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UPDATE: The Texas Senate concurred with the House amendments on Senate Bill 3 on May 25, and the body signed off on the legislation on May 26, sending it to Gov. Greg Abbott’s desk.No more delta-8 THC. No more delta-10 THC. No more chemically altered THC extracts.“If it gets you high, it is not legal...

NEW DELHI: India’s Olympic javelin gold medallist Neeraj Chopra said it was now “completely out of the question” that rival Arshad Nadeem of Pakistan will attend his meet in Bengaluru next month following Tuesday’s deadly attack in Indian-held Kashmir. Relations between nuclear-armed neighbours India and Pakistan have plummeted to their lowest level in years after the killing of 26 tourists on Wednesday. A day before the attack, Chopra had announced that the world’s top throwers, including Paris Olympics champion Nadeem, had been invited to the first Neeraj Chopra Classic on May 24, an event he hoped would pave the way…

Sleep is essential, but sticking to a healthy routine isn’t always easy. That’s where Sleepagotchi comes in—a new app that turns better sleep into something you can earn rewards for. Blending game-like features, blockchain technology, and community interaction, Sleepagotchi takes a different approach to sleep tracking.In this article, we’ll look at how it works, the Lite version, its recent growth, and what users can expect as the platform evolves.Key TakeawaysSleepagotchi will reward users for maintaining healthy sleep routines using NFT-based collectibles and $SHEEP tokens.The app utilises gamified goals and blockchain rewards to enhance the interactivity of sleep improvement.Sleepagotchi does not…

ChatGPT, OpenAI’s text-generating AI chatbot, has taken the world by storm since its launch in November 2022. What started as a tool to supercharge productivity through writing essays and code with short text prompts has evolved into a behemoth with 300 million weekly active users. 2024 was a big year for OpenAI, from its partnership with Apple for its generative AI offering, Apple Intelligence, the release of GPT-4o with voice capabilities, and the highly-anticipated launch of its text-to-video model Sora. OpenAI also faced its share of internal drama, including the notable exits of high-level execs like co-founder and longtime chief…

Veterans advocates in Texas are calling on Gov. Greg Abbott (R) to veto legislation that would outlaw all hemp-derived cannabinoid products containing any detectable THC, saying loss of access to the products would harm veterans, seniors, medical patients and everyday consumers. “Banning legal hemp would cause irreversible harm to communities across the state,” the organization...

Odyssey, a startup founded by self-driving pioneers Oliver Cameron and Jeff Hawke, has developed an AI model that lets users “interact” with streaming video. Available on the web in an “early demo,” the model generates and streams video frames every 40 milliseconds. Via basic controls, viewers can explore areas within a video, similar to a 3D-rendered video game. “Given the current state of the world, an incoming action, and a history of states and actions, the model attempts to predict the next state of the world,” explains Odyssey in a blog post. “Powering this is a new world model, demonstrating…

This article contains a major spoiler for the 2024 film Conclave. Susan Bin is not a Catholic. She tells Rolling Stone that she’s been to a single Mass service in her life, “and that’s a long story.” But she’s engaged with the church from an academic perspective as someone who works in fine art and...

In brief Wall Street giant Cantor Fitzgerald is going to introduce a Bitcoin-focused fund with with downside protection based on gold’s price. The fund aims to address some investors’ fears about Bitcoin’s volatility. Cantor has been vocal in its embrace of cryptocurrency investment products. Wall Street giant Cantor Fitzgerald is debuting a new Bitcoin-focused fund...

Deep dives and investigations you won’t find anywhere else Inside the Mysterious World of Sleeptripping A fringe subculture is staying awake for days to chase visions, ego death, and shadow people. Staying up all night is a common trope of drug use, whether you’re popping MDMA in an underground Berlin club or watching a universally...

Semilore Faleti is a cryptocurrency writer specialized in the field of journalism and content creation. While he started out writing on several subjects, Semilore soon found a knack for cracking down on the complexities and intricacies in the intriguing world of blockchains and cryptocurrency. Semilore is drawn to the efficiency of digital assets in terms of storing, and transferring value. He is a staunch advocate for the adoption of cryptocurrency as he believes it can improve the digitalization and transparency of the existing financial systems. In two years of active crypto writing, Semilore has covered multiple aspects of the digital…