The proof-of-work (POW) mechanism for confirming transactions on the Bitcoin blockchain, according to Sam Bankman-Fried, creator of the FTX crypto exchange, is limited when it comes to scalability. Especially when it comes to processing millions of transactions almost simultaneously. This makes it an unviable payment method. “The bitcoin network is neither a payment network nor … Read more
May 17, 2022 Today at 03:00 Launched in 2018, the start-up Venly develops the tools needed to make the metaverse accessible. At the beginning of May, the start-up raised 21 million euros. Now she recruits new workers every week. When it comes to talking about metaverse and other web3, the main companies making the news … Read more
As usual, Elon Musk hit on Twitter. Just a few days after announcing that he was suspending his takeover of the social network, the owner of Space X and Tesla is picking up again with his humor full of irony… and sometimes mysterious. In a tweet published this Sunday, May 15, he seems to be … Read more
Guatemala’s Attorney General Consuelo Porras was reappointed on Monday (May 16) by President Alejandro Giammattei for a new four-year term after the United States put her on a list of personalities “corrupt”. Read alsoMario Vargas Llosa: “Guatemala was the playground of the Americans” “I have taken the decision to appoint the current Attorney General, María … Read more
With the return of inflation, secure your life insurance contracts. The characteristics of French life insurance: French law life insurance contracts have very curious characteristics. Three are particularly worth mentioning: 1 – entrants into what is known as the “euro fund” of the insurance company are entered at the book value of the fund’s assets … Read more
“Winter is coming” we heard in the famous series Game of Thrones. In the crypto market, winter seems endless. Investors know that this time of year always means falling values. But in 2022, the winter is particularly harsh. The crypto crash edition 2022 will undoubtedly remain in the annals. Apart from the dizzying declines of … Read more
A team of researchers led by the Berkeley lab and in direct partnership with the Department of Energy’s Office of Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies just tested back-up power systems based on porous crystalline materials compounds of metal ions. Known as MOFs (Metal-Organic Frameworks), this emerging hydrogen storage technology could prove very competitive. If it … Read more
Currently, there is no miracle cure to overcome tinnitus. Yet around 2027, people could be treated thanks to the Neuralink brain chip. Recently, Elon Musk responded positively to a question on Twitter about the possibility that the chip in question could provide such treatment. Neuralink to save tinnitus victims? Tinnitus is very disturbing noises such … Read more
A Franco-Venezuelan doctor has been charged in the United States for the sale of ransomware used in computer attacks, the United States Department of Justice announced on Monday May 16. Moises Luis Zagala Gonzalez, a 55-year-old cardiologist residing in Venezuela, is accused by the American courts of “computer intrusion attempts” and to have “conspired to … Read more
This article is signed Jean Langlois Berthelotteacher at SciencesPo and Marc-Olivier Boissetcybersecurity specialist. This article provides a summary of a conference given to insurance executives on May 12, 2022 in Neuilly-sur-Seine The field of insurance is undergoing profound transformations. Several technologies are likely to permanently change the professions in this sector. Among these technologies we … Read more
