January 2025

Olympics president says not communicating with Trump as wildfires threaten 2028 LA Games

International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach says he will not communicate with President-elect Trump until he leaves office later this year. Bach told DPA International News that he congratulated Trump on the Republican’s election victory in November, but he has not sought any other communication beyond that. “I don’t think it would be right […]

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How to ensure true decentralization for security and censorship resistance

Decentralization is the foundation of blockchain technology, promising a more robust and censorship-resistant alternative to centralized systems. But are industry-leading protocols as decentralized as they claim to be? Decentralization can be measured across several dimensions. At first glance, the number of devices participating in the validation or block mining process of a network is one

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Former Indiana basketball players say team doctor sexually abused them with unnecessary prostate exams

Three former members of the Indiana men’s basketball team have accused former team doctor Bradford Bomba Sr., 88, of sexually abusing them during their playing days. Haris Mujezinovic and Charlie Miller originally filed a lawsuit against Bomba in October, and John Flowers joined the suit this week. Flowers, who played for the Hoosiers in 1981

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Litecoin rises 11% as investors gain confidence in Pakinomist

Pakinomist – Litecoin traded at $113,876 at 17:56 (22:56 GMT) on the Pakinomist index on Wednesday, up 11.09% on the day. That was the biggest one-day percentage increase since January 15. The upward move pushed Litecoin’s market cap up to $8,000B, or 0.23% of the total cryptocurrency market cap. At its peak, Litecoin’s market cap

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Cowboys eye ex-Jets head coach Robert Saleh after moving on from Mike McCarthy: report

The Dallas Cowboys reportedly have their eyes on former New York Jets head coach Robert Saleh, who was let go by owner Woody Johnson just five games into the season. The Cowboys mutually agreed to part ways with head coach Mike McCarthy on Monday after his contract with the team expired last week. The decision

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Sony Launches Blockchain to Controversy

Welcome to The Protocol, CoinDesk’s weekly roundup of the top stories in cryptocurrency technology development. I’m Ben Schiller, CoinDesk’s opinion and features editor. In this issue: Sony’s blockchain faces memecoin controversy Bubblemaps prepares BMT and new intel desktop Babylon improves Bitcoin interoperability Prosecutors seek 95k BTC Bitfinex return This article is featured in the latest

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Qualcomm poaches Xeon chief architect to better compete with AMD and Intel in AI data center CPU market

Qualcomm currently sells AI accelerator processors, but has its sights set on the CPU market Sailesh Kottapalli’s expertise is in x86 architecture, not Arm But that didn’t stop Qualcomm from bringing him on board to lead its data center team Qualcomm, known for its Snapdragon processors that power business smartphones and laptops around the world,

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