New cases
Blockchain technology later introduced the concept of true ownership over digital assets, thanks to NFTs. NFTs allowed collectors to own rare digital items that couldn’t be copied or replaced qwstnevrythg.com. This development unlocked the potential for artists, creators, and developers to create unique, traceable, and transferable digital goods.
For instance, when an artist issues their work as an NFT, they can set the initial sale price, maximum issuance quantity, and royalty percentage for resales through a smart contract. Thereafter, every time the NFT is traded, the smart contract automatically executes to process the transaction according to the conditions.
This strategy worked brilliantly for Beeple. It demonstrated the potential of NFTs to redefine ownership in the art world and brought immense publicity not only to Beeple but also to the NFT ecosystem. The sale of “Everydays” for a staggering $69.3 million established Beeple as one of the most influential digital artists and validated the value of digital art in the NFT market.
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New visual customization options
The last two options help Windows give you better app and file suggestions in the Start menu as well as content relevant to the options given on a particular Settings page. These are good to have and can be left turned on. But if you’d rather have no such relevant content appear, then go right ahead and disable them.
VS Code provides two types of settings. User settings apply globally to any VS Code instance, while workspace settings are stored with your project and apply only to that project. In the Settings editor, you can switch between user and workspace settings by using the corresponding tabs.
To keep you secured against malware, User Account Control (UAC) protects your system by always running apps and tasks as though they were on a non-administrator account unless authorized by the administrator. But if you’re an administrator, and most users with personal computers are, UAC can be a pain in the rear with its prompts popping up constantly whenever you want to open important Windows apps or install software.
The last two options help Windows give you better app and file suggestions in the Start menu as well as content relevant to the options given on a particular Settings page. These are good to have and can be left turned on. But if you’d rather have no such relevant content appear, then go right ahead and disable them.
VS Code provides two types of settings. User settings apply globally to any VS Code instance, while workspace settings are stored with your project and apply only to that project. In the Settings editor, you can switch between user and workspace settings by using the corresponding tabs.
To keep you secured against malware, User Account Control (UAC) protects your system by always running apps and tasks as though they were on a non-administrator account unless authorized by the administrator. But if you’re an administrator, and most users with personal computers are, UAC can be a pain in the rear with its prompts popping up constantly whenever you want to open important Windows apps or install software.
Virtual items from the latest update
The Log Analytics agent for Azure Monitor is deprecating on August 31, 2024. We recommend you migrate monitoring your virtual machines (VMs) and servers to Azure Monitor Agent before that date. For more information about how to migrate, see Migrate to Azure Monitor Agent from Log Analytics agent.
Single sign-on using Microsoft Entra authentication is now generally available. Single sign-on enables users to automatically sign the user into Windows, without prompting them for their credentials for every connection.
Background effects for Teams on Azure Virtual Desktop is now generally available for the macOS version of Teams on Azure Virtual Desktop. This feature lets meeting participants select an available image in Teams to change their background or choose to blur their background. Background effects are only compatible with version 10.7.10 or later of the Azure Virtual Desktop macOS client. For more information, see What’s new in the macOS client.
Visual updates to the arsenal
With Barcelona falling to Inter, PSG is now the final team standing with a chance at a treble. Having already won Ligue 1, and playing in the Coupe De France final on May 24, PSG may be three wins from accomplishing that feat, but it won’t be an easy thing to do by any means. Each team that made it to this stage suffered disappointment at some point in their journey, but Enrique will want to avoid Barcelona’s fate of suffering that in the Champions League. The pressure can be saved for something else because with not having a UCL title in their history, a win in this competition will mean more to PSG than any other trophy that they could capture this season. That only adds more pressure to the team but pressure can also create diamonds when applied properly.
Arsenal had to open things up, and PSG made them pay. A missed clearance gave Ousmane Dembele the ball and he got it to Hakimi for the smooth finish and Raya was helpless in the net. Now up three goals on aggregate, this could be too much for Arsenal to overcome.
Arsenal’s Declan Rice, right, and PSG’s Vitinha challenge for the ball during the Champions League semifinal, second leg soccer match between Paris Saint-Germain and Arsenal at the Parc des Princes in Paris, Wednesday, May 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Aurelien Morissard)
Kvicha Kvaratskhelia, PSG: The key to making this PSG team tick has been the arrival of Kvaratskhelia from Napoli to close out the January transfer window. The Georgian plays like he was built for this PSG system and while he may only have four goals and five assists in 22 appearances for the club in all competitions, four of those goal contributions have come in Champions League play.
Arsenal’s William Saliba, left, challenges PSG’s goalkeeper PSG’s Ousmane Dembele during the Champions League semifinal, second leg soccer match between Paris Saint-Germain and Arsenal at the Parc des Princes in Paris, Wednesday, May 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)