‘Fear has no place in our schools,’ says Fort Worth teen activist
"These were students just like the students that I go to school with," Scott told the Star-Telegram in an interview over Facebook's Messenger app. "These were athletes, members of the band, choir and orchestra. These students were either just beginning high school or just ending high school and … Read More
Telegram is quietly tacking on a $1.2 billion private round to its mega ICO
Telegram's “secretive” next phase of its initial coin offering (ICO) will raise $1.15 billion for the chat platform, according to offering documents seen by Quartz. If the funding round is successful, Telegram would have raised $2 billion from accredited investors—institutions and wealthy individuals—before … Read More
GateHouse Media acquiring Holden Landmark Corp.
Paul Provost, president of the Worcester Telegram & Gazette, attended the employee meeting with Mr. Davis. He will be managing Landmark Corp. operations, working with the team there. The Landmark includes nine websites and six print newspapers: Worcester Magazine, The Landmark in Holden, … Read More
Nationwide social media threat puts North Texas schools on alert
A social media threat known as "SHS," prompted school districts across the country, including Fort Worth and Eagle Mountain-Saginaw schools, to be on alert. "A social media post threatening a non-specific school is spreading across the nation this morning," read a message sent by Fort Worth schools … Read More
Telegram is reportedly holding a 2nd pre-ICO sale but some crypto investors aren’t touching it with …
Telegram's eye-popping initial coin offering just keeps getting bigger. Business Insider first reported that the messaging app operator, which is a darling of the crypto world, was trying to raised $600 million in a private sale before its public initial coin offering. The company ended up raising $850 million, … Read …
Unprepared and outclassed, North Korea wraps up Olympics
Unprepared and outclassed, North Korea's 22 athletes wrapped up their competition at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics on Thursday without a finish higher than 13th. North Korea wasn't expected to come to Pyeongchang until a last-minute announcement by Kim Jong Un on New Year's Day that he … Read More
Telegram aims to raise $1.6bn before ICO even starts
Messaging app Telegram is expecting to collect a jaw-dropping $1.6bn from investors before its initial coin offering (ICO) even starts. Telegram is said to be running a second pre-sale (the first pre-ICO round raised $850m from a bunch of Silicon Valley heavyweight investors), and it's looking to gather … Read More
Telegram Holds the 2nd Secret Pre-ICO Sale Aims to Raise $1.6B Before ICO
Popular messaging app and technology giant Telegram kickstarted the year 2018 with some very big plans of launching a third-generation blockchain network called as Telegram Open Network (TON). There have been many talks about Telegram's TON network that is supposed to host a complete … Read More
Telegram to Crush ICO Record in Second Round of Private Funding
This more closely resembles the traditional venture capital form of fundraising where most (if not all) of the discounted tokens are sold off to private investors before the public round opens. This second fundraising round comes as Telegram and its proposed TON network are being scrutinized as short on … Read …
Al Southwick: President Lincoln’s royal visitors
… speculated on the general's “dictatorial” activities in St. Louis, then largely pro-Southern. Prince Napoleon has been lost in history, but the journal of his visit gives a unique perspective on America as it faced its gravest crisis. Albert B. Southwick's columns appear regularly in the Telegram & Gazette. Read …