In T-minus 10 days, the Ethereum blockchain will undergo its 11th backward-incompatible upgrade, also called a “hard fork.” This hard fork, dubbed “London,” contains five Ethereum Improvement Proposals (EIPs), each featuring code changes aimed at optimizing and improving the world’s second-largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization. Of these five EIPs, EIP 1559 has been the most controversial among Ethereum stakeholders due to its radical redesign of the network’s fee… Source link
Read More »Giving Matters: Celebrate Life, Yahoo! | Vanburen
Celebrate every day that ends in the letter “y.” Gee, what a good idea. Osho once said, “Life should not only be lived, it should be celebrated.” Osho was viewed as a controversial new religious movement leader and mystic. Osho emphasized the importance of meditation, mindfulness, love, celebration, courage, creativity, and humor that he felt was being suppressed by more traditional religions. This last week I was busy preparing for the Chamber’s Re… Source link
Read More »Amazon’s new CEO is a ‘cloud titan’ — here’s why that matters
Wednesday, February 3, 2021 This article was first featured in Yahoo Finance Tech, a weekly newsletter highlighting our original content on the industry. Get it sent directly to your inbox every Wednesday by 4 p.m. ET. Subscribe Amazon (AMZN) is getting a new CEO, and he’s the same executive who turned the e-commerce giant into a cloud computing juggernaut. Andy Jassy, the head of Amazon’s Amazon Web Services (AWS), will replace Jeff Bezos as CEO in the third quarter. The change means… Source link
Read More »Clippers beat Lakers but can they win when it matters?
Anticipation lingered in the air Tuesday before the Los Angeles Lakers collected their rings on opening night, before losing to the Los Angeles Clippers, 116-109. A matchup that was once considered fait accompli failed to materialize in the playoffs, courtesy of the Denver Nuggets bouncing the Clippers early, but here, finally, they were, with new identities: the champion and the humbled up-and-comer. Montrezl Harrell, who switched allegiances from the Lakers to the Clippers this offseason… Source link
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