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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 quantum computing spinout announces $100M funding round led by Japan’s SBI
28.11.2023
OQC is also launching what it calls “the world’s first enterprise ready quantum computing platform.”
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
Who Is William MacAskill, the Oxford Philosopher Who Shaped Sam Bankman-Fried’s Worldview?
22.11.2022
A prominent voice in the “effective altruism” movement, MacAskill has served as Sam Bankman-Fried’s mentor
Best Universities for Blockchain 2022: University of Oxford
26.9.2022
The oldest university in the English-speaking world lands at the No. 26 spot on the strength of its research. This story is part of CoinDesk's Education Week
Oxford City Football Club to accept Bitcoin for matchday tickets
3.8.2022
In a first for the sixth-tier English football league, the club will wear the BTC logo on their shirts, and fans will be able to buy tickets with Bitcoin over the Lightning Network
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
ČVUT porazila Oxford a v počítačovém vidění je mezi nejlepšími v Evropě
1.4.2022
Fakulta elektrotechnická ČVUT se dostala mezi čtyři nejlepší evropská pracoviště v oboru počítačového vidění (computer vision). Ukazuje to žebříček Computer Science Rankings
Universities including Berkeley, MIT, Harvard, Oxford to form EduDAO to promote Web 3 innovations, financed by BitDAO treasury
16.12.2021
The funds from EduDAO will be used for research, education and entrepreneurship in Web 3 technologies among the world's top universities
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...
Gemini crypto exchange sponsoring the Oxford-Cambridge boat race
9.3.2021
"We are thrilled to be combining two of our greatest passions — rowing and crypto — with our sponsorship of this historic event," said the Winklevoss twins
Oxford and Cambridge Universities to Face off in Crypto Trading Duel
26.11.2020
The rivalry between students from the UK’s universities of Oxford and Cambridge is about to take on a crypto bent.
Their history of (usually friendly) antagonism dates back centuries, perhaps as far as to 1209 when, per Cambridge records, a group of Oxford scholars fled from hostile townsfolk...
Forget Boat Races, Oxford and Cambridge Students Will Soon Compete to Trade Bitcoin
26.11.2020
Students from both universities will take part in an algorithmic trading competition hosted by investor analytics firm APEX:E3
Cambridge and Oxford teams compete in algorithmic crypto trading contest
26.11.2020
Teams representing the maths and science departments of the universities of Cambridge and Oxford are competing to design cryptocurrency trading algorithms
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
Oxford Law Says World Needs Crypto Regulation to Prevent Financial Meltdown
20.4.2020
Oxford law researchers say crypto regulation is needed for preventing traditional financial markets from systemic risk