Interacting with a Blockchain Network
28 Jul
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Interacting with a Blockchain Network

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Technology tamfitronics 1. IntroductionInteraction with blockchain paves the way for developers aiming to leverage blockchain technology. It helps you build decentralized appsexecute smart contracts, and integrate blockchain functionalities. This article provides you, with all the prerequisites and steps needed to set up a suitable environment, perform operations, and develop better solutions and applications in blockchain. So are you ready?2. Setting Up the EnvironmentWhile configuring your environment, it’s essential to choose the right tools according to your interests and requirements.Node Connection:Node connection as the name refers is connecting the node in the network. This node is a gateway to the access of blockchain data and services.Most of the blockchain nodes provide Remote Procedure Call (RPC) and WebSocket endpoints. Where RPC is mostly used in synchronous requests and Websocket is used in real-time data and event description.Technology...
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SDAIA, KAUST launch miniGPT-Med model to help doctors diagnose medical radiology via AI
28 Jul
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SDAIA, KAUST launch miniGPT-Med model to help doctors diagnose medical radiology via AI

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Technology tamfitronics JEDDAH: In the Kingdom’s culinary art scene, food styling, though a key ingredient, remains a niche career. However, one culinary artist is quickly making a name for herself by plating with style.Rawan Shouman’s interest in food styling — the process of staging food to look as attractive and appealing as possible for photography or video — began during her university days, shortly before the global pandemic, when she decided to help out a photographer friend.“With a passion for cooking and photography, styling seemed like a natural fit,” she told Arab News.Food styling is the process of staging food to look as attractive and appealing as possible for photography or video. (Instagram/r_a_shouman/Supplied)Although a cooking background is not necessary for styling, it has proven to be a bonus in Shouman’s case. “Knowing how to speak...
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Justice Dept. claims TikTok collected US user views on issues like abortion and gun control
28 Jul
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Justice Dept. claims TikTok collected US user views on issues like abortion and gun control

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Technology tamfitronics WASHINGTON (AP) — In a fresh broadside against one of the world’s most popular technology companies, the Justice Department is accusing TikTok of harnessing the capability to gather bulk information on users based on views on divisive social issues like gun control, abortion and religion.Government lawyers wrote in documents filed late Friday to the federal appeals court in Washington that TikTok and its Beijing-based parent company ByteDance used an internal web-suite system called Lark to enable TikTok employees to speak directly with ByteDance engineers in China.TikTok employees used Lark to send sensitive data...
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Apollo swoops in to acquire Everi and IGT gaming in $6.3bn deal
28 Jul
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Apollo swoops in to acquire Everi and IGT gaming in $6.3bn deal

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Technology tamfitronics Private equity giant Apollo Global will acquire International Game Technology’s (IGT) gaming business and Everi in a combination valued at $6.3bn, superseding the companies' previous merger plans.The deal will see Apollo spin off IGT’s gaming business and merge it with casino technology and payments specialist supplier Everi under one combined enterprise.Everi shareholders will receive $14.25 per share in cash, representing a 56% premium over Everi’s closing share price on 25 July, while IGT will receive $4.05bn in cash. This values the transaction at approximately $6.3bn. IGT-Everi: Sound familiar?The deal comes with a merger of the two businesses already in motion. In February IGT announced plans to merge the Global Gaming and PlayDigital businesses with Everi to create a “comprehensive and diverse” global enterprise.The transaction with the Apollo funds has the unanimous approval of an IGT board special committee and...
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