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Stratis Joins ‘APPG Blockchain’ to Help Guide UK Blockchain Policy

[PRESS RELEASE – London, United Kingdom, 20th September 2021] Stratis has joined the UK’s All Party Parliamentary Group on Blockchain (APPG Blockchain) to contribute its knowledge and experience of deploying blockchain for innovative use-cases. APPG Blockchain includes organisations like Capita, the IOTA Foundation, SAP and the British Standards Institute (BSI) who collaborate with an array of experts in public evidence-forums to provide tangible recommendations to policy-makers working on the UK’s approach to blockchain. As one of the UK’s most prominanent blockchain projects the Stratis team will contribute its knowledge and

Gen Con Indy 2021 Returns to Indianapolis, Drawing Over 35,000…

“This year’s Gen Con was a clear success for the City of Indianapolis,” said Mayor Joe Hogsett. INDIANAPOLIS (PRWEB) September 21, 2021 Gen Con, the largest and longest-running tabletop gaming convention in North America, returned to Indy this week for the first time since 2019, drawing a unique attendance of over 35,000 gaming fans to the Indiana Convention Center — about 50% of attendance in 2019 — for four days of gaming, shopping, cosplay, and great local food and entertainment. The convention generated an estimated $37 million in economic activity

Vitality secure Fall Final berth with 2-0 victory over Astralis

Vitality continued their excellent recent form with another victory, this time against the Danes Astralis, defeating them on Overpass and Nuke in a 2-0 series. It was not all plain sailing for Vitality, particularly on Nuke, where they fell 4-11 on their CT half. In the winner's interview, Dan "⁠apEX⁠" Madesclaire was pressed on what exactly is the cause of the problems they are facing on the CT side of Nuke, with apEX admitting that the A site is an issue for the team. "The most problematic thing we have

GORILLAZ intentionally die to Molotov to deny SMG kill reward for Sinners

Robin “flusha” Rönnquist’s CS:GO team GORILLAZ made a curious decision today on Overpass in a match against Sinners for the Elisa Invitational Fall. GORILLAZ had just lost the second pistol of the game to Sinners and opted for a full eco so they could afford guns in the third round of the second half. Flusha and crew were going to Mid via the T Stairs when Sinners threw a fairly common Molotov that’s designed to either cause some cheap damage or prevent the Terrorists from getting to Mid fast. But

Gambit guarantee playoffs appearance, remain undefeated in EPL

Gambit have guaranteed themselves a slot in the playoffs bracket in ESL Pro League following a commanding victory over Entropiq in a 2-0 fashion on Dust2 and Vertigo. The win sees Gambit stand tall in Group D as they are yet to drop a series. Sitting on a 1-3 record, Entropiq's chances to progress are incredibly slim, as they are relying on several other results to help them on top of their final match against TeamOne. Entropiq have struggled to best their domestic rivals, having only won a single map

Heroic edge past ENCE to secure ESL Pro League playoff spot

Heroic defeated ENCE in three maps to secure a berth in the ESL Pro League Season 14 playoffs ahead of their final group stage match, which they will play against Astralis on Friday in hopes of clinching the top seed to go straight into the tournament’s quarter-finals. ENCE, meanwhile, remain alive and in contention for one of the other two spots in the playoffs, which they will be competing over against Vitality and Astralis, primarily, although Spirit are alive after beating Bad News Bears and could find themselves in a

Vitality secure opening win at EPL over ENCE

Vitality have clinched their first victory in Group A at ESL Pro League Season 14, fending off ENCE in the opening round 2-0 (Mirage 16-14, Overpass 16-8). It was none other than ZywOo who stood out from the pack with a 1.38 rating in the series, a good sign of things to come from the superstar after he ended the previous season with somewhat of a sub-par showing at IEM Cologne — at least for his standards. "We've put high expectations [on ourselves] for the second part of the season,"

China roundup: Games are opium, algorithms need scrutiny

Hello and welcome back to TechCrunch’s China roundup, a digest of recent events shaping the Chinese tech landscape and what they mean to people in the rest of the world. The question for the tech news cycle in China these days has become: Who is Beijing’s next target? Regulatory clampdowns are common in China’s tech industry but the breadth of the recent moves has been unprecedented. No major tech giant is exempted and everyone is being attacked from a slightly different angle, but Beijing’s message is clear: Tech businesses are to

League of Legends Akshan Build: What Items to Use

League of LegendsLeague of Legends' newest addition to the roster, Akshan, makes his way to Summoner's Rift for Patch 11.15, and if trying to score some free League Points in solo queue, it's best to know what his build is before heading into ranked matches.The Rogue Sentinel swings into action and onto the PBE! ?Akshan & Cyberpop Akshan preview! pic.twitter.com/9LQoCcAPSw— League of Legends (@LeagueOfLegends) July 7, 2021As per Riot Games' description of Akshan, he is a mid laner who works like a marksman. That said, the gameplay of Akshan thus