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With a history of backing successful ventures like Cosmos, Solana, and Polkadot, Cyber.Fund aims to foster the development of what it terms the “cybernetic economy”, where blockchain forms the foundation. Cyber.Fund, an investment firm renowned for its early support of Ethereum, has recently unveiled an impressive commitment of $100 million towards blockchain projects that merge artificial intelligence (AI) and the Internet of Things (IoT). With a history of backing successful ventures like Cosmos, Solana, and Polkadot, Cyber.Fund aims to foster the development of what it terms the “cybernetic economy”, where blockchain forms the foundation. This interconnected and automated economic framework…

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NASA and Sierra Space are preparing for the first flight of the company’s Dream Chaser spacecraft to the International Space Station. Dream Chaser and its companion cargo module, called Shooting Star, arrived at NASA’s Neil Armstrong Test Facility in Sandusky, Ohio, for environmental testing, scheduled to start in mid-December, ahead of its first flight, scheduled for the first half of 2024. Credit: Sierra Space/Shay Saldana Source link

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Charlie Crookes, 22, was arrested and charged after a knifepoint robbery at around 7.30pm in Lewes Road, Brighton, on December 6. Sussex Police also charged him following an incident earlier the same day where a man was attacked in The Highway, Moulsecoomb. The 49-year-old suffered a head injury when he was attacked near a shop. Witnesses reported seeing three men flee in a blue Ford Fiesta which hit another vehicle and the front of a house in Colbourne Avenue. MOST READ: A police helicopter was used to search for the men following the incident, which happened at around 9.45am. A…

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Location : The M25 clockwise between junctions J9 and J10 . Lane Closures : The hard shoulder, lanes 1 and 2 are closed. Reason : Broken down vehicle. Status : Currently Active. Time To Clear : The event is expected to clear between 19:45 and 20:00 on 16 December 2023. Return To Normal : Normal traffic conditions are expected between 20:30 and 20:45 on 16 December 2023. Delay : There are currently delays of 15 minutes against expected traffic. Lanes Closed : There are two of four lanes closed. Source link

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Image Credit: MediaPunch/Shutterstock Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, 76, was rushed to a Los Angeles, CA hospital after a fall on Friday night, according to TMZ. The NBA legend, who previously played for the Milwaukee Bucks and Los Angeles Lakers, reportedly suffered from a broken hip after the fall, which happened at an unknown L.A. concert. His rep, Deborah Morales, revealed the news to the outlet and called it an accident. The outlet further reported that paramedics responded to the fall and took Kareem to the hospital. His condition has not yet been disclosed. Kareem at a previous event. (Clutch Pockets Wambli/Shutterstock) Morales…

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Welcome to the TechCrunch Exchange, a weekly startups-and-markets newsletter. It’s inspired by the daily TechCrunch+ column where it gets its name. Want it in your inbox every Saturday? Sign up here. Journalists and readers love scoops. But sometimes it’s important to state the obvious. This week, I’m reminded that democracies are fragile but that technology can help. And also that crowdfunding isn’t always the best way to launch an innovative product. On a side note, this newsletter will be taking a break until January 6 next year, so wishing you all happy holidays. — Anna Why agentic tech? When I…

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Tether, the company behind the stablecoin Tether (USDT), disclosed letters directed to U.S. legislators, addressing requests for intervention by the Department of Justice in relation to the illicit use of its stablecoin.The communications were sent to members of the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs and the U.S. House Financial Services Committee on Nov. 16 and Dec. 15, detailing “Tether’s commitment to fighting illicit use of stablecoins.” The letters aim to answer calls from Senator Cynthia Lummis and Representative French Hill from October, urging the DOJ “to carefully evaluate the extent to which Binance and Tether are…

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Credit: CC0 Public Domain Algeria’s Tassili N’Ajjer plateau is Africa’s largest national park. Among its vast sandstone formations is perhaps the world’s largest art museum. Over 15,000 etchings and paintings are exhibited there, some as much as 11,000 years old according to scientific dating techniques, representing a unique ethnological and climatological record of the region. Curiously, however, these images do not depict the arid, barren landscape that is present in the Tassili N’Ajjer today. Instead, they portray a vibrant savannah inhabited by elephants, giraffes, rhinos and hippos. This rock art is an important record of the past environmental conditions that…

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