In cryptocurrencies, few names have impacted as significantly as Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF). His journey from relative obscurity to becoming a billionaire crypto entrepreneur, philanthropist, and advocate was meteoric. However, this captivating story also took an unexpected twist, leading to criminal charges, trials, and a fall from grace. Sam Bankman-Fried’s introduction to the crypto world began in earnest in 2017 when he founded Alameda Research, a quantitative cryptocurrency trading firm. Alameda quickly gained attention by claiming impressive daily gains on million-dollar Bitcoin arbitrage trades between Japan and the United States. SBF’s mathematical prowess and deep understanding of cryptocurrency markets set the…
Author: Scott Faulkner
The PS5 is an excellent game console that brings radical features to your shelves. To build an equivalent gaming PC, you’ll have to buy at least an RTX 2060 Ti GPU, which costs around £300. That’s already half the price of a new PS5, so the fact that you still have to purchase the cooling, CPU, and RAM units separately makes gamers pause in confusion. The PS5 is mass-produced, so prices are naturally competitive. Moving forward, many PS5 games have been released, and there are many more coming out. Our article focuses on eight new games coming to the console,…
Hungryroot CEO Ben McKean has recognised the importance of AI in progressing his healthy grocery delivery service business. However, after diving into the topic, he found that AI can also assist individuals in forging closer bonds with one another and themselves. Thus, he has launched a new app called ‘Every’, an AI-powered tool to improve self-relationships and social connections. What Is the App ‘Every’? Currently set up as a nonprofit app, Every is an iOS app that uses AI technologies to produce “Thought-provoking games” targeted to help people discover themselves. For example, users will begin their journey with a task…
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild is already turning out to be quite the classic. Ignore our pun, but no matter the number of times we replay it, it’s still similar to a breath of fresh air. Link isn’t young despite his petite frame. Heck, he’s at least 125 years old in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom and the events of the sequel occurred around eight years after the 2017 game. Moving forward, from the beautiful art style to the storyline and lore, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild is Nintendo’s cookbook. New…
Cryptocurrency’s emergence was once hailed as a means to create a more equitable financial landscape, offering hope to marginalised communities and those underserved by traditional financial systems. However, the descent of cryptocurrency markets, along with the recent setbacks faced by crypto-friendly banks, has cast doubts on this narrative. Financial Inclusion Before Cryptocurrencies Prior to the emergence of cryptocurrencies, the landscape of financial inclusion was marked by pronounced inequalities and formidable obstacles. Conventional financial structures exhibited profound centralisation, rendering them frequently out of reach for substantial portions of the populace, especially within the realms of developing nations. Marginalised communities, individuals without…
September 27, 2023, marks the release of Counter-Strike 2, putting an end to months of anticipation and rumours following its official announcement in March. This release replaced Counter-Strike: Global Offensive and was provided as a free upgrade. It enhances the gaming experience with Valve’s Source 2 engine, delivering improved visuals with better textures, realistic lighting, and enhanced geometry. Counter-Strike 2 not only enhances visual quality in maps, models, characters, and weapons but also elevates gameplay effects to closely mimic real-world elements like blood splatter, explosions, and fire. Additionally, the game introduces this update’s game changer: Smoke Grenades, a pivotal environmental…
The revolution that Artificial Intelligence (AI) has brought into this digital world is immense and incredible. With novel and useful innovations coming into play in the AI landscape, it creates ease and convenience for technology enthusiasts and experts. Generative AI has been a crucial side of AI development with its application in many fields of study and work. One of the best applications of generative AI is AI chatbots, such as ChatGPT. The AI chatbot allows users to get answers for any prompt that the user types, as the chatbot can process the solution based on machine-based intelligence. This intelligence…
In the currently growing landscape of cryptocurrency, where innovations and opportunities are countless, there also lies a darker side. Fraud and scams have always been noticed in businesses, whether virtual or physical. In this regard, the IcomTech scandal also stands as a stark reminder within the crypto world. When the concept of cryptocurrency was growing perilously, IcomTech appeared as a crypto mining and trading platform and promised to reward its investors. In no time, due to massive campaigns held by the CEO, the company gained acknowledgement and started gaining potential investors. But later on, it turned out that those promises…
What is technological advancements? In the ongoing journey of human progress, technology has emerged as a main driving force that fundamentally shaped our way of living and working. Throughout the years, numerous technological advancements have been made on the global landscape. These innovations have not only redefined the patterns of our daily existence but have also caused profound historical transformations. From the simplest wheels, which have been transformed into automated machinery, to the invention of smartphones that have brought an end to the epistolary era, the history of innovations has catalysed the exponential growth of the world. We are still…
Technology has taken its toll on the world with its immense innovations, immersing our daily lives in endless possibilities. One of the impeccable tech innovations is the smartphone, which has a robust impact on our lively matters and has become a canvas for futuristic imagination. The smartphone is not merely a tech device we use for communication but an explorer of undiscovered territories in the digital realm. The importance of smartphones is reflected in the survey forecasting the global smartphone users to increase by about 10.71 per cent between 2024 and 2028, counting about 496.7 million users. TECNO Mobile, a…