International News (Page 16)

The Telangana government is set to launch its SpaceTech Framework on the PartyNite metaverse. This will be the first official metaverse event in India, which commences later today at 5pm, 18 April 2022. State IT Minister, K T Rama Rao will inaugurate the event, with CEO of Niti Aayog, Amitabh Kant, ISRO Chairman Somanath S…Continue Reading

While non-fungible tokens, or NFTs, have been around since about 2017, they caught mainstream attention only in 2021. Since early last year, NFTs have been surging in popularity, and have made their way across industries. Some of the most expensive NFTs have even sold for millions of dollars. The highest sold NFT alone fetched over…Continue Reading

“How interested are you in the following emerging/future trends in gaming?” asked Activision Blizzard in its latest survey. To the players’ horror, NFTs, metaverse, and P2E gaming are some of the options listed. If you were one of the respondents, what would be your answer?NFT games: Yay or Nay? Credit: Activision Blizzard.Activision Blizzard trying to…Continue Reading

Unfortunately, a new phishing scam is lurking around the NFT space. This scam, as reported by @serpent on Twitter has already stolen $650,000 from an individual, and it may happen to a lot more if you’re not careful. Again, this is one of many scams, particularly phishing scams we’ve seen over the period in which…Continue Reading

Gem, an NFT marketplace, has fired British Twitch streamer, Josh Thompson a.k.a MethodJosh. He was only a part of the Gem.xyz team under a pseudonym, so no one in the team knew who he actually was, as he’d already faced these allegations so didn’t tell people in the Gem team his actual name.Gem.xyz recently fired…Continue Reading

HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. (AP) — Jordan Spieth hit a 56-foot shot from a greenside bunker to 7 inches and beat Patrick Cantlay with the tap-in par putt on the first hole of a playoff Sunday in the RBC Heritage.Playing four groups ahead of Cantlay, Spieth birdied Harbour Town’s par-4 18th lighthouse hole in regulation,…Continue Reading

BOSTON (AP) — Jayson Tatum made a layup at the buzzer off a pass from Marcus Smart to give the Boston Celtics a dramatic 115-114 victory over the Brooklyn Nets on Sunday in the Game 1 of the Eastern Conference first-round series.Tatum scored 16 of his 31 points in the second half, the final two…Continue Reading

HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. (AP) — Thinking he might have a chance for a playoff, Jordan Spieth rolled in a 10-foot birdie on the 18th hole in regulation. He made an even bigger shot at Habour Town’s signature hole in a playoff to win the RBC Heritage.Spieth’s 56-foot shot from a greenside bunker stopped 7…Continue Reading

BOSTON (AP) — Jayson Tatum has been adamant he didn’t view the Celtics’ matchup with the Nets as a chance to prove anything opposite two of the league’s elite scorers.His finish in Game 1 said otherwise.Tatum made a layup at the buzzer on a pass from Marcus Smart to give Boston a dramatic 115-114 victory…Continue Reading