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The Web3 gaming sector is on the cusp of going mainstream with notable game publishers now shifting their focus towards emerging fresher technologies. In order to attract web3 game developers to put their best foot forward, three parties have formed an alliance. Venture firms Immutable and King River Capital along have tied up with blockchain firm, the Polygon Labs to set up a fund of $100 million (roughly Rs. 83 crores) under the name – the Inevitable Games Fund (IGF).The future of Web3 gaming market has been projected…

Credit: Phillip Capper via Wikimedia commons A thermometer dipped in a bucket of sea water on New Year's Day in 1967 began a unique record that shows the dramatic intensification of warming in the Hauraki Gulf. Sea-surface readings at the Leigh Marine Laboratory north of Auckland since that time indicate the "unprecedented nature of recent marine…

Image Source : PIXABAY Partnership The Department of Telecom (DOT) and Ericsson- the telecommunication giant have announced their collaboration to offer accredited courses on 5G for the 100 5G use case labs initiative. DoT has set up 100 5G use case labs within 100 institutes across the country with the objective of building competencies and engagement in 5G…

IBM is planning to expand product development in India beyond the country’s top-tier cities and double hiring largely at its two new labs and client innovation centres in Kochi and Ahmedabad, a senior executive said.“Kochi is the fastest growing lab for us. In two years, we have doubled our capacity there. And these are highly paid jobs … so we are seeing good success both in Ahmedabad and Kochi,” said Dinesh Nirmal, senior vice president (products) at IBM Software.Elevate Your Tech Prowess with High-Value Skill…

Cryptocurrency entrepreneur Do Kwon will likely miss at least the start of a March 25 civil trial on US Securities and Exchange Commission fraud charges because of a delay in extraditing him from Montenegro, his lawyer said on Monday.In a letter filed in federal court in Manhattan, Kwon's lawyer David Patton said Kwon will not seek to adjourn the trial date, regardless of when he is ultimately extradited. Patton had made a similar pledge in January.Elevate Your Tech Prowess with High-Value Skill CoursesOffering…

Bengaluru-based education nonprofit, Prayoga Institute of Education Research has added five advanced labs to help students pursue research around the theme of sustainability. Online brokerage firm Zerodha has funded the new research block, named after eminent space scientist Prof UR Rao, which includes labs for life sciences, physical sciences, chemical sciences, earth sciences and sophisticated instrumentation for multidisciplinary scientific research.Elevate Your Tech Prowess with High-Value Skill CoursesOffering…

On Wednesday, Yuga Labs CEO Daniel Alegre was pushed out as CEO. Cofounder Greg Solano, commonly referred to by the moniker Gargamel (or Garga) took back control of the company known for stewarding NFT collections including the Bored Ape Yacht Club and CryptoPunks.The decision comes in the wake of mounting concerns from so-called Ape Holders over the state of the business, the company’s acquisition of another NFT purveyor, Proof Collective, and a changing company culture. Yuga Labs has not yet responded to Fast Company’s…

Yuga Labs CEO Daniel Alegre has been pushed out of the top spot. Cofounder Greg Solano, commonly referred to by the moniker Gargamel (or Garga), has taken back control of the company known for stewarding NFT collections including the Bored Ape Yacht Club and Cryptopunks.“I am stepping back in as CEO of Yuga Labs,” Solano wrote on X (formerly Twitter), “Wylie and I are grateful for all the contributions and operational rigor Daniel has brought to the company, and appreciate his thoughtfulness and mentorship over the past…

The advancement of self-driving labs in chemistry and materials science, employing AI and automation, promises to revolutionize research by accelerating the discovery of new molecules and materials. Milad Abolhasani highlights the need for standardized definitions and performance metrics to compare and improve these technologies effectively. Credit: SciTechDaily.comStandardized metrics for self-driving labs aim to accelerate discovery in chemistry and materials science through collaborative improvement.The fields of…

February 12, 20245 min readThe pandemic early exposed weaknesses in CDC’s laboratories. Organizational and culture changes there are good first steps, but more must be doneBy Jill Taylor, Ewa King & Scott Becker Almost unnoted, the fourth anniversary of the beginning of the COVID pandemic in the U.S. passed in January. Missteps made in the early weeks of that tragedy, however, still offer vital lessons about what public health agencies need to do better to keep us safe.That’s particularly true at the U.S. Centers for…