ripple could result in increased regulatory clarity for the cryptocurrency industry. This could help establish clearer guidelines and rules for companies and individuals to follow when dealing with digital assets.
Additionally, a victory for Ripple could lead to a more relaxed regulatory environment for digital assets. Also, it could provide more clarity on what constitutes security in the context of cryptocurrency. Notably, the US Securities and Exchange Commission sued Ripple Labs for allegedly marketing unregistered securities, a case that has lingered to date
Since RippleNet was launched, it has attracted over 300 financial institutions globally, as they continue to show their support for the payment network despite Ripple’s legal woes with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
French bank BNP Paribas (BNP) is promoting the use of China's digital yuan by linking wallets to bank accounts, the South China Morning Post (SCMP) reported on Friday.
BNP Paribas' corporate clients will be able to connect to China's central bank digital currency (CBDC) – or "e-CNY," as it is known – through a connection to the Bank of China's (BOC) system.
BOC is one of eight banks authorized to handle China's digital currency business.
The system will link clients' "digital yuan wallet to [their] bank accounts" to enable "efficient real-time and convenient" use of the CBDC, BNP said in a statement, according to SCMP's report.
The bank will also be exploring the use of the CBDC for smart contracts, supply chain finance and for cross-border payments, it added.
On May 2, a Texas House committee passed a bill to create 100% reserve gold and silver-backed transactional currencies. Enactment of this legislation would create an option for people to conduct business in sound money, set the stage to undermine the Federal Reserve’s monopoly on money, and possibly create a viable alternative to a central bank digital currency (CBDC).
In establishing the digital currency under Subsection (a)(2), the comptroller shall provide a means to ensure that a person who holds the digital currency may:
1. Use the digital currency as legal tender in payment of debt; and
2. By electronic means readily transfer or assign the digital currency to another person.
Physical gold and silver backing the digital currency would be stored in a pooled account at the Texas State Bullion Depository.
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has set the purchase and exchange rates for the first issuance of their new gold-backed digital currency in the latest effort to mitigate the country’s runaway inflation which has seen their currency lose over 37% against the U.S. dollar on the official market in 2023.
Tokens will go on sale starting Monday, May 8, and purchases can be made for a minimum of USD $10 for individuals and USD $5,000 for financial institutions, corporations and other entities. The initial issuance will close on Wednesday, May 10, and will have a vesting period of 180 days.
“It’s outrageous that former intelligence officials deliberately chose to spread disinformation to help Joe Biden’s presidential bid,” Comer, chairman of the House Oversight Committee, told the Washington Examiner. “The signers of the 2020 letter severely tarnished the intelligence community’s reputation and it was a steep price to pay to help Joe Biden. House Republicans will continue working to expose this dirty campaign trick and ensure accountability for the American people.”
originally posted by: crankyoldman
Worth keeping an eye on.
What Happens When King Charles Dies?
Immediately, the Operation Menai Bridge – a code name for the contingency plan in the event of Charles’s death – kicks in.
Gematria Operation Menai Bridge
"Ten Days of Darkness"
This one's for XUE,,,
White House Names Kamala Harris ‘AI Czar’ to Save Humanity from Artificial Intelligence
originally posted by: Justoneman
I predict she will be singing Queen's "we are the champions" all the way to hell, and just doesn't stop until she realizes she was a loser.