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Bitcoin dropped, then popped after Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh gave his first major speech as head of the U.S. central bank and said he had “more work to do” to fight inflation.  The leading cryptocurrency was recently trading for $79,474 after dropping as low as $78,630 before quickly rising again.  Bitcoin has typically done well in a low interest rate environment but the Federal Reserve has been reluctant to lower borrowing costs due to sticky inflation in the world’s biggest economy.  “But on the price-stability side of our mandate, the numbers are more concerning,” Warsh said after talking about…

Nick Jonas and Priyanka Chopra turned a recent Backstreet Boys concert into a fun double date with Joe Jonas and his girlfriend, Tatiana Gabrielle.The couples were spotted having a gala time together at the show, singing and dancing along to the boy band’s popular hits.Nick Jonas and Priyanka Chopra attend Backstreet Boys gigVideos from the gig saw Nick playing the thorough gentleman and giving Priyanka a helping hand as they made their way to their private box. The couple were joined by Joe and his girlfriend, while fellow Jonas bro, Kevin was also spotted with the bunch. Keeping to the…

IPL Trophy (Photo Credit: BCCI/IPL) The Indian cricket board’s reluctance to seek better price discovery ahead of the upcoming IPL and home bilateral media rights tender is weighing heavily on the industry.With about six months to go before the final IPL edition of the 2023-27 rights cycle begins, there is growing concern among cricket’s biggest stakeholders that the absence of a credible bidder other than JioStar will prevent an accurate assessment of the property’s value, and, in turn, deny the market the competitive tension that has driven IPL rights upwards for a decade.That sentiment was echoed by none other than…

The registration window for the Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) 2027 is expected to open soon, with the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras yet to announce a revised date for the application process.The registration was earlier scheduled to begin on August 27, but IIT Madras postponed the process without announcing a new date. The official GATE 2027 portal now says that the revised application dates will be announced “soon”.This is the second time the institute has deferred the start of registration. The application process was initially scheduled to begin on August 14, before being shifted to August 27…

In Bitcoin news today, a group of cryptography researchers has published a draft specification for SHRINCS, a post-quantum signature scheme for Bitcoin transaction authorization. The draft, authored by conduition, Ethan Heilman, Mikhail Kudinov, Oleksandr Kurbatov, Jonas Nick, and a contributor known as remix7531, describes a hash-based design that combines a compact stateful signing path with a stateless fallback. Bitcoin’s Quantum Defense Takes a Major Step Forward Adam Back's Blockstream has published a Bitcoin Improvement Proposal for its experimental SHRINCS signature scheme. The proposal targets a major future threat from sufficiently powerful quantum computers. SHRINCS has already… pic.twitter.com/xGIowGaQzX — BSCN (@BSCNews)…

Evaluating VR Training Based On Outcomes Virtual Reality (VR) in Learning and Development works best for high-stakes, hands-on, or high-pressure skills where mistakes are expensive or dangerous in the real world: equipment operation, emergency response, difficult conversations, spatial or procedural tasks. It’s a poor fit for policy training, basic onboarding, or anything primarily informational. The rest of this piece is a way to tell, quickly, which category your program falls into. Why This Question Gets Asked So Often VR training entered corporate L&D with a lot of hype and a lot of expensive pilot programs that quietly got shelved. That’s…

Children were found across Florida, as well as in six other states, one U.S. territory and 12 countries, including Brazil and CanadaFlorida Department of Law Enforcement workers are seen working during Operation Statewide Shield, a five-day operation that saw more than 160 missing children located.Credit: Florida Department of Law EnforcementNEED TO KNOWFlorida law enforcement officials recovered 163 missing children, ranging in age from 2 months to 17 years, in Operation Statewide ShieldChildren were found across Florida, as well as in six other states, one U.S. territory and 12 countries, including Brazil and CanadaFlorida Attorney General James Uthmeier called the operation…

As a journalist, I only had a few interactions with the late Michael Wright, mainly at industry functions and movie premieres. The one I think about most had nothing to do with his filmography, which included “The Principal,” “The Five Heartbeats,” “Sugar Hill,” and HBO’s long-running prison drama Oz. It happened at a party for a friend in a dive on the Lower East Side, maybe 25 years ago. At that time, Wright was on Oz playing Omar White, a charismatic, bleakly funny, chronically self-destructive inmate who seemed impervious to reform.  I was there that night with friends who lived…

South Africa’s Test preparations have suffered a significant setback, with premier fast bowler Kagiso Rabada facing a race against time to recover from a hamstring injury before the Proteas begin their three-match home series against Australia on October 9.Rabada picked up the injury around 10 days ago, leaving him fewer than six weeks to regain full fitness before the opening Test. South Africa are scheduled to play eight Tests during their home summer, making the availability of their leading red-ball bowler particularly important.Cricket South Africa (CSA) has yet to reveal the precise severity of the injury. However, a report in…

Some potential free agent targets for the Vancouver Canucks Jeffrey Kennett of Canucks Army: Vancouver Canucks GM Ryan Johnson to Patrick Johnston of The Province. “You never stop listening, or talking, to teams. But there’s no definitive ‘must get done’ between now and Sept. 16, but you’re always looking at opportunities. You’re just making sure you’re looking at every avenue.” The Canucks have just under $18 million in salary cap space and could look to bring in free agent, despite having a full 23-man roster. Some options could include. Patrik Laine – One of the top free agents. Could restore…