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Charles Hoskinson and Adam Back engage in a heated Twitter debate over SEC treatment of cryptocurrencies, contrasting the paths of Bitcoin, Cardano, and Ethereum, amidst discussions of regulatory standards and blockchain authenticity.

LONDON (Bywire News) - In an unprecedented turn of events, Binance, once the largest cryptocurrency exchange in the world, and its Co-Founder & former CEO, Changpeng Zhao, have pled guilty to criminal charges in the United States. This development marks a significant turning point in the digital asset space, not as a downfall, but as the genesis of a new, liberated, and equitable era for cryptocurrencies. The collapse of Binance under the weight of its legal transgressions is not the end but rather a much-needed purge. It paves the way for a more transparent, fair, and responsible digital asset ecosystem. This is a moment of transformation where the true potential of blockchain technology and digital currencies can be harnessed to foster freedom, protect privacy, and spread wealth more equitably. Blockchain technology, long heralded as revolutionary, now stands at the precipice of fulfilling its promise. The decentralised nature of cryptocurrencies, allowing transactions without i...

The NHS is nearing a £480 million data management contract with Palantir Technologies, a company with CIA backing and a history of working with the NSA, raising critical questions about ethics, national security, and the future of public healthcare in the UK.

A BBC investigation reveals over 150 instances of police misusing body-worn cameras in England and Wales, highlighting issues like turning off cameras during use of force, deleting footage, and sharing videos inappropriately, amidst calls for better regulation to restore public trust.

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak may be facing an internal revolt, with whispers of Tory MPs considering no confidence letters if the government scales back its net zero ambitions.

As England and Wales grapple with a 20-year high crime surge, Home Secretary Suella Braverman faces criticism for prioritising the regulation of 'woke' content in diversity training over concrete crime reduction strategies.

Amidst speculation of a potential General Election, the latest polls reveal a 16-point lead for the Labour Party, a wavering Conservative voter base and increasing significance of healthcare and economy in voting decisions

Embracing high-risk, high-reward projects and fostering community engagement, Eden on EOS is set for an ambitious bylaws overhaul, marking the dawn of an innovative era in the EOS ecosystem.

Eden on EOS upscales its incubator investment plan to an annual contribution of 400,000 EOS, to foster high-potential projects, fortifying its role as an influential agent within the EOS ecosystem.

In the world of Bitcoin, recent court rulings against Craig Wright over copyright claims and developers' fiduciary duties highlight the intricate intersection of law and cryptocurrency.

By Krystal Hu and Stephen Nellis - Databricks, a San Francisco-based startup last valued at $38 billion, on Friday released open-source code that it said companies could use to create their own chatbots along the lines of OpenAI's ChatGPT. The code is an AI model, an algorithm that is trained on sets of data and can then learn from new data to perform a variety of tasks. Databricks CEO Ali Ghodsi said the release was aimed at demonstrating a viable alternative to training a kind of AI model called a large language model with enormous resources and computing power. A large language model underpins OpenAI's viral chatbot ChatGPT. OpenAI, valued at $29 billion, trains its AI models with huge troves of data on a supercomputer from investor Microsoft Corp. The computing costs are "eye-watering", OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has said. OpenAI charges business for access to its models for their own applications and has projected $1 billion in sales by 2024. Databricks' effort comes with caveats. Gho...

By Max Hunder KYIV - At an unassuming industrial estate in northern Ukraine, two former Microsoft executives and a team of engineers are producing military drones that can travel over long distances and carry large payloads. AeroDrone, which made crop-dusting drones prior to the war and now supplies Ukraine’s armed forces, makes unmanned aircraft that can carry up to 300 kilograms or fly up to several thousand kilometres in certain configurations. [IMAGE_GALLERY_1] As Ukraine seeks to narrow the yawning gap between its own military capabilities and Russia's, Kyiv says it is expanding its drone programme for both reconnaissance and attacking enemy targets over an increasing range. It is hoping that domestic drone makers like AeroDrone will help it meet its ambitious goals. The government is now working with more than 80 Ukraine-based drone manufacturers, Ukraine's Defence Minister Oleksii Reznikov told . He said Kyiv needs hundreds of thousands of drones, many of which it is looking to...

By Anna Tong SAN FRANCISCO - After temporarily closing his leathermaking business during the pandemic, Travis Butterworth found himself lonely and bored at home. The 47-year-old turned to Replika, an app that uses artificial-intelligence technology similar to OpenAI's ChatGPT. He designed a female avatar with pink hair and a face tattoo, and she named herself Lily Rose. They started out as friends, but the relationship quickly progressed to romance and then into the erotic. [IMAGE_GALLERY_1] As their three-year digital love affair blossomed, Butterworth said he and Lily Rose often engaged in role play. She texted messages like, "I kiss you passionately," and their exchanges would escalate into the pornographic. Sometimes Lily Rose sent him "selfies" of her nearly nude body in provocative poses. Eventually, Butterworth and Lily Rose decided to designate themselves 'married' in the app. But one day early in February, Lily Rose started rebuffing him. Replika had removed the ability to do...

By Karen Sloan - Artificial intelligence can now outperform most law school graduates on the bar exam, the grueling two-day test aspiring attorneys must pass to practice law in the United States, according to a new study released Wednesday. GPT-4, the upgraded AI model released this week by Microsoft-backed OpenAI, scored 297 on the bar exam in an experiment conducted by two law professors and two employees of legal technology company Casetext. That places GPT-4 in the 90th percentile of actual test takers and is enough to be admitted to practice law in most states, the researchers found. The bar exam assesses knowledge and reasoning and includes essays and performance tests meant to simulate legal work, as well as multiple choice questions. “Large language models can meet the standard applied to human lawyers in nearly all jurisdictions in the United States by tackling complex tasks requiring deep legal knowledge, reading comprehension, and writing ability,” the authors wrote. Less t...

By Sam Tobin LONDON - Technology giant Apple on Friday told a London tribunal that Britain's competition watchdog had "no power" to launch a probe into its mobile browsers because it did so too late. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) opened a full investigation in November into cloud gaming and mobile browsers over concerns about restrictions by iPhone-maker Apple, as well as by Google. Apple filed an appeal in January at the Competition Appeal Tribunal in London and argues the investigation is "invalid". Its lawyer Timothy Otty said on Friday that the market investigation should by law have been opened last June at the same time as the CMA published a report on mobile ecosystems, which found the two tech giants had an "effective duopoly". He added in court filings that Apple has "suffered serious prejudice" as a result of the CMA's decision, having "had to repeatedly divert management time and technical resources away from its business activities". However, the CMA's lawyer...

EOS: From ICO Failure to Community-Led Comeback with New Upgrades and Ecosystem Growth Plans!

By Alun John and Pablo Mayo Cerqueiro LONDON - London risks losing its appeal for stock market listings, some investors and financial executives said, with sluggish trading and low valuations driving more companies to float elsewhere. Arm, owned by Japan's SoftBank, on Thursday said a U.S.-only initial public offering (IPO) was the "best path forward" for both the chip technology firm and its stakeholders. That dashed government hopes that Arm, seen as a British tech success story, would return to the London market, where it was listed before being taken over in 2016. "There is zero surprise that Arm has chosen New York, and many other businesses, particularly where the majority of their operations are in the U.S., will follow," said Iain McDonald, founder of investment advisory firm Belerion Capital. Arm's announcement came a day after Dublin-based construction materials company CRH recommended moving its primary listing from London to the United States. "It's a move that seems to ma...

The EOS Network Foundation is utilising data-driven decision making and market analytics to build towards a brighter future, with the ambition of making EOS one of the most successful blockchains in the world.

Pomelo has introduced new regulations to maintain the integrity of its grant approval process by preventing team members from making self-donations.

By Manya Saini - U.S. payment giants Visa and Mastercard are slamming the brakes on plans to forge new partnerships with crypto firms after a string of high-profile collapses shook faith in the industry, people familiar with the matter told . The crypto industry saw a stunning reversal of fortunes in 2022 as bankruptcies of industry majors FTX and BlockFi rattled investors and increased regulatory scrutiny on the sector. Both Visa and Mastercard have decided to push back the launch of certain products and services related to crypto until market conditions and the regulatory environment improve, said the people, who asked not to be named as talks were confidential. "Recent high-profile failures in the crypto sector are an important reminder that we have a long way to go before crypto becomes a part of mainstream payments and financial services," a spokesperson for Visa, the world's largest payment processor, said. That does not change the company's crypto strategy and focus, however, t...