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Weebs, Rejoice: ‘Isekai’ Is Now In The Oxford Dictionary
29.3.2024
The Oxford English Dictionary (aka the OED) runs an update to its repository four times every year. Like DLC for games, these quarterly patches can introduce new words, features, and definition changes. Well, the first quarter of 2024 is about up, and the OED has just updated its linguistic...
Oxford scientists develop GPU-accelerated limit order book sim to teach AI how to trade
5.9.2023
The first of its kind architecture gives up to a 7X speedup over traditional training methods
One of the largest US colleges has begun teaching students about Bitcoin
15.1.2023
The professor said a “Programming Bitcoin” course will follow the first Bitcoin course, where students will learn how to “build a Bitcoin library from scratch.”
Metaverse comes in second place for Oxford's word of the year
5.12.2022
The term describing an internet-enabled virtual world lost to 'Goblin mode' in 2022 — "a type of behavior which is unapologetically self-indulgent, lazy, slovenly, or greedy."
'Metaverse’ a top 3 contender for Oxford’s Word of the Year
23.11.2022
Oxford University has opened public voting for the first time with polls set to close on Dec. 2
Top universities have added crypto to the curriculum
15.4.2022
Universities have been helping with blockchain-related research for quite some time and, now, some world-class universities have added the technology to their curriculum
Collins Dictionary announce NFT as word of 2021
24.11.2021
NFT is the word of the year according to Collins Dictionary, despite it actually being an abbreviation
Nigerian Learning Institution Says It Now Accepts Crypto as Payment for School Fees
29.6.2021
A learning institution in Nigeria’s Kano state, the New Oxford Science Academy, recently announced it will be accepting cryptocurrency as payment for school fees. According to the school’s proprietor, Sabi’u Musa Haruna, the institution arrived at this decision after consulting...
20 Top Universities Join Oasis Blockchain Network's Data Program
14.8.2020
The Oasis Foundation has announced a new University Program, bringing together blockchain societies from leading universities like MIT and Cornell
Zilliqa Offers $5M Fund to Oxford DLT Students to Support Diversity
31.10.2019
The Oxford Women in Computer Science Society collaborates with Zilliqa for blockchain workshops to encourage diversity in the industry
Bitcoin’s Smallest Unit ‘Satoshi’ Added to Oxford English Dictionary
15.10.2019
Oxford University Press published its recent quarterly report which revealed the term ‘satoshi’ was added to the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) database. The word represents the “smallest monetary unit in the Bitcoin digital payment system,” according to the definition....
‘Satoshi’ Enters the Oxford English Dictionary
15.10.2019
Satoshi, noun, “The smallest monetary unit in the bitcoin digital payment system, equal to one hundred millionth of a bitcoin," enters the OED