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Utah County Leads the First Government Adoption of the Blockchain Maturity Model (BMM)

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Utah County is the first government entity in the world to adopt the Blockchain Maturity Model (BMM) to assess their blockchain-based solution and use it to continually improve the reliability and trustworthiness of their blockchain-based government services. From the mid 1800’s Utah County has drawn pioneers to its territory. That indominable spirit of overcoming challenges and finding new paths forward has not waned. When Covid shut down government offices, Utah County had already begun the transition to online platforms. Clerk/Auditor Amelia Gardner, had led the charge into that territory in

PGL hits first of two requirements to host Major in Stockholm

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Time Stamp: August 19, 2021 8:52 AM - Modified On: August 19, 2021 - Published By:
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One of the two obstacles that have prevented the PGL Major to be held in Stockholm has been removed this week, as Sweden has eased travel restrictions for esports players coming into the country after adding esports competitions to the list of elite international sports events. This comes as promising news for the organizers of the event, who revealed at the end of July their two main requirements needed to be able to host the Major in the Swedish capital: for the players and staff to be allowed to enter

Blizzard Monthly Active Users Drops as Revenue Climbs

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Time Stamp: May 5, 2021 3:59 PM - Modified On: May 5, 2021 - Published By:
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Top GamesBlizzard is losing monthly active users even as its revenue climbs. | Photo courtesy of BlizzardBlizzard is losing millions of monthly active users over time, but the company's revenue continues to climb, according to its latest quarterly earnings report.Blizzard's numbers show it has 27 million monthly active users across its games. Although that number is very impressive, it represented a 29% drop from the first quarter of 2018, when Blizzard had 38 million monthly active players. Two million of those players left the ecosystem between the last quarter of

Vorax Suspends Director After Anti Democratic Comment

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Time Stamp: March 31, 2021 1:54 PM - Modified On: March 31, 2021 - Published By:
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Vorax co-owner Aristóteles “Toti” de Azevedo was suspended from his duties in the esports organization Wednesday after a comment on Twitter expressing anti-democratic views.  The message that caused Azevedo’s suspension was a reply to a tweet by Vorax CEO Marina Leite, in which she expressed her disavowal of the military coup that happened in Brazil on March 31, 1964, throwing Brazil into a 21-year dictatorship. Azevedo, on the contrary, wrote: “I never thought that I would stop and analyze the possible benefits of the army taking power again in Brazil…

Animal Crossing: New Horizons Becomes Harder To Buy In China After In-Game Hong Kong Protests

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While Animal Crossing: New Horizons isn't technically available in China, the game has become popular nonetheless through imported foreign copies. Although Nintendo released the Switch in China in December 2019, very few games are officially available for that market.Chinese players have still been able to access Animal Crossing: New Horizons by purchasing foreign versions through small game importers, changing the Nintendo eShop location to buy digitally, or through online retailers, Polygon reports. Two of the largest online retailers, Pinduoduo and Taobao, suddenly stopped stocking the players began to use the