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1. Ethereum Foundation Announces Q2 2024 Grant Recipients link The Ethereum Foundation announced that it allocated over $8.47 million in grants during the second quarter of 2024 to support global conferences, hackathons, cryptography research, developer tool development, and other projects. The grants include support for conferences like ETH Beijing, ETH Tokyo, and ETHWarsaw, as well as research initiatives such as the Anon Aadhaar protocol. Additionally, the funding was directed towards tools like the Circom Language Server and MEDGA Solidity Debugger, and protocols including the Account Abstraction Core Team and the Ethereum Protocol Fellowship. 2. Sony Unveils Soneium Blockchain Public Testnet link Sony’s blockchain division, Sony Block Solutions Labs, announced the launch of the public testnet Minato for its Soneium blockchain, which is built on the Optimism technology stack. The company also initiated a developer incubation program. Early experimenters on this network include Circ...

Made for digital creators, the new metaverse -focused headset made by Siemens and Sony is expected to launch later in 2024. Siemens, the German multinational technology conglomerate, has teamed up with Sony to venture into the metaverse with a focus on industrial applications. The collaboration is set to introduce a new mixed-reality headset in 2024, catering specifically to professional designers and engineers rather than gamers. In an interview with CNBC, Siemens CEO Roland Busch said the new headset for mixed reality equipped with artificial intelligence, aims to enhance productivity for creators and manufacturers. The device is complemented by Siemens’ software, including cut and 3D software, but is designed more for professional designers than for gamers. “So, it’s [headset] really geared for the professional consumers, which are creators, engineers, mechanical engineers. And this hats in combination with a software, which we are offering: there are cut sof...