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Toronto, Canada, Nov. 22, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Dione Protocol , a pioneering leader at the intersection of blockchain technology and renewable energy, announces the launch of DIONE SPARK , an ambitious Grants & Accelerator Program aimed at accelerating the development of eco-conscious projects in the Web3 ecosystem. This initiative reflects Dione's steadfast commitment to sustainable technology and innovative solutions in decentralized energy and blockchain applications. About Dione Protocol Dione Protocol is setting new standards for sustainable energy solutions in the blockchain space. With a mission to redefine energy production and consumption, Dione offers an ecosystem of products that harness renewable energy to support a greener future. This includes Orion, a decentralized infrastructure powered by AI that validates green energy sources; Odyssey, a renewable-energy-driven Layer 1 blockchain; and Nebra, a peer-to-peer energy marketplace, often called the "Uber for energy," enabling users to share and trade renewable resources. As part of its mission, Dione Protocol's latest program, DIONE SPARK , empowers developers and entrepreneurs to leverage blockchain and decentralized technology for environmental impact. About the DIONE SPARK Program DIONE SPARK is designed to fuel the creation of forward-thinking green projects on the Dione Protocol blockchain. With grants, mentorship, and resources, the program is structured to support projects through three distinct categories: Dione's Vision and Selection Criteria Dione Protocol prioritizes projects that align with its core mission to drive blockchain innovation for a sustainable future. In selecting participants for DIONE SPARK, the team looks for projects demonstrating: DIONE SPARK's First Cohort Dione Protocol's first cohort of projects selected for DIONE SPARK represents a groundbreaking mix of Web3 solutions designed to address pressing environmental and infrastructure needs: Dione Protocol's commitment to sustainability and technological advancement is evident in its partnerships and its overarching mission to support developers in building a cleaner future through blockchain. Parth Kedia, Head of Energy at Dione Protocol, emphasized the program's strategic importance: " Our mission at SPARK is to fuel the brightest minds building at the intersection of Web3 and clean energy. We focus on two critical success pathways: enabling decentralized product innovation for the power and utilities sector, and fostering volume-generating technologies such as AI, DePIN, DeFi, Web3 gaming, and others that will shape our meta-first, clean energy future. Each project selected will join our global community of millions of DIONISTS, tap into our strong KOL network, and ultimately contribute to the value and revenue of our open ecosystem. " DIONE SPARK aims to ignite a new era in sustainable blockchain technology by bridging the gap between cutting-edge Web3 development and eco-friendly solutions. By empowering developers to build applications that prioritize sustainability, Dione Protocol is not only advancing blockchain innovation but also making significant strides towards a more sustainable global infrastructure. For more information on DIONE SPARK and application details, please visit Dione Protocol's official website or DIONE SPARK website. About Dione Protocol: Dione Protocol merges blockchain with renewable energy solutions, pushing the boundaries of sustainable technology through products like Orion, Odyssey, and Nebra. With a clear focus on green innovation, Dione Protocol envisions a decentralized, eco-friendly future where energy and blockchain technology harmonize to address global environmental challenges. CONTACT: Brandon K Vice President Dione Protocol pr(at)dioneprootocol.comBuilding a gaming PC is too expensive, and GPUs really aren't helping

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Christmas tree burning ignites protests in DamascusDonald Trump asks the Supreme Court to delay the TikTok banWASHINGTON: Donald Trump has urged the United States Supreme Court to pause a federal TikTok law that would ban the popular social media app or force its sale, with the Republican US president-elect arguing that he should have time after taking office to pursue a "political resolution" to the issue. TikTok and its owner ByteDance are fighting to keep the popular app online in the US after Congress voted in April to ban it unless the app's Chinese parent company sells it by Jan 19. They have sought to have the law struck down and the Supreme Court has agreed to hear the case. But if the court does not rule in ByteDance's favour and no divestment occurs, the app could be effectively banned in the US on Jan 19, one day before Trump takes office. "This case presents an unprecedented, novel, and difficult tension between free-speech rights on one side, and foreign policy and national security concerns on the other," Trump said in a filing on Friday (Dec 27). "Such a stay would vitally grant President Trump the opportunity to pursue a political resolution that could obviate the court's need to decide these constitutionally significant questions," the filing added. Free speech advocates separately told the Supreme Court on Friday that the US law against Chinese-owned TikTok evokes the censorship regimes put in place by the US' authoritarian enemies. Trump indicated earlier this week that he favoured allowing TikTok to keep operating in the US for at least a little while, saying he had received billions of views on the social media platform during his presidential campaign. The US Justice Department has argued that Chinese control of TikTok poses a continuing threat to national security, a position supported by most US lawmakers. TikTok says the Justice Department has misstated the social media app's ties to China, arguing that its content recommendation engine and user data are stored in the US on cloud servers operated by Oracle, while content moderation decisions that affect American users are made in the US as well.

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Mumbai, Nov 26 (PTI) A UK delegation, comprising 13 British healthcare companies covering medical technology, clinical services, digital health and AI, are participating in the 10th UK-India Healthcare Trade Mission 2024. The delegation is meeting key industry leaders across the healthcare sector in Mumbai, Bangalore and New Delhi from November 26 to 28. The aim of the mission is to create a lasting impact on the health and well-being of the citizens of both the UK and India, to transform the healthcare landscape in both countries and serve as a model for international cooperation in healthcare. Anna Shotbolt, Deputy Trade Commissioner for South Asia, on Tuesday said, "...Digital health care really presents a promising opportunity for both the countries. We have had digital health successes with Spirit Health offering a patient monitoring system, which is particularly helpful in rural areas of India, and MedTech with Brandon on surgical lighting systems." NHS (National Health Service) England National Medical Director Sir Stephen Powis, also present on the occasion, said, "The 10th edition of the UK Healthcare Trade Mission to India and to bring with us a delegation of UK healthcare organisations, all of whom have been selected to represent the UK's world-class capabilities in healthcare innovation across the next generation of digital, med-tech, and education and training." Both India and the UK face the same challenges of rising demand, and the future success is going to lie in harnessing everything in terms of digital data, improvement sites and innovation, everything those areas and those topics have to offer to benefit patients, communities, and the staff that work in the healthcare systems, he said. "So the UK companies that we have brought today bring a range of expertise in all these areas. They are looking for partnerships with leading Indian hospitals and healthcare providers and with tech companies to spread innovation to benefit patients in India," he added. The 13 British companies that are part of the delegation are Abingdon Health, ANGLE, Cirdan, Exroid Technology, Global Access Diagnostics (GADx), Modality Partnership, Novocuris, Panakeia Technologies, Royal Free London Private Patients Unit, University Hospital Southampton, University of Derby, Upskill Health and VRiMS (Virtual Reality in Medicine and Surgery). (This story has not been edited by THE WEEK and is auto-generated from PTI)Alyssa Nakken, first full-time female coach in MLB history, leaving Giants to join Guardians

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Nov 22 (Reuters) - U.S. energy infrastructure providers are on pace to post their best year in many, as investors hedge against volatility in the commodity markets and wager on long-term demand fueled by the rise of power-guzzling technologies such as generative AI. The Alerian Midstream Energy Index (.AMNA) , opens new tab , which tracks major North American pipeline and storage companies, is up about 46% this year after hitting a record high in March. This compares with the nearly 25% gains in the broader S&P 500 index (.SPX) , opens new tab during the same period. Alerian index constituents Kinder Morgan (KMI.N) , opens new tab and Targa Resources (TRGP.N) , opens new tab are set for their best yearly gains, while Williams Co (WMB.N) , opens new tab is on track for its best year in nearly two decades. "We've seen fairly substantial flows from a lot of institutional investors over the past six months," said Kenny Zhu, research analyst at Global X ETFs, a New York-based provider of exchange-traded funds. Energy infrastructure firms' fixed-fee model shields them from the volatility in oil and gas prices, while the sector also benefits from surging U.S. production . Payouts in the form of dividends and buybacks due to stable cash flows are also pulling in small investors, experts said. The explosive growth in artificial intelligence and the related insatiable demand from data centers to run the power-hungry applications have reinforced the segment's appeal. "There's no artificial intelligence without energy infrastructure, because AI needs the power 24 hours a day, seven days a week," said Rob Thummel, senior portfolio manager at asset management firm Tortoise. Additionally, several liquefied natural gas export projects are expected to come online in the latter half of the decade, further boosting demand for pipelines. However, building new large-scale pipelines is not an easy task in the U.S., as they often run into regulatory hurdles, making existing infrastructure even more valuable. "If you have pipelines in the ground right now, you're in a really good spot because those are going to become more and more valuable as demand continues to grow," said Zack Van Everen, director of research at TPH&Co. Sign up here. Reporting by Sourasis Bose in Bengaluru; Editing by Sriraj Kalluvila Our Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles. , opens new tab

Long Island Medium Theresa Caputo steps out with biggest bouffant yet after getting mocked for size of hairGov. Josh Shapiro had a big 2024 — from his star turn as a contender for the vice presidential ticket to his campaign trail cameos as a prominent Democratic election surrogate, and as a vocal supporter of Israel. As the year comes to an end, his national profile has continued to grow, this time with a focus on how he uses his faith to connect with voters. Shapiro has long made his Jewish faith a tenet of his public identity, and now as President Joe Biden, a practicing Catholic, cedes the White House to President-elect Donald Trump, who promotes his own branded Bibles, the New York Times is pointing to Shapiro as part of “a small but prominent cast of Scripture-quoting, religiously observant Democratic politicians.” Many of them, the Times reports, are “poised to command national attention over the next four years.” Shapiro, Sen. Raphael Warnock, D- Ga., and Texas state Rep. James Talarico are newer Democratic Party leaders who haven’t shied away from speaking publicly about being religious in an effort to relate to voters across spiritual lines even as the party has garnered a reputation for being increasingly secular. “It is important for the community to understand, wherever you are, what motivates you,” Shapiro told the Times. “That’s important for people to know before you start talking to them about bills and policies and proposals.” A Pew study published in April using data from 1994 to 2023 found that among registered voters who are atheist, agnostic or otherwise not affiliated with a religious group, 70% leaned Democratic. Meanwhile, 59% of Protestants and 52% of Catholics leaned Republican, while 69% of Jews and 66% of Muslims leaned Democratic — though the data for Muslims were smaller than these other groups. But as the study broke down racial and ethnic groups, the story shifted, with 84% of Black Protestants and 60% of Hispanic Catholics leaning Democratic, according to Pew. The majority of both groups voted for Vice President Kamala Harris in this year’s election, but Trump made gains among Black and Latino voters. While Trump isn’t known for being the most fluent in Christian theology, he has framed himself as a defender of Christian ideology. Trump, who has identified himself as a nondenominational Christian, has spoken about his near-death experience surviving an assassination attempt in religious terms, as have his supporters. Trump has also proved successful presenting himself as authentic while the Democratic Party does soul-searching on how to better connect with voters. Positions related to Shapiro’s faith have landed him in the spotlight of heated political debates. While Shapiro has fiercely criticized Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, he made a name for himself as an adamant supporter of Israel who at times spoke brashly about protesters he considered antisemitic. Those stances were seen as a vulnerability by some and a strength by others when he was being considered as Harris’ vice presidential nominee. His religion remained in the spotlight after the veepstakes were over. Republicans, including Trump and Vice President-elect JD Vance, tried to pin Harris’ decision to pick Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as her running mate on what they called antisemitism within the Democratic Party. Shapiro appeared to rebuke those theories when he took the stage at Temple University’s Liacouras Center during the rally that debuted Walz as the Democratic vice presidential nominee in August. In the final moments of a resounding speech that garnered thunderous applause from the crowd standing in the arena on North Broad Street, Shapiro celebrated his faith and its intersection with public service and quoted the Pirkei Avot, an ancient text of Jewish ethics: “No one is required to complete the task, but neither are we free to refrain from it,” he said. “I want to just say this,” Shapiro said. “I lean on my family, and I lean on my faith, which calls me to serve, and I am proud of my faith.” Rabbi David Glanzberg-Krainin, the rabbi at Beth Sholom in Montgomery County — Shapiro’s hometown synagogue — told The Inquirer in August that this moment showed “he’s not going to back down from saying that this is something that’s a foundational part of who he is” and how he approaches public service. Glanzberg-Krainin also rejected Vance’s notion that Shapiro’s being Jewish was a factor in his rejection as Harris’ running mate. “I absolutely can’t fathom a universe in which, you know, Vice President Harris, who’s married to a Jewish man, decided not to select Josh Shapiro as her running mate because Josh is Jewish ... there’s just no world in which I can conceive of that as being possible,” he said. As Shapiro has continued to embrace being Jewish, so has the fixation on his identity. After the popular governor gave a prime-time speech at the Democratic National Convention later in August, Trump called him a “highly overrated Jewish governor” who “has done nothing for Israel” in a rant on Truth Social. To this, Shapiro said that Trump is “obsessed” with him and that the then- GOP nominee was perpetuating “antisemitic tropes.” Despite Shapiro’s faith occasionally becoming a political football, Glanzberg-Krainin said in August that he suspects the governor will continue to look for ways to meld his religion and his call to public service. “Over the course of years, I think that’s something that he takes really seriously,” Glanzberg-Krainin said. “Where could he best serve? And that’s not something that’s just purely rational, I think it’s something that he feels on a deep level.” Shapiro has already taken his faith-based connections beyond Pennsylvania, including by joining forces with Warnock, the Democratic senator from Georgia who also combines his faith with his public identity. Shapiro visited Warnock’s church in October and “immediately introduced himself as a fellow person of faith,” the Times reported, telling churchgoers “Shabbat shalom,” a greeting observant Jews use on the Sabbath. Warnock and Shapiro are both rising leaders in the party who are seen as potential future presidential nominees. The two men campaigned for Harris together, and Shapiro told the Times they talked about strengthening the “fraying bonds between the Jewish and Black communities.”