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Government Blockchain Association (GBA) Deploys PlatoAi across GBA’s Opensource Intelligence Platform (OSINT)

Government Blockchain Association (GBA) announced the successful deployment of PlatoAi’s Ai Powered Web3 Intelligence inside the GBA Members Site. The result of this successful deployment stemmed from a strategic partnership between the two companies with a collective vision and deep commitment towards driving commercial adoption, standards and regulatory compliance of global government blockchain initiatives.

Through this deployment GBA’s community will immediately benefit by accessing the latest premium intelligence across 36 Market Verticals including Ai, Digital Assets, Regulatory Initiatives, Web3, NFT’s, CyberSecurity, ESG and Carbon Offsets. All content is accessible across 33 Languages including; Arabic, Bengali, Chinese, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Parsi, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Romanian, Russian, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Urdu and Vietnamese.

“The GBA is all about driving authentic connectivity that our global initiatives support. Plato’s expertise in this area is an invaluable resource for accelerating our plans for 2023 and beyond. We are excited to take part in building what we believe will deliver high value to our community and beyond,” said Gerard Dache, GBAs Founder and Executive Director.

“We are excited to continue our support for the GBA and its growing community of thought leaders and see a perfect fit for our Ai capabilities across driving intelligence and awareness of GBA’s global initiatives. Driving authentic engagement and insights around the intelligence our engine produces was a driving force behind the integration into,” said Bryan Feinberg, Plato’s Founder and CEO.

Via the partnership, Plato’s was able to quickly integrate its intelligence engine to help GBA drive more organic growth to its web engagements. The partnership promises deep value across each company’s respective platforms and ecosystems and will leverage both Plato’s and GBA’s extensive blockchain expertise in designing innovative solutions using blockchain. GBA community members users will benefit from Plato’s Ai curation as way to both engage and educate the expanding role digital assets are playing in across the world of decentralized finance.

The GBA will be hosting “Blockchain & Infrastructure. The Rise of Ai” Conference on September 28-29, 2023 in Washington DC. More information about the conference can be accessed here: https://gbaglobal.org/blockchain-infrastructure/

About Government Blockchain Association (GBA)

The Government Blockchain Association (GBA) is an international non-profit association focused on using blockchain technology to solve problems for government and public sector entities. GBA provides standards, education, and networking opportunities to facilitate understanding and implementation of blockchain solutions across various industries. For more information, visit https://gbaglobal.org.

About Plato (Platodata.Network)

Plato is an Ai powered content and syndication network that curates the latest in data intelligence across today’s most innovative market verticals. The platform is designed to provide and ultra-safe and secure environment to consume sector specific real-time data intelligence while delivering fully secured Web3 connectivity across 36 market verticals and 32 languages. Amplifi, Plato’s in-house syndication network currently syndicates content and press release’s electronically to over 2000+ Publisher websites for deep and authentic connectivity. For more information, visit https://platoai.gbaglobal.org.

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The Quest 2 offers lower specs than Meta’s latest headset, true, but it also costs half the price. | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge In case you haven’t heard, the Meta Quest 2’s $249 holiday pricing is sticking around for good. That’s a natural progression for the second-gen VR headset, which launched in 2020 and was recently outclassed by the newer Meta Quest 3. What’s more, if you pick up a 128GB Quest 2 at Walmart right now, you’ll receive a $50 Meta Store credit to help you build up your game library, essentially making it a $200 purchase. At launch, the Quest 2 was an excellent little device thanks to its standalone nature. As far as mainstream VR headsets go, it remains one of the easiest and most affordable devices to pick up and play, especially since you don’t have to worry about external depth sensors and wires. You won’t be able to engage in unique mixed-reality experiences as you can with the Quest 3 — the last-gen model doesn’t feature full-color passthrough cameras, after all — but the Quest 2 retails for half the price and still supports a vast majority of the same titles, albeit often at lower specs. Plus, Meta has continued to roll out regular updates for its entry-level headset over the last year or so, boosting GPU speeds and CPU power, with the promise of more support to come. Read our Meta Quest 2 review. Three things are normally true about Bang and Olufsen products: they produce really good sound, they look outstanding, and you’ll pay a healthy premium to own them. But you don’t have to compromise your budget thanks to Amazon’s current deal on the Beosound Explore, which drops the portable speaker down to an all-time low of $119.78 (about $80 off) in black. B&O’s cylindrical, Bluetooth 5.2 speaker sends sound in every direction, and it’s made to withstand the elements. It looks the part thanks to the included carabiner, and you can trust it won’t whimper in the elements given it’s built to survive drops of up to 1.5 meters and rated IP67 for dust and water resistance. I’ve used the Explore, and while I baby my gear too much to know whether it reliably can survive worst-case scenarios, I can confirm it feels as rugged and substantial as it looks. You can also rest assured its 1.8-inch drivers emanate impressive audio. The default sound signature doesn’t provide room-thumping bass, but if that’s what you like, you can dial in your preferred sound signature with the help of an onboard equalizer. It should last for up to 27 hours, too, and supports stereo sound when paired with a second Explore. More great weekend deals to consider Building out a new game room? Amazon is selling Arcade1Up’s Capcom Legacy and Pac-Man arcade cabinets for $299.98 ($200 off) right now, making it the perfect opportunity to add some retro flair. Each comes preloaded with 14 games and features authentic artwork, …

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The Quest 2 offers lower specs than Meta’s latest headset, true, but it also costs half the price. | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge In case you haven’t heard, the Meta Quest 2’s $249 holiday pricing is sticking around for good. That’s a natural progression for the second-gen VR headset, which launched in 2020 and was recently outclassed by the newer Meta Quest 3. What’s more, if you pick up a 128GB Quest 2 at Walmart right now, you’ll receive a $50 Meta Store credit to help you build up your game library, essentially making it a $200 purchase. At launch, the Quest 2 was an excellent little device thanks to its standalone nature. As far as mainstream VR headsets go, it remains one of the easiest and most affordable devices to pick up and play, especially since you don’t have to worry about external depth sensors and wires. You won’t be able to engage in unique mixed-reality experiences as you can with the Quest 3 — the last-gen model doesn’t feature full-color passthrough cameras, after all — but the Quest 2 retails for half the price and still supports a vast majority of the same titles, albeit often at lower specs. Plus, Meta has continued to roll out regular updates for its entry-level headset over the last year or so, boosting GPU speeds and CPU power, with the promise of more support to come. Read our Meta Quest 2 review. Three things are normally true about Bang and Olufsen products: they produce really good sound, they look outstanding, and you’ll pay a healthy premium to own them. But you don’t have to compromise your budget thanks to Amazon’s current deal on the Beosound Explore, which drops the portable speaker down to an all-time low of $119.78 (about $80 off) in black. B&O’s cylindrical, Bluetooth 5.2 speaker sends sound in every direction, and it’s made to withstand the elements. It looks the part thanks to the included carabiner, and you can trust it won’t whimper in the elements given it’s built to survive drops of up to 1.5 meters and rated IP67 for dust and water resistance. I’ve used the Explore, and while I baby my gear too much to know whether it reliably can survive worst-case scenarios, I can confirm it feels as rugged and substantial as it looks. You can also rest assured its 1.8-inch drivers emanate impressive audio. The default sound signature doesn’t provide room-thumping bass, but if that’s what you like, you can dial in your preferred sound signature with the help of an onboard equalizer. It should last for up to 27 hours, too, and supports stereo sound when paired with a second Explore. More great weekend deals to consider Building out a new game room? Amazon is selling Arcade1Up’s Capcom Legacy and Pac-Man arcade cabinets for $299.98 ($200 off) right now, making it the perfect opportunity to add some retro flair. Each comes preloaded with 14 games and features authentic artwork, …

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Illustration: The Verge WhatsApp is rolling out a custom sticker maker for users with iOS 17 or later. While you can already make stickers by dragging and dropping images from your gallery into the app, this takes things a step further by letting you draw on top of them, add text, or slap on another sticker. To create a sticker from an existing image, open the app’s sticker tray, select create sticker, and then choose an image from your gallery. From there, you can proceed to customize your sticker by choosing a cutout, adding text, and drawing on it. You can also edit any previously made stickers by opening the sticker tray, long-pressing on the sticker you want to change, and then choosing edit sticker. Image: WhatsApp You can add text and drawings to your custom stickers. WhatsApp for the web already has a sticker-making tool, but getting to customize them directly on the mobile app is a lot more practical. The only downside is that you can only edit — not make — stickers if your device runs anything older than iOS 17. Meanwhile, users on Android can only view and react to custom stickers for now, but at least they can try making AI-generated stickers instead.