The Afghan Times

Meet the top Asian startups in 2024! With dynamic cultures and rapid growth, Asia has become a global entrepreneurial hub and development.

Startups of The Year 2024 Winners: Asia

2B3D is building a virtual reality medical environment (VRME) designed specifically to deliver free mental health services to military veterans in real-time. 

The Ultimate Utility: 2B3D is Using NFTs to Save Military Veteran Lives

The Human Side of Animals by Royal Dixon is part of HackerNoon’s Book Blog Post series. 

The Human Side of Animals: Chapter 14 - As the Allies of Man

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Arthur Conan Doyle is part of HackerNoon’s Book Blog Post series.

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: Chapter X - The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor

On this week’s edition of Everipedia’s Internet Culture Roundup, we take a look at a high school student who faced the wrath of a Twitter Mob, an up and coming hip hop tastemaker, a marketing genius who was a part of an unfortunate event, a possible model girlfriend to a star quarterback, and Afghanistan’s biggest music star.

Internet Culture Roundup #4: Twitter Mobs and the Fickleness of Appearances

The process of paying by credit card for online purchases is more complicated than customers usually think. The procedure is the following:

The Need & the Folly of Bitcoin as Payment Method

Note: the following is a transcription of my interview with Alex Gladstein, Chief Strategy Officer at the Human Rights Foundation. I use Rev.com from translations and they remove ums, errs and half sentences. I have reviewed the transcription but if you find any mistakes, please feel free to <a href="http://hello@whatbitcoindid.com" target="_blank">email me</a>. You can <a href="https://www.whatbitcoindid.com/podcast/alex-gladstein-on-why-bitcoin-and-decentralised-technology-matters-for-freedom" target="_blank">listen to the original recording here</a>.

Alex Gladstein on Why Bitcoin Matters for Freedom

Hands-free computing has been around longer than you think.Ten years ago, Tony Stark’s computerized artificial intelligence assistant, Jarvis, woke him up by saying, “Good morning. It’s 7 A.M. The weather in Malibu is 72 degrees with scattered clouds. The surf conditions are fair with waist to shoulder highlines. High tide will be at 10:52 A.M.” Sitting in the theater watching the greatest Marvel franchise film (okay, that’s just my opinion), I definitely did not envision a world in which I would be woken up in the same way.

How Hollywood Shaped Our Views of Hands-Free Computing

“So, basically, this could change absolutely everything.”

What I Would Have Missed in May 2017

This article describes the cooperation of three companies, which resulted in a land registry secured by blockchain technology.

Land Administration in Afghanistan: UN Looks Towards Blockchain

“You never know. Some girls call men by their surnames. And you heard what Miss Ganett said this evening—about Flora’s carryings on.”

AN EVENING AT MAH JONG

Russian propaganda has used the game development industry to promote war with other countries. 

How Russian Games Propagated the War

The Taliban’s return to power presents a distinct use case for cryptocurrencies and central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) alike. 

How the Taliban Will Increase Threat Actor Usage of Cryptocurrencies and CBDCs

London-based Bran Symondson uses AK47s as his medium, turning arguably the most dangerous weapon in the world into art. 

Soldier Turned Sculptor Brings AK47s and NFTs Together on the Blockchain

We should consume information about the Russia - Ukraine war. Nevertheless, there are orders of magnitude between being informed and being tormented. 

Keeping Your Sanity Amid the War in Ukraine

Limarc Ambalina, Jeferson Borba, and Amy Tom debate about what gaming metaverse was the best, the future of metaverses, and more delicious metaverse news. 👅

A Gaming Metaverse on The Horizon

The Key to Bitcoin Adoption in Third World Countries

The Key to Bitcoin Adoption in Developing Countries

This blog analyses various CNN and Transformer-based SWIN architecture for Image Classification 

Image Classification in 2022

Errors and atrocities happen when hunting for incentives, and humans manipulate the rules, ravaging natural, moral, or cultural ecosystems. 

Perverse Incentives: A Story About Rats, Nails, and Atrocities

Most blockchain projects are aimed at raising funds and generating profits with meaningless products, but some of them are designed to help those in need, through joint efforts of the community, solve acute social problems and conduct non-commercial activities in the fields of ecology, health, and education.

Blockchain for social good. Reviewing top use cases in 2018.

The recent low in cryptocurrency morale has given our community a rich opportunity for reflection. The vast majority of us crypto enthusiasts have a genuine heart for marrying technology and social action, and I believe it’s time we reflect on where we wanted to go with digital currencies, honestly take stock of the state of blockchain technology today, and rigorously plan how to improve digital currencies moving forward.

Proof-of-Work and Proof-of-Stake are Regressive

Kingdom:<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal" title="Animal" target="_blank">Animalia</a>, Phylum:<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chordate" title="Chordate" target="_blank">Chordata</a>, Class:<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mammal" title="Mammal" target="_blank">Mammalia</a>, Order:<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnivora" title="Carnivora" target="_blank">Carnivora</a>, Family:<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canidae" title="Canidae" target="_blank">Canidae</a>, Genus:<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canis" title="Canis" target="_blank">Canis</a>, Species:<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gray_wolf" title="Gray wolf" target="_blank">C. lupus</a>, Subspecies:C. l. familiaris

How To Make AI That Classifies Dog Breeds

After all, her work is changing the lives of girls and women in Afghanistan and Mexico who don’t really have a voice currently in any media outlet.

Meet Afghanistan’s First Female Tech CEO

I’m keen on the idea of Idea People; and especially the Business of Ideas. I believe that idea discovery, idea articulation, idea presentation, idea optimization and idea distribution are all scientific and artful, in equal measures.

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Startups of The Year 2024 Winners: Asia

The Ultimate Utility: 2B3D is Using NFTs to Save Military Veteran Lives

The Human Side of Animals: Chapter 14 - As the Allies of Man

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: Chapter X - The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor

Internet Culture Roundup #4: Twitter Mobs and the Fickleness of Appearances

The Need & the Folly of Bitcoin as Payment Method

Alex Gladstein on Why Bitcoin Matters for Freedom

How Hollywood Shaped Our Views of Hands-Free Computing

What I Would Have Missed in May 2017

Land Administration in Afghanistan: UN Looks Towards Blockchain

AN EVENING AT MAH JONG

How Russian Games Propagated the War

How the Taliban Will Increase Threat Actor Usage of Cryptocurrencies and CBDCs

Soldier Turned Sculptor Brings AK47s and NFTs Together on the Blockchain

Keeping Your Sanity Amid the War in Ukraine

A Gaming Metaverse on The Horizon

The Key to Bitcoin Adoption in Developing Countries

Image Classification in 2022

Perverse Incentives: A Story About Rats, Nails, and Atrocities

Blockchain for social good. Reviewing top use cases in 2018.

Proof-of-Work and Proof-of-Stake are Regressive

How To Make AI That Classifies Dog Breeds

Meet Afghanistan’s First Female Tech CEO

How idea people thrive in an age of artificial intelligence and automation

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