Last updated: April 25, 2024 03:09 EDT | 2 min read Sam Altman’s Worldcoin project is reportedly running low on orbs, the devices used for iris scans in return for tokens.These orbs are biometric imaging devices that securely verify a person’s identity using iris scans. They are intended to prevent multiple accounts or identities within the Worldcoin system.Alex Blania, CEO of Tools for Humanity, the developer behind Worldcoin, told Semafor that the startup is expanding silver orb production to meet soaring demand. Currently, between 300 and 500 orbs are available, according to the report published Wednesday.The issue highlights Worldcoin’s swift…

Google has completed a second round of terminations linked to the anti-Israel demonstrations held at the tech giant’s offices last week. After protesters took over Google’s corporate offices in New York, Seattle and Sunnyvale, California, on April 16 in 10-hour sit-ins, the company fired 28 workers the next day. This week, they fired more following an investigation into the incidents. According to “No Tech for Apartheid,” the activist campaign led by tech workers behind the protests, a total of 50 Google employees have now been let go by the company over the sit-ins.No Tech for Apartheid claimed in a blog…

EL PASO, Texas — A Texas grand jury indicted more than 140 migrants on misdemeanor rioting charges Tuesday over an alleged mass attempt to breach the U.S.-Mexico border, a day after a judge threw out the cases.No injuries were reported during the alleged breach on April 12 in El Paso, which authorities say began when someone in the group cut through a razor wire barrier. Mass arrests also followed a separate episode in the Texas border city in March.On Monday, a county judge had thrown out the charges against those who were arrested this month, ruling there was insufficient probable…

Last updated: April 24, 2024 23:00 EDT | 2 min read The Brazilian megabank Nubank is launching withdrawal services for Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), and Solana (SOL), in the latest bullish move from the neobank.In an official notice on the Nubank community page, the bank said that it would allow customers to “send and receive [cryptoassets]” from their app-based wallets.The bank first announced its plans to enable withdrawals in December last year, but says the service is now live.Brazilian Megabank Bullish on BTC, CryptoNubank wrote:“For now, it will be possible to send and receive Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Solana. However, we…

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), backed by a small group of fellow Republican House members, had a simple message Wednesday for Columbia University students who have set up a protest in the college’s main square.“Go back to class and stop the nonsense,” Johnson said in a press conference on the steps of the university library, as he and his fellow lawmakers were forcefully booed by some students.“If we want to have a debate on campus about the merits of these things, let’s do that. But you can’t intimidate your fellow students and make them stay home from class,” he said.Columbia…

Meghan Markle is bringing a little bit of herself in her next venture with American Riviera Orchard and an upcoming Netflix series. “The line is organic to who she is,” a source exclusively reveals in the latest issue of Us Weekly, noting that the Duchess of Sussex’s “passions are cooking and gardening.” Meghan, 42, filed trademarks in March for home goods including tableware, small kitchen appliances, linens, gardening gear, jarred food products, home decor and more. While Meghan has plans to release multiple products, the insider says that she won’t drop everything right away. “She isn’t going to come out…

The Federal Trade Commission voted this week to ban noncompete agreements, and the Biden administration finalized a rule that will make more salaried workers eligible for overtime pay.Beginning July 1, employers will be required to pay overtime to salaried workers making less than $43,888 a year in certain administrative, executive and professional roles.The FTC’s move to ban noncompete agreements, which limit an employee’s ability to leave for a rival company or start a competing business for a stated period of time, is already being challenged in court.For millions of American workers, the federal government took two actions this week that…

Oracle’s future headquarters in Nashville could operate like a town of its own given the planned amenities described by CEO and co-founder Larry Ellison. When the chief executive let it slip earlier this week that Oracle is planning to move its “huge campus” to Tennessee’s capital city, he said it will not look anything like a corporate campus. Instead, it will be a park with buildings. ORACLE’S LARRY ELLISON ANNOUNCES PLANS TO MOVE WORLD HEADQUARTERS TO NASHVILLE Ellison said the new site will have office buildings, a community clinic, restaurants, hotels and a concert venue, a floating stage on the lake…

By7.com staff Thursday, April 25, 2024 6:00AMThe green hue is from exposure to a pigment in her mother’s womb and eventually it fades away.PENSACOLA, Fla. () — It was a lucky day for Florida breeders whose golden retriever gave birth to a green-hued puppy they named “Shamrock.”Shamrock was born last March with a lime-colored coat that made the puppy go TikTok viral with over 8 million views.Shamrock was the only odd one out of eight in her litter. Her siblings were born with the popular breed’s traditional cream coat.The green hue is due to the puppy’s exposure to a green…

Deadline reports that Clarkson Law, a public interest law firm, announced the filing of a class action lawsuit against Actors Access, a service owned by Breakdown Services, Ltd., for alleged deceptive business practices and exploitative pay-to-play models. This legal action, initiated on behalf of plaintiffs Kate Bond, Christian Jenkins, Robert Fisher, Amber Coyle, and Donald Smith, was lodged in the Los Angeles Superior Court on Wednesday.”Following the daily outpour of support from actors, industry insiders, and the public after our filing against Casting Networks, we realized exactly how widespread this problem is throughout the online audition industry,” said Ryan Clarkson,…

First responders rushed to the scene and treated two people for injuries, the London Ambulance Service said. More paramedics were called to nearby Buckingham Palace Road, where another of the riders was thrown from a horse, it said. Crews there treated someone in the street behind a blue tarpaulin.The horses galloped for miles. And another ambulance crew treated a horse-related injury at a busy junction not far from St. Paul’s Cathedral, it said. In total, three riders were injured and taken to hospitals with non-life-threatening injuries, according to the army.It wasn’t clear exactly when the horses were brought under control,…

Last updated: April 24, 2024 23:10 EDT | 1 min read Since the fourth Bitcoin halving took place resulting in Bitcoin issuance dropping from 900 to 450 per day miners have seen daily revenue hit a record high of over $100 million, said CryptoQuant the on-chain data analytics firm based in South Korea.In its weekly research note, CryptoQuant said the spike in revenues was the result of record-high transaction fees of $80 million or 1,252 Bitcoin – representing 75% of total miner revenue that day.The issuance of new Bitcoin per block has been cut in half to 3.125 Bitcoin. This…

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Alex’s brother Grant officiated the wedding. “He has been so instrumental throughout my life, and he and Matt have built such a great bond,” Alex says. “My brother did such an incredible job speaking so beautifully about our relationship.” The couple also chose not share their vows with one another until the ceremony itself. “Although my life is pretty public, the true intimate bond and connection Matt and I have we actually keep pretty private,” she says. “So for our families and closest friends to hear us verbalize our feelings towards one another in the most intimate setting felt electric—as…

Kendra Wilkinson. Paul Archuleta/Getty Images Kendra Wilkinson and ex-husband Hank Baskett’s son, Hank IV, has grown up before our eyes. “Congratulations @hank_baskett12 I love you so much and watched you work hard to get to where you are,” Wilkinson, 38, wrote via Instagram on Wednesday, April 24. “I’m so proud of you my boy. Keep going!!!” The Girls Next Door alum uploaded a photo of her firstborn, 14, holding an acceptance certificate for Oaks Christian School, a private college-preparatory dad and boarding educational institution. Hank also wore an athletic shirt with the school’s official logo on the chest. Wilkinson married…