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Vitalik Buterin announced Thursday that Ethereum had completed its 'merge' upgrade. "775040520SB00199_TechCrunch" by TechCrunch is licensed under CC BY 2.0 The Ethereum blockchain completed its Merge upgrade early Thursday, cofounder Vitalik Buterin said. The Merge moves the crypto to a proof-of-stake mechanism, dramatically slashing energy usage. Analysts said that should draw institutional investors to ether, […]
After a series of political battles, the first completed section of President Donald Trump’s border wall has been unveiled. But people are still arguing over whether it’s a wall or a fence. The two-and-a-half-mile-long, 30-foot-tall barrier was built over eight months and unveiled by US Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen at a ceremony in […]
The Gunners have been stuck in a transfer merry-go-round trying to sign the Gabon international. After seeing their first two offers knocked back, Arsenal finally agreed on a £55.5million fee with Borussia Dortmund. It is believed the Gunners are waiting for Olivier Giroud to join Chelsea before Aubaeyang’s move to north London is authorised. The […]
Tyrone Siu/Reuters Google has announced it completed the acquisition process of Taiwanese device maker HTC; or at least its smartphone division. The deal, valued at $ 1.1 billion (£785 million), will see some 2,000 HTC engineers join the ranks of the search giant. Google will also receive a non-exclusive license of the Taiwanese firm’s intellectual […]
It’s a common part of the movie-making process that actors occasionally have to return after filming wraps to re-record some lines of dialogue, or dub in some new ones. But after Fisher died in December last year, director Rian Johnson has revealed the tricky process the sound team went through to finish Fisher’s lines. “We […]
When Doctor Who premiered in 1963, the BBC probably didn’t anticipate it becoming a worldwide phenomenon and the longest-running science-fiction show in history. If they did, the network would have likely not purged their archives of Doctor Who episodes in the ’70s, resulting in many serials from the First and Second Doctor’s runs to become lost to oblivion. […]
REUTERS/Grigory Dukor ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkey’s purchase of Russian S-400 surface-to-air missiles has been completed but Ankara is discussing a further deal with a European consortium to help it develop its own missile defense system, Defense Minister Nurettin Canikli said. The decision by NATO member Turkey to buy the S-400s from Moscow has been seen […]
NASA On Saturday, the Dream Chaser space plane completed a milestone in its development. During an “approach and landing” test, the spacecraft was dropped from a helicopter to fly back to a landing strip at Edwards Air Force Base in California. The company behind the space plane confirmed the successful test in a tweet on […]
Published time: 18 Oct, 2017 09:40 More than 1,095 kilometers (km) of the eastern route or the Power of Siberia gas pipeline is now built, according to the Russian energy major Gazprom which added that construction is ahead of schedule. Read more The company plans to build 1,300 km of the 3,000 km long pipeline […]
The eight-month study, known as the Hawaii Space Exploration Analog and Simulation, was the fifth of its kind, funded by NASA and run through the University of Hawaii. Still, Ehrlich said, “it’s weird—you’re living inside this habitat for eight months.” “So you’ve basically been in a place for three-quarters of a year, and you come […]
