Workforce Cuts at Fortnite
Looks like the economic downturn is going into full swing with a techpocolyse. Epic Games, which makes Fortnite is getting rid of 16% of its staff, some 870 jobs. A memo to staff by TIM Sweeney...
Category: economics
Lawyer for Sam Bankman-Fried of FTX claim imprisonment hampers his defence preparation
In what looks like a compelling argument following a revocation of bail, lawyers for Sam Bankman-Fried, the founder of collapsed cryptocurrency exchange FTX, have argued that his defence would be...
Crypto Cooling off period to begin in the UK.
In a worldwide first, Crypto exchanges in the UK will be required to offer each customer a 24-hour "cooling-off period". It is speculated that this means customers will only be able to complete...
Bytedance accused in Court of giving CCP access to TIKTOK data
Former ByteDance exec Yintao Yu made the damaging allegations in a San Francisco Superior Court filing relevant to his wrongful termination case. He says that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)...
UK Push to ban ‘powerful’ AGI according to Marc Warner
Marc Warner, member of the governments AI council has been reported telling government media that Artificial General Intelligence needs strong audit requirements and technology that has safety...
Free tickets to London Blockchain Event 31/5/2023
As the blockchain community kicks off today at 8pm London Time with the best blockchain event in the history of bitcoin, it may be of some interest to those in London to discover that they can...
Tesla CEO Elon Musk travels to China
The county has some importance to Mr Musk, as this is his first trip to China since the COVID pandemic started. His arrival in Beijing on Tuesday made worldwide news, and he has been followed by a...
BitcoinSV & the London Blockchain Conference
The London Blockchain Conference starts on 31 May 2023 and runs for three days. It will address topics involving blockchain issues. Although not strictly a BSV blockchain conference, the original...
Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes begins 11-year sentence.
Elizabeth Holmes has been in the process of appealing her conviction after being convicted last year of fraud related charges that involve her stewardship of theranos, a failed technology company....
Social media platform Plebbit switches Cryptocurrency chains.
Plebbit, a new social media platform that aims to replicate a decentralized version of reddit and 4chan has switched the chains of its governance token from Avalanche to Ethereum. This change...