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Ripple Labs is teaming up with a Northern Europe-based research and development firm to run experiments centered on crypto assets and central bank digital currencies (CBDCs).
In a new company blog post, Ripple says it will be collaborating with SUPER HOW?, private blockchain technology research lab based in Latvia to work on the Axiology project, a tokenized securities and settlements infrastructure built on top of the XRP Ledger.
According to Ripple, the point of the partnership is so that regulators can test the security and safety of crypto assets.
Crypto tech and gaming startup Futureverse has raised $54 million in Series A funding to further its metaverse aims, in a round led by venture capital firm 10T Holdings with XRP Ledger creator Ripple Labs also participating.
Futureverse said in a statement that it will use the funds for research and development, as well as to further its gaming-focused blockchain called The Root Network, which is Ethereum Virtual Machine-compatible and offers an XRP Ledger integration. Root Network supports the use of XRP and its NFTs. The company also has plans to develop more blockchain games in the future.
In December, the company announced that it had acquired eight different crypto companies and merged them under the Futureverse brand, with the goal of creating what it calls an “open metaverse.” Those companies included AI technology firm Altered State Machine and Fluf World NFT project creator Non Fungible Labs.
Futureverse has developed an immersive and vertically-integrated metaverse platform that acts as an AI technology provider, metaverse infrastructure builder, layer-1 architect, creative studio, and digital community all in one,” said 10T CEO and Chief Investment Officer Dan Tapiero, in a statement.
The Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco stated, “We are looking for a Lead Application Developer to implement example systems related to a CBDC. You will engage directly with management, other developers on the team, development operations teams, and vendors to ensure the Federal Reserve is well-positioned to design, develop, and implement technology to support a CBDC as may be required by the Board of Governors.”
Previously, on February 18, the San Francisco Fed opened three job posts recruiting Software Developers for CBDC, including a Senior Application Developer, Lead Application Developer, and Senior Application Architect for centralized digital currency.
Last year, Monash University scientists created the "DishBrain" – a semi-biological computer chip with some 800,000 human and mouse brain cells lab-grown into its electrodes. Demonstrating something like sentience, it learned to play Pong within five minutes.
The micro-electrode array at the heart of the DishBrain was capable both of reading activity in the brain cells, and stimulating them with electrical signals, so the research team set up a version of Pong where the brain cells were fed a moving electrical stimulus to represent which side of the "screen" the ball was on, and how far away from the paddle it was. They allowed the brain cells to act on the paddle, moving it left and right.
It was the first time lab-grown brain cells had been used this way, being given not only a way to sense the world, but to act on it, and the results were impressive.
A spokesperson for the billionaire previously said they had 'no relationship' ..... The document states: 'On January 7, 2011 Epstein writes to Peter Mandelson (copying Staley) 'had breakfast with Richard Branson, he is also a big fan of Africa'.
originally posted by: G005E
There is mythology of giants, the dinosaurs were huge, there’s the conspiracies about plateaus being ancient giant tree stumps etc.
What if they’re trying anything to keep the CO2 below a certain threshold because at some point it may become suitable for other larger species to thrive on the surface…again?
A strategy of tension (Italian: strategia della tensione) is a political policy wherein violent struggle is encouraged rather than suppressed. The purpose is to create a general feeling of insecurity in the population and make people seek security in a "strong government".
Miami-Dade County’s police director was in stable condition after shooting himself in the head on the side of a Florida highway Sunday night following an apparent domestic dispute that forced his departure from a Tampa hotel where he and his wife were attending a law enforcement convention, according to multiple police sources and reports.
Alfredo “Freddy” Ramirez, a Democratic candidate for sheriff in the 2024 election, was recovering after surgery at a Tampa hospital, according to an internal Miami-Dade Police email and multiple law enforcement sources.
The gunshot happened not long after Ramirez had been involved in what was described as a heated argument with his wife Jody at a Tampa hotel and was asked to leave by hotel staff, the sheriff’s office and other sources said.
Tampa Police, in a statement, said officers had been called to the Marriott Waterside where the couple were staying because of a report about a man pointing a gun at himself outside the hotel, where a Florida Sheriffs Association conference was being held. They said by the time officers arrived, Ramirez and his wife were back in their 12th floor room and denied he had displayed a weapon or that he intended to harm himself or anyone else.
Multiple sources said after the incident at the hotel but before the shooting, Ramirez had contacted Levine Cava to discuss what happened. The director also reached out to Christian Ulvert, the campaign manager he shares with Levine Cava in the 2024 election cycle. Sources familiar with the conversations said Ramirez discussed how he would address what was likely to be an embarrassing situation as he embarked on a quest to become an elected senior member of the Levine Cava administration.
Scott Israel is an American law enforcement officer in Florida, and the former elected Broward County Sheriff.
Israel was chief of police in North Bay Village, Florida, from 2004 to 2008, during which time he was named Police Chief of the Year in Miami Dade County. He later served as the 16th Sheriff of the 6,000-member Sheriff's Office in Broward County, Florida, from 2013 until 2019. In 2016
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The Parkland high school shooting occurred in his jurisdiction in February 2018 while he was Broward County Sheriff, and his department and deputies were criticized. Newly elected Florida Governor Ron DeSantis suspended him three days after taking office 11 months later. Israel appealed to the Florida Senate, which appointed former Senate President J. Dudley Goodlette (R) to serve as Special Master and hear testimony and evidence with regard to the propriety of the suspension.
Broward County Sheriff (2013-19)
First term
Israel, running as a Democrat, was elected Broward County Sheriff in 2012, defeating incumbent Sheriff Al Lamberti (R) by a 53% to 47% vote.
n biology, a phylum (/ˈfaɪləm/; plural: phyla) is a level of classification or taxonomic rank below kingdom and above class. Traditionally, in botany the term division has been used instead of phylum, although the International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants accepts the terms as equivalent.
originally posted by: RelSciHistItSufi
Dunno if anyone has noticed this but, when talking about the film "Sound of Freedom", President Trump says "FilUm"? This is actually a quite common pronunciation for film in the UK; for the older generation.
I think he's drawing attention to Phylum:
n biology, a phylum (/ˈfaɪləm/; plural: phyla) is a level of classification or taxonomic rank below kingdom and above class. Traditionally, in botany the term division has been used instead of phylum, although the International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants accepts the terms as equivalent.
Is he pointing out that there are different sub-species in the human race... and that one is the cabal/satanists/adreno users that proliferate sex-trafficking?
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Former Clinton White House chef died by drowning, autopsy shows
By Ralph Ellis, Joe Sutton and Allie Malloy, CNN
Updated 7:04 PM EDT, Thu June 25, 2015